Common Good Foundation (CGF)

2019 Human Rights and Mass Atrocity Law Seminar

The CGF in partnership with Griffith College is hosting its 2nd annual Human Rights and Mass Atrocity Seminar from June 19 – 21, 2019. The seminar is chaired by Dr. Thamil Ananthavinayagan and Regina Paulose.

The seminar will cover topics such as universal jurisdiction, prosecution of genocide cases, starvation as a mass atrocity crime, wildlife trafficking, indigenous rights, and disability rights.

More information about the program, including registration and costs, can be found here.

Special thanks to our sponsor: The World Peace through Law Section of the Washington State Bar Association.

PODCAST SERIES: Human Rights in a Burning World #2 — The World Burns Unequally

Do international institutions free us from our colonialist history, or do they perpetuate it? This episode takes a critical look at international legal institutions through the lens of Third World Approaches to International Law, a legal movement explained by Thamil Ananthavinayagan, professor of international law at Griffith College in Dublin. Then, University of Hawaii futurist and political scientist Jairus Grove discusses the history of global violence and his new book Savage Ecology: War and Geopolitics at the End of the World. This series is produced in cooperation with the Common Good Foundation, and sponsored by the World Peace Through Law section of the Washington State Bar Association.

PODCAST SERIES:Human Rights in a Burning World #1 — Shark Allies Fight Shark Fin Trade

Matt interviews Stefanie Brendl, founder of Shark Allies, about efforts to secure and enforce bans on the trade of shark fins. Why are we talking about threats to marine life on a human rights podcast? We’ll explain–and encourage you to support Shark Allies at sharkallies.com, and support this podcast at actwithus.org.

Stop the shark fin trade!

The Common Good Foundation (CGF) has joined Shark Allies to stop the shark fin trade in Florida. CGF submitted a report on criminal activities that do and may occur as a result of the shark fin trade in Florida.

Passage of the Florida Bill would also prevent the state’s complicity in the criminal activity that surrounds the fin trade.
CGF Report

Want to learn more about the Fin trade? Check out the Shark Allies website for more information on the Florida campaign. For more information on the UK campaign please visit the Fin Fighters website.

Interview: Rohingya persecution

The Executive Director of the Common Good Foundation recently gave an interview on the situation facing the Rohingya of Myanmar (Burma) with Robin Lindley. Mr. Lindley is a past chair of the World Peace through Law section of the Washington State Bar. He is a contributor to the History News Network.

You can read the full interview on the Rohingya here.

Inaugural 2018 Mass Atrocity and Human Rights Law Seminar

The Common Good Foundation sponsored the inaugural Mass Atrocity and Human Rights: Legal Responses and Continued Challenges at Seattle University School of Law June 20 -22, 2018.

The creator of this legal seminar is the Executive Director of the Common Good Foundation, Regina Paulose. The seminar was the part of Seattle University School of Law’s Summer Practice Academy for 2018. She was also the Chair of this year seminar.

If you were unable to attend the course in person, you can still take the course via the webinar platform here. You can learn more about the event here.

CGF submission on situation in Assam

The Common Good Foundation, with the assistance of pro bono lawyers and academics, prepared a submission on the current situation in Assam, India regarding the National Register of Citizens (NRC). The report delves briefly into the history of the NRC and concludes that the several warning signs of genocide are taking place.

You can read the full report here.