International Law / Human Rights 1

LAW 1394 v00 Business and Human Rights (http:// INTERNATIONAL LAW / curriculum.law.georgetown.edu/course-search/?keyword=LAW %201394%20v00) (Fieldwork Practicum) HUMAN RIGHTS J.D. Practicum | 4 credit hours In fieldwork practicum courses, students participate in weekly seminars This is a sampling of courses on International Human Rights issues. and engage in related fieldwork at outside organizations. This fieldwork practicum course is designed to give students familiarity with the Search International Law Human Rights Courses (http:// field of business and human rights through a seminar in which we will curriculum.law.georgetown.edu/course-search/?cluster=cluster_52) explore the evolution of the field and the major issues that arise within it, combined with a placement in an organization that is working in some way on business and human rights issues. Students will participate in a two hour/week seminar and undertake at least 10 hours/week of fieldwork with organizations in the Washington, DC area that are involved in working on business and human rights issues. Organizations are not certain whether they will be able to provide in-person placements in fall 2021, but have committed to provide remote placements if they are not.

SEMINAR: The seminar will give students an understanding of the challenges in holding multinational companies accountable for the adverse impacts of their operations. We will examine how the modern global corporation is organized around extensive supply chains, the ways in which its formal legal structure can enable it to avoid responsibility for the full range of impacts that it creates, and the successes and limitations of attempts to address this problem through litigation. We will then turn to the emergence of the concept of human rights as a key conceptual tool in the effort to surmount the limits of conventional litigation and regulatory strategies. This will involve discussion of incidents that served as the impetus for this development, and the human rights instruments that provide the basis for human rights claims.

We will then examine in depth some of the types of impacts that can constitute rights violations, relating to concerns such as forced labor, human trafficking, unsafe working conditions and wage theft, physical abuse, forcible displacement, environmental degradation, child labor, sex discrimination, freedom of expression, privacy, and climate change. This will provide an opportunity as well to examine the range of responses to such abuses and their effectiveness, such as voluntary industry standards; guidelines established by international organizations such as the United Nations and the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, and the International Labor Organization; mandatory disclosure provisions such as the California and UK Human Trafficking statutes; voluntary disclosure programs; international finance standards; procurement regulation, and other measures. Students will also learn about issues that are distinctive to particular economic sectors, such as the extractives, apparel, financial, and information and communications technology industries. Finally, we will focus on how businesses can incorporate human rights concerns into their operations in order to comply with the duty of respect articulated by the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights.

FIELDWORK: Students will be placed with organizations in the Washington, DC area that are involved in working on business and human rights issues. These may include NGOs, corporations, bar associations, and international organizations. Students will work on a variety of types of projects that further the mission of their particular organizations. These may include legal research; advising, training, and educating community groups; gathering information on the effectiveness of voluntary standards; compiling information on adverse human impacts of different types of activities or in different sectors; helping to devise remedies for human rights violations; preparing staff for and participating in meetings with government, business, and/or non-profits organizations; helping advise on possible legislation; submitting reports to international organizations; helping with human rights due diligence efforts; and others.

Prerequisite: J.D. students must complete the required first-year program prior to enrolling in this course (part-time and interdivisional transfer students may enroll prior to completing Criminal Justice, Property, or their first-year elective).

Mutually Excluded Courses: Students may not concurrently enroll in this practicum and an externship, clinic, or another practicum course. Students may not receive credit for this practicum and Business and Human Rights in the Global Economy.

Note: In this fieldwork practicum, students are matched with their field placement before the fall semester begins. Each placement is relying on the student they have been matched with to promptly begin working at the organization once the fall semester begins. As a result, students enrolled in this practicum have until July 12, 2021 to drop this course without permission.

After July 12, 2021, a student who wishes to withdraw from this course must obtain permission from the faculty member and the Assistant Dean for Experiential Education. The Assistant Dean will grant such withdrawal requests only when remaining enrolled in the practicum would cause significant hardship for the student. If you enroll in the course after July 12, 2021, you must obtain permission from Professor Regan and the Assistant Dean for Experiential Education to withdraw from the course. The Assistant Dean will grant such withdrawal requests only when remaining enrolled in the practicum would cause significant hardship for the student. This practicum course is open to LL.M. students, space permitting. Interested LL.M. students should email the Office of the Registrar ([email protected]) to request admission. This course is suitable for evening students who can attend the weekly seminar and conduct at least 10 hours of fieldwork/week during normal business hours. This is a four credit course. Two credits will be awarded for the two-hour weekly seminar and two credits for approximately 10 hours of fieldwork per week, for a minimum of 11 weeks, to be scheduled with the faculty. The fieldwork must be completed during normal business hours. The two-credit seminar portion of this practicum will be graded. The two credits of fieldwork are mandatory pass/fail. Students will be allowed to take another course pass/fail in the same semester as this practicum. Students who enroll in this course will be automatically enrolled in both the seminar and fieldwork components and may not take either component separately. Students enrolled in this practicum have until July 12, 2021 to drop this course without permission. After July 12, 2021, a student who wishes to withdraw from this course must obtain permission from the faculty member and the Assistant Dean for Experiential Education. The Assistant Dean will grant such withdrawal requests only when remaining enrolled in the practicum would cause significant hardship for the student. A student who is granted permission to withdraw will be withdrawn from both the seminar and fieldwork components. Default attendance rule for all practicum courses (unless the professor indicates otherwise): Regular and punctual attendance is required at all practicum seminars and fieldwork placements. Students in project-based practicum courses are similarly required to devote the requisite number of hours to their project. If a student must miss seminar, fieldwork, or project work, he or she must speak to the professor as soon as possible to discuss the absence. Unless the professor indicates otherwise, a student with more than one unexcused absence from the practicum seminar (out of 13 total seminar sessions), or one week of unexcused absences from the fieldwork or project work (out of a total of 11 weeks of fieldwork or project work), may receive a lower grade or, at the professor’s discretion, may be withdrawn from the practicum course. 2 International Law / Human Rights

LAW 370 v02 Business and Human Rights in the Global Economy LAW 3060 v00 Business, Human Rights and Sustainability (http:// (http://curriculum.law.georgetown.edu/course-search/?keyword=LAW curriculum.law.georgetown.edu/course-search/?keyword=LAW %20370%20v02) %203060%20v00) J.D. Seminar (cross-listed) | 2 credit hours LL.M Course (cross-listed) | 1 credit hour Corporations today have a global scale as well as an impact that matches The relationship between business, human rights, and sustainability has or sometimes exceeds that of governments. Their activities -- from gained momentum in recent years with the private sector, governments, sourcing of raw materials, to processing and production of intermediate civil society, and international organizations, owing largely to the or finished goods, to distribution and sale -- have major consequences passage of the United Nations Guiding Principles on Business and not only for the human rights of their employees but also for the rights Human Rights (UNGP) in 2011, the 2012 UN Rio + 20 Sustainable of the individuals and communities impacted by their operations. Development Conference and the UN Sustainable Development Goals In many countries, government regulation and oversight are either (2015). These developments were preceded and followed by a series of absent or largely ineffective. Companies in turn struggle to define their multi stakeholder (governments, private sector, investors, civil society responsibilities in the face of these "governance gaps" -- particularly networks and organizations) and specific industry driven initiatives where requirements under national law fall short of international looking at how to integrate these international standards into both self standards in areas such as hours of work and safety and healthy. and binding regulatory processes. As a result, many of these initiatives led to an emerging international soft law system of business, human A robust and often contentious debate over these issues culminated in rights and sustainability that is based in the internationally acknowledged the development of the U.N. Guiding Principles on Business and Human body of hard law principles. Rights (the “UNGPs”) under the leadership of Special Representative John Ruggie. These Principles establish a framework for considering Regardless of being industry, sector specific or multi stakeholder in the respective roles of governments and corporations and outline core nature, the regulation, de-regulation, policy, practice and ever growing concepts of human rights due diligence and effective remedy. In doing global litigation in this new field of practice is multifaceted, dynamic, so, the UNGPs also inform and to some extent refocus efforts that have interactive, complex and challenges business leaders, markets and emerged over the past 20 years to address these governance gaps and even lawyers to think outside the box in order to address a challenging have brought together stakeholders from business, labor, civil society, the relationship between business, markets and society. This is where investment community, and academia. business strategy meets risks. Or instead, this is where risks eat a business strategy. As a result, business leaders, shareholders and their At the same time, in recent years there has been an increased push advisors are now required to integrate a 3D internal and external view from civil society groups and certain governments to go beyond these and assessment on how to address, prevent, mitigate and remediate the "voluntary" efforts and develop a binding business and human rights social and environmental impacts (risks) of private sector operations in treaty mechanism; this has met with strong opposition from business complex environments and with a collaborative and systems thinking and many other governments, including the United States. approach.

