Who Watches the Watchmen?

  Who Watches the Watchmen?: The Difficulty of Punishing War Criminals Maxwell Feldman The International Criminal Court (the ICC) is unable to prosecute many—if not most—offenders that fall into its jurisdiction because of the difficulty the court faces in… Read More

Decriminalization as an Alternative Means of Protecting Abortion in America

By Rita Portenti, May 17, 2022 Introduction: An Unusual Trend in the United States Over the past three decades, a global trend in increasing access to abortion has emerged. Meanwhile, in the United States, access to abortion is… Read More

Starvation and Torture in Uighur Detention Camps

A Need for International Unity Against China By Sawyer Sourbeer “We must be as harsh as them and show absolutely no mercy.”[i] Those were the words of China’s President Xi Jinping describing the attitude Chinese government officials must… Read More

Burundian Elections During COVID-19

By Megan Soetaert In countries throughout the world, the COVID-19 pandemic has created novel challenges in all aspects of governance, from healthcare to trade and many sectors in between. For some countries, like the small East African country… Read More

The U.S., Capital Punishment and the ICCPR

The United States has expressed reservations to Article 6, section 5 of the ICCPR,[1] stating that “the United States reserves the right, subject to Constitutional restraints, to impose capital punishment on any person (other than a pregnant woman)… Read More