As part of a series of seminars entitled "Islamic State and International Law", this second seminar assesses the legality of the US-led coalition airstrikes against IS in Syria and Iraq, with a particular emphasis on the UN Security Council Resolution 2249, unanimously adopted on November 20, 2015.

Steven Watt, Senior Staff Attorney of the Human Rights Program at the American Civil Liberties Union, delivers a lecture titled "Law and Legal Challenges in Addressing Psychologists in the CIA Torture Program." The lecture focuses on the recent ACLU lawsuit Salim v. Mitchell filed against psychologists whose role in designing and overseeing aspects of the post-September 11 detention and interrogation program was recently detailed in The Senate Intelligence Committee Report on Torture: Committee Study of the Central Intelligence Agency's Detention and Interrogation Program (2014).

Visiting scholar Moritz Baumgärtel, a PhD candidate from the Université libre de Bruxelles, gives a lecture titled "Europe's Refugee Crisis and the Rights of Migrants: What Role for Europe's Supranational Courts?" With large numbers of asylum seekers arriving in Europe, to what extent have the European Court of Human Rights and the European Court of Justice been used to strengthen the precarious rights of asylum seekers and refugees? Baumgärtel's research focuses on the intersection of migrant rights and human rights in litigation before these European supranational courts.

Jean Baptiste Maillart, a visiting PhD student from the University of Geneva, he addresses the rise of Islamic State since 2014 as well as its brutality and cruel practices, often filmed and diffused online, that have sparked fear and indignity in the international community. The Islamic State's existence has also raised numerous legal issues under international law, some of which will be addressed in a series of lunch-time talks throughout the spring 2016 semester.

Klara Skrivankova, head of the Europe Programme and Advocacy Coordinator at Anti-Slavery International, discusses "Trafficking and the European Refugee/Migration Crisis." This event focused on the risks of trafficking in connection with the ongoing European refugee/migration crisis. The event coincided with the International Day for the Abolition of Slavery (December 2).

The Global Health Law and Policy Symposium, held at Duke Law School on Nov. 6, 2015, featured keynote speaker Professor Benjamin Mason Meier, a Scholar at Georgetown Law School's O'Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law and a Faculty Fellow at UNC's Institute for Global Health and Infectious Disease. The event also featured two panel discussions on lessons from the recent Ebola outbreak and human rights issues in global health governance. Panelists include Dr. Chris Woods, Dr. Cameron R. Wolfe, Prof. Jerome Reichman, Dr. Michael H. Merson, Prof.

Lenni Benson, Executive Director of the Safe Passage Project in New York delivers a talk titled "Unaccompanied Minors from Central America and Special Immigrant Juvenile Status." In 2014, nearly 70,000 children from Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador arrived in the United States, with many teenagers fleeing gang violence. The event focuses on the response of the U.S. immigration system to this crisis, and exposes students to human rights work and issues in a domestic context.

Featuring Professor Lucas Rocha Furtado, Ph.D. in Law and Economic Aspects of Corruption (University of Salalmanca-Spain), Prosecutor of the "Tribunal de Contas da União" of Brazil, Professor of Law at the University of Brasilia, and one of the world's leading anti-corruption experts. Co-sponsored by Duke International Anti-Corruption Law Society and the International Law Society.

As marriage equality seems poised to take effect nation-wide in America within the immediate future, many advocates of LGBT rights are shifting their energies towards challenging other forms of discrimination faced by LGBT individuals, both domestically and internationally. Duke Law Professor Laurence R. Helfer presents a lecture on the current state of LGBT rights and issues across the globe, drawing from his own well-recognized work in international LGBT advocacy and human rights research. Co-sponsored by OutLaw, the Human Rights Law Society, and the International Law Society.

A discussion of the situation in Ukraine (as of February, 2015) in its legal dimensions, including Ukraine's quest for democracy and rule of law as well as the legal consequences of the Crimean Peninsula's annexation. The emphasis is on the probable outcomes and impacts these events will have on Ukraine as well as other international players. The panelists are: Honorable Bohdan Futey was the U.S.

September 27 - Practicing Private International Law:
Two panelists talk about their respective careers in international law. Lin Chua, LLM '00, is currently the Managing Director at GE Capital and has lead a global team on a number of deals. Christian Broadbent, LLM '99, worked as an associate at two large firms before joining the SEC where he has held a number of positions and is currently Senior Counsel to Commissioner Elisse B. Walter, and focuses on regulatory reform, investment management, ethics, and enforcement issues.