Even as "non-regulatory" approaches remain the predominant means Bar Associations in America and abroad have begun issuing specific of addressing various business and human rights challenges, there guidance on how corporate lawyers should advice their clients also has been a growing focus in recent years on tools through which incorporating human rights and sustainability standards. For instance, national governments and international institutions could exercise in a Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) transaction, corporate lawyers are greater leverage. This includes advocacy for stronger labor and other most likely to encounter questions dealing with social, environmental, human rights language in trade agreements, one-way trade preference human rights and environmental concerns. Those advocating on behalf programs, procurement standards, and the rules and guidelines applied of environmental and human rights organizations will find their work by international financial institutions -- coupled with more aggressive directly intersects with company law, securities law, investment law, enforcement of those criteria. Expanded efforts to advance that governance, compliance, company law and alternative dispute resolution "regulatory" approach in trade policy and elsewhere in some cases has mechanisms to name a few sub areas. been met with resistance from governments and business, but there also have been examples of emerging consensus among a diverse range of Fast-forward 2020. The global COVID-19 pandemic has suddenly stakeholders. entered this space. It has done so highlighting the vulnerabilities and opportunities in the relationship between business, governments This course introduces students to this quickly-evolving business and and society across the globe. Furthermore, the global pandemic is human rights landscape, including the diverse set of multi-stakeholder challenging all stakeholders not only to become relevant but to re-think, initiatives -- some, but not all, of which include government participation. re-imagine and re-envision new models that seek engagement, resilience, We will discuss the guidance provided by the UNGPs and other addressing grievances, investment, economic recovery and accountability instruments, the range of stakeholders and how they engage with one frameworks. another, tools utilized by governments and corporations to implement human rights standards, and how all of these interact in the context of In practice, these global and ever growing litigation trends are also both sector-specific and cross-cutting legal and policy challenges. challenging traditional company-led corporate social responsibility (CSR) and ethics programs that have been associated with both philanthropic, Among the questions the course will examine are: corporate citizenship and company-sponsored activities that give back to societies. While many of these programs have achieved several • Which human rights standards are most relevant to business? levels of success, for many sectors in society they remain as corporate • What are the appropriate linkages between business policies public relations or green wash exercises and demand more transparent, and practices and the promotion of human rights? accountable and remediation responses. The stakes are high. • Which business and human rights approaches are emerging as “best practices" and perhaps even as recognized norms? Litigation, a growing movement towards mandatory human rights and • What tools to support those are being used by governments and environmental due diligence and reporting requirements and other types corporations? of social demands are challenging companies to be very purposeful and accountable on how they address the environmental, social and • Who are the principal stakeholders and what are their roles and governance negative impacts (for some) or violations (for others) of their objectives? operations globally and domestically. Stakeholders are asking companies • What are the strategies for addressing business and human rights to integrate ongoing due diligence processes that address materiality "governance gaps" at the national and international levels? concerns when it comes to managing supply chains and making sure • What are the opportunities for increased integration of labor/human they are free of child labor, modern slavery and human trafficking. They rights and trade policies, and what are the limitations? are also asking companies to address the social and environmental • What mix of mandatory/regulatory and voluntary/“self- impacts of extraction of natural resources above and below ground, to regulatory” approaches has been utilized in different situations to name a few. advance human rights objectives? Which approaches have been most effective? Furthermore, stakeholders are not alone on this. The emerging and growing movement of shareholder advocacy is leading the way across • How are various business and human rights challenges playing out in industries and pushing the way through different strategies for more specific sectors, and how do these inform the debate about different corporate engagements that drive responsible business conduct and approaches? standard-setting activities that push for robust business, human rights To address these and other key questions, the course will begin with and sustainability policies embedded as part of corporate operations several sessions setting out the relevant legal and policy developments, across systems and functions. In particular, a wide range of investors with special attention to the UNGPs. It will also include a review of that include asset management firms, trade union funds, public different stakeholders and their roles and interests, and examination of pension funds, foundations, endowments, faith-based organizations concepts of corporate responsibility and corporate accountability, and and family funds are leveraging their assets of over US$3.5 trillion to an analysis of the various approaches to business and human rights collaborate around responsible investment while influencing boards and advanced by companies, governments, labor, civil society, and through management. multi-stakeholder initiatives. The second half of the semester will then At the conclusion of this course, students will demonstrate the capability: focus on how these concepts are being applied in particular sectors to address specific business and human rights challenges. • To distinguish between relevant applications of the Business, Human Rights and Sustainability frameworks of international hard and Throughout the course, students will be asked to examine the various soft laws, in the context of environmental, social and human rights approaches and differing roles of key stakeholders, including by playing challenges across industries and different actors and how they can the roles of those addressing the key issues from the perspectives of be integrated into the business strategy. corporations, civil society and unions, and governments. The class will be divided into three groups for purposes of this “role playing” -- with • To assess critical human rights, environment and natural resources each asked to adopt all three perspectives during the course of the challenges currently faced by industries and markets in different semester, both in students’ individual analyses of assigned readings and contexts through a multi stakeholder and 3D lens risk management in group sessions during certain classes. approach. • To analyze and discuss how different tools and resources can be Learning Objectives: applied and be relevant to address human rights and environmental challenges, which tools would be best suited for specific contexts Introduction to business and human rights landscape, including legal and and grievance mechanisms that exist for access to remedy across policy developments, particularly the UN Guiding Principles on Business relevant and selected industries (policy development, stakeholder and Human Rights. The course reviews different stakeholders and roles, forums and facilitation, influence and development, multi stakeholder examines concepts of corporate responsibility and accountability, and assessments, human rights due diligence and environmental analyzes various approaches to business and human rights advanced assessments) in international development, conflict and post-conflict by stakeholders. The course will also familiarize students with sector environments. specific business and human rights challenges. Note: NOTE FOR THE SUMMER 2021 SECTION: The professor will teach Recommended: There are no formal course requirements, but some basic this course virtually via Zoom. Students may choose to participate from familiarity with international trade and human rights law is assumed. the classroom or via Zoom while the professor is participating remotely. Mutually Excluded Courses: Students may not receive credit for both this Students who want to participate in person must be in the University’s seminar and the practicum course Business and Human Rights. COVID testing protocol (https://www.law.georgetown.edu/covid-19- updates/message-from-the-dean-covid-health-protocols-enforcement- and-discipline) and follow all other safety measures.

Attendance of ALL classes is Mandatory. Students will also have to come ready to actively participate with all assigned readings on the Syllabus completed before class, will have to work on small cohort simulated presentations and submit a final written memo that will be assigned in class. No exceptions. International Law / Human Rights 3

LAW 500 v00 Center for Applied Legal Studies (http:// LAW 611 v01 Extradition Simulation: International Law, Human Rights, curriculum.law.georgetown.edu/course-search/?keyword=LAW and Effective Advocacy (http://curriculum.law.georgetown.edu/course- %20500%20v00) search/?keyword=LAW%20611%20v01) J.D. Clinic | 10 credit hours J.D. Course | 1 credit hour See the Center for Applied Legal Studies website (https:// This course is designed to complement the rest of the 1L curriculum www.law.georgetown.edu/experiential-learning/clinics/center-for-applied- in several ways. First, it will expose you to selected elements of legal-studies) for more detailed information about the clinic. international and foreign law, beyond the usual concentration on the U.S. domestic law system. Second, our focus will be principally upon For registration-specific supplemental materials, please see the Center treaty texts, rather than judicial decisions, within a system that does for Applied Legal Studies PDF (https://www.law.georgetown.edu/wp- not rely upon binding precedents in the same ways you have already content/uploads/2021/03/CALS-Info-Sheet-2021-22-.pdf). encountered. Third, we hope to nurture your sensitivity to facts, as much as to law, as key elements in legal practice. Finally, through a series of For information about clinic registration generally, please see the collaborative simulation exercises, we intend to engage you in active, Clinic Registration Handbook (https://www.law.georgetown.edu/wp- experiential learning in a direct, powerful way. content/uploads/2021/04/Clinic-Registration-Handbook-2021-2022- updated-4.9.2021.pdf). The four-day simulation is based upon a hypothetical attempt by the United States to secure the extradition of two accused terrorists, who Mutually Excluded Courses: Students may not concurrently enroll in this have been indicted in federal court for participating in terrorist acts on clinic and an externship or a practicum course. U.S. soil, but who are currently resident in Russia and in France. The LAW 1673 v00 Effective Human Rights Advocacy in Polarized leaders in those countries appear willing to return the two suspects to Environments Seminar (http://curriculum.law.georgetown.edu/course- the United States, but the effort may be blocked by those countries’ search/?keyword=LAW%201673%20v00) membership in the European Convention on Human Rights, which may J.D. Seminar (cross-listed) | 2 credit hours bar extradition in cases where the accused would face the prospect of Human rights advocacy can be an uphill battle, even in the best of capital punishment or indefinite detention in harsh conditions. times. And these are not the best of times. Progress is possible, but the Students will be assigned the role of counsel for one of the defendants problems we tackle need serious, hard-nosed strategies and activists or one of the governments, and will work in small teams on two primary with the skills to execute them. In this course we will explore and analyze tasks. The first exercise is to prepare for and conduct a fact-gathering key elements of successful human rights advocacy campaigns—goal- interview of one of the clients. The second exercise is to plan, practice, setting, messaging/communications, coalition-building, resource and conduct a simulated hearing before the European Court of Human allocation—and develop the practical skills advocates need, especially in Rights. Throughout, students will be guided by the instructor and by today’s politically polarized environment, to win. a team of teaching fellows in the development of essential lawyering The course will be grounded in real-world examples. We will explore and skills, including fact development and analysis, problem solving, strategic evaluate different theories of social change and study how those work planning, and effective oral advocacy. (or don’t) in practice. Each week we will do a deep dive into a different Note: FIRST-YEAR WEEK ONE COURSE: This course will meet on the element of successful campaign strategy. following days: Monday, January 6, 2020, through Thursday, January 9, Student Learning Goals: As a result of completing this course, students 2020. This course is mandatory pass/fail, and does NOT count against will be able to draft a strategic campaign plan for an issue or policy the 7-credit pass/fail limit for J.D. students. campaign. Students will learn how to evaluate advocacy strategies and This optional, elective course is for first-year J.D. students only, who how to choose which advocacy techniques are likely to succeed in which are enrolled through a lottery process. ATTENDANCE AT ALL CLASS contexts. Students will be exposed to leading experts in human rights SESSIONS IS MANDATORY. All enrolled and waitlisted students must advocacy, including staff from human rights organizations, congressional be in attendance at the start of the first class session in order to be offices, messaging and communications experts, litigators and veteran eligible for a seat in the class and must attend each class session in human rights campaigners. Students will develop the analytical and its entirety. For more information, see the Week One website (https:// practical skills necessary to build a successful campaign strategy. www.law.georgetown.edu/experiential-learning/simulations/first-year- In addition, students will be alerted to opportunities for participating in week-one-simulations). Due to the intensive nature of the course, human rights activities and events outside of class. Students interested the small-group, team, and individual work that is involved, and the in a career in human rights will gain a richer understanding of the theories preparation that is necessary to ensure a positive student experience, of change and the portfolio of advocacy tactics used successfully by students who wish to drop the course after they have accepted a practitioners in the field. seat must drop by Monday, December 2, at 3:00 p.m. After that point, permission to drop from the course professor and Assistant Dean for Experiential Learning is required. Students who are enrolled but do not attend the first class session will be withdrawn from the course. 4 International Law / Human Rights

