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The Teaching Of International Human Rights In U.S. Law Schools, Richard B. Lillich
The Teaching Of International Human Rights In U.S. Law Schools, Richard B. Lillich
Antioch Law Journal
The teaching of international human rights law in U.S. law schools has come a long way in the past two decades. Twenty years ago a survey conducted by the American Society of International Law made no mention of the subject. I In 1965, the late Egon Schwelb, "Mr. Human Rights," in what he himself characterized as a "novel departure,"2 offered a seminar on "The International Protection of Human Rights" at Yale. During the next half-dozen years, similar offerings were made available at California (Berkeley), Harvard, Virginia, and several other institutions. By 1971, when a panel at the annual meeting of …
Legal And Political Considerations Of The United States' Ratification Of The Genocide Convention, Jay Rosenthal
Legal And Political Considerations Of The United States' Ratification Of The Genocide Convention, Jay Rosenthal
Antioch Law Journal
On December 11, 1948, the United States officially signed the United Nations Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (hereinafter the Convention).1 The Convention was sent to the Senate as part of the ratification process for the advice and consent of two-thirds of the Senators present and voting. 2 But the Senate declined to give advice and consent to the Convention, and has maintained that position for over thirty-six years. Ninety-six countries have now deposited their instruments of ratification with the United Nations, making them parties to the Convention. The United States is not a party. …