Palakovic v. Wetzel
Third Circuit Holds Parents of Mentally Ill Young Man Held in Solitary Confinement Stated Claims of Cruel and Unusual Punishment.
Vol. 131 No. 5
Human Rights
Immigration Enforcement Under Trump: A Loose Cannon
The Trump administration’s immigration enforcement policy is a loose cannon, targeting noncitizens who have long been protected under prosecutorial discretion. The President has unleashed...
Examining the Interface Between Rights and Queues
Queues are a mundane and ubiquitous feature of our modern lives. We are all waiting in line for something, at least some of the...
How To Help the Migration Crisis — and Make International Law
The global migration crisis has become a political crisis. As migrants continue the perilous sea journey across the Mediterranean, EU politicians remain deadlocked on...
The International Place of Puerto Rico
Chapter Two
Vol. 130 No. 6
The Double Life of International Law: Indigenous Peoples and Extractive Industries
Vol. 129 No. 6
Now is an explosive time in international law. It is a time in which the common interest of international society is being dramatically restructured...
U.N. SCOR, 69th Sess., 7180th mtg. at 4, U.N. Doc. S/PV.7180 (May 22, 2014)
Draft Security Council Resolution Referring Syrian Conflict to the International Criminal Court Vetoed by Russia and China (13 in Favor, 2 Against).
Vol. 128 No. 3
Hussain v. Obama
D.C. Circuit Holds that Petitioner Was Properly Detained as “Part of” Enemy Forces.
Vol. 127 No. 7
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.
Vol. 127 No. 5
Human Rights and History
Responding to Philip Alston, Does the Past Matter? On the Origins of Human Rights, 126 Harv. L. Rev. 2043 (2013)
Response to Does the Past Matter? On the Origins of Human Rights
Vol. 126 No. 7