Showing posts with label Georgetown University Law Center. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Georgetown University Law Center. Show all posts
By Olga Symeonoglou

On March 29 and 30, Georgetown Law is hosting a conference, Intersections in International Cultural Heritage Law. The conference is co-sponsored by the Cultural Heritage and the Arts Interest Group of the American Society of International Law and coincides with 
ASIL’s annual meeting March 30 – April 2.

There will be six panels: International Human Rights Law, Law of Armed Conflict, International Criminal Law, Extraterritorial Protection of Cultural Heritage, International Movement and Restitution of Cultural Artifacts, and World Heritage and the World Court.

There will be two keynote speakers. Professor Patty Gerstenblith, Distinguished Research Professor of Law and director of the Center for Art, Museum & Cultural Heritage Law at DePaul University College of Law will give a lunch keynote on March 29 on the Cultural Heritage of Syria and Iraq. On March 30, Sir Frank Berman, former Legal Adviser to the UK Foreign & Commonwealth Office and Roger O’Keefe, Professor of Public International Law at University College London will give the concluding keynote on the Case Concerning the Temple of Preah Vihear (Cambodia v. Thailand).
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March 16, 2016
By Courtney Cox

On February 6, 2015, the U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights, Zeid Ra’ad Al-Hussein, concluded his first official visit to the United States with a press conference at Georgetown University Law Center. Just days following the brutal beheading of his Jordanian compatriot (Muath al-Kaseasbeh) at the hands of ISIL, the Commissioner expressed his outrage at the “monstrous crimes” that violent extremist groups like ISIL and Boko Haram have committed. The focus of the press conference concerned the current “grave period” of violent extremism. The Commissioner asserted that an ideological battle must be waged against extremists. He stressed that the international community must “fight their ideals with our ideals.”
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March 16, 2015
Report cover with photo by Greg Constantine.
By Elizabeth Gibson*

On the first day of school, children often worry whether they'll make new friends or like their teachers. But in the Dominican Republic, some confront a far graver concern: Will I be turned away because I don't have a birth certificate?

A report published today by the Human Rights Institute at Georgetown University Law Center shows that many children born in the Dominican Republic but descended from foreigners, particularly Haitians, are denied an education. For generations, such children were recognized as citizens, but within the last decade, the Dominican government has refused to issue many of them birth certificates, identity cards and other essential documentation, rendering them stateless. The report, Left Behind: How Statelessness in the Dominican Republic Limits Children's Access to Education, concludes that the Dominican Republic is failing to comply with its domestic and international human rights obligations, including the human right to education.

"We wanted to look at the human impact that statelessness has on children through the lens of education as an important enabling right," said Georgetown Law student Jamie Armstrong, LLM'14, one of the report's editors. "Education is critical to the development of a child and it is a gateway to full civil, political, economic, social, and cultural participation in society. What we found, however, is that this path is often barred with devastating consequences for children who are stateless or at risk of statelessness."

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April 11, 2014
The Georgetown Journal of International Law, in collaboration with the Atlantic Council, is pleased to announce its 2014 Symposium on International Financial Regulation in the Post-Crisis Era on Tuesday, April 8, 2014 at Georgetown Law.

This event will feature commentary from leading scholars and practitioners in the field of international financial regulation, as well as officials from the Securities and Exchange Commission and U.S. Department of the Treasury. The conference will include a keynote address by the Hon. Howard Shelanski, Administrator of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, as well as remarks by C. Boyden Gray, U.S. Ambassador to the European Union in Brussels (2006-2007). The conference will conclude with a policy discussion of 21st century economic diplomacy, in honor of Professor Chris Brummer’s upcoming book, Minilateralism.

CLE credit is available.* Please RSVP to the link provided below.

Location:
Georgetown University Law Center
Gewirz Student Center, 12th Floor
120 F Street, NW
Washington, D.C. 20001

RSVP
http://apps.law.georgetown.edu/forms/?formid=959


* This event is pre-accredited for CLE credit by the New York and Pennsylvania Bars. Accreditation for the Virginia Bar is pending. Attorneys seeking CLE credit from other states are free to apply to their state bars on their own. 
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April 07, 2014
The Human Rights Institute Fact-Finding Project at Georgetown University Law Center will present a new report on Friday about the immediate and devastating impact that statelessness has on the lives of children in the Dominican Republic, including recommendations to the United States and Dominican governments for how to improve the situation. 

These findings come in the wake of recent developments in Dominican law that could render many Dominicans of Haitian descent stateless.