LAW 034 v07 Human Rights Fact-Finding (http:// LAW 034 v08 Human Rights Fact-Finding (http:// curriculum.law.georgetown.edu/course-search/?keyword=LAW curriculum.law.georgetown.edu/course-search/?keyword=LAW %20034%20v07) (Project-Based Practicum) %20034%20v08) (Project-Based Practicum) J.D. Practicum | 6 credit hours J.D. Practicum | 6 credit hours In a project-based practicum course, students participate in a weekly In a project-based practicum course, students participate in a weekly seminar and work on a project under the supervision of their professor(s). seminar and work on a project under the supervision of their professor(s). This project-based practicum course is designed to support students This project-based practicum course is designed to support students participating in the Human Rights Institute (HRI) Fact-Finding Project. participating in the Human Rights Institute (HRI) Fact-Finding Project. Through this course, students will gain the substantive background and Through this course, students will gain the substantive background and skills needed to carry out a human rights investigation from beginning skills needed to carry out a human rights investigation from beginning to end. Each year, the HRI Fact-Finding Project has focused on a policy- to end. Each year, the HRI Fact-Finding Project has focused on a policy- relevant human rights issue, including migrants’ rights, children’s rights, relevant human rights issue, including migrants’ rights, children’s rights, and the role of human rights in the global economy. In the fall, students LGBT rights, and the role of human rights in the global economy. In will participate in a weekly two hour/week seminar and carry out 5 hours/ the fall, students will participate in a weekly two hour/week seminar week of project work under the direction of the professor. Over Week and carry out 5 hours/week of project work under the direction of the One, students will travel to carry out a fact-finding investigation. In the professor. Over Week One, students will travel to carry out a fact-finding spring, students will participate in a two hour/week seminar every other investigation. In the spring, students will participate in a two hour/ week and carry out 10 hours/week of project work. For this course, week seminar every other week and carry out 10 hours/week of project students will work closely with the HRI Dash/Muse Fellow and Professor work. For this course, students will work closely with the HRI Dash/ Fanny Gomez-Lugo in conceptualizing and implementing each step of Muse Teaching Fellow Ashley Binetti and Professor Melysa Sperber in the Project. Professor Gomez-Lugo is currently the Senior Director for conceptualizing and implementing each step of the Project. Professor International Policy and Advocacy for the Heartland Alliance’s Global Sperber is currently the Director of Public Policy & Government Relations Initiatives for Human Rights. Previously, she coordinated the work of at Humanity United and Humanity United Action. She advocates before the Rapporteurship on the Rights of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Congress and federal agencies on policies to combat human trafficking Intersex (LGBTI) Persons of the Inter-American Commission on Human and prevent violent conflict, and she oversees the foundation’s public Rights. policy and government relations portfolio. Previously, she was Director of Human Rights at Vital Voices Global Partnership, where she implemented SEMINAR: In the fall, the seminar will cover the substantive law and programs in more than 20 countries to combat violence against women, policy relating to the fundamental rights of LGBTI individuals in the including human trafficking, domestic violence, and sexual violence. Americas, as well as human rights fact-finding skills and methodology. In the spring, seminar classes will meet every other week and focus on SEMINAR: In the fall, the seminar will cover the substantive law and the production of a human rights fact-finding report and the conduct of policy relating to human trafficking, as well as human rights fact-finding related advocacy. Seminar sessions will be designed to guide students skills and methodology. In the spring, seminar classes will meet every through each step of the human rights fact-finding process. other week and focus on the production of a human rights fact-finding report and the conduct of related advocacy. Seminar sessions will be PROJECT WORK: Students will research a human rights problem in designed to guide students through each step of the human rights fact- depth, conduct extensive outreach and interviews on the subject, draft a finding process, including project design, interviewing, reporting writing, comprehensive report on their findings, and engage in related advocacy. and advocacy. In January 2018, during ‘Week One,’ the group will travel on-site to conduct interviews with relevant stakeholders. Georgetown Law will PROJECT WORK: Students will research a human rights problem in cover travel expenses. Students will also be expected to meet on their depth, conduct extensive outreach and interviews on the subject, draft a own throughout the academic year. comprehensive report on their findings, and engage in related advocacy. In January 2019, during “Week One,” the group will travel on-site to Prerequisite: J.D. students must complete the required first-year program conduct interviews with relevant stakeholders. Georgetown Law will prior to enrolling in this course (part-time and interdivisional transfer cover travel expenses. Students are also expected to meet on their own students may enroll prior to completing Criminal Justice, Property, or their as a team throughout the academic year. first-year elective). Prerequisite: J.D. students must complete the required first-year program Recommended: Courses such as International Law I and International prior to enrolling in this course (part-time and interdivisional transfer Human Rights Law would be helpful to participants, but are not required. students may enroll prior to completing Criminal Justice, Property, or their first-year elective). Mutually Excluded Courses: Students may not concurrently enroll in this practicum course and a clinic or another practicum course. Students may Recommended: Courses such as International Law I and International concurrently enroll in this practicum course and an externship. Human Rights Law would be helpful to participants, but are not required.

Note: This course is open to both J.D. and LL.M students. Mutually Excluded Courses: Students may not concurrently enroll in this practicum course and a clinic or another practicum course. Students may This practicum course may be suitable for evening students with flexible concurrently enroll in this practicum course and an externship. work schedules. Interested evening students should contact Dash/ Muse Fellow Ashley Binetti ([email protected]) to discuss Note: This course is open to both J.D. and LL.M students. their particular situation. THIS COURSE REQUIRES HUMAN RIGHTS INSTITUTE PERMISSION TO ENROLL. Applications (comprised of a This practicum course may be suitable for evening students with flexible statement of interest, a resume, and a writing sample) are due by 12:00 work schedules. Interested evening students should contact Dash/ noon on Monday, April 10, 2017, the same day that clinic applications are Muse Fellow Ashley Binetti ([email protected]) to discuss due. Admitted J.D. students will be informed of HRI’s decision on their their particular situation. THIS COURSE REQUIRES HUMAN RIGHTS application before they are required to make a clinic decision. Selected INSTITUTE PERMISSION TO ENROLL. Applications (comprised of a students will be required to accept or decline an offer to join the project statement of interest, a resume, and a writing sample) are due by 12:00 by COB on April 26, 2017. Students who have missed this deadline should noon on Monday, April 9, 2018, the same day that clinic applications are contact Dash/Muse Fellow Ashley Binetti ([email protected]) due. Admitted J.D. students will be informed of HRI’s decision on their to inquire whether seats are still available. Selection criteria include application before they are required to make a clinic decision. Selected but are not limited to: a demonstrated commitment to human rights, students will be required to accept or decline an offer to join the project experience interviewing or working with individuals affected by human by COB on April 25, 2018. Students who have missed this deadline should rights violations, ability to work independently and in a group, ability contact Dash/Muse Fellow Ashley Binetti ([email protected]) to to complete complicated tasks on a deadline, and language skills. inquire whether seats are still available. Selection criteria include Additional information is available at www.humanrightsinstitute.net but are not limited to: a demonstrated commitment to human rights, (http://www.humanrightsinstitute.net). This is a six-credit course. Three experience interviewing or working with individuals affected by credits will be awarded in the fall; two for the seminar and one for the human rights violations, ability to work independently and in a group, approximately five hours of project work per week, for a minimum of 11 and ability to complete complicated tasks on a deadline. Additional weeks. Three credits will be awarded in the spring; one for the seminar information is available at www.humanrightsinstitute.net. (http:// and two for the approximately 10 hours of project work per week, for www.humanrightsinstitute.net) This is a six-credit course. Three a minimum of 11 weeks. Both the seminar portion and the project credits will be awarded in the fall; two for the seminar and one for the portion will be graded. One grade will be given for the fall semester approximately five hours of project work per week, for a minimum of 11 and another grade for the spring semester. Students who enroll in this weeks. Three credits will be awarded in the spring; one for the seminar course will be automatically enrolled in both the seminar and project and two for the approximately 10 hours of project work per week, for components and may not take either component separately. After Add/ a minimum of 11 weeks. Both the seminar portion and the project Drop, a student who wishes to withdraw from a practicum course must portion will be graded. One grade will be given for the fall semester obtain permission from the faculty member and the Assistant Dean for and another grade for the spring semester. Students who enroll in this Experiential Education. The Assistant Dean will grant such withdrawal course will be automatically enrolled in both the seminar and project requests only when remaining enrolled in the practicum would cause components and may not take either component separately. After Add/ significant hardship for the student. A student who is granted permission Drop, a student who wishes to withdraw from a practicum course must to withdraw will be withdrawn from both the seminar and project obtain permission from the faculty member and the Assistant Dean for components. Default attendance rule for all practicum courses (unless Experiential Education. The Assistant Dean will grant such withdrawal the professor indicates otherwise): Regular and punctual attendance is requests only when remaining enrolled in the practicum would cause required at all practicum seminars and fieldwork placements. Students significant hardship for the student. A student who is granted permission in project-based practicum courses are similarly required to devote the to withdraw will be withdrawn from both the seminar and project requisite number of hours to their project. If a student must miss seminar, components. Default attendance rule for all practicum courses (unless fieldwork, or project work, he or she must speak to the professor as the professor indicates otherwise): Regular and punctual attendance is soon as possible to discuss the absence. Unless the professor indicates required at all practicum seminars and fieldwork placements. Students otherwise, a student with more than one unexcused absence from in project-based practicum courses are similarly required to devote the the practicum seminar, or one week of unexcused absences from the requisite number of hours to their project. If a student must miss seminar, fieldwork or project work, may receive a lower grade or, at the professor’s fieldwork, or project work, he or she must speak to the professor as discretion, may be withdrawn from the practicum course. soon as possible to discuss the absence. Unless the professor indicates otherwise, a student with more than one unexcused absence from the practicum seminar, or one week of unexcused absences from the fieldwork or project work, may receive a lower grade or, at the professor’s discretion, may be withdrawn from the practicum course. International Law / Human Rights 5

