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GW Law International Law & Policy Brief The GW Law International Law & Policy Brief is a student-run international and comparative law blog

24/01/2022

Note: This is the third and final post of a three-part series on inquisitorial procedure and its lessons for the U.S. criminal justice system. The first post explained the importance of making the results of the investigation fully available to the defense counsel and to the judge, as a check on pro...

24/01/2022

China is set to host the Winter Olympics, beginning on February 3, 2021. The United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, as well as Denmark, Estonia, and Lithuania announced a diplomatic boycott of the games. These countries will not send government officials to the games, though their athlete...

20/01/2022

At the end of World War II, following the atrocities of the Holocaust, the international community vowed to “never again” allow the crime of genocide to be perpetrated. Since then, nearly every country in the world has ratified the Genocide Convention, which was adopted in 1948 “in order to li...

08/12/2021

Introduction Countries around the world have varying definitions of harmful online content, and different models for regulating those harms. The United States (US) and China occupy opposite ends of the spectrum of online content regulation, with most other countries or entities, e.g.—India, the Eu...

02/12/2021

Treaty Law In 2015, the Paris Agreement entered into force. The Agreement is a hybrid of legally binding provisions, including procedural commitments, and non-binding provisions. The Parties are obligated to prepare, communicate, and maintain a nationally determined contribution (NDCs), and submit i...

23/11/2021

If you faced a charging rhinoceros, what would you do? I like to think I would turn and run, but more than likely I’d stand paralyzed, waiting for the inevitable. Evergrande Group is just such a gray rhino. The Chinese mega-corporation is the second-largest property developer in the country and th...

23/11/2021

The recent U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan followed by the Taliban’s swift return as Afghanistan’s reigning regime has garnered fear and speculation within the international community, particularly among western democracies and human rights organizations, about the future of the country. Amidst...

18/11/2021

Note: This is the second post of a three-part series on inquisitorial procedure and its lessons for the U.S. criminal justice system. The first post explained the importance of making the results of the investigation fully available to the defense counsel and to the judge, as a check on prosecutoria...

17/11/2021

The United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26) is coming to a close in Glasgow, Scotland. Foreign dignitaries and climate change activists have made speeches, suggested and pledged goals, and discussed the future of living on Earth in the face of substantial environmental change. However, seve...

15/11/2021

Debates about the future of healthcare within the United States have carried on for decades. With no clear solution for skyrocketing costs, and a substantial percentage of the population left completely uninsured, the massive costs associated with certain treatments leave many with insurmountable de...

12/11/2021

Changing Demographic Trends in South Korea Over the past sixty years, South Korea has experienced remarkable growth in key development indicators like life expectancy, gross domestic product (GDP), GDP per capita, and literacy. Entering the third decade of this century, however, one key statistic is...

10/11/2021

In July 2008, the International Criminal Court (ICC) issued an arrest warrant for Omar al-Bashir, the Sudanese President. The arrest warrant accused him of genocide, crimes against humanity, and war crimes, despite Sudan not being a party to the Rome Statute and the ICC. Already, there had been incr...

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