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Al-Madhi Enters ICC’s First Guilty Plea, Adverse Consequences For ICC Could Follow

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By Andy Miles, MJIL Staff Member On August 22, 2016, Ahmad Al-Faqi Al Madhi admitted guilt at the start of his trial at the International Criminal Court (ICC). Al Madhi was accused of the war crime of intentionally directing attacks against historical monuments and buildings dedicated to religion. Al Madhi is a member of Ansar […]

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U.S. and EU Negotiators Shift Priority for T-TIP Passage in 2016, but Remain Optimistic

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Nikesh Patel, Executive Editor The 15th round of the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (T-TIP) concluded recently in New York City on October 7, 2016.[1] The Partnership is a proposed bilateral trade agreement between the United States and European Union. Although public scrutiny in the U.S. has further increased on the recent Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement

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Unsung Heroes: Volunteers and the Central American Refugee Crisis

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Nadia Anguiano-Wehde, MJIL Staff Member As reported by the United Nations, the world today faces the worst refugee crisis since the Second World War. As of 2014, the number of refugees, asylum seekers and internally displaced persons worldwide had reached startling proportions, exceeding 50 million for the first time since World War II. Though much

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Which way do the trade winds blow? The Presidential Race, Free Trade, and the TPP

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David Archer, MJIL Staff Member Last week, the MJIL hosted a symposium that touched on several important issues in international law, including the landscape around trade agreements, with special focus on the GATT and WTO agreements. In observing the relative absence of development in global free trade talks since the Doha round, one participant observed

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Attempts to Banish Trump: What’s Really Going On?

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Chelsea Ahmann, MJIL Staff Member Donald Trump has maintained a prominent profile in American society for decades as a real estate mogul and television personality. His latest proclamation to run for presidential office, however, has elevated him to a public status that has already dwarfed his previous standing in American culture. Moreover, an increased propensity

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Migration Fund: A Possible Way to Minimize the Negative Effects of Remittances

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Yujie Shen, MJIL Note & Comment Editor In recent years, scholars and policy makers have become increasingly interested in remittances, the money that individual migrants send back to their home countries, usually to their families and relatives. Interest in this subject appears to have grown in rough proportion to the growth in remittance flows. The

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