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What Would a U.S.-China Bilateral Investment Treaty Mean?

Posted on March 27, 2010
Earlier this month, a senior U.S. Department of State official indicated that the United States and China, following years of consideration and five months of expedited negotiations, will soon have the draft text of a Bilateral Investment Treaty (BIT)...

What Would a U.S.-China Bilateral Investment Treaty Mean?

Posted on March 27, 2010
Earlier this month, a senior U.S. Department of State official indicated that the United States and China, following years of consideration and five months of expedited negotiations, will soon have the draft text of a Bilateral Investment Treaty (BIT)...

ECtHR Rules Croatian School Segregation Discriminatory

Posted on March 23, 2010
In its decision in Or?u? and Others v. Croatia on Tuesday (3/16), a seventeen-member Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) held that the policy of Croatian primary schools distinguishing among students based on their grasp of the Croatian language resulted in discriminatory segregation of Roma students in violation of the European [...

ECtHR Rules Croatian School Segregation Discriminatory

Posted on March 23, 2010
In its decision in Or?u? and Others v. Croatia on Tuesday (3/16), a seventeen-member Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) held that the policy of Croatian primary schools distinguishing among students based on their grasp of the Croatian language resulted in discriminatory segregation of Roma students in violation of the European [...

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?Interlaken Declaration? Addresses ECtHR Reform

Posted on March 22, 2010
On February 18th and 19th, ministers representing 47 nations from the Council of Europe convened in Interlaken, Switzerland to address the need for urgent reforms to the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR). The resulting Interlaken Declaration now sets in motion a process for developing future reforms and the continued existence of the ECtHR...

?Interlaken Declaration? Addresses ECtHR Reform

Posted on March 22, 2010
On February 18th and 19th, ministers representing 47 nations from the Council of Europe convened in Interlaken, Switzerland to address the need for urgent reforms to the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR). The resulting Interlaken Declaration now sets in motion a process for developing future reforms and the continued existence of the ECtHR...

Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Along With Activists and Scholars, Discusses Transitional Justice at HLS

Posted on March 08, 2010
On Tuesday, March 9, Harvard Law School, the Harvard Human Rights Program, and UNICEF will sponsor the panel discussion “Children and Transitional Justice.” Archbishop Desmond Tutu will participate by video, along with Yasmin Sooka of the Foundation for Human Rights, South Africa, Susan Bissell, Global Chief of Child Protection for UNICEF, Sharanjeet Parmar of Global Rights, [...

Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Along With Activists and Scholars, Discusses Transitional Justice at HLS

Posted on March 08, 2010
On Tuesday, March 9, Harvard Law School, the Harvard Human Rights Program, and UNICEF will sponsor the panel discussion “Children and Transitional Justice.” Archbishop Desmond Tutu will participate by video, along with Yasmin Sooka of the Foundation for Human Rights, South Africa, Susan Bissell, Global Chief of Child Protection for UNICEF, Sharanjeet Parmar of Global [...

Conviction of Group for Wearing Religious Clothing Overturned by European Court of Human Rights

Posted on March 03, 2010
In Ahmet Arslan and Others v. Turkey, the European Court of Human Rights overturned, by a vote of 6-1, a 1997 decision by the Turkish courts convicting 127 Turkish nationals of breaking two laws, one against wearing headgear and the other against wearing religious clothing in public other than for religious ceremonies...

Violence Mars Darfur Peace Treaty

Posted on March 03, 2010
On February 20th of this year, a major ceasefire treaty was signed between the Darfuri Justice and Equality Movement (Jem) and the government of Sudan. Jem is only one of the many militant groups in the Darfur region. However, it has presented a significant threat to the Sudanese government...

Conviction of Group for Wearing Religious Clothing Overturned by European Court of Human Rights

Posted on March 03, 2010
In Ahmet Arslan and Others v. Turkey, the European Court of Human Rights overturned, by a vote of 6-1, a 1997 decision by the Turkish courts convicting 127 Turkish nationals of breaking two laws, one against wearing headgear and the other against wearing religious clothing in public other than for religious ceremonies...

Violence Mars Darfur Peace Treaty

Posted on March 03, 2010
On February 20th of this year, a major ceasefire treaty was signed between the Darfuri Justice and Equality Movement (Jem) and the government of Sudan. Jem is only one of the many militant groups in the Darfur region. However, it has presented a significant threat to the Sudanese government...

ECtHR Rules Against Russia On Chechnya Abductions

Posted on February 21, 2010
The European Court of Human Rights, on February 11th, issued two non-final Chamber judgments concerning disappearances in Chechnya. In the two cases, Guluyeva and Others v. Russia and Dubayev and Bersnukayeva v. Russia, the applicants alleged that Russian servicemen had abducted their relatives and that domestic authorities failed to conduct an effective investigation into their [...

ECtHR Rules Against Russia On Chechnya Abductions

Posted on February 21, 2010
The European Court of Human Rights, on February 11th, issued two non-final Chamber judgments concerning disappearances in Chechnya. In the two cases, Guluyeva and Others v. Russia and Dubayev and Bersnukayeva v. Russia, the applicants alleged that Russian servicemen had abducted their relatives and that domestic authorities failed to conduct an effective investigation into their [...

ECtHR Rules Against Russia On Chechnya Abductions

Posted on February 17, 2010
The European Court of Human Rights, on February 11th, issued two non-final Chamber judgments concerning disappearances in Chechnya. In the two cases, Guluyeva and Others v. Russia and Dubayev and Bersnukayeva v. Russia, the applicants alleged that Russian servicemen had abducted their relatives and that domestic authorities failed to conduct an effective investigation into their [...