The event is 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. Friday, April 11, in Hotung Building, Room 2000, at the Georgetown University Law Center. 
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April 07, 2014
By Katie Bacharach

BITs, perhaps the most common economic treaties in modern times, have only recently begun to encompass protections for stakeholders, and there has been some controversy as to whether the protections that have been included are effective. On April 9, the Georgetown Global Law Scholars and Lawyers for Corporate Accountability will be hosting a conference where a panel of speakers will present their thoughts on the challenge of protecting labor and environmental rights through the BIT mechanism and discuss what form of protection offers the best chance of being realistically effective.

 The speakers will include: Ben Beach, Research Director, Public Citizen’s Global Trade Watch; Lee M. Caplan, Partner, International Arbitration and Dispute Resolution, Arent Fox; Gary Horlick, International Trade Lawyer and Adjunct Professor of Law, Georgetown University Law Center; Karin Kizer, Attorney Adviser, Office of the Legal Adviser’s Office of Economics and Business, U.S. Department of State.

 The conference will be held at Georgetown University Law Center on Wednesday, April 9, 2014 from 2:30-4:30 p.m. in McDonough Hall 205. Drinks and hors d’oeuvres will be served at a post-conference reception from 4:30-5:30 p.m.

 For more information, please contact Adina Appelbaum at appelbaum.adina@gmail.com.

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April 06, 2014
Panelists left to right: Manuel Dandre (MOSCHTA), Charles Abbott (CEJIL), Ana María Belique (Centro Bono), Wade McMullen (RFK Center), and Francisco Quintana (CEJIL). Photo by Elizabeth Gibson.

If you missed this panel, please check out the webcast.  The Georgetown Law Human Rights Institute Fact-Finding Project also will be hosting a related event at 9 a.m. on Friday, April 11, in Hotung Room 2000 for the launch of a report on the immediate and devastating impact that statelessness has on the lives of children in the Dominican Republic.

 By Shaw Drake*

 Six months after the Constitutional Court of the Dominican Republic controversially redefined the scope of Dominican citizenship, thousands of futures remain in limbo as human rights groups take to the Inter-American Commission to demand respect for their rights.

“This decision is abhorrent and humiliating to human rights in the Dominican Republic,” said Manuel Dandre, a lawyer from the Socio-Cultural Movement for Haitian Workers (MOSCHTA).

Following their statements before the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights on Monday, a group of international and Dominican organizations expressed their concerns during a panel at the Georgetown University Law Center today. Dominicanos por Derecho, the RFK Center for Justice & Human Rights, and the Center for Justice and International Law(CEJIL), joined by coalition partners MOSCHTA and Centro Bono, presented arguments against the decision of the Constitutional Court and criticized the State’s lack of action in the six months following.

In September of 2013, the Constitutional Court of the Dominican Republic issued TC Ruling 168/13, which redefined the scope of Dominican citizenship to exclude those born in the Dominican Republic but descended from parents or grandparents who arrived in the country after 1929 and maintained an “irregular” immigration status. Many in the international community believe that the decision leads to arbitrary and discriminatory deprivation of nationality and has left thousands stateless.
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March 26, 2014

The Georgetown International Arbitration Society ("GIAS"), in partnership with the Georgetown Journal of International Law (“GJIL”), and with the support of the Office of Graduate Programs, is pleased to invite Georgetown students to participate in the inaugural International Arbitration Writing Contest. The Contest is intended to foster debate, analysis, and examination of international arbitration (commercial and investment treaty-based) in the Georgetown community. The primary goals are to make meaningful contributions to the international law field and encourage outstanding student scholarship that promotes interest in international arbitration.

Details on the competition can be found below.
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February 02, 2014
By Elizabeth Gibson*
Deputy High Commissioner T. Alexander Aleinikoff

The United Nations’ refugee agency knows how to set up refugee camps, but finding long-term solutions to get refugees out of those camps is not easy.

The Deputy High Commissioner of UNHCR, T. Alexander Aleinikoff,** presented the 34th Annual Thomas F. Ryan Lecture at the Georgetown University Law Center yesterday, and he emphasized that the international community needs to rethink its response to refugee situations.

“Non-solutions have become the norm and literally hundreds of thousands of refugees have become forgotten people,” he said. “We have to move away from the paradigm of dependence that currently defines the refugee regime.”

Protecting the rights of refugees and providing for their basic needs is the bread and butter of UNHCR’s work—and it’s crucial, lifesaving work. However, no matter how much of a success you might consider Thai camps that provide shelter, food, medical attention, and education for families fleeing persecution in Myanmar, it is worrisome that the camp is 35 years old and still relying on food aid, Prof. Aleinikoff said.
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November 22, 2013
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