PIHRL News
PIHRL Students Featured in Indiana Lawyer
Students from the Program in International Human Rights Law were featured in an Indiana Lawyer article on April 30, 2008 for their United Nations advocacy work.
Of the five students in the photograph in front of the UN’s New York Headquarters, three are current or former interns, four are JD students, and one is an LL.M. student.
PIHRL students have researched, written and submitted "Shadow Reports" and made oral human rights presentations to United Nations Committees five times since 2006. They have also participated in other Shadow Reports over the years. Most of the Shadow Reports are posted on the United Nations website.
The following five Shadow Reports were researched, written, and submitted by students since 2006:
(1) UN Human Rights Committee – Violation of Human Rights of Indigenous Peoples of Panama (New York) (2008) (Students gave oral presentation; Students hosted private lunch with Human Rights Committee Experts)
(2) UN Race Committee – Discrimination Against Muslims, Arabs, South Asians Post 9-11 (Geneva) (Report to be supplemented) (2008)
(3) UN Human Rights Committee – Discrimination Against Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender People in Chile (New York) (2007) (Students gave oral presentation; Students hosted private lunch with Human Rights Committee Experts)
(4) UN Human Rights Committee – Violation of Freedom of Expression in Zambia (Geneva) (2007) (Students gave oral presentation; Students hosted private lunch with Human Rights Committee Experts)
(5) UN Human Rights Committee – Discrimination Against Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender People in the U.S.A. (Geneva) (2006)
The first Shadow Report students researched, wrote and submitted was in 1999:
(6) UN Race Committee – Discrimination Against Dalits – The "Untouchables" of Nepal (Geneva) (1999)
Students assisted with the following two recent Shadow Reports that were submitted by the PIHRL and the National Bar Association:
(7) UN Race Committee – Race Discrimination Before, During & After Hurricane Katrina (Geneva) (2008)
(8) UN Human Rights Committee – Violation of Civil & Political Rights Before, During & After Hurricane Katrina (Geneva) (2006)
Prof. Edwards Featured in Kuwait's Al Jarida Newspaper
Professor George E. Edwards was featured in an article that appeared in the Arabic-language newspaper Al Jarida, published in Kuwait on 31 March 2008. In the article, he discussed a range of international human rights and other legal issues in Kuwait and the United States. He commented on the U.S. continued detention of Kuwaitis in Guantanamo Bay, an "Article 98 Agreement" by which Kuwait agreed not to surrender any U.S. soldier to the International Criminal Court, the Kuwait government's new legislation banning any person from dressing like a person of the opposite sex, and issues the United States State Department raised in its Annual Human Rights Report on human rights conditions in Kuwait. Read the article.
On 31 March 2008, Profesor George E. Edwards gave a lecture at the University of Kuwait Faculty of Law entitled "International Law and Torture: From the Anti-Terrorism Ticking Bomb Scenario to Abuse of Domestic Helpers in Kuwait." Professor Edwards was also invited to deliver a lecture at Kuwait University in 2003.
Prof. Bravo to Speak at Annual Meeting of the American Society of International Law
On April 4th, Professor Bravo will participate as a panelist in the St. Louis University School of Law Public Law Review’s symposium: The Changing Tide of Trade: The social, political and environmental implications of regional trade agreements (http://law.slu.edu/conf/trade/participants.html#contenttop). Professor Bravo will discuss her work on labor liberalization in the context of regional trade agreements.
Professor Bravo will participate in the American Society of International Law’s 102nd Annual Meeting (April 9 – 12), during which she will discuss her work on a labor liberalization approach to the modern trafficking in human beings. Professor Bravo was selected from a competitive field as one of the New Voices in International Law for the Society’s 102nd meeting.