I will post links to interesting recent articles I come across in human rights law, as well as articles related to things mentioned in class. If you see an article or blog entry that you think would be appropriate for this page, please click here to suggest it.

• Human Rights Treaties
  • Denunciation/Withdrawal
    Venezuela’s break with regional human rights court ‘an affront to victims,’ Amnesty International, Sept. 13, 2012
    • OAS General Secretary Communicates Venezuela’s Decision to Denounce the American Convention on Human Rights, OAS, Press-Release E-307/12, Sept. 10, 2012
• Torture / Cruel, Inhuman, Degrading Treatment or Punishment
  • Torture
    • Charlie Savage, Election to Decide Future Interrogation Methods in Terrorism Cases, N.Y. Times, Sept. 27, 2012 (Thanks to Ms. Joseph for this link!)
    • Human Rights Watch, Delivered Into Enemy Hands: US-Led Abuse and Rendition of Opponents to Gaddafi’s Libya (Sept. 6, 2011)
    • Is Using a Minotaur to Gore Detainees a Form of Torture?, Onion News Network, Aug. 27, 2009
  • Tyrer and Costello-Roberts
    • Bill Lichtenstein, A Terrifying Way to Discipline Children, N.Y. Times (op. ed.), Sep. 9, 2012
• Cultural Relativism
  • Stephen Evans, German Circumcision Ban: Is It a Parent’s Right to Choose?, BBC News, July 12, 2012
  • Talia Ralph, Circumcision Debate in Germany Brings Together Jews, Muslims in Protest, GlobalPost, Sept. 9, 2012
• U.S. Reservations, Understandings, and Declarations to Human Rights Treaties
  • The Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
    • Status Updates from the U.S. International Council on Disabilities (a private advocacy group)
    • RUDs approved by the Senate Foreign Relations Committee
    • Ratifications to the Convention and to the Optional Protocol
    • Reservations taken by other states in ratifying the treaty
    • Kathryn DeMarco, Disabled by Solitude: The Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and Its Impact on the Use of Supermax Solitary Confinement, 66 U. MIAMI L. REV. 523 (2012) (see pp. 552-564 for analysis of issue of RUDs)
• Gender Equality and Quotas
  • James Kanter, European Proposal Presses for Women to Join Boards, N.Y. Times, Sept. 3, 2012
  • James Kanter, European Central Bank Candidacy Delayed Over Lack of Women, N.Y. Times, Sept. 7, 2012
  • Stephen Castle, European Plan to Put More Women on Boards Runs into Opposition, N.Y. Times, Sept. 17, 2012
• Alien Tort Statute/Torture Victims Protection Act
  • Kiobel v. Royal Dutch Petroleum Co. (No. 10-1491) (U.S. Sup. Ct.)
    • Kiobel v. Royal Dutch Petroleum Co., 621 F.3d 111 (2d Cir. 2010)
    • Oral Argument, U.S. Supreme Court (Feb. 28, 2012)
    • Oral Argument, U.S. Supreme Court (Oct. 1, 2012)
      • Summary of Oral Argument (Oct. 2012)
    • Kali Borkoski, Kiobel v. Royal Dutch Petroleum: What’s at Stake, and For Whom?, Scotusblog, Sept. 30, 2012
  • Official Immunity
    • Habyarimana v. Kagame, No. 11-6315 (10th Cir. Oct. 10, 2012)
    • Doe 1 v. Zedillo, No. 3:11CV1433AWT (D. Conn. Sept. 16, 2011)
      • Complaint
      • Randal C. Archibold, U.S. Moves to Grant Former Mexican President Immunity in Suit, N.Y. Times, Sept. 8, 2012
• Truth Commissions
  • Thailand
    • Profile: Thailand’s Reds and Yellows, BBC News, July 13, 2012
    • Application [to the ICC] to Investigate the Situation of the Kingdom of Thailand, 31 January 2011
    • Poypiti Amatatham and Thomas Fuller, Truth Panel in Thailand Says Conflicts Are Festering, N.Y. Times, Sept. 19, 2012, at A9.
    • Truth for Reconciliation Commission of Thailand (TRCT)
    • UN Human Rights Chief Calls on Thailand to Take Steps Toward Reconciliation, UN News Centre, Sept. 18, 2012
    • Truth for Reconciliation Commission of Thailand (TRCT), Interim Report (Third Report, July 2011-March 2012) (March 2012)
  • Brazil
    • Michael Haggerson, Brazil Lawmakers Approve Truth Commission, Jurist, Oct. 27, 2011
    • Maureen Cosgrove, Brazil President Creates Truth Commission to Probe Human Rights Abuses, Jurist, Nov. 20, 2011
    • Sarah Paulsworth, Brazil President Swears in Truth Commission to Investigate Dictatorship-Era Rights Abuses, Jurist, May 18, 2012