Attorneys Matthew Cohen and Jun Jin from the U.S. Agency for International Development’s Office of the General Counsel will provide an overview of operational and legal challenges involved in delivering humanitarian and development assistance abroad, and will also offer their perspectives on careers in international development.
Trade and investment disputes frequently concern environmental issues. Because both the WTO dispute settlement process and investment arbitration produce decisions that are binding, they can effectively make determinations about environmental issues. Drawing on my experience in both trade and investment disputes dealing with environmental issues, I will explore some of the advantages and disadvantages of the treatment of environmental issues in these dispute settlement processes. Also, the processes are under current criticism and questions arise whether reforms to them will have a positive or negative effect on the way environmental issues are dealt with. Finally, on the basis of my own experience I will look at other types of dispute settlement mechanisms that also deal with environmental matters, specifically negotiation and conciliation.
Prof. John H. Knox of Wake Forest University School of Law will speak on the intersection of human rights and climate change at Lewis & Clark Law School. Climate change has been called the greatest threat to human rights in the twenty-first century. The rapidly warming climate is already contributing to floods in India, droughts in southern Africa, and typhoons in the Philippines, and is threatening to displace communities from the Arctic to the South Pacific. How can a human rights perspective help to combat its worst effects? The title of his talk is “The Implications of Human Rights Law for Addressing Climate Change.”
Join us for an afternoon discussing the intersection between animals and trade. The Symposium aims to address the animal related issues embedded in U.S. and international trade regulations, with emphasis on CITES, the TPP, and horse related issues.
The Role of Lawyers in NATO
Please join the International Law Program in welcoming Professor George Bermann of Columbia Law School. Professor Bermann, who is one of the world’s leading experts in international arbitration and European Union law, will give a presentation on the topic of The Investor-State Arbitration Regime and European Union Law: On a Collision Course?
The Third Annual Younger Comparativists Committee Conference will be held on April 4-5, 2014, at Lewis & Clark Law School in Portland, Oregon.
The conference will begin with an evening reception on Friday, April 4th, and continue with all-day concurrent panels on Saturday, April 5th.
For more information, please click here. Registration is closed at this time.
Attorney Ali Schneider, of Catholic Charities, will discuss current immigration programs designed to help people who have been victims of human trafficking, domestic violence, crime, torture and persecution. Food: Thai PK
Join visiting scholar Charles Anthony Smith in Room 105 of Miller Hall
on the College of Arts and Sciences campus for a scholarly look at
international human trafficking.