LAW 034 v09 Human Rights Fact-Finding (http:// LAW 1621 v00 Human Rights Seminar: The Role of Human Rights curriculum.law.georgetown.edu/course-search/?keyword=LAW Defenders (http://curriculum.law.georgetown.edu/course-search/? %20034%20v09) (Project-Based Practicum) keyword=LAW%201621%20v00) J.D. Practicum | 7 credit hours J.D. Seminar (cross-listed) | 2-3 credit hours This project-based practicum course will give students the unique Human rights defenders play a critical role in the protection and opportunity to participate in the Human Rights Institute (HRI) Fact- promotion of internationally recognized human rights and fundamental Finding Project. Through this course, students will gain the substantive freedoms. Their work is essential to achieve the core objectives of background and skills needed to carry out a human rights investigation the United Nations and its Member States at national, regional, and from beginning to end. Each year, the HRI Fact-Finding Project has international levels. This seminar will explore the evolving international focused on a policy-relevant human rights issue, including migrants’ legal framework for the protection of human rights defenders. We will rights, children’s rights, LGBT rights, and the role of human rights in the consider the realities that prompted the international community to global economy. In the fall, students will participate in a two-hour weekly establish norms, create mechanisms and processes, and formulate seminar and carry out at least 5 hours per week of project work. Over policies to ensure that human rights defenders can safely engage in Week One students will carry out a virtual fact-finding investigation. In the their vital work under different political, economic, and social conditions. spring, students will participate in a two-hour seminar every other week The seminar will also examine how the norms governing human rights and carry out an average of 10 hours of project work per week. Students defenders enrich the human rights protection framework as a whole— work closely with the Professor and Dash-Muse Teaching Fellow in improving the chances of its implementation at the national level. This conceptualizing and implementing each step of the Project. seminar will also consider the role and responsibility of key human rights agencies within the international system, such as the United Nations SEMINAR: In the fall, the seminar will cover the substantive law and High Commissioner for Human Rights, and how the scope of their policy relating to health and human rights of migrant and refugee mandates accommodates development of the human rights defenders populations, as well as human rights fact-finding skills and methodology. framework. In the spring, seminar classes will meet every other week and focus on the production of a human rights fact-finding report. Seminar sessions Note: This course requires a paper. J.D. students must register for the will be designed to guide students through each step of the human rights 3-credit section of the course if they wish to write a paper fulfilling the fact-finding process, including project design, interviewing, and reporting J.D. Upperclass Legal Writing Requirement. The paper requirements writing. of the 2-credit section will not fulfill the J.D. Upperclass Legal Writing Requirement. PROJECT WORK: Students will research a human rights problem in depth, conduct extensive outreach and interviews on the subject, and draft a comprehensive report on their findings. In January 2021, during “Week One,” the group will conduct interviews with victims or potential victims of human rights abuses and relevant stakeholders. The fact-finding investigation during the 2020-2021 academic year will be conducted virtually and take place from Monday, January 11 through Thursday, January 14, 2021 with a mandatory orientation on Friday, January 8, 2021. Students will be expected to work both independently and in teams.

Prerequisite: Prior or concurrent enrollment in International Law I: Introduction to International Law or International Human Rights Law no later than the Fall 2020 semester.

J.D. students must complete the required first-year program prior to enrolling in this course (part-time and interdivisional transfer students may enroll prior to completing Criminal Justice, Property, or their first-year elective). Mutually Excluded Courses: Students may not concurrently enroll in this practicum course and a clinic or another practicum course. Students may concurrently enroll in this practicum course and an externship.

Note: This course is open to both J.D. and LL.M students.

This practicum course may be suitable for evening students with flexible work schedules. Interested evening students should contact current Dash-Muse Fellow Melissa Stewart ([email protected]) to discuss their particular situation. THIS COURSE REQUIRES HUMAN RIGHTS INSTITUTE PERMISSION TO ENROLL. J.D. student applications (comprised of a statement of interest, a resume, and a writing sample) are due by noon on Thursday, April 16, 2020. Admitted J.D. students will be informed of HRI’s decision on their application before they are required to make a clinic decision on April 20, 2020. Selected students will be required to accept or decline an offer to join the project by COB on Monday, May 4, 2020. J.D. students who have missed this deadline should contact Dash-Muse Fellow Melissa Stewart ([email protected]) to inquire whether seats are still available. Selection criteria include but are not limited to: a demonstrated commitment to human rights, experience interviewing or working with individuals affected by human rights violations, ability to work independently and in a group, and ability to complete complicated tasks on a deadline. LL.M. student application deadlines will be forthcoming this summer. Additional information is available at https:// www.law.georgetown.edu/human-rights-institute/our-work/fact-finding- project/. This is a seven-credit course. Three credits will be awarded in the fall; two for the seminar and one for the approximately five hours of project work per week, for a minimum of 11 weeks. Four credits will be awarded in the spring; one for the seminar, one for Week One and two for the approximately 10 hours of project work per week, for a minimum of 11 weeks. Both the seminar portion and the project portion will be graded. Field-work is an integral and required portion of the course. Students should consider their individual capacity to work cross-culturally with individuals who have experienced or are experiencing ongoing human rights violations. Permission to miss the Week One field-work portion of the course will be granted only in exceptional circumstances, such as a sudden illness or death in the family. Students will receive a grade for the year-long course in the spring semester. Students who enroll in this course will be automatically enrolled in both the seminar and project components and may not take either component separately. After Add/ Drop, a student who wishes to withdraw from a practicum course must obtain permission from the faculty member and the Assistant Dean for Experiential Education. The Assistant Dean will grant such withdrawal requests only when remaining enrolled in the practicum would cause significant hardship for the student. A student who is granted permission to withdraw will be withdrawn from both the seminar and project components. Default attendance rule for all practicum courses (unless the professor indicates otherwise): Regular and punctual attendance is required at all practicum seminars and fieldwork placements. Students in project-based practicum courses are similarly required to devote the requisite number of hours to their project. If a student must miss seminar, fieldwork, or project work, he or she must speak to the professor as soon as possible to discuss the absence. Unless the professor indicates otherwise, a student with more than one unexcused absence from the practicum seminar, or one week of unexcused absences from the fieldwork or project work, may receive a lower grade or, at the professor’s discretion, may be withdrawn from the practicum course. 6 International Law / Human Rights

LAW 1286 v00 Human Trafficking and Modern Slavery in the 21st LAW 3114 v00 Industry Epidemics: NCDs, Commercial Risk Factors Century: Legal Perspectives (http://curriculum.law.georgetown.edu/ and the Law (http://curriculum.law.georgetown.edu/course-search/? course-search/?keyword=LAW%201286%20v00) keyword=LAW%203114%20v00) J.D. Seminar (cross-listed) | 2 credit hours LL.M Seminar (cross-listed) | 2-3 credit hours Slavery has been a phenomenon that has existed since before written This seminar will examine the role of law and policy in addressing history, yet it is only in the last 200 years that efforts to abolish it have modifiable risk factors that contribute to the rising prevalence of non- gained traction. Today, increasing mobility, global supply chains, and communicable diseases (NCDs). Risk factors to be addressed include: continued social discrimination have created the environment for tobacco use, unhealthy diets, and the harmful use of alcohol. Materials ongoing human exploitation, even though the formal practice of chattel and discussions will probe questions such as: What are the best slavery, or the legal ownership of one human being by another, is illegal regulatory practices to deal with NCDs risk factors? How do transnational virtually everywhere. Indeed, some estimate that there are more slaves corporations contribute to the spread of non-communicable diseases? today than at any other time in human history. Most recently, efforts How different international legal regimes come into play in addressing to eliminate severe forms of human exploitation are being made under risk factors? What are the opportunities and challenges of using law the banner of ending human trafficking (or more formally, trafficking in & policy to address NCDs’ commercial risk factors? Throughout this persons). course we will have opportunities to consider how law and policy shape contemporary legal discussions related to NCDs, such as tobacco plain This course will provide students an overview of the multiple legal packaging, alcohol sponsorship, childhood obesity, commercial speech perspectives on combating human trafficking and modern slavery. This and food labelling, and targeted marketing strategies. will include the definitional tensions between different perspectives, alternative approaches to addressing severe human exploitation, and The course will take a global approach grounded in constitutional law an overview of the current U.S. legal framework for eradicating human and different international legal regimes (WTO, Human Rights Systems – trafficking and modern slavery and its weaknesses. Attention will be paid Regional & Universal—, among others). The course will explore how the to commonly recognized principles in human rights, criminal and labor rise in NCDs prevalence in both developed and developing countries is law, but also in such areas as corporate responsibility and international mainly driven by transnational corporations, globalization and foreign humanitarian law. The class will use a range of materials, including direct investment. Additionally, case studies will explore a variety of international treaties, decisions of international and foreign tribunals, and examples from jurisdictions spanning the United Kingdom, South Africa, more familiar U.S. statutory materials and legislative history (such as and Latin American countries, including taxes to discourage consumption committee reports). of unhealthy products, laws restricting advertising and promotion, and laws and policies to promote access to information to consumers. Learning Objectives: Students will be equipped with an understanding of specific issues, such At the conclusion of the class, students should be able to as the role of law compared with policy, the strengths and weaknesses of different regulatory strategies and the role and responsibilities of • recognize many of the forms of and pervasive nature of human the relevant industries in promoting the right to health. After exploring trafficking and modern slavery; a series of foundational themes and issues through the first half of • identify risks of human trafficking and modern slavery in most areas the course, the remainder will focus on in-depth case studies and of practice they may choose in the future; and experiences in regulating the risk factors from a comparative perspective • have familiarity with emerging issues in the area of human trafficking and future challenges. and modern slavery. This seminar requires attendance and participation in seminar Recommended: A prior course in public international law or international discussions, preparation for class, writing response posts, and the human rights. submission of a final paper (for those taking the course for three credits) or leading a class discussion (for those taking the course for two credits). Mutually Excluded Courses: Students may not receive credit for both this seminar and Human Trafficking in International and Transnational Law. Course goals:

