sex (with a married woman) = greencard
No wonder immigrants fear immigration officials. Apparently a US immigration agent, after interviewing the 22 year old Colombian wife of an American citizen, began to contact the woman requesting sexual favors in return for her green card. The clearly intelligent woman recorded the request on her cell phone and then went to the New York [...]
...read moreA little bit more…
Sorry for one more Spitzer/Paterson article, but this gets at the heart of the comment I just left regarding Jill’s previous post on Spitzer. Where do we draw the line on what is considered private versus public information? And if it goes beyond the illegal (prostitution, soliciting sex, etc) who gets to judge? Does Alfred? [...]
...read moreRole Models
“I say repeatedly to New Yorkers and Americans, listen to your grannies. Your grannies know what is up.” Kudos to these women!
...read moreDebate, discussion, or thought of any kind isn’t really Bush’s strong suit…
How the decision that is “widely seen as one of the most momentous and contentious of the war” was made is now coming to light. In May of 2003 Paul Bremer III (or ‘Jerry’ as he’s known around the office) decided (pretty much all by himself) to formally dissolve Iraq’s army. Somehow he thought it [...]
...read moreDo We Understand Shariah?
In yesterday’s New York Times magazine there was a fantastic article by Noah Feldman titled ‘Why Shariah?’ in which he examines the history and current rise in popular support for the Islamic legal tradition, Shariah. As a future lawyer I have become increasingly interested in learning more about Shariah. I will openly admit I know [...]
...read moreGuest for the Week
As Jill is officially on her well earned vacation I thought I would introduce myself as this week’s guest blogger. I most recently guest-blogged back in December while living in Tanzania and interning for a legal NGO there. I left Africa at the end of December and am currently living in Buenos Aires, working on [...]
...read more“to be able to demand and obtain the right to rights”
One of the projects I have been working on is helping to develop a conference examining the new African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights. Similar to the European Court and American Court, the African court was established in January of 2004 in order to hear human rights cases across the African Continent. Established in [...]
...read moreThe Impact of The Global Gag Rule on Healthcare in Kenya
I have been reading a really interesting publication produced by The Crowley Program in International Human Rights (part of Fordham Law School). Titled ‘Exporting Despair – The Human Rights Implications of U.S. Restrictions on Foreign Health Care Funding in Kenya’, the project examines both the impact of the Mexico City Policy (popularly known as the [...]
...read moreblogging in developing countries
First, I have to apologize for not blogging yesterday, or at least what was my yesterday. I then have to issue a warning about agreeing to blog while living in a developing country. My suggestion, do not commit yourself to anything requiring access to technology on a regular basis. And finally I am going to [...]
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Maasai Culture
One of the things I really enjoy doing while living in another country is taking an art class, particularly in a local craft. Here in Tanzania, batik is one of the most popular art forms. All along the town streets young men hawk piles of batiks to tourists, offering deals of “just 10,000 tsh”. Many [...]
...read moreThe Archives of a Genocide – Where do they Stay?
I recently attended a conference that was co-hosted by the East Africa Law Society and the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR). The conference was held to discuss the legacy of the ICTR court. Established by the UN in 1994 in order to prosecute those responsible for genocide in Rwanda, the court’s mandate is up [...]
...read moreGuest Blogger Introduction
As the guest blogger for this week, I thought I would provide a short introduction. I recently put off attending law school for one more year in order to further explore my interest in international human rights and health/reproductive rights. My first internship has been at a legal organization in Tanzania. While here I have [...]
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