International Law Resources

 

Pennoyer Fellow - Crimes Against Humanity Program

 
 

Resource Type:

Blog


Posted On: Jul 08, 2010


 

PENNOYER FELLOW, CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY PROGRAM For over 30 years, Human Rights First (HRF) has worked to build respect for human rights and the rule of law, to help ensure the dignity to which each person is entitled. The Crimes Against Humanity Program, which researches and analyzes mass atrocity situations and advocates for effective responses thereto by the U.S. government and others, is expanding and seeks a Pennoyer Fellow. The Pennoyer Fellow will be an integral participant in program...

 
 

Program Officer/Associate for International Security and Energy Policy Programs

 
 

Resource Type:

Job


Posted On: Jul 08, 2010


 

The American Academy of Arts and Sciences, an international learned society and policy research center with headquarters in Cambridge, Massachusetts,  seeks a Program Officer /Associate to support its work on issues of Science and Global Security.  The Academy’s Committee on International Security Studies is undertaking a major integrative project on the global nuclear future and energy policy. This is a unique opportunity for a highly motivated individual to play a role in significant in...

 
 

Arms Trade Treaty: Policy Issues for the U.S.

 
 

Resource Type:

Report-Paper


Posted On: Jun 28, 2010


 

On June 21, the Connect U.S. Fund convened a group of over 25 people to discuss policy options for the upcoming Arms Trade Treaty negotiations.  This document is a report-back from that meeting.  It includes an Annex detailing policy goals for a strong and robust Treaty.

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FREEDOM AND EXCHANGE IN COMMUNIST CUBA

 
 

Resource Type:

Report-Paper


Posted On: Jun 16, 2010


 

Fidel Castro's socialist revolution promised to satisfy the basic needs of the Cuban people, but the price demanded was the surrender of freedoms. Instead of a brighter future, misery in Cuba is widespread and the individual is vilified. In a new paper, Yoani Sánchez looks back at Cuba's unique path, and finds hope. "Now that the state is out of money and there are no more rights to exchange for benefits," says Sánchez, "the demand for freedom is on the rise."

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Program Associate, Law and Security

 
 

Resource Type:

Blog


Posted On: Jun 15, 2010


 

 For more than 30 years, HRF has worked in the United States and abroad to create a more secure and humane world by advancing justice, human dignity and respect for the rule of law. Human Rights First protects people at risk: refugees who flee persecution, victims of crimes against humanity or other mass human rights violations, victims of discrimination, human rights advocates who are targeted for defending the rights of others, and those whose rights are eroded in the name of national secu...

 
 

Avoiding Pyongyang

 
 

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Report-Paper


Posted On: May 25, 2010


 

Avoiding Pyongyangby Doug Bandow05.24.2010After an investigation of nearly two months, the Republic of Korea (ROK) has concluded that North Korea torpedoed the Cheonan, a corvette thatsank in the Yellow Sea in late March. Today, Seoul is going to the United Nations Security Council.South Korea must respond to the attack. But no strategy is free of danger. And the ROK's military alliance with America makes it more difficult forboth nations to act in their respective interests.Full article li...

 
 

First, They Came for the Sex Offenders

 
 

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Blog


Posted On: May 24, 2010


 

First, They Came for the Sex Offendersby David RittgersFirst, they came for the sex offenders. I am not a sex offender, but I opposed the civil commitment of sex offenders by the federal government because it is not an activity within the enumerated powers of Congress. The Supreme Court decided otherwise in Comstock, with the exception of Justices Thomas and Scalia.Next, they will come for suspected terrorists. As Dahlia Lithwick (who I rarely agree with – here is her commentary on the Hell...

 
 

The Use and Misuse of Foreign Law in U.S. Courts

 
 

Resource Type:

Blog


Posted On: May 19, 2010


 

Posted by Ilya ShapiroOn Tuesday I discussed the Supreme Court’s decision to strike down laws that allow juveniles to be sentenced to life without parole (LWOP) for non-homicide crimes.  What concerns me here isn’t so much the morality or policy wisdom in applying such sentences — though Chief Justice Roberts makes some good policy points in his concurrence — or even the interpretation of what constitutes a “cruel and unusual punishment” — which I think Justice Kennedy mishan...

 
 

NATO Watch Observatory No.8

 
 

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Other


Posted On: Apr 09, 2010


 

April 2010 edition of NATO Watch’s monthly Observatory. The focus is on NATO policy-making and operational activities and the clips are drawn from a wide range of subscriptions, feeds and alerts covering a substantial part of the major English language newspapers and other periodicals worldwide.

