The Huffington Post blog: Women Leaving Rio+20 Motivated to Galvanize Sustainability Around Family Planning and Reproductive Rights, by Diane MacEachern:There is a direct correlation between access to voluntary family planning, women’s empowerment and environmental sustainability. And though the official
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Squatters v. the Olympics
By propertyprof
The N.Y. Times chronicles a property battle emerging in Brazil. Residents of the favelas are resisting government attempts to take their property to build the infrastructure and stadiums necessary to host the 2016 Olympic Games:“These events were supposed to…
The Need to Protect Judges in Brazil
A United Nations human rights expert today called on Brazilian authorities to take immediate steps to better protect the country’s judges, magistrates, prosecutors, public defenders and other lawyers in the wake of the recent assassination of a high-profile judge. Gabriela…
World Water Day
Today, Tuesday, March 22, is World Water Day. The declaration of the first World Water Day in 1993 grew out of the 1992 UN Conference on Environment and Development in 1992 in Rio de Janiero. On this day in 2004, a…
48 Students Rescued On The High Seas After Concordia “Class Afloat” Ship Sinks
By Jim Walker
48 students aboard the S/Y Concordia found themselves in lifeboats bobbing in the Atlantic for two days after their sailing yacht sank 550 kilometers from Rio de Janeiro Brazil.
According to the Vancouver Sun, the students, mostly Canadian high school and first…
Hague Convention on International Child Abduction
We have just received the following statement from the U.S. State Department concerning a case under the Hague Convention on International Child Abduction.(mew) STATEMENT BY SECRETARY CLINTON I was pleased to hear that the Appellate Court in Rio de Janeiro has upheld…
Rio Olympic Committee Mulls Suit Over Robin Williams’s Comment
The Rio Olympic Committee’s lawyers are considering action in a U.S. court over Robin Williams’s comment to David Letterman on The Late Show regarding how Rio won the Olympic nod. Brazzil Magazine has the story (as well as a clip…
If You Can’t Drive in the South, Don’t Leave the State
By Trey Mills
I just came back from vacation to New York City and Rio de Janeiro. As far as my experiences that relate to this blog, I was amazed at how aggressive, reckless, and yet effective the drivers of any form of…
Free Law Student Memberships in the American Branch of the International Law Association (ABILA)
The American Branch of the International Law Association (ABILA), founded in 1922, is one of forty-five branches of the International Law Association, which was founded in 1873 to study, clarify, and develop both private and public international law. For information…
International Law Association Conference in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
The Brazilian Branch of the International Law Association (ILA-Brazil) announced that the 73rd ILA Biennial Conference will be held in Rio de Janeiro from August 17 to 21, 2008. Registration is now open at www.ilabrasil.org.br/ila2008. (mew)…
