T. Boone Pickens has garnered much renown over the past two years with his "Pickens Plan" for energy independence, which basically reads: "America sho...
Daniel Firger | Posted 10.01.2009 | Green
Seeking to forestall a judgment running to the tens of billions of dollars in its so-called "Rainforest Chernobyl" litigation, Chevron on Wednesday filed a notice of arbitration against the Government of Ecuador.
Coleen Rowley | Posted 09.22.2009 | Politics
Despite the efforts of eight peace and anti-torture activists charged with trespass a year ago, at the 2008 Republican National Convention, a court could not bring itself to admit evidence of the Constitution.
Robert Amsterdam | Posted 11.09.2009 | World
It's a crime against reality for us to carry on pretending that countries like Kazakhstan can hold fair trials.
Robert Amsterdam | Posted 10.19.2009 | World
I fear that we might just see exactly how many barrels of oil a given dictator needs to export in order to flaunt the law.
Washington Independent | Daphne Eviatar | Posted 10.16.2009 | Politics
Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) said on "Face the Nation" Sunday that -- like most Republicans and even some Democrats, including some in the president's c...
Terry Humphrey | Posted 09.28.2009 | Politics
The U.S. Senate has never ratified the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights of 1966, one provision of which would mandate universal health care.
Cynthia Boaz | Posted 09.18.2009 | Politics
I am not saying that Jesus was a Stalinist or even a communist, just that it's very clear from his teachings that he believed that people were happier and healthier when they shared with each other.
Eric Lurio | Posted 08.30.2009 | Entertainment
I am not a fan of whaling and have long supported the ban, but what Sea Shepherd and its friends have been doing, has been mostly ineffective and somewhat counterproductive.
Daoud Kuttab | Posted 08.27.2009 | World
Israel's policies towards the holy city will guarantee that the desired peace process continues to elude Palestinians and Israelis.
Shahid Buttar | Posted 08.01.2009 | Politics
Our nation continues to undermine international law by sweeping torture under the rug, with serious implications going forward.
Terra Lawson-Remer | Posted 06.24.2009 | World
The most common modern pirates are multinational corporations operating beyond the rule of law. The U.S. can and should take firm measures against this kind of piracy, just as we have against the Somali pirates.
Hoyt Hilsman | Posted 05.23.2009 | Politics
It would be betrayal of the sacrifices of Americans like my grandfather to selectively prosecute the low-level offenders at Abu Ghraib and ignore the policy makers who set the violations of the Geneva Convention in motion.
Mike Farrell | Posted 05.19.2009 | Politics
By what moral or ethical standard does a rational person determine that smashing a shackled human being's head into a wall is legal, let alone acceptable?
Noura Erakat | Posted 04.03.2009 | World
Claims to ostensible moral and civil superiority and the now decades long U.S. and Israeli capacity to remain beyond the reach of international law has left the human rights community's looking for legal alternatives.
Noura Erakat | Posted 03.20.2009 | World
Upon returning from a National Lawyers Guild fact-finding mission in Gaza, I believe it is of the utmost importance to speak to Anthony Cordesman's resounding dismissal of international law.
BBC NEWS | Posted 03.19.2009 | World
The UK and the US have "actively undermined" international law in the way they fight terrorism, a report by judges and lawyers has said....
Olivier Kamanda | Posted 03.04.2009 | World
In recent months, a number of warrants, arrests, and prosecutions have provided African countries with an opportunity to test the international criminal legal regime.
Ben Cohen | Posted 02.16.2009 | World
Dershowitz of course fails to mention that Israel has never ended it's occupation of Gaza, and itself broke international law when it broke the cease fire.
Howard Schweber | Posted 02.14.2009 | World
The real question is whether "proportionality" remains a useful category of analysis. By any accepted interpretation, the standard has been repeatedly violated by both Israel and Hamas.
Ben Cohen | Posted 02.09.2009 | World
Hamas did not start this conflict. Here's an extensive time line of events, making clear that Israel broke the ceasefire, not Hamas.
Richard Spilman | Posted 01.17.2009 | World
In the past, the most effective means of ending piracy was to destroy their base of operations.
John Kirk Boyd | Posted 01.10.2009 | Living
The 2048 Project provides a process by which individuals, organizations and governments developing the "rule of law" can focus together and draft an optimal international framework.
Marcia G. Yerman | Posted 01.08.2009 | Entertainment
In an effort to rally attention to the 60th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Amnesty International is releasing the international song and video, The Price of Silence.
Stephen Zunes | Posted 01.05.2009 | Politics
For those hoping for a dramatic change in U.S. foreign policy under an Obama administration -- particularly regarding human rights, international law,...
HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 10.22.2009 | Politics