Category: Volume 55 Issue 1
Article
Black Lives Matter is a Human Rights Issue, Vol. 55
Gerald Lenoir
In 2015, Opal Ayo Tometi, on of the three Black women who co-founded Black Lives Matter (BLM), along with this author, co-authored an article on the Time magazine website titled, “Black Lives Matter is Not a Civil Rights Movement.” In that piece, we argued that the Black Lives Matter Movement has been described as the…
Nov 2023
Article
Investment Law’s Transparency Gap, Vol. 55
Sebastian Puerta & Tim R. Samples
One of the fastest growing areas of international law in recent times is also one of the most controversial. Between 1990 and 2010, the number of investment treaties surged from less than 500 to over 3,000.
Nov 2023
Article
Patent Philanthropy, Vol. 55
Haochen Sun
As in previous global public health crises, such as the HIV epidemic, patents have presented a major obstacle to vaccine supply amid the devastating COVID-19 pandemic. Compulsory licensing and intellectual property waiver have been put forth as solutions.
Nov 2023
Note
He Who Shattered Our “Delicate Mosaic”: Why Insanity as an Affirmative Defense Does Not Belong in the International Criminal Court, Vol. 55
Lauren M. McBrearty
In response to the terrible international conflicts of the twentieth century, a group of States came together in 1998 to establish the International Criminal Court (ICC). In this Note, I argue that the ICC should change their current rule, which lists insanity as an affirmative defense.
Nov 2023