Monthly Archives: February 2009

Hillary Clinton and human rights in China

There’s a very interesting opinion article in the International Herald Tribune about Hillary Clinton and her recent trip to China. On Wednesday, the State Department released a report criticizing China for its human rights record. However, in one of her first important diplomatic moves as Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton showed little support for human…

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The most difficult job ever?

Recently, I watched an excellent interview of Kevin Jon Heller of Opinio Juris, a professor of international law as well as a defense adviser for Radovan Karadzic. Karadzic is a former Bosnian Serb leader who is currently being indicted by the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia for counts of genocide, war crimes, and…

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Between two worlds

Back at my undergraduate institution, I always ran into a problem. I could never find students interested in the same thing that I was. I’m an economics and political science major, so I love to discuss international politics and economics, and I love hearing and talking about what’s going on in the world around me….

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The world’s international justice capital

During my recent trip to the Hague, we also had the amazing chance to meet the ICC’s Chief Prosecutor, Mr. Luis Moreno-Ocampo. As students, we had an incredible opportunity to ask Mr. Ocampo critical questions and hear his responses and opinions; this was immensely valuable, especially as it provided me with a completely different perspective….

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Villains & Supervillains: my trip to The Hague

From Monday to Wednesday this week, I visited The Hague in the Netherlands with the International Criminal Court Student Network (ICCSN). The purpose of our “field trip” was to learn about the ICC and its work in a more concrete and realistic manner, as opposed to the highly theoretical aspects we learn about in class….

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Going to The Hague!

Just wanted to write to say how incredibly excited I am right now! I’m leaving tomorrow morning for a trip to The Hague in the Netherlands, the seat of the International Criminal Court (ICC). The International Criminal Court (ICC) is the first permanent, treaty based, international criminal court established to help end impunity for the…

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