Past International Law and Human Rights Emerging Scholarship Conferences

CHRGJ has been hosting the Emerging Scholarship Conference since 2003.  In 2015, the event became the International Law and Human Rights Emerging Scholarship Conference due to partnership with the Institute for International Law and Justice. Below is a list of selected student papers and commentators who have participated through the years.

15th Annual International Law and Human Rights Emerging Scholarship Conference

The Fifteenth Annual International Law and Human Rights Emerging Scholarship Conference was held April 19–20, 2018.

The following student papers were selected for presentation:

CHRGJ awarded 2018 Global Justice Emerging Scholar Essay Prizes for best paper on human rights to Nora Christiani.

The commentators were: Kayum Ahmed (Columbia Law School), Ira Belkin (NYU Law), Kristen Boon (Seton Hall Law School), Jessica Corsi (Brunel University), Danica Damplo (CHRGJ), Isaie Dougnon (Fordham University), Carles Fernandez-Torné (CHRGJ), Franco Ferrari (NYU Law), Angelina Fisher (IILJ), Robert Howse (NYU Law), Maryam Jamshidi (NYU Law), Sarah Kay (Council of Europe), Adam Kolber (Brooklyn Law School), Maria Hood (Center for Constitutional Rights), Joanna Langille (Western Law), Yafit Lev-Aretz (NYU Steinhardt), Ranieri Lima Resende (NYU Law), Clara Long (Human Rights Watch), Seyed Masoud Noorid (NYU Law), Vasuki Nesiah (NYU), Lori Nessel (Seton Hall Law School), Edefe Ojomo (NYU Law), Deborah Popowski (CHRGJ), Simon Rau (European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights), Fernando Ribeiro Delgado (CHRGJ), Christopher Roberts (NYU Law), Meg Satterthwaite (NYU Law), Joel Telpner (Sullivan & Worcester LLP), Jennifer Trahan (NYU Center for Global Affairs), Vilija Velyvyte (NYU Law), and Dan Weiner (Brennan Center for Justice).

14th Annual International Law and Human Rights Emerging Scholarship Conference

The Fourteenth Annual International Law and Human Rights Emerging Scholarship Conference was held April 20-21, 2017.

The following student papers were selected for presentation:

CHRGJ awarded 2017 Global Justice Emerging Scholar Essay Prizes for best papers on human rights to Ayako Hatano and Nathan Yaffe.

The commentators were: Philip Alston (NYU Law-CHRGJ), Pablo de Greiff (NYU Law-CHRGJ), Ryan Goodman (NYU Law-CHRGJ), Meg Satterthwaite (NYU Law-CHRGJ), Meg Davis (NYU Law-CHRGJ), Haley Anderson (Oxford University Press), Stephen Duncombe (NYU-Steinhardt, Center for Creative Activism), Janice Gallagher (Rutgers-Political Science), Elena Naughton (ICTJ), Shinji Higaki (NYU Law-US Asia Law Institute), Cynthia Rothschild (UN consultant), Elsa Stamatopoulou (Columbia-Center for the Study of Ethnicity and Race), and Sam Szoke-Burke (Columbia Center on Sustainable Development).

13th Annual International Law and Human Rights Emerging Scholarship Conference

The Thirteenth Annual International Law and Human Rights Emerging Scholarship Conference was held April 14, 2016.

The following student papers were selected for presentation:

CHRGJ awarded the 2016 Global Justice Emerging Scholar Essay Prizes for best papers on human rights to Christina Holder and Jacob Hutt.

The commentators were: Philip Alston (NYU Law-CHRGJ), Sally Merry (NYU Law-CHRGJ), Alison Corkery (Center for Economic and Social Rights), Cristián Correa (International Center for Transitional Justice), Kevin Davis (NYU Law), Susana Fried (Global Health Justice Partnership), Robert Howse (NYU Law), Mark Sanders (NYU), Shawn Sebastian (Center for Popular Democracy), and Daniel Simons (Open Society Foundations).

12th Annual International Law and Human Rights Emerging Scholarship Conference

The Twelfth Annual Emerging Scholarship Conference was held on April 17, 2015.

The following student papers were selected for presentation:

CHRGJ awarded its 2015 Global Justice Emerging Scholar Essay Prize for the best paper on human rights to Oliver Persey.

The commentators were: Ryan Goodman (NYU, CHRGJ), Sally Merry (NYU, CHRGJ), Nikki Reisch (CHRGJ),  Meg Satterthwaite (NYU, CHRGJ), Chris Albin-Lackey (Human Rights Watch), Muzaffar Chishti (NYU, Migration Policy Institute), Zama Coursen-Neff (Human Rights Watch), Allison Corkery (Center for Economic and Social Rights), Eduardo Gonzalez (International Center for Transitional Justice), , Darian Pavli (Open Society Justice Initiative), Marlon Weichert (CHRGJ), Daniel Wilkinson (Human Rights Watch), John Wunderlin (Carbon Tracker), and Marcos Zunino (CHRGJ).

11th Annual Emerging Scholarship Conference

The Eleventh Annual Emerging Scholarship Conference was held on March 27, 2014.

The following student papers were selected for presentation:

CHRGJ awarded its 2014 Global Justice Emerging Scholar Essay Prize for the best paper on human rights to Alyson Zureick.

The commentators were Philip Alston (NYU Law-CHRGJ),  Ryan Goodman(NYU Law-CHRGJ), Meg Satterthwaite (NYU Law-CHRGJ), Ioana Cismas (NYU Law-CHRGJ), Ira Belkin (NYU Law-US-ALI),  Brian Dooley (Human Rights First), Cynthia Estlund (NYU), Sumit Galhotra (Committee to Protect Journalists),Amanda Klasing (Human Rights Watch), Isabelle Lassée (CHRGJ), Christopher McCrudden(Michigan Law, Queens University, NYU Straus Institute), Félix Reátegui (International Center for Transitional Justice), , Karla Torres (Center for Reproductive Rights).