ICC Pre-Trial Chamber Declines to Confirm Charges Against Sudanese Rebel Leader

Posted on February 13, 2010
On February 7,  a pre-trial chamber of the International Criminal Court (ICC) unanimously declined to confirm charges against Sudanese rebel leader Bahar Idriss Abu Garda. Mr. Abu Garda is the first person to appear voluntarily before the court. He had been charged with being a direct or indirect co-perpetrator of several war crimes, including murder, [...

ICC Pre-Trial Chamber Declines to Confirm Charges Against Sudanese Rebel Leader

Posted on February 13, 2010
On February 7,  a pre-trial chamber of the International Criminal Court (ICC) unanimously declined to confirm charges against Sudanese rebel leader Bahar Idriss Abu Garda. Mr. Abu Garda is the first person to appear voluntarily before the court. He had been charged with being a direct or indirect co-perpetrator of several war crimes, including murder, [...

Cyprus: Further Movement Toward a Political Solution

Posted on February 08, 2010
After numerous false starts, negotiations between the two parties to the decades-old stalemate in Cyprus seem to be moving forward again, this time with the assistance of UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon. Mr. Ban Ki-moon recently made his first official visit to Cyprus...

Cyprus: Further Movement Toward a Political Solution

Posted on February 08, 2010
After numerous false starts, negotiations between the two parties to the decades-old stalemate in Cyprus seem to be moving forward again, this time with the assistance of UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon. Mr. Ban Ki-moon recently made his first official visit to Cyprus...

Developing Nations Doubt US Commitment to Trade Agreement

Posted on February 05, 2010
Two trade ministers from the developing world have publicly voiced doubts about the willingness and ability of the United States to reach a global trade agreement during 2010.  Their criticism calls into question the ability of leaders of the G20 nations to follow through on their September 2009 promise to conclude a trade agreement this [...

Developing Nations Doubt US Commitment to Trade Agreement

Posted on February 05, 2010
Two trade ministers from the developing world have publicly voiced doubts about the willingness and ability of the United States to reach a global trade agreement during 2010.  Their criticism calls into question the ability of leaders of the G20 nations to follow through on their September 2009 promise to conclude a trade agreement this [...

Justice Albie Sachs Speaks at HLS: Friday, February 5

Posted on February 03, 2010
Justice Albie Sachs, who served on the Constitutional Court of South Africa until October 2009 and author of the recently published book The Strange Alchemy of Life and Law, will speak at Harvard Law School on February 5 at 3:00 pm in Austin North. The program is sponsored by the Harvard Law School Office of the [...

Justice Albie Sachs Speaks at HLS: Friday, February 5

Posted on February 03, 2010
Justice Albie Sachs, who served on the Constitutional Court of South Africa until October 2009 and author of the recently published book The Strange Alchemy of Life and Law, will speak at Harvard Law School on February 5 at 3:00 pm in Austin North. The program is sponsored by the Harvard Law School Office of [...

Optimistic Prospects for ECtHR Reform

Posted on February 02, 2010
Speaking at a press conference in Strasbourg, Jean-Paul Costa, President of the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR), expressed three reasons for optimism about reform measures for the Court in 2010. Firstly, the Treaty of Lisbon opens the way for the European Union?s participation in the European Convention on Human Rights, strengthening the role of human [...

Optimistic Prospects for ECtHR Reform

Posted on February 02, 2010
Speaking at a press conference in Strasbourg, Jean-Paul Costa, President of the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR), expressed three reasons for optimism about reform measures for the Court in 2010. Firstly, the Treaty of Lisbon opens the way for the European Union?s participation in the European Convention on Human Rights, strengthening the role of [...

China enters ASEAN-China FTA ready to cooperate

Posted on January 31, 2010
On January 1st 2010, a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between China and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) took effect. The newly formed FTA is the third largest in the world, with a GDP of $6.6 trillion and a population of 1.9 billion. Prior to the agreement in 2008, China was ASEAN’s third-largest trading [...

China enters ASEAN-China FTA ready to cooperate

Posted on January 31, 2010
On January 1st 2010, a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between China and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) took effect. The newly formed FTA is the third largest in the world, with a GDP of $6.6 trillion and a population of 1.9 billion. Prior to the agreement in 2008, China was ASEAN’s third-largest trading [...

Comments Welcome: USITC to evaluate proposed Trans-Pacific Partnership

Posted on January 19, 2010
The United States is interested in pursuing a free trade agreement, which will be known as the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), with Australia, Brunei Darussalam, Chile, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore, and Vietnam.  As a result, the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) has asked the U...

Comments Welcome: USITC to evaluate proposed Trans-Pacific Partnership

Posted on January 18, 2010
The United States is interested in pursuing a free trade agreement, which will be known as the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), with Australia, Brunei Darussalam, Chile, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore, and Vietnam.  As a result, the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) has asked the U...

ECtHR Holds Bosnian Constitutional Provisions Violate European Convention on Human Rights

Posted on January 11, 2010
On December 22, 2009, the European Court of Human Rights issued its ruling in Sejdic and Finki v. Bosnia and Herzegovina. In its opinion, the court held that the Bosnian Constitution, which requires that the House of Peoples of the Parliamentary Assembly and the Presidency be solely composed of persons belonging to the three constituent [...

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