Stateless Roma in the European Union: Reconciling the Doctrine of Sovereignty Concerning Nationality Laws with International Agreements to Reduce and Avoid Statelessness
Abstract: The Roma are one of Europe’s largest and most historically marginalized ethnic minorities, due in part to the complex nature of Member State and EU citizenship laws, which often render them stateless. The European Union (“EU”) is a complex legal and political body that integrates the market economies of twenty-seven Member States via harmonizing [...]
Protecting Non-US Citizens From Removal Terminating HIV/AIDS Treatment
Abstract: Millions of individuals worldwide struggle with human immunodeficiency virus (“HIV”) and acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (“AIDS”) in an epidemic that continues to present global economic and health problems as well as legal issues. Some governments strive to provide sufferers with the best possible access to treatment. Scholars have discussed the international legal right of persons [...]
The International Criminal Court’s Ineffective Enforcement Mechanisms: The Indictment of President Omar Al Bashir
Abstract: On July 21, 2010, Omar Hassan Ahmad Al Bashir, the President of Sudan, stepped off of an airplane and onto the soil of Chad. Idriss Déby, the President of Chad, welcomed him with an embrace. To some, the cordiality shown by the leaders was a victory over the contentious history between the two countries. [...]
The Extraterritorial Reach of Section 10(b): Revisiting Morrison in Light of Dodd-Frank
Abstract: In July 2010, the US Congress enacted the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (“Dodd-Frank”) in response to a need for financial regulatory reforms in the wake of the 2008 global economic recession. Dodd-Frank attempts to introduce policies that better promote investor protection, including strengthening the powers of the Securities and Exchange [...]
The Compliance with the Law Requirement in International Investment Law
Main Page Photo Credit: Philip Brewer (http://www.flickr.com/photos/bradipo/1435739708/). Abstract: Increasingly, foreign investors are aware of the legal protections afforded to their investments under international law, including under investment treaties. Such legal protections provide investors with important means of ensuring the safety of their investments from the wrongful acts of the state in which the investments are [...]
The Alien Tort Claims Act and Corporate Liability: A Threat to the United States’ International Relations
Abstract: An obscure sentence, penned by the first US Congress in 1789, has found its way to the forefront of human rights litigation, and is being utilized against multinational corporations. The statute, the Alien Tort Claims Act (“ATCA”), wielded by plaintiffs who have suffered human rights violations, has managed to pull multinational corporate giants, such [...]