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…
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…
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….
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….
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….
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…
“What can we in the democratic world do to encourage the development of democracy in the Islamic Middle East—and what should we do to avoid impeding or subverting it? There are two temptations to which Western governments have all too often succumbed, with damaging results. They might be called the temptation of the right and…
Nicholas Kristof is holding a competition called Win-a-trip, where an American college student will be selected to accompany Kristof on a reporting trip to Africa. This will give the student an invaluable opportunity to learn about issues and controversies in the developing world, travel with Kristof and learn from his vast experience, blog about the…
For much of my life, I’ve been utterly confused. I’ve considered quite possibly every career other than science or medicine: Journalism, i-banking, consulting, public relations, marketing, environmental science, computer science, law, entrepreneurship, nonprofits, and probably more that I’m missing. But this year, I think I’ve finally settled on something – something that’s been lurking for…
Wow. So in a very exciting development, the Palestinian authority and others have requested the ICC to investigate possible war crimes that have been committed in Gaza in the most recent Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The chief prosecutor, Luis Moreno Ocampo, is going to consider the investigation – especially because last week, the Palestinian Authority accepted the…
