By: Camila Rivero-Fernández On January 30, 2020, the World Health Organization (“WHO”) declared that the coronavirus (“COVID-19”) outbreak is a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (“PHEIC”).[1] As defined by the WHO, a PHEIC is an extraordinary event which is determined “(i) to constitute a public health risk to other States through the international spread […]
By: David McDonald “The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State” on account of race, color, sex, or age.[1] So says the Fifteenth, Nineteenth, and Twenty-sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution. However, apparently there is no constitutional amendment that guarantees […]
By: Savannah Young “They kept pouring water and concentrating on my nose and my mouth until I really felt I was drowning and my chest was just about to explode from the lack of oxygen.” [1] This is how Abu Zubaydah described his experience of waterboarding at a CIA black site in Thailand [2] His […]
By: Karina Oms The ratification of the USMCA (United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement) promises to provide increased access to the American, Canadian, and Mexican markets, and strives to improve business environments for all three of the parties involved. Many United States business groups are relieved that President Trump attained a trilateral deal with Canada and Mexico, especially […]