• Understanding of the various risk factors contributing to non- communicable diseases (NCDs). • Understanding of various models of regulation of NCDs risk factors. • Understanding of complex risk factors regulatory issues across various constitutional systems and international legal regimes. • Understanding the interaction between regulation of NCDs risk factors and issues like gender and freedom of speech. • Understanding the role of transnational corporations in the increased prevalence of NCDs. International Law / Human Rights 7

LAW 230 v00 International and Comparative Law on Women's Human LAW 3132 v00 International Development, Humanitarian Assistance and Rights (http://curriculum.law.georgetown.edu/course-search/? Global Health (http://curriculum.law.georgetown.edu/course-search/? keyword=LAW%20230%20v00) keyword=LAW%203132%20v00) J.D. Course (cross-listed) | 2 credit hours LL.M Seminar (cross-listed) | 2 credit hours In many parts of the world, women are discriminated against, abused, The course provides an overview of the international and domestic legal treated as property, and even murdered because they are women. But and policy framework applicable to the delivery of foreign assistance today, there is a substantial body of international and regional human and global health for the following: bilateral development partners, rights law that can be used to change the national laws that permit international/multilateral institutions, and recipient countries; non- these practices or fail to protect women against them. In addition, many governmental and civil society organizations; and private sector actors. countries have begun to give women equal rights in many fields. Thus, there is now a body of human rights and comparative law that advocates By the end of this course, students will be able to: can use to advance equal human rights for women. • Identify and interpret the key relevant documents that define whether This course provides students with an overview of that law. It introduces and how to provide different types of foreign assistance (including them to the many forms of discrimination and violence women still foreign assistance statutes and regulations, annual appropriations, face and teaches them about the major human rights treaties that can bilateral treaties, and international treaties). help women achieve equality with men. These include the Convention • Predict and explain policy decisions based on knowledge of areas of on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women; government discretion and restrictions. the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights; and the • Identify and outline potential options to implement foreign regional human rights treaties from Africa, the Americas, and Europe. assistance, global health and other projects based on knowledge of Students study the work of the human rights bodies that measure state cross-cutting, generally applicable rules. compliance with these treaties, including their guidelines and case law • Identify what you would need to know and the resources an on issues affecting women. The course also examines comparative law organization will need in order to implement a project in response to on human rights issues such as sex-based discrimination in employment, a newly identified humanitarian aid or global health crisis or foreign inheritance, and family law rights, domestic violence and female genital assistance challenge. mutilation, polygamy and its impact on women and children, and • Differentiate between ideals and goals that are achievable under women’s lack of reproductive rights. the relevant legal and regulatory framework from activities that are National court decisions from countries in both common law and civil restricted or prohibited. law jurisdictions show how courts are using international and regional • Express the values or rationales that most influence or shape your human rights law to help resolve domestic law issues. As some issues interest in this field and how they inform your ability to assess the pose difficult conflicts between women’s right to equality with opposing likelihood of success of an assistance activity. assertions of religious and cultural rights to discriminate, the course also examines how human rights bodies resolve those conflicts and asks how LAW 227 v04 International Human Rights (http:// they should be resolved. curriculum.law.georgetown.edu/course-search/?keyword=LAW %20227%20v04) Note: For J.D. Students: Students Enrolled in the International Women’s J.D. Course (cross-listed) | 3 credit hours Human Rights Clinic must take this course as a pre- or co-requisite, but it This course examines the law, institutions, and advocacy strategies is also open to other J.D. students and to LL.M. students. designed to protect international human rights. We will analyze civil and political rights and economic and social rights, as well as international LAW 416 v02 International Courts and Tribunals: Theory and Practice humanitarian law, and explore key enforcement mechanisms at the (http://curriculum.law.georgetown.edu/course-search/?keyword=LAW national, regional, and international levels. The evolving role of NGOs %20416%20v02) and civil society actors in advancing human rights, and the responsibility LL.M Seminar (cross-listed) | 2 credit hours of corporations, will also be examined. Both progress and enduring This course surveys existing international courts and tribunals. Over the challenges in making human rights real “on the ground” will be a focus semester, we will examine courts and tribunals with general jurisdiction of this course, together with the need for effective enactment of legal (e.g., the International Court of Justice); courts and tribunals with standards, enforcement of those standards, and empowerment of specialized jurisdiction (e.g., the International Criminal Court, WTO, affected communities. Current legal issues and strategies concerning human rights tribunals, and investor-State tribunals); and claims tribunals climate change and human rights will also be highlighted. and commissions (e.g., the Iran-United States Claims Tribunal and the United Nations Compensation Commission). The course seeks to provide Recommended: International Law I: Introduction to International Law. a comparative understanding of the international adjudication system through readings and in-class exercises. General knowledge of public Mutually Excluded Courses: Students may not receive credit for both this international law is required. course and the graduate course, International Human Rights Law.

Prerequisite: Prior or concurrent enrollment in International Law I. 8 International Law / Human Rights

LAW 814 v00 International Human Rights Law (http:// LAW 814 v02 International Human Rights Law (http:// curriculum.law.georgetown.edu/course-search/?keyword=LAW curriculum.law.georgetown.edu/course-search/?keyword=LAW %20814%20v00) %20814%20v02) LL.M Course (cross-listed) | 3 credit hours LL.M Course (cross-listed) | 3 credit hours This course provides an intensive survey of international human How can the international legal system address some of human kind’s rights law and practice, with a principal focus on interpretation and greatest weaknesses? This course provides an intensive survey of implementation of human rights obligations, commitments, and norms modern international human rights law and the legal institutions in the practice of states. The course has three main components: in and systems of oversight that support it. Through a mixture of the first unit, we examine the development of the substantive law of lecture and class discussion, we will look at how and why these human rights and its sources (including treaties, customary international mechanisms developed, and critically analyze how they -- as well as law, and non-binding international instruments). In the second unit, States, non-State actors, and individuals -- succeed or fail in practice we examine implementation of international human rights in the to promote and protect human rights at the international, regional, international, regional, and domestic systems, focusing on UN organs and domestic levels. We will cover the foundations of the modern such as the Human Rights Council and treaty bodies, as well as regional system including the International Bill of Human Rights and the Geneva mechanisms. Finally, in the third unit we look at the application of the Conventions, as well as subsequent developments including treaties substantive law and implementation mechanisms in the context of and declarations regulating the use of certain weapons, prohibiting current issues in international human rights, including in the context torture, protecting the rights of persons with disabilities, protecting of atrocities and the refugee crisis. The course highlights selected refugees, promoting the rights of indigenous peoples, eliminating racial contemporary ethical problems in international human rights law discrimination and discrimination against women, and establishing such as genocide and torture, application of human rights obligations, the international criminal court. We will also look at how “soft law” has commitments, and norms to non-state actors (including corporations), developed to address emerging human rights-related fields such as universality of human rights and cultural relativism, and the need to corporate social responsibility and data privacy protection. Highlighting protect human rights while countering terrorism, including issues relevant contemporary issues in international human rights, we will ultimately to U.S. law and practice. Along the way we examine issues related to ask ourselves how current international human rights mechanisms can international immunities, impunity, human rights litigation under the U.S. address today’s conflicts, including refugee crises, natural resource Alien Tort Claims Act and Torture Victim Protection Act, and international disputes, and international campaigns against terrorism. criminal tribunals. Recommended: Prior enrollment in International Law I: Introduction to Recommended: International Law I: Introduction to International Law. International Law (or equivalent).

