Gran Corrupción y Crímenes Atroces en Latinomérica (Grand Corruption and Atrocity Crimes in Latin America), 13 Jurídica Ibero 19 (2023). URL
Empowering Victims of Grand Corruption: an Emerging Trend, 37 Conn. J. Int'l L. 25 (2022). FULLTEXTSSRN
Expanding the Frontiers of Justice, Berkeley Rev. Latin Am. Stud. 23 (Fall 2019). URL
Grand Corruption and the International Criminal Court in the "Venezuela Situation", 17 J. Int'l Crim. Just. 672 (2019) (with Santiago Martinez). URL
Safeguarding Development: Risk Reduction in US Government Foreign Aid and Investment Facilitation Beyond the Current Patchwork, 24 Hastings Envtl. L.J. 311 (2018). FULLTEXT
Democracia y transparencia en el SIDH: una experiencia en marcha, 8 Rev. Direito & Práx. 1652 (2017). FULLTEXT
Capturing the Insights: Commonalities and Differences, 39 Hastings Int'l & Comp. L. Rev. 275 (2016). FULLTEXT
After Amnesties are Gone: Latin American National Courts and the New Contours of the Fight Against Impunity, 37 Hum. Rts. Q. 341 (2015). FULLTEXTSSRN
Just a ‘Bubble’? Perspectives on the Enforcement of International Criminal Law by National Courts, 11 J. Int'l Crim. Just. 537 (2013). FULLTEXT
"First, Do No Harm": Human Rights and Efforts to Combat Climate Change, 38 Ga. J. Int'l & Comp. L. 593 (2010). FULLTEXT
Prosecuting Core Crimes in the United States: Recent Changes and Prospects for 2010, 17 Willamette J. Int'l L. & Disp. Resol. 80 (2009). FULLTEXT
Making the State Do Justice: Transnational Prosecutions and International Support for Criminal Investigations in Post-Armed Conflict Guatemala, 9 Chi. J. Int'l L. 79 (2008). FULLTEXT
Social Reconstruction as a Local Process, 2 Int'l J. Transitional Just. 152 (2008) (with Laura Arriaza) (reprinted and expanded in Social Repair at the Local Level: The Case of Guatemala, inTransitional Justice From Below 143 (Kieran McEvoy & Laura McGregor eds., 2008)). FULLTEXTSSRN
Justice Should Be Done, but Where? The Relationship Between National and International Courts, 101 Am. Soc'y Int'l L. Proc. 289 (2007) (with Laura Dickinson, Christopher K. Hall, Paul Seils & Kimberly Theidon) (panel moderator). FULLTEXT
International Decisions—Guatemala Genocide Case, 100 Am. J. Int'l L 207 (2006). FULLTEXT
The Complex Architecture of International Justice, 10 Gonz. J. Int'l L. 38 (2006-2007). FULLTEXT
Reparations Decisions and Dilemmas, 27 Hastings Int'l & Comp. L. Rev. 157 (2004). FULLTEXT
Universal Jurisdiction: Steps Forward, Steps Back, 17 Leiden J. Int'l L. 375 (2004). FULLTEXT
From Country-Based to Corporate-Based Campaigns, 21 Berkeley J. Int'l L. 185 (2003). FULLTEXT
Las Amnistias En Perspectiva Comparada: Derecho Internacional y Poder Judicial, 9 C.D.J.P. 87 (2003).
Codes of Conduct: The Fiction of Corporate Self-Regulation, 58 Guild Prac. 38 (2001). FULLTEXT
The Pinochet Precedent and Universal Jurisdiction, 35 New Eng. L. Rev. 311 (2001). FULLTEXT
Institutions of International Justice, 52 J. Int'l Aff. 473 (1999).
The Developing Jurisprudence on Amnesty, 20 Hum. Rts. Q. 843 (1998) (with Lauren Gibson). FULLTEXT
The Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act and Human Rights Violations: One Step Forward, Two Steps Back?, 16 Berkeley J. Int'l L. 71 (1998). FULLTEXT
Truth Commissions and Amnesties in Latin America: The Second Generation, 92 Am. Soc'y Int'l L. Proc. 313 (1998). FULLTEXT
Truth Commissions as Part of a Social Process: Possible Guidelines, 14 NEP 279 (1998).
Addressing Human Rights Abuses: Truth Commissions and the Value of Amnesty, 19 Whittier L. Rev. 325 (1997) (with Peter A. Schey & Dinah L. Shelton). FULLTEXT
Compliance with Private Voluntary Agreements: The Example of the International Organization for Standardization's ISO 14000, 29 Stud. Transnat'l Legal Pol'y 205 (1997). FULLTEXT
Compliance with Private Voluntary Agreements: The Example of the International Organization for Standardization's ISO 14000, 29 Stud. Transnat'l Legal Pol'y 205 (1997). FULLTEXT
Developing Countries, Regional Organizations, and the ISO 14001 Environmental Management Standard, 9 Geo. Int'l Envtl. L. Rev. 583 (1997). FULLTEXT
Environmental Management Systems and Environmental Protection: Can ISO 14001 Be Useful Within the Context of APEC?, 6 J. Env't & Dev. 292 (1997). FULLTEXT
International Human Rights Law in United States Courts: Professor Riesenfeld's Contributions, 20 Hastings Int'l & Comp. L. Rev. 601 (1997). FULLTEXT
The Committee on the Regions and the Role of Regional Governments in the European Union, 20 Hastings Int'l & Comp. L. Rev. 413 (1997). FULLTEXT
Combating Impunity: Some Thoughts on the Way Forward, 59 L. & Contemp. Probs. 93 (Autumn 1996). FULLTEXT
Of Seeds and Shamans: The Appropriation of the Scientific and Technical Knowledge of Indigenous and Local Communities, 17 Mich. J. Int'l L. 919 (1996) