Upcoming International Judicial Academy Events

• Intellectual Property Law Seminar in Washington, DC for judges from Peru, Chile, and Argentina
• Intellectual Property Law Seminar in Washington, DC for judges from Mexico
• Sixth Sir Richard May Seminar on International Law & International Courts in The Hague, Netherlands

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In the Matter of an Independent Review Process: ICM Registry, LLC v. Internet Corp. for Assigned Names and Numbers ("ICANN") (Feb. 19, 2010) »

Binyam Mohamed v. Sec'y of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (Feb. 10, 2010) »

Centre for Minority Rights Development (Kenya) and Minority Rights Group International on behalf of Endorois Welfare Council v. Kenya (Feb. 4, 2010) »

Proof Positive
By: James G. Apple, Editor-in-Chief, International Judicial Monitor and President, International Judicial Academy

For the philosophical positivist, the test of whether something is true or real depends on whether it can be experienced in the real world. (Read More »)

The Challenges Facing the European Court of Human Rights
By: Michael O’Boyle, Deputy Registrar of the European Court of Human Rights

The European Convention on Human Rights was drafted by the member states of the Council of Europe following the end of the second-world war and as a reaction to the barbarities committed during that conflict. (Read More »)

Domestic Implementation of International Human Rights Law in the United States: A Look at the Alien Tort Statute
By: Carolyn Dubay, Associate Editor, International Judicial Monitor

Different countries implement international law in a variety of ways. The domestic recognition of customary international law, otherwise known as the law of nations, is even more vexing without the express language of a treaty to guide interpretation and execution.  (Read More »)

Mary Robinson
By: Carolyn Dubay, Associate Editor, International Judicial Monitor

Mary Robinson has led a life of achievement in politics and international law.  She is most well known as the first woman President of Ireland, a position which she held from 1990-1997.  (Read More »)

Shaping Foreign Policy in Times of Crisis: The Role of International Law and the State Department Legal Adviser
By Michael P. Scharf and Paul D. Williams, Cambridge University Press, 2010.

Reviewed by: James G. Apple, Editor in Chief, International Judicial Monitor and President, International Judicial Academy

In this book, Professor Michael Scharf of the Case Western Reserve Law School and Professor Paul R. Williams of the Washington College of Law at American University have shed light on a place of former darkness and in the process have destroyed three abiding myths about the nature and uses of international law. (Read More »)