Statutory Interpretation
Hussain v. Obama
D.C. Circuit Holds that Petitioner Was Properly Detained as “Part of” Enemy Forces.
Human Rights
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Alien Tort Statute
Balintulo v. Daimler AG
Second Circuit Holds that Kiobel Bars Common Law Suits Alleging Violations of Customary International Law Based Solely on Conduct Occurring Abroad.
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Harvard Law Review Forum
Human Rights and History
Responding to Philip Alston, Does the Past Matter? On the Origins of Human Rights, 126 Harv. L. Rev. 2043 (2013)
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Human Rights
Does the Past Matter? On the Origins of Human Rights
An analysis of competing histories of the origins of international human rights law
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Human Rights
Counteracting the Bias: The Department of Labor’s Unique Opportunity to Combat Human Trafficking
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English Law
Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act, 2011, c. 13 (U.K.)
United Kingdom Adds Barrier to Private Prosecution of Universal Jurisdiction Crimes.
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Human Rights
Organizational Irrationality and Corporate Human Rights Violations
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Civil Procedure
The Alien Tort Statute, Forum Shopping, and the Exhaustion of Local Remedies Norm
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Human Rights
General Court of Qatif Sentences Gang-Rape Victim to Prison and Lashings for Violating “Illegal Mingling” Law.
General Court of Qatif Sentences Gang-Rape Victim to Prison and Lashings for Violating "Illegal Mingling" Law.
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Human Rights
Khulumani v. Barclay National Bank Ltd.
Second Circuit Holds that Human Rights Plaintiffs May Plead Aiding and Abetting Theory of Liability.