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Youth Outreach Intern for Summer 2010, Project for Nuclear Awareness

 
 

Resource Type:

Job


Posted On: Apr 07, 2010


 

The Project for Nuclear Awareness seeks an energetic, motivated intern to work with Ban All Nukes Generation-USA (Bang-USA), our national youth network for international disarmament. Applicants should be creative, interested in outreach, networking and educating youth, and be self-starters. We welcome all fresh, new ideas for reaching out to youth in the Philadelphia area and nationally this summer. This is our generation, and our world and we were the ones who inherited nuclear weapons, th...

 
 

Development Intern for Summer 2010, Project for Nuclear Awareness

 
 

Resource Type:

Job


Posted On: Apr 07, 2010


 

The Project for Nuclear Awareness seeks an energetic, motivated intern to assist with development work including identifying grants, writing and editing letters of intent, outreach to individual donors, and other office tasks including, but not limited to, program and event planning. This is the perfect summer internship for a college student interested in working in a fun atmosphere at a small nonprofit. Applicants should be current undergraduate students with a background in economics, in...

 
 

NATO Watch launches independent information website

 
 

Resource Type:

Website


Posted On: Mar 09, 2010


 

www.natowatch.orgJournalists and researchers writing about NATO need to be able to quickly find accurate and reliable information at their fingertips. Congressmen and women and members of the public need to keep up to date with developments in an Alliance that impacts on over 890 million citizens within the 28 Member States - a number that increases to 20 per cent of the global population when Partner ...

 
 

Edward Rawson Government Relations Fellow, Citizens for Global Solutions

 
 

Resource Type:

Job


Posted On: Jan 05, 2010


 

Citizens for Global Solutions (CGS) is seeking to appoint an Edward Rawson Government Relations Fellow to work out of its headquarters in Washington, D.C. Citizens for Global Solutions embraces a vision of a world in which nations work together to abolish war, protect our rights and freedoms, and solve the problems facing humanity that no nation alone can solve. To this end, Citizens for Global Solutions educates Americans about our global interdependence, communicates global concerns to...

 
 

Secretary Clinton Speech on The Human Rights Agenda for the 21st Century

 
 

Resource Type:

Report-Paper


Posted On: Dec 14, 2009


 

AS PREPARED SECRETARY OF STATE HILLARY RODHAM CLINTONTHE HUMAN RIGHTS AGENDA FOR THE 21ST CENTURYGEORGETOWN UNIVERSITYWASHINGTON, DCDECEMBER 14, 2009  Thank you Jasdeep, Dean Lancaster, and President DeGioia for that kind introduction and thank you for having me here today.   There is no better place than Georgetown University to talk about human rights. President DeGioia, the administration, and the faculty embody the university's long tradition of supporting free expression and free inq...

 
 

NATO Watch Observatory No.4

 
 

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Other


Posted On: Dec 08, 2009


 

The fourth edition of NATO Watch’s bi-monthly Observatory newsletter. Our focus is on NATO policy-making and operational activities and the clips are drawn from a wide range of subscriptions, feeds and alerts covering a substantial part of the major English language newspapers and other periodicals worldwide.

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NATO Watch Observatory No.3

 
 

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Other


Posted On: Nov 09, 2009


 

NATO Watch bi-monthly Observatory with a focus on NATO policy-making and operational activities. The clips are drawn from a wide range of subscriptions, feeds and alerts covering a substantial part of the major English language newspapers and other periodicals world.

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NATO Watch Observatory No.2

 
 

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Other


Posted On: Oct 16, 2009


 

Bi-monthly newsletter that focuses on NATO policy and operations, drawing its clips from a wide range of subscriptions, feeds and alerts covering a substantial part of the major English language newspapers and other periodicals worldwide.

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Somalia, Redux: A More Hands-Off Approach

 
 

Resource Type:

Report-Paper


Posted On: Oct 15, 2009


 

The two-decade-old conflict in Somalia has entered a new phase, which presents both a challenge and an opportunity for the United States. To best encourage peace in the devastated country, Washington needs a new strategy that takes into account hard-learned lessons from multiple failed U.S. interventions.In a new study, author David Axe argues that Washington should err on the side of nonintervention, and recommends:The Obama administration should work to build a regional framework for reconc...

 
 

NATO Watch Observatory

 
 

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Other


Posted On: Oct 02, 2009


 

Bi-monthly newsletter with NATO news and opinion clips

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Connect U.S. Fund Letter to Special Envoy for Climate Change, Todd Stern

 
 

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Blog


Posted On: Oct 01, 2009


 

A letter to Mr. Stern from Ambassador Nancy Soderberg, President of the Connect U.S. Fund and former Deputy Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs, which calls on the Obama Administration to break the deadlock and lead in international negotiations, in order to avoid failure in Copenhagen. The letter highlights this objective as a "financially responsible, moral, and national security imperative for the United States." The details of the letter are informed by key members of...