Co-founders of the Mexico Solidarity Project, Bruce Hobson and Meizhu Lui will speak on why North American progressives should understand why Mexico is critical to advancing a vision of socialism and multiracial democracy in the United States.
Following her introductory lecture on January 11, Professor Joan Roelofs will lead a 4-session class meeting Mondays and Wednesdays at the Center for Global Justice. The course will address these themes:
January 15: Introduction. How is international law created and how is it enforced?
January 17: Human rights in international law
January 22: War: International “humanitarian” law, use of force, and other intervention
January 24: Trade and investment
For More Information:
Books:
Murphy, Sean. Principles of International Law. 2006
Neff, Stephen C. Justice Among Nations: A History Of International Law, 2014
Sands, Philippe. Lawless World. 2005
Stephens, Beth et al. International Human Rights Litigation in U.S. Courts. 2008 (cases)
Online sources:
American Society of International Law Electronic Resource Guide http://www.asil.org/erghome.cfm
Cornell U. Law Library. Guide to International Law. http://guides.library.cornell.edu/ficl_topics
The United Nations Audiovisual Library of International Law http://www.un.org/law/avl/
UN List of treaties https://treaties.un.org/Pages/ParticipationStatus.aspx?clang=_en
UN Human Rights Council http://www.ohchr.org/EN/Pages/Home.aspx
Universal Periodic Review http://www.ohchr.org/EN/HRBodies/UPR/Pages/Documentation.aspx
International Court of Justice http://www.icj-cij.org/homepage/index.php
European Court of Human Rights http://www.echr.coe.int/echr/Homepage_EN
Council of Europe https://www.coe.int/en/web/portal/home
Inter-American Court of Human Rights http://www.corteidh.or.cr/index.php/en
Joan Roelofs is Professor Emerita of political science, Keene State College. She is the author of two books: Greening Cities: Building Just and Sustainable Communities (Rowman and Littlefield, 1996) and Foundations and Public Policy: The Mask of Pluralism (SUNY Press, 2003). She is the translator of the first English edition of Victor Considerant’s Principles of Socialism: Manifesto of 19th Century Democracy (Maisonneuve Press, 2006) and co-translator of Charles Fourier’s “World War of Small Pastries” (Autonomedia, 2015. She studied international law with Philip Jessup at the Columbia Law School. He later became a judge at the International Court of Justice.
Web site: www.joanroelofs.wordpress.com Email: jroelofs@keene.edu
When
Jan 15th, 2018 from 11:00 am to 12:30 pm
Location
Center for Global Justice
Calzada de la Luz 42
(between Loreto and Animas)
San Miguel de Allende, 37700
Mexico
Calzada de la Luz 42
(between Loreto and Animas)
San Miguel de Allende, 37700
Mexico
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