10th Annual Emerging Human Rights Scholarship Conference

The Tenth Annual Emerging Human Rights Scholarship Conference was held on April 22, 2011.

The following student papers were selected for presentation:

CHRGJ awarded its 2013 Global Justice Emerging Scholar Essay Prize for the best paper on human rights to Emily Kenney.

The commentators were Professors Philip Alston (NYU Law-CHRGJ), Meg Satterthwaite (NYU Law-CHRGJ), Paul van Zyl (NYU Law-CHRGJ), Sarah Knuckey (NYU Law-CHRGJ),Adam Cox (NYU), Vasuki Nesiah (NYU), and Ira Rubinstein (NYU) as well as Laura Bingham (OSJI), Kate Cronin-Furman (Columbia), Kelli Muddell (ICTJ), Faiza Patel (Brennan Center/NYU), Christopher Rogers (OSJI), Armin von Bogdandy (Max Planck Institute), Ben Wizner (ACLU).

9th Annual Emerging Human Rights Scholarship Conference

The Ninth Annual Emerging Human Rights Scholarship Conference was held from March 29 until April 2, 2012.

The following student papers were presented:

The commentators were: Claire Kelly, Melanie Samson, Jasper Finke, Robert Howse, Damian Chalmers, Seyla Benhabib, Freidl Weiss, Richard Stewart, Lorenzo Casini, Gráinne de Búrca, Bryce Rudyk, Krisztina Huszti Orban, Sarah Knuckey, Kevin Davis, Georgios Dimitropoulos, Thomas Gammeltoft-Hansen, Tai-Heng Cheng, Yasmine Ergas, Philip Alston, Megan Donaldson, Ruti Teitel, Faiza Patel, Alexander Greenawalt, John Washburn, Allain Maillot, Francesca Romanin-Jacur, Dean Bialek, Christen Broecker.

8th Annual Emerging Human Rights Scholarship Conference

The Eighth Annual Emerging Human Rights Scholarship Conference was held on April 22, 2011.

The following student papers were presented:

The commentators were: Ryan Goodman, Smita Narula, Meg Satterthwaite, Jayne Huckerby, and Jason Pobjoy.

7th Annual Emerging Human Rights Scholarship Conference

The Seventh Annual Emerging Human Rights Scholarship Conference was held on April 9, 2010.

The following student papers were selected for presentation:

Faculty commentators were: Ryan Goodman and Smita Narula. CHRGJ Staff and Global Visitor commentators were Amna Akbar, Jayne Huckerby, Sarah Knuckey, Veerle Opgenhaffen, Zoe Salzman, Liz Sepper, Hina Shamsi.

6th Annual Emerging Human Rights Scholarship Conference

The Sixth Annual Emerging Human Rights Scholarship Conference was held on April 10, 2009.

The following student papers were selected for presentation:

Faculty commentators were: Philip Alston, Smita Narula, and Meg Satterthwaite. CHRGJ Staff and Global Visitor commentators were Amna Akbar, Jayne Huckerby, Veerle Opgenhaffen, Sarah Knuckey, Mario Savino, Frank Upham and Nehal Bhuta. Other commentators included James Cockayne (International Peace Institute) and Brian Gorlick (UNHCR).

5th Annual Emerging Human Rights Scholarship Conference

The Fifth Annual Emerging Human Rights Scholarship Conference was held on April 3, 2008.

The following student papers were selected for presentation:

Faculty commentators were: Philip Alston, Smita Narula, and Meg Satterthwaite. CHRGJ Staff and Global Visitor commentators were William Abresch, Jayne Huckerby, Veerle Opgenhaffen, Sarah Knuckey, Conway Blake, Dr. Ludovich Hennebel and Dr. Amparo Martinez. Other commentators included Paige Aurther (ICTJ).

4th Annual Emerging Human Rights Scholarship Conference

The Fourth Annual Emerging Human Rights Scholarship Conference was held on April 6, 2007.

The following student papers were selected for presentation:

Faculty commentators were: Philip Alston, Smita Narula, Meg Satterthwaite, and Paul van Zyl. CHRGJ Staff and Global Visitor commentators were William Abresch and Jayne Huckerby. Other commentators included Angelina Fisher and Surabhi Ranganathan (IILJ), Doreen Lustig (J.S.D. Candidate, NYU School of Law), and Natalie Reid and Roy Schondorf (Debevoise & Plimpton LLP).

3rd Annual Emerging Human Rights Scholarship Conference

The Third Annual Emerging Human Rights Scholarship Conference was held on March 31, 2006.

The following student papers were presented:

Faculty commentators were: Philip Alston, Smita Narula, Margaret Satterthwaite, and Paul van Zyl. CHRGJ Staff and Global Visitor commentators were: Jayne Huckerby, Frank Haldemann, Julie Ringelheim, and Stephen Humphreys.

2nd Annual Emerging Human Rights Scholarship Conference

The Second Annual Emerging Human Rights Scholarship Conference was held on March 4, 2005.

The following student papers were selected for presentation:

Faculty commentators were: Philip Alston, Smita Narula, Meg Satterthwaite, and Paul van Zyl.

Inaugural Emerging Human Rights Scholarship Conference

The Center held its inaugural Emerging Human Rights Scholarship Conference on October 31, 2003.

The following student papers were selected for presentation:

Faculty commentators were: Philip Alston, Smita Narula and Meg Satterthwaite.

RSVP
Degree

Your information has been sent successfully!