How To Help the Migration Crisis — and Make International Law
The global migration crisis has become a political crisis. As migrants continue the perilous sea journey across the Mediterranean, EU politicians remain deadlocked on creating new, harmonized...
View ArticleTo Preserve Biodiversity, Start with Five Universal Truths About Corruption
In an era of increased awareness of ecology and the environment, meaningful implementation of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Flora and Fauna (“CITES”) is garnering...
View ArticleThe Other 46 Percent: New Law of the Sea Negotiation on High Seas Biodiversity
Don’t the high seas seem less remote than they used to? Many of us have gazed out an airplane window on an intercontinental flight and seen the featureless ocean below (and wondered if there is really...
View ArticleElon Musk’s ‘Starman’: Is it Really Legal for Billionaires to Launch Their...
On a sunny Tuesday in February, SpaceX, the privately held rocket company of billionaire Elon Musk, launched a 23-story tall rocket, known as the Falcon Heavy, into space. Bolted into the second stage...
View ArticleClimate Change and Conservatism
In early October, the International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released an alarming new report on the impact climate change will have on the planet by 2040. These new findings, reviewed by...
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Refugee Protection at Risk: Remain in Mexico and Other Efforts to Undermine...
For the past year, the Trump administration has been hard at work trying to unilaterally rewrite asylum law. Its latest attempt, the so-called Migrant Protection Protocols, informally known as Remain...
View ArticleRecent Case: K.N. v. the United Kingdom
In a “dramatic 11th-hour” move, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) granted urgent interim measures on June 14 in K.N. v. United Kingdom, staying the deportation of an Iraqi asylum-seeker. The...
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