The Persistence of Colonial Laws: Why Rwanda is Ready to Remove Outdated...
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View ArticleDiscussion: Do Colonists Owe Their Former Colonies Reparations?
This 2018 Online Discussion asks whether colonists owe their former colonies reparations. Larissa van den Herik, Kenneth McCallion, Robert Murtfeld, Shashi Tharoor and Jo-Anne Wemmers provide responses...
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Front Matter Articles: The Trump Administration and the “Unmaking” of International Agreements By: Catherine Amirfar & Ashika Singh Non-Parties: The Negative Externalities of Regional Trade...
View ArticleCommon Law Right to Defense and Disclosure in India
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View ArticlePopulist Candidates and the Fitness for Public Rule: An International Human...
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View ArticleCan there be an accidental extrajudicial killing? Understanding standards of...
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View ArticleTo Stay or to Leave? The Unsolved Dilemma of the Eritrean Asylum-Seekers in...
[The full text of the Article may be found at this PDF] By Cristiano d’Orsi* This work was conceived with the idea to analyze the conditions of Eritrean asylum-seekers in Israel who, according to the...
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Welcome to the Harvard International Law Journal’s online Blog. Blog features commentary and analysis of current developments in international law. We construe international law somewhat broadly on our...
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The Harvard International Law Journal is soliciting submissions for Comment, the online extension of its print publication. Each “Comment“ is no more than 5,000 words and allows authors to engage with...
View ArticleFrontiers
The frontiers of international law are shifting. From climate change to corruption, we have seen a positive expansion of global norms. This year, ILJ will be soliciting 500-word think pieces tracing...
View ArticleDoes the United Nations Convention Against Torture Oblige States Parties to...
By Ezéchiel Amani Cirimwami In their recent paper, “Torture by Private Actors and ‘Gold-Plating’ the Offence in National Law: An Exchange of Emails in Honour of William Schabas,” Professors Paola...
View ArticleWhat Counts as a Crime Against Humanity?
By Gerald L. Neuman The International Criminal Court (ICC) makes headlines around the world when it issues its occasional judgments. But most of the work of fighting impunity for severe crimes...
View ArticleSome Reservations Concerning the Judicialization of Peace
[Click here for PDF]† By Roberto Gargarella* Responding to Courtney Hillebrecht, Alexandra Huneeus, with Sandra Borda, The Judicialization of Peace, 59 Harv. Int’l L.J. 279 (2018). In their recent...
View ArticleMeasuring Transformation: At the 50th anniversary of the American Convention...
By Flávia Piovesan and Julia Cortez da Cunha Cruz Latin American and Caribbean countries are among the most violent and unequal nations in the world. Only 8% of the global population, the region...
View ArticleECtHR Orders Permanent Ban: Can international courts impose disciplinary...
By Leyla-Denisa Obreja On December 12, 2018, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) issued a press release announcing its decision to “permanently” prohibit Ukrainian lawyer, Nataliya Yevgenivna...
View ArticleThe Justice Conundrum: Africa’s Turbulent Relationship with the ICC
By Jon Silverman In Volume 59 of the Harvard International Law Journal, authors Courtney Hillebrecht and Alexandra Huneeus, with Sandra Borda, argue in “The Judicialization of Peace” that the...
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Title Page Masthead Articles: Do Alternative Justice Mechanisms Deserve Recognition in International Criminal Law?: Truth Commissions, Amnesties, and Complementarity at the International Criminal Court...
View ArticleThe Case of Naït-Liman v. Switzerland Before the European Court of Human...
By Daniel Rietiker* Introduction On March 15, 2018, in the case of Naït-Liman v. Switzerland, the European Court of Human Rights (“ECtHR”) held that there had been no violation of the right to access a...
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