Georgetown Journal of International Law articles from March 2008

Georgetown Journal of International Law archives from March 2008

Seeing justice done: the importance of prioritizing outreach efforts at international criminal tribunals.
March 22, 2008... The perpetration of terrible crimes against innocent populations has gone on throughout history, yet it is only in the twentieth century that responses to those crimes have been organized and prosecuted before international criminal tribunals....

The plunder of natural resources during war: a war crime.
March 22, 2008... PART I. THE PROBLEM OF NATURAL RESOURCE PLUNDER DURING WAR Pillage: "the forcible seizure of another's property, esp. in war... The property so seized or plundered." (1) The ability to plunder an occupied territory's natural resources...

The Convention on the Suppression of Acts of Nuclear Terrorism: an old solution to a new problem.
March 22, 2008... INTRODUCTION In The Sum of All Fears, the President of the United States gives the order to strike Russia with nuclear missiles hours after a nuclear device explodes in Baltimore and the viewer's pulse races as a CIA analyst valiantly...

Lock them up - and throw away the key: the preventive detention of sex offenders in the United States and Germany.
March 22, 2008... I. INTRODUCTION The management of sex offenders is increasingly unlikely to achieve a balance between protecting society and preserving individual liberties. (1) Sex offenders differ from typical offenders because the harm their offenses...