Professor Jennifer Jenkins gives a presentation on current intellectual property issues in fashion law both from a domestic and international perspective. Professor Reichman will provide additional insight and commentary. Co-sponsored by the International Law Society and the Intellectual Property and Cyberlaw Society.

Recorded on March 21, 2011.

Full title: Just Vogue: International Intellectual Property Issues in Fashion.

Appearing: Johanna Collins (Duke Law Student), host/introductions ; Jennifer Jenkins (Duke Law), speaker ; Jerome Reichman (Duke Law), speaker.

Four experienced prosecutors in the LLM program, will discuss the role of prosecutors in their countries. Professor Lisa Griffin will moderate. Lunch will be provided but attendees should bring their own beverage. This event is co-sponsored by the International Law Society and the Asian Law Students Association.

Recorded on October 26, 2010.

Appearing: Nir Shnaiderman (Israel), Tsung-Hao Chen (Taiwan), Ryohei Oda (Japan), and Jae Bin Cho (Korea), speakers.

The International Law Society and the Environmental Law Society will host a panel discussion on the outcome of the 2009 U.N. Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen. Professor Salzman and Professor Wiener are joined by Jonas Monast from the Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions.

Recorded on March 15, 2010.

From shelter animals being passed off as trained security dogs, to travels to Libya, London, and Paris to negotiate the $10 million per family settlement with the Libyan government. Meet the lawyers who first handled the conventional litigation against the airline and then, under the newly amended Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act, sued the Libyan government in groundbreaking, "anything but conventional" litigation.

Recorded on April 03, 2007.

Appearing: James Kreindler, Jerome Skinner, Robert Mirone, panelists.

Presentation questioning differences in international agreements with regard to their dispute resolution provisions. Sponsored by International Law Society and the JD/LLM program.

Recorded on February 22, 2006.

Full title: Explaining International Agreements With Dispute Resolution Provisions.

Appearing: Barbara Koremenos (University of Michigan), speaker.

Presentation on some of the human rights issues with detainees at the Guantanamo Bay Naval Base.

Recorded on February 17, 2006.

Appearing: Jumana Musa (Amnesty International), speaker.

Comments on the new role of these private firms in American endeavors, paying particular attention to implications for the laws of war, human rights and contemporary concerns about abuses.

Recorded on January 23, 2006.

Panel titled: Private Military Contractors & the Law of War.

A discussion on law and international relations and its relationship to civil rights.

Recorded on November 09, 2005.

Appearing: Speakers: Kal Raustiala (University of California, Los Angeles)

Professor Giorgio Resta of Italy examines the problem of commodification of persons in a comparative law perspective. Professor Giorgio Resta is on the law faculty of the University of Bari, Italy. He is a specialist in comparative law and private law. His most recent book examines the problem of commodification of persons in a comparative law perspective (Italy, Germany, France, and the US). Sponsored by the International Law Society.

Recorded on March 10, 2005.

Lecture titled: Dwarf-Throwing & Peep Shows: The Law of Human Dignity in the EU & the US.

Mehrangiz Kar is a famous Iranian attorney, writer, and activist, who was named International Woman of the Year in 2000, and is the recipient, amongst others, of the 2002 Ludovic Trarieux International Human Rights Prize.

Recorded on March 04, 2005.

Lecture titled: Obstacles to Democracy Under the Iranian Constitution.

Appearing: Mehrangiz Kar, speaker.

Introductions by Carolyn Spiegel ; speakers: Professors Scott Silliman and Michael Byers, and students discuss the merits of the use of preemptive self-defense as a legal rational as used against Iraq by President George W. Bush.

Recorded on April 07, 2003.

Recorded on November 14, 2000.

Full title: The International Implications of Domestic Violence on Human Rights.

Appearing: Regan Ralph, Executive Director, Women's Rights Division, Human Rights Watch, speaker.

The Center for International and Comparative Law and the Kenan Institute for Ethics in association with the Law & History Society, International Law Society, ICCSN, Human Rights Law Society, and BLSA invite all students to join, from The Hague, Judge Patrick Robinson of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (President, 2008-2011). Judge Robinson will discuss the role of the ICTY and international criminal courts in the pursuit of justice and reconciliation.