George Mason International Law Journal

02/20/2023

We are so excited to announce that the following student pieces have been chosen for publication in our Volume 15 print edition!

Haley Brechwald: “The HOPE Act and the Supreme Court’s Epic Violation of International Human Rights Law”

Joseph Gordon: “2022: A Space Junk Odyssey: Applying Strict Liability to Solve the Private Space Junk Problem”

Kaitlin Groundwater: “Up a Rising Creek Without a Paddle: A Survey of Legal Protection for Climate Migrants”

Sunny Johnson: “Bring Uniformity to Heritable Genome Editing Laws”

We are also excited to announce the following pieces have been chosen for publication on our online forum!

Kimberly Brooking: “Clarifying Complicity under Article III(e) of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide to Mitigate Genocide in the Future”

Grace Johnston: “The Need for Global Guidance to Combat the Silent Crime of International Health Care Fraud”

We are also excited to announce the following two awards:

Sunny Johnson has been selected for the Best Comment Award and Lucas Green has been selected for the Best Spading Award.

Congratulations!

02/20/2023

The George Mason International Law Journal is so excited to announce the incoming 2023-2024 Editorial Board for Volume 15!

Editor-in-Chief: Kelsey Thomas
Executive Editor: Momin bin Mohsin, Sam Swanson
Managing & Publications: Kaitlin Groundwater
Development Editor: Harneet Sanghera
Senior Notes Editor: Kimberly Brooking
Senior Articles Editor: Grace Johnston
Senior Research Editor: Sabrina Soltau
Senior Symposium Editor: Sunny Johnson
Notes Editors: Brian Min, Julia Blaszkowski
Articles Editor: Heather Kemp
Research Editors: Jessica Villano, Sabrina Peralta, Alana Baker
Symposium Editor: Joseph Gordon

Senior Members: Ashley Ahn, Haley Brechwald, Becca Dougherty, Kelsey Littner, Andrea Peabody, Ha Young Son, Jeff Simmons, Jason Wallen

Congratulations to everyone!

07/02/2022

We are so excited to announce ILJ's new candidate members for the 2022-2023 school year! Congratulations everyone!

04/10/2022

Please join ILJ’s Information Session tomorrow Monday April 11 in person or over zoom! We hope to see you all there!

03/14/2022

We're excited to announce the publication of our first issue of Volume 13! The issue features insightful professional articles by Christopher Winters and Celine Yan Wang, as well as great student notes by Emily Bordelon (our current Manging and Publication Editor) and Suzanne Schultz (our current Senior Research Editor). Check it out below:

Editorial Board, 2021-2022 Issue 1 Articles Celine Yan Wang, Governing Data Markets in China: From Competition Litigation and Government Regulation to Legislative Ordering Christopher Winters, Applying Source Classification Rules to Cloud Computing Transactions: Lease or Service? Notes Emily Bordelo...

02/21/2022

ILJ is excited to announce this year’s student comments selected for publication in our printed edition:

Sarah Estwani — A More Inclusive International Will
Lucas Green — There’s A Filter for That: Patterning the United States Supreme Court’s Intermediate Scrutiny Analysis for Commercial Speech on Canada’s Proportionality Analysis and Improving Online Child Directed Advertising Regulations
Faith Harrison — Why Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs) Should be Considered “Goods” for the Purposes of the European Union’s Free Movement of Goods Provisions
Anna Sracic — Section 232 Tariffs Are Illegal: Why Over-Delegating Trade Authority is the Real Threat to National Security

Additionally, we are thrilled to announce this year's student comments selected for publication on our online forum:

Angelica Banks — Clean up on ILJ: Taking Domestic Action to Tackle Bribery and Corruption in International Commercial Arbitration
Besa Bucaj — Hold the Line: Stopping the Chinese Communist Party's Genocide of the Uyghurs

Finally, we want to give a huge shout out to the following two candidate members. Faith Harrison has been selected for the Best Comment Award, and Kyle Manuel has been selected for the Best Spading Award. Congrats to you both and thank you for your hard work this year!

01/31/2022

Take a look at our flyer detailing our symposium series this spring! We hope to see you all there.

12/21/2021

If you missed our symposium last week with the Center for the Middle East and International Law on U.S. state recognition policies, you can watch the recording on our website below!

In the past couple of years, the United States took two major actions to recognize a state's de jure sovereignty over a contested territory. In March 2019, the United States recognized Israeli sovereignty over the Golan Heights, which it had seized from Syria in 1967 and annexed in 1981. Then in Dec...

12/16/2021

Don’t forget to tune in today at 9:30 AM EST! Registration is still open to the public.

In the past couple of years, the United States took two major actions to recognize a state's de jure sovereignty over a contested territory. In March 2019, the United States recognized Israeli sovereignty over the Golan Heights, which it had seized from Syria in 1967 and annexed in 1981. Then in Dec...

12/12/2021

ILJ is excited to announce its first symposium for the 2021-2022 school year! The New U.S. Recognition Policy Symposium, hosted by ILJ and the Center for the Middle East and International Law, will review and discuss the implications of sovereignty recognitions. The event will take place on December 16, from 9:30 am - 11:00 am on Zoom. Further information, as well as the registration link, can be found here: https://www.gmuilj.org/symposium-the-new-u-s-recognition-policy/

We hope to see you all there!

In the past couple of years, the United States took two major actions to recognize a state's de jure sovereignty over a contested territory. In March 2019, the United States recognized Israeli sovereignty over the Golan Heights, which it had seized from Syria in 1967 and annexed in 1981. Then in Dec...

10/05/2021

Hi everyone! ILJ is thrilled to announce that our new and improved website is officially up and running! You can check it out at the link below.

FEATURED ARTICLES The Prosecutor v. Thomas Lubanga Dyilo: Persistent Evidentiary Challenges Facing the International Criminal Court Aliza Shatzman I. INTRODUCTION On March 14, 2012, Thomas Lubanga Dyilo (“Lubanga”) became the first individual convicted by the International Criminal Court (“ICC...