The Legality of Weapons Transfers to Ukraine Under International Law

The Problem of Onward Transfers Under U.S. Law

Several of themajor U.S. federal and state laws regulating the collection, use and disclosure of personal information by business entities only regulate the activities of entities that receive personal information directly from consumerswhile ignoring third-parties that receive this personal information through onward transfers. This regulatory gap opens the door for such third parties to use o...

the legality of new armaments from the viewpoint of international humanitarian law

the rapid and intensive progress in science and technology in the world, despite its abundant advantages and gifts of welfare and comfort for the mankind, in many ways, it has pushed human security to face grave tragic events. to give an example, the progress in chemistry before the great war, made it possible to produce and use toxic gases including phosgene gas causing enormous deaths of both...

Combating Illegal Organ Transplantation Under International Human Rights Law

Despite the fact that the concepts of organ transplantation and organ trafficking seem two completely distinct categories at first glance, sometimes they overlap with each other. This is especially in cases in which organ transplantation occurs from one country to another and for a financial exchange. There are two general indicators for determining the distinction between organ transplantation...

Living Weapons: Biological Weapons and International Security

In the summer of 1996, as a (much younger) Army infectious disease physician, I headed off to a new assignment with the US Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases (USAMRIID) at Fort Detrick, Maryland. It was a heady time to be entering the niche fi eld of biodefense. Five years before the events of 9/11 and the subsequent “Amerithrax” attacks would become an integral part of the ...

Beyond Retroactivity to Realizing Justice: A Theory on the Principle of Legality in International Criminal Law Sentencing