Human Rights

Support for the Syrian Insurgency: What UN and International Norms Apply?

This course is the last installment of three programs in a series cosponsored by the American Society of International Law in partnership with the United Nations Association of the National Capital Area’s International Law Committee to address the issue of the use of force. When is it permissible? What is the role of the UN and how can it be carried out?

Monitoring the Implementation of CEDAW toward Sexual and Reproductive Health Rights

The American Society of International Law and ASIL Academic Partner American University Washington College of Law's Academy on Human Rights and Humanitarian Law are pleased to present a three-part continuing legal education (CLE) series to provide a forum for the better understanding and discussion of human rights and humanitarian law theory.This first course will focus on how human rights related to sexual and reproductive health are enshrined in the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW), governmental obligations to implement those rights, and m

Inter-American Court of Human Rights Closes the Castañeda Gutman v. México Case (September 11, 2013)

Author: 
Kathleen A. Doty

Click here for press release in Spanish (approximately 1 page); click

Caribbean Court of Justice Delivers Judgment in Shanique Myrie v. The State of Barbados (October 4, 2013)

Author: 
Kathleen A. Doty

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U.N. Special Rapporteur on the Promotion of Truth, Justice, Reparation and Guarantees of Non-Recurrence Issues Report on Truth Commissions

Author: 
Kathleen Doty

The U.N.

Second Circuit Rules in Balintulo et al. v. Daimler AG et al. that the Supreme Court’s Decision in Kiobel bars ATS Claims Against Ford, Daimler, and IBM

Author: 
Kathleen Doty

The Second Circuit held that the U.S. Supreme Court's June 2013 decision in Kiobel v.

Court of Justice of the European Union Rules in Leyla Ecem Demirkan v. Bundesrepublik Deutschland That Turkish Nationals Do Not Have the Right to Enter the Territory of an EU Member State Without a Visa in Order to Obtain Services

Author: 
Kathleen Doty

The Court of Justice of the European Union has ruled that, according to the press release, "Turkish nationals do not have the right to enter the territory of an EU Member State without a visa in or

The Appeals Chamber of the Special Court for Sierra Leone Unanimously Upholds Conviction of Former Liberian President Charles Taylor

Author: 
Kathleen Doty

The Appeals Chamber of the Special Court for Sierra Leone (SCSL) has unanimously upheld the conviction of former Liberian President Charles Taylor on eleven counts of war crimes and crimes against