Recent Publications:

• A War Crimes “Wiki”: The Need for an Open Database to Ensure Syrian Accountability

  December 4, 2017

  Just over a month ago, a Swedish court became the first court anywhere to convict an individual associated with the Assad regime for war crimes. 

• More Privacy Principle: A Reply to Asaf Lubin

  November 29, 2017

  In his reply to The Privacy Principle, Asaf Lubin queries whether the right to privacy meets the criteria of a general principle of law.

• Book Review: The Child in International Refugee Law

  November 28, 2017

  Human rights give legal expression to our most foundational shared precepts of justice.

• Building a Durable Legal Framework in Space: The Extraterrestrial Impact of the South China Sea Dispute

  October 24, 2017

  Just a few weeks ago, tech titan Elon Musk announced his lofty intention to send the first colonists to Mars by 2024.

• Section 7 of the United Kingdom Bribery Act 2010: A “Fair Warning” Perlustration

  October 10, 2017

  “Within the past year, the tides of global corruption have begun a perceptible shift. In a growing number of countries …”

• A Principled Defence of the International Human Right to Privacy: A Response to Frédéric Sourgens

  September 21, 2017

  Frédéric Sourgens’s recent article, The Privacy Principle, dares to ask a provocative question: can international law regulate global surveillance pro

• The Case of Kim Jong-nam and Questions of International Law

  August 17, 2017

  At first glance, an assassination is a straight forward violation of international law.

• A General Look at Specific Jurisdiction

  May 23, 2017

  Towards a unified theory of “arising out of” or “related to” jurisdiction where the defendant’s forum conduct contributed to the plaintiff’s claims

• President Trump’s Budget Blueprint and U.N. Blue Helmets

  May 18, 2017

  On March 16th, President Trump released an initial budget outline for fiscal year (FY) 2018.

• A Closer Look at the Korean Constitutional Court’s Ruling on Park Geun-hye’s Impeachment

  May 18, 2017

  The Constitutional Court of the Republic of Korea unanimously approved the National Assembly’s December 2016 vote to impeach President Park Geun-hye.