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PENN LAW HUMAN RIGHTS NEWS

Kathleen Norland L'12 responds to Senator Rand Paul’s call for a hearing into political asylum given to Iraqi refugees. The Hill's Congress Blog Op-Ed (June 15, 2011)

Penn Law's Anita Allen discusses U.S. medical studies performed in Africa and South America and current policy designed to protect vulnerable test subjects. Professor Allen is a member of thePresidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues. The Root (March 4, 2011). 

Lecturer in Law Jared Genser writes that in addition to the sanctions and investigations adopted by the United Nations Security Council on Feb. 26 in response to recent turmoil in Libya, the Security Council also must "adopt a new resolution to immediately extend recognition to the nascent provisional government of the country, authorize a NATO-supported no-flight zone over Libya to preclude any bombing of civilians, and permit all U.N. members to provide direct support to the provisional government." New York Times Op-Ed. (February 28, 2011). 

Penn Law, ILHR Seeks Release of Iranian Scholar (September 3, 2008)

Penn Law Delegation Testifies Before the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) Regarding Immigrant Detainees  (March 25, 2009)

PENN LAW INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS AND RESOURCES

Penn Law International and Comparative Law Program

International Summer Human Rights Fellows Program (ISHRF)

Penn Law International Internship Program (PLIIP)

Penn Law Transnational Legal Clinic

The Journal of International Law, Penn Law

Penn Law Biddle Law Library Electronic Resources (some resources are available only to current Penn Law students and alumni)

Index to Foreign Legal Periodicals at Penn Law's Biddle Law Library (current Penn Law students and alumni only)