Mutually Excluded Courses: Students may not receive credit for both Mutually Excluded Courses: Students may not receive credit for both this this course and International Human Rights Law, or the J.D. course, course and International Human Rights Law and Practice. International Human Rights. Note: Students may not withdraw from this class after the add/drop period ends without the permission of the professor. International Law / Human Rights 9

LAW 1755 v00 International Human Rights: History, Theory, Promise LAW 761 v03 International Law, Human Rights & Fighting Impunity and Critique (http://curriculum.law.georgetown.edu/course-search/? (http://curriculum.law.georgetown.edu/course-search/?keyword=LAW keyword=LAW%201755%20v00) %20761%20v03) J.D. Seminar (cross-listed) | 2-3 credit hours LL.M Seminar (cross-listed) | 1 credit hour This course will examine the philosophical and historical underpinnings This course will explore the global fight against impunity -- specifically, of international human rights law. Students will encounter early as it pertains to curbing war crimes, human rights violations, grand conceptions human rights protection, alternative visions for the modern corruption and looted antiquities -- through class discussions, lectures human rights framework, the development of international human rights and guest speakers with personal experience in fighting the impunity law, and critical perspectives on the evolution and implementation of that is so often associated with war crimes and economic crimes. It is human rights. based on the premise that those that are willing to slaughter thousands of innocents, are also willing to steal millions of dollars and loot our Students will be encouraged to critically examine the successes and collective cultural heritage – and that the fight against impunity includes failures of the normative framework for the protection of human rights, both war crimes and economic crimes (and often, the international trend whether we have achieved the universal realization of human rights, to focus on the former, ignores the domestic interest in prosecuting and ways in which the system might be reimagined or strengthened. the latter). Over the semester, students in a seminar-size class will be Particular attention will be paid to the legal framework applicable to the exposed to the basics of international criminal law, international human protection of the rights of non-citizens, including migrants, refugees, and rights law and international economic crimes, as well how the fight stateless persons. Contemporary case studies will be used to illustrate against impunity impacts national security and foreign policy issues. the challenges in resolving protracted situations of statelessness The class will focus on issues related to war crimes, crimes against or displacement, and how gaps in international legal protection may humanity, and genocide, as well as the recent global efforts to fight exacerbate looming human rights crises, including those related to global grand corruption and recover looted assets and antiquities, including climate change. UN Convention Against Corruption and the new UN-World Bank Stolen Asset Recovery (StAR) Initiative. Students will be allowed to write a There are no required prerequisites for this course. However, students paper of their choice regarding international law and the fight against may find it beneficial to have taken International Law I: Introduction to impunity. Class grades will be a combination between class participation International Law and/or the introductory course to International Human (40%) and a seminar paper (60%). Required readings (cases, statutes, Rights. articles, book excerpts, on-line treaties, etc.) will be illuminated by Learning Objectives: lecture and discussion from a professor with first-hand experience in the global fight against impunity through his personal experience with • Students will gain an understanding of the history and theory of the Slobodan Milosevic, Saddam Hussein and Omar al-Bashir matters, international human rights law. as well his background with the UN war crimes tribunal, the White • Students will gain the ability to think critically about our assumptions House, the Pentagon, and the World Bank’s StAR Initiative, and helping about the structure of international law and human rights in recover stolen assets on behalf of various governments. In order to take order to imagine ways in which international human rights can be advantage of Georgetown’s unique position in the intersection of law, strengthened towards the universal realization of rights. politics, and international affairs, the course will feature high-profile guest • Students will strengthen their written and verbal communication speakers who will highlight their own personal efforts to fight impunity skills through written reflections, papers, and classroom discussion. and how such international efforts impact national security and foreign policy matters. • Students completing a paper for the writing requirement will gain mastery over their chosen topic related to international human Prerequisite: International Law I or equivalent. rights law, enhance the clarity and precision of their writing, and sharpen their skills in conveying their understanding through an oral Note: ATTENDANCE IS MANDATORY AT ALL CLASS SESSIONS. Enrolled presentation. students must be in attendance at the start of the first class session in order to remain enrolled. Waitlisted students must be in attendance at the Note: This seminar requires a paper. J.D. students must register for the start of the first class session in order to remain eligible to be admitted 3 credit section of the seminar if they wish to write a paper fulfilling off the waitlist. All enrolled students must attend each class session the Upperclass Legal Writing Requirement. The paper requirements in its entirety. Failure to attend the first class session in its entirety will of the 2 credit section will not fulfill the J.D. Upperclass Legal Writing result in a drop; failure to attend any subsequent class session in its Requirement. entirety may result in a withdrawal.

Enrolled students will have until the beginning of the second class session to request a drop by contacting the Office of the Registrar; a student who no longer wishes to remain enrolled after the second class session begins will not be permitted to drop the class but may request a withdrawal from an academic advisor in the Office of Academic Affairs. Withdrawals are permitted up until the last class for this specific course. 10 International Law / Human Rights

LAW 1323 v00 International Law, National Security, and Human Rights LAW 1415 v00 International Migration, Mobility and Human Rights (http://curriculum.law.georgetown.edu/course-search/?keyword=LAW Seminar (http://curriculum.law.georgetown.edu/course-search/? %201323%20v00) keyword=LAW%201415%20v00) J.D. Course | 3 credit hours J.D. Seminar (cross-listed) | 2 credit hours This course will examine how international law deals with the tension Since time immemorial, migrations have shaped human communities. between two highly prominent concerns of the early twenty-first century: Migration is in the DNA of Humankind and our history as an animal protecting national security and protecting human rights. We begin with species is that of a continuous migration towards resources. Migration is an overview of basic principles of international law, and of U.S. domestic a constant of civilisation, and borders, as a very recent concept, are over legal authority for national security activities. We then move to the regime the long run an ineffective barrier to migration. of international law that is devoted to the protection of human rights. This includes treaties dealing with human rights in general; those that During the last centuries, migrations increased considerably, in both address specific subjects, such as torture and genocide; and customary distance and numbers. Continents have been populated by external international law. Our focus then moves to international humanitarian migration, to the detriment of indigenous peoples who had themselves law, which is the legal regime that governs the use of force. This includes earlier come from somewhere else. provisions that relate both to when parties may resort to the use of force, In the past fifty years, this movement has accelerated, due to the and how they must conduct themselves when they do so. We will explore democratisation of means of communication and mass transport. States the debate over whether humanitarian law should displace human rights nowadays wish for an immigration that can contribute to economic law in situations of armed conflict, or whether the two bodies of law growth, but fear that migration might increase the poorer part of their should be applied in ways that reconcile their approaches as much as population, destabilize ecosystems and multiply political conflicts. possible. States in the “New World” have adopted broad immigration policies, The course then turns to national security concerns that serve as a selecting “the best and the brightest”. Source countries are thus vehicle for exploring the interaction of human rights and humanitarian losing a good portion of their human capital, a loss which is only partly law, with a focus on terrorism. To what extent should counter-terrorism compensated by the remittances that many migrants send back home. be seen as law enforcement, in which case human rights law governs, and to what extent should it be seen as armed conflict, in which case The European Union has adopted a policy of free movement of capital, humanitarian law provides primary guidance? If it has elements of both, goods, services and persons within its common territory, therefore what should be the respective roles of human rights and humanitarian completing an integrated common market. This principle is not applicable law in regulating counter-terrorism? We will focus in depth on five to non-European citizens and “Fortress Europe” certainly seems well topics that raise these questions: the incorporation of human rights established, as exemplified by the present “migrant crisis” in Europe. protections in armed conflict, criminal investigation and prosecution of terrorism, targeted killing, covert action and special operations, and cyber The 20th century has been that of the refugees. Communism, operations. The course will include two review sessions at approximately totalitarianism, decolonisation, cold-war-based conflicts, post-Cold-War one-third and two-thirds through the semester. These will be devoted to ethnic conflicts have all taken their toll on human populations, forcing analysis of problems relating to topics covered in specific units of the millions to flee. The legal concept of “refugee” has emerged and a status course. defined, now monitored by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. A common doctrine of universal human rights has also been We will make extensive use of case studies and problems to explore the developed, applying equally to migrants, despite rampant discrimination complex legal, political, and moral questions that arise with respect to the against them. issues we discuss. We also will also be working with statutes that relate to various types of national security issues. In addition, events in the The 21st century will be that of human mobility. Migration happens, news are sure to provide constant vivid examples of the significance of whether we want it or not. Push factors (violence and poverty) and pull the concepts that we will be discussing throughout the course. In these factors (stability, prosperity, as well as official or unacknowledged labour ways, the course will provide students with a practical understanding markets) are at works and borders remain porous, especially democratic of international law through an in-depth examination of how it operates ones. at the intersection of two specific fields that are undergoing dynamic changes. Through permanent or temporary labour migration programmes, highly- qualified migration mechanisms, regional agreements establishing Learning objectives for the course are: an area of free movement of persons, mobility provisions in free-trade agreements, the inception of a global migration governance regime can 1. For you to become familiar with basic concepts in international be delineated. law, especially with regard to treaties, customary law, and how international law interacts with domestic law in the United States. Unfortunately, the human rights of migrants are not often a priority, as 2. For you to become familiar with basic concepts in international vulnerable migrants cannot vote, rarely protest and mobilise little, for fear human rights law, United Nations and European Conventions on basic of detection, detention and deportation. human rights, and their impacts on domestic law. This seminar will examine many aspects of migration and mobility 3. For you to become familiar with the basic provisions of international policies as they relate to international human rights law. law that deal with when states may use military force, and that govern how such force may be used in armed conflict. Note: This course will meet on the following Mondays and Wednesdays, 4. Based on your understanding of the subjects described above, for you 9:00 am - 11:00 am: 8/29, 8/31, 9/12, 9/14, 9/26, 9/28, 10/11 (Monday to appreciate how many contemporary national security concerns classes meet), 10/12, 10/17, 10/19, 11/28 and 11/30. present challenges for which neither human rights law nor the law on military force is fully adequate -- which means that creative thinking is necessary in addressing these concerns.

Note: This course is a first-year elective. First-year day students select an elective offered in the spring. International Law / Human Rights 11

LAW 520 v00 International Women's Human Rights Clinic (http:// LAW 1658 v00 Law and Philosophy: Hannah Arendt: Evil, Human Rights, curriculum.law.georgetown.edu/course-search/?keyword=LAW and Law (http://curriculum.law.georgetown.edu/course-search/? %20520%20v00) keyword=LAW%201658%20v00) J.D. Clinic | 10 credit hours J.D. Seminar (cross-listed) | 3 credit hours Please see the International Women’s Human Rights Clinic website This seminar will focus on Hannah Arendt, one of the 20th century’s great (https://www.law.georgetown.edu/experiential-learning/clinics/ political philosophers. Arendt is best known for the phrase “banality of international-womens-human-rights-clinic) for more detailed information evil,” which she coined to describe ordinary people who participate in about the program. extraordinary evils. Her questions about how the law should respond to radical evil are central to modern international criminal law. Arendt’s For registration-specific supplemental materials, please see writings also include penetrating discussions of nationalism, human the International Women’s Human Rights Clinic PDF (https:// rights, personal responsibility under dictatorship, moral judgment, and the www.law.georgetown.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/IWHRC-Info- nature of political action. A stateless person herself for almost 20 years Sheet-2021-2022.pdf). after she fled Hitler’s Germany, Arendt was one of the first philosophers to analyze the plight refugees. Above all, Arendt was interested in how For information about clinic registration generally, please see the freedom and pluralism can be preserved in “dark times,” her name for Clinic Registration Handbook (https://www.law.georgetown.edu/wp- periods of crisis when politics and morality both seem in danger of content/uploads/2021/04/Clinic-Registration-Handbook-2021-2022- collapse. updated-4.9.2021.pdf). The seminar will focus on Arendt’s writings, but students will be Mutually Excluded Courses: Students may not concurrently enroll in this encouraged to link them to current issues, both in class and in their clinic and an externship or a practicum course. seminar papers. We will explore both the strengths and weaknesses LAW 456 v01 International Women’s Human Rights Seminar (http:// of Arendt’s ideas. Readings will include The Origins of Totalitarianism, curriculum.law.georgetown.edu/course-search/?keyword=LAW Eichmann in Jerusalem, Responsibility and Judgment, selections from %20456%20v01) Arendt’s other books and correspondence, and writing by other relevant LL.M Seminar (cross-listed) | 3 credit hours philosophers. This seminar will explore select international women’s human rights A background in philosophy or political theory is not a prerequisite issues and the applicable international legal framework, including the for this seminar; a willingness to engage with philosophical ideas is Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against essential. Women (CEDAW.) Guest lecturers with practical expertise in advancing women’s human rights may be invited to join us throughout the semester. LAW 1207 v00 Negotiating a Joint Venture in China (http:// Each student will write a paper addressing a significant international curriculum.law.georgetown.edu/course-search/?keyword=LAW women’s human rights issue from a legal perspective, exploring state %201207%20v00) responsibility under the government’s international human rights J.D. Seminar | 1 credit hour obligations, as well as domestic and international responses to the Through a simulation oriented course, students will be exposed to problem. recent economic history of the People’s Republic of China, foreign direct investment law of China, and negotiating norms of US and Chinese LAW 1334 v00 Justice and Accountability for International investors. These various knowledge sets will be brought together as each Atrocity Crimes: Bridging Theory and Practice Seminar (http:// participant takes on the role of either a Chinese investor or a US investor, curriculum.law.georgetown.edu/course-search/?keyword=LAW negotiating the terms of a China-based joint venture and ultimately %201334%20v00) reporting back to their respective board of directors. In addition to the J.D. Seminar (cross-listed) | 3 credit hours negotiations exercises, the course requires a brief quality-driven paper on This seminar examines both progress and ongoing challenges in seeking any number of topics relating to China as an economic actor on the world meaningful justice and accountability for serious international crimes, stage. including crimes against humanity, genocide, and war crimes. We’ll begin with an overview of the challenges of effective atrocity prevention Note: ATTENDANCE IS MANDATORY AT ALL CLASS SESSIONS. Enrolled and an examination of fundamental developments over the last few students must be in attendance at the start of the first class session in decades establishing international and hybrid criminal tribunals and other order to remain enrolled. Waitlisted students must be in attendance at the mechanisms of transitional justice, including truth and reconciliation start of the first class session in order to remain eligible to be admitted commissions. Building on this foundation, and drawing upon legal off the waitlist. All enrolled students must attend each class session scholarship, social science research, and country case studies, we will in its entirety. Failure to attend the first class session in its entirety will then explore a range of responses to key justice challenges recurring in result in a drop; failure to attend any subsequent class session in its a number of countries emerging from conflict. These challenges include: entirety may result in a withdrawal. (1) the often complicated relationship between peace processes and justice initiatives; (2) the question of whose justice goals are being Enrolled students will have until the beginning of the second class pursued and how national, regional, and international stakeholders session to request a drop by contacting the Office of the Registrar; a interact in such efforts; and (3) the complexities of building enduring student who no longer wishes to remain enrolled after the second class justice on the ground through meaningful domestic rule of law reform, session begins will not be permitted to drop the class but may request a outreach, cultural engagement, and other means. Students will write withdrawal from an academic advisor in the Office of Academic Affairs. a substantial seminar paper within the subject matter scope of the Withdrawals are permitted up until the last class for this specific course. seminar. 12 International Law / Human Rights

LAW 440 v04 Refugee Law and Policy (http:// LAW 1071 v00 Reproductive Health and International Human Rights Law curriculum.law.georgetown.edu/course-search/?keyword=LAW (http://curriculum.law.georgetown.edu/course-search/?keyword=LAW %20440%20v04) %201071%20v00) (Project-Based Practicum) J.D. Course (cross-listed) | 2 credit hours J.D. Practicum | 4 credit hours This course examines domestic refugee law and policy, with particular In a project-based practicum course, students participate in a weekly focus on asylum and other refugee-related claims for protection that seminar and work on a project under the supervision of their professor. arise in the U.S. legal system. Students will become familiar with the key This project-based practicum course will focus on the interaction actors in the asylum and refugee law arena, including the U.S. Congress, between international human rights law and reproductive health and the Department of Justice, the Department of Homeland Security, the rights. Students will participate in a two hour/week seminar and carry federal courts, and international entities. out 10 hours/week of project work under the direction of the course professor. The course objectives are: (1) to equip students with an understanding of the principles of refugee policy, asylum law, and the United States' SEMINAR: The seminar will begin by providing an overview of procedures for refugee protection, and (2) to provide students with a international human rights law as it pertains to reproductive rights. practical appreciation for how refugee policy is formed and a working The course will then focus on access to reproductive health from an knowledge of asylum law, which will serve as a foundation for academic international perspective, examining States’ obligations on a variety of research, clinical study, employment, pro bono work, and/or internship issues, such as maternal mortality and coerced sterilization. Analyzing opportunities within the U.S. government and the NGO community. recent decisions emerging from regional and international human rights bodies, such as the European Court of Human Rights, the Inter-American In addition to focusing on the refugee definition as interpreted by Commission and Court on Human Rights and the CEDAW Committee U.S. courts, we will examine the processes for adjudicating asylum (UN Committee on the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of claims -- where the system works and where it fails. We will also seek Discrimination against Women), the seminar component will provide to understand the limits of asylum law and explore the toughest issues a solid legal foundation for students to develop their experiential/field facing asylum adjudicators and policy makers today. placement projects.

Note: Priority is given to students fulfilling the requirements of the PROJECT WORK: Students will work with external partners on legal Certificate in Refugees and Humanitarian Emergencies. and policy projects related to reproductive health. Some of the projects may include drafting amicus briefs for cases currently pending before international bodies, and drafting briefs assessing a particular State's compliance with human rights law regarding sexual and reproductive rights to be filed in front of UN bodies (shadow reports). Through these projects, students will learn how to conduct an analysis of existing legal and regulatory frameworks for sexual and reproductive health from a human rights perspective. Students will also learn how to use epidemiological data to support and craft compelling human rights law arguments for advancing public policy on, for example, maternal mortality and sexual violence prevention and eradication. By working with external civil society organizations, the course will give students the opportunity to develop practical projects using international human rights law to advocate for the advancement of reproductive health rights. In the past, external partners have included organizations working on women's rights issues, such as: the Center for Reproductive Rights, Women’s Link Worldwide, Human Rights Watch (Women’s Rights Division), IPAS, and Southern Africa Litigation Centre, among others.

Prerequisite: J.D. students must complete the required first-year program prior to enrolling in this course (part-time and interdivisional transfer students may enroll prior to completing Criminal Justice, Property, or their first-year elective).

Mutually Excluded Courses: Students may not concurrently enroll in this practicum course and a clinic or another practicum course. Students may concurrently enroll in this practicum course and an externship.

Note: This practicum course is open to LL.M. students, space permitting. Interested LL.M. students should email the Office of the Registrar ([email protected]) to request admission.

