Kushagr Bakshi* In August 2019, as directed by the Supreme Court,[1] the Government of India published its National Register of Citizens for the state of Assam.[2] In one fell swoop, around 1.9 million people, many of whom had generational roots in Assam were declared foreign.[3] Given the migration arising from the Bangladesh Liberation War of ..read more

Anna R. Welch and Sara P. Cressey* With this new [asylum] program in place, we will be better equipped to carry out the spirit and intent of the Refugee Act of 1980 by applying the uniform standard of asylum eligibility, regardless of an applicant’s place of origin. We can thus implement the law based on ..read more

Eoin Jackson* The international community drafted the UN Refugee Convention (hereinafter ‘The Convention’) with the horrors of the Second World War still fresh in its mind. At the time, LGBTQ people were illegal in most countries and climate change was the stuff of scientific fantasy.[1] Despite this historical context, activists have sought to use the ..read more

ANGEL GABRIEL CABRERA SILVA* Introduction International human rights law was built on a straightforward legal assumption: that every human rights violation can be pinpointed as a single state’s responsibility. Grounded in a (now outdated) vision of state sovereignty, this doctrinal emphasis on “single-state” responsibility not only oversimplifies the socio-political reality of our times, but in ..read more

“Domestic Application of International Law: Focusing on Direct Applicability” by Judge Yuji Iwasawa By Sinh Vuong Nguyen and Sarah Lorgan-Khanyile Yuji Iwasawa’s “Domestic Application of International Law: Focusing on Direct Applicability” provides a timely elaboration on how to navigate the rapidly evolving landscape of international law. Iwasawa argues that tectonic shifts in international law have ..read more

PATRICK MILLER & KABIR DUGGAL* Introduction Milton Friedman famously stated that a business has no purpose except to increase shareholder value. This approach is increasingly dying.[1] Most international commercial lawyers have a general sense of human rights law—though it is often dismissed as a collection of non-binding, aspirational pronouncements having little practical effect on the way ..read more

FRONT MATTER NOTE: Empty Promises: Peacekeeper Babies and Discretionary Impunity Within the United NationsBy Emma Svoboda ARTICLES: Hidden Power in Global Supply ChainsBy Trang (Mae) Nguyen Expert Governance of Online SpeechBrenda Dvoskin Reconceptualizing the Party-Appointed Arbitrator and the Meaning of ImpartialityCatherine A. Rogers Courts Without Separation of Powers: The Case of Judicial Suggestions in ChinaBy ..read more

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Front Matter ARTICLES A New Framework for Digital Taxation By: Reuven Avi-Yonah, Young Ran (Christine) Kim & Karen Sam International Anticorruption Law, Revisited By: Jose-Miguel Bello y Villarino The International Organization for Migration and New Global Migration Governance By: Janie A. Chuang Agility Over Stability: China’s Great Reversal in Regulating the Platform Economy By: Angela ..read more

EVAN J. CRIDDLE* Abstract Within the past year, members of Congress have introduced nearly a dozen bills to make Russia pay for its military aggression against Ukraine. This Essay argues that none of the bills are satisfactory because they would either violate international law or fail to deliver meaningful compensation to Ukraine. Instead, the Essay ..read more