Evening students who work during the day are encouraged to reach out to the professor to discuss whether this practicum course would be compatible with their schedules. This is a four credit course. Two credits will be awarded for the two-hour weekly seminar and two credits will be awarded for approximately 10 hours of supervised project work per week, for a minimum of 11 weeks. Both the seminar and the project work will be graded. Students who enroll in this course will be automatically enrolled in both the seminar and project components and may not take either component separately. After Add/Drop, a student who wishes to withdraw from a practicum course must obtain permission from the faculty member and the Assistant Dean for Experiential Education. The Assistant Dean will grant such withdrawal requests only when remaining enrolled in the practicum would cause significant hardship for the student. A student who is granted permission to withdraw will be withdrawn from both the seminar and project components. Default attendance rule for all practicum courses (unless the professor indicates otherwise): Regular and punctual attendance is required at all practicum seminars and fieldwork placements. Students in project-based practicum courses are similarly required to devote the requisite number of hours to their project. If a student must miss seminar, fieldwork, or project work, he or she must speak to the professor as soon as possible to discuss the absence. Unless the professor indicates otherwise, a student with more than one unexcused absence from the practicum seminar (out of 13 total seminar sessions), or one week of unexcused absences from the fieldwork or project work (out of a total of 11 weeks of fieldwork or project work), may receive a lower grade or, at the professor’s discretion, may be withdrawn from the practicum course. International Law / Human Rights 13

LAW 837 v00 Research with Human Subjects: Law, Policy & Ethics LAW 1353 v00 Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity, Sex (http://curriculum.law.georgetown.edu/course-search/?keyword=LAW Characteristics and International Human Rights Law (http:// %20837%20v00) curriculum.law.georgetown.edu/course-search/?keyword=LAW LL.M Seminar (cross-listed) | 3 credit hours %201353%20v00) (Project-Based Practicum) This course provides an opportunity to explore issues related to the use J.D. Practicum | 4 credit hours of humans as research subjects. The course will begin by examining the In a project-based practicum course, students participate in a weekly history of human subject research, including the abuses that led to the seminar and work on a project under the supervision of the professor. creation of our modern legal protections. Following a discussion of the This project-based practicum course will focus on issues of sexual ethical principles of research involving humans, we will carefully explore orientation, gender identity, gender expression and sex characteristics the legal treatment of human subjects, focusing on US regulations and from an international human rights law perspective. Students will international instruments. Core sources will include: the Common Rule participate in a two hour/week seminar and carry out 10 hours/week of (45 CFR 46), Belmont Report, Declaration of Helsinki, Nuremberg Code, project work under the direction of the course professor. and CIOMS. After exploring a series of foundational themes and issues through the first half of the semester, the remainder of the class will focus Background: Every day, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and on in-depth case studies. Topics may include: international research, queer (LGBTQ) people are victims of multiple human rights violations, research involving vulnerable populations (children, prisoners, and which are directly linked to the lack of acceptance (by society and the pregnant women), informed consent, research on subjects with impaired State) of their non-normative sexualities, gender identities or gender decision-making abilities, genetic/genomic research, risk-benefit analysis, expressions. Some of the most common human rights violations coercion/undue inducement, use of placebos, and IRB governance. of LGBTQ people include killings, torture, ill-treatment, “corrective” or punishing rape,"conversion therapy," discrimination in schools, This seminar provides opportunities for participants to engage in a in the workplace and in accessing health services, among many research and writing project related to humans as research subjects. others. Intersex persons face human rights violations because of the Participants will conduct independent research and scholarly writing on general lack of acceptance of their bodies that differ from the socially important problems at the intersection of law, policy and ethics. accepted standards of “female” and “male” bodies. Because of their sex characteristics, intersex people often face human rights violations Note: This seminar requires a paper. J.D. students must register for the including irreversible non-consented and non-medically necessary genital 3 credit section of the seminar if they wish to write a paper fulfilling surgery at the early stages of infancy and throughout childhood, as well the Upperclass Legal Writing Requirement for JD students. The paper as forced sterilization, among others. requirements of the 2 credit section will not fulfill the Upperclass Legal Writing Requirement for JD students. SEMINAR: The course will take a close look at some of the human rights violations faced by lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, queer and intersex (LGBTQI) people, or other people perceived as such, as well as the corresponding States’ obligations under international human rights law. The students will analyze landmark and recent decisions emerging from regional and international human rights monitoring bodies, which have developed standards around these categories. This analysis will provide a solid legal foundation for students to develop their projects for external partners.

PROJECT WORK: Students will work, under the direction of the professor, with external partners on legal and policy projects, including conducting legal research and drafting memoranda on specific human rights issues faced by LGBTQI people, preparing shadow reports to present before international human rights bodies, conducting analysis of legislation or a related case, among others. External partners vary every year, and include international and domestic leading human rights organizations working on the promotion and protection of the rights of LGBTQI people at the international level.

Prerequisite: J.D. students must complete the required first-year program prior to enrolling in this course (part-time and interdivisional transfer students may enroll prior to completing Criminal Justice, Property, or their first-year elective).

Mutually Excluded Courses: Students may not concurrently enroll in this practicum course and a clinic or another practicum course. Students may concurrently enroll in this practicum course and an externship.

Note: This practicum course is open to LL.M. students, space permitting. Interested LL.M. students should email the Office of the Registrar ([email protected]) to request admission.

Evening students who work during the day are encouraged to reach out to the professor to discuss whether this practicum course would be compatible with their schedules. This is a four credit course. Two credits will be awarded for the two-hour weekly seminar and two credits will be awarded for approximately 10 hours of supervised project work per week, for a minimum of 11 weeks. Both the seminar and the project work will be graded. Students who enroll in this course will be automatically enrolled in both the seminar and project components and may not take either component separately. After Add/Drop, a student who wishes to withdraw from a practicum course must obtain permission from the faculty member and the Assistant Dean for Experiential Education. The Assistant Dean will grant such withdrawal requests only when remaining enrolled in the practicum would cause significant hardship for the student. A student who is granted permission to withdraw will be withdrawn from both the seminar and project components. Default attendance rule for all practicum courses (unless the professor indicates otherwise): Regular and punctual attendance is required at all practicum seminars and fieldwork placements. Students in project-based practicum courses are similarly required to devote the requisite number of hours to their project. If a student must miss seminar, fieldwork, or project work, he or she must speak to the professor as soon as possible to discuss the absence. Unless the professor indicates otherwise, a student with more than one unexcused absence from the practicum seminar (out of 13 total seminar sessions), or one week of unexcused absences from the fieldwork or project work (out of a total of 11 weeks of fieldwork or project work), may receive a lower grade or, at the professor’s discretion, may be withdrawn from the practicum course. 14 International Law / Human Rights

LAW 3085 v00 The Nuremberg Trials, the Doctors Trials (http:// LAW 937 v01 War Crimes & Prosecutions (http:// curriculum.law.georgetown.edu/course-search/?keyword=LAW curriculum.law.georgetown.edu/course-search/?keyword=LAW %203085%20v00) %20937%20v01) LL.M Seminar (cross-listed) | 2 credit hours LL.M Seminar (cross-listed) | 1 credit hour The Doctors Trial considered the fate of twenty-three German physicians This course focuses on international war crimes and legal actions taken who either participated in the Nazi program to euthanize persons deemed against war crimes violators. Using such topics as the abuse allegations "unworthy of life" (the mentally ill, mentally retarded, or physically as irregular rendition, the trial of Saddam Hussein, the arrest warrant for disabled) or who conducted experiments on concentration camp Omar Al-Bashir, the Armenian Genocide, and other events, the course will prisoners without consent. The Doctors Trial lasted 140 days. Eighty-five explore in depth topics such as the principal international war crimes, witnesses testified and almost 1,500 documents were introduced. Sixteen universal jurisdiction and issues surrounding jurisdiction to conduct war of the doctors charged were found guilty. Seven were executed. crimes trials, civil remedies for war crimes under the Alien Tort Statute, who should conduct war crimes trials, and other matters. Students will The Doctors Trial provides a significant and important example of human be expected to write a paper, approximately 12-15 pages, on a topic rights violations and serves as a lesson in law and bioethics vital to of their choosing pertaining to war crimes, and to participate in class understanding how law evolved from an initial eugenics policy to and discussions. including the horrible examples that framed human atrocities during WW II. Mutually Excluded Courses: Students may not receive credit for both this seminar and Law of War, Law of War Seminar, or War Crimes, Terrorism This course will highlight examples from Jeanne Guillemin's "Hidden and International Criminal Procedure. Atrocites, Japanese Germ Warfare and American Obstruction of Justice at the Tokyo Trial", Joel Dimsdale's "Anatomy of Malice" examining the Note: ATTENDANCE IS MANDATORY AT ALL CLASS SESSIONS. Enrolled psychological assessments necessary for the trials, and Vivien Spitz's students must be in attendance at the start of the first class session in "Doctors from Hell", delving deep into the actual court transcripts from order to remain enrolled. Waitlisted students must be in attendance at the the proceedings. Ben Ferenz's work, one of the actual prosecutors at the start of the first class session in order to remain eligible to be admitted trials, will also be included as insight into this tragic period. off the waitlist. All enrolled students must attend each class session in its entirety. Failure to attend the first class session in its entirety will LAW 1741 v00 The United States and Human Rights Seminar (http:// result in a drop; failure to attend any subsequent class session in its curriculum.law.georgetown.edu/course-search/?keyword=LAW entirety will result in a withdrawal. %201741%20v00) J.D. Seminar (cross-listed) | 3 credit hours Enrolled students will have until the beginning of the second class This seminar examines the role of the United States in shaping session to request a drop by contacting the Office of the Registrar; a international human rights law and advancing the realization of student who no longer wishes to remain enrolled after the second class these rights both at home and abroad. The US role since World War session begins will not be permitted to drop the class but may request a II is significant but also complicated, marked by leadership but also withdrawal from an academic advisor in the Office of Academic Affairs. ambivalence. The US stance toward international human rights has Withdrawals are permitted up until the last class for this specific course. always been deeply shaped by human rights struggles at home -- over racial injustice, gender discrimination, and economic inequality – and by US ambivalence about participating in various multilateral treaties and institutions. Increasingly, advancing human rights at home and abroad are profoundly interconnected, especially as the United States and the world confront urgent problems of climate change, Covid 19, economic inequality and other threats to human dignity that cross borders and affect us all.

With the United States so deeply divided politically, how can US leaders best move ahead to protect human rights at home and to advance human rights abroad? Do the foundations of international human rights law – rooted in the universal affirmation of inherent human dignity and equality – provide new promise going forward, and can greater empathy and common purpose be nurtured across political divides at home and abroad? What tangible mechanisms and strategies can best address the most urgent human rights challenges today? Who will be the key actors in these efforts, and what roles can state and local governments, civil society organizations, individuals and local groups and others play, in addition to the longstanding role of the federal government? Does the US system of federalism offer promising avenues for progress on urgent human rights issues or do deep divisions within the United States today undercut the prospects for consistent US leadership abroad? This seminar will explore these questions systematically. Students will write a substantial seminar paper within the subject matter scope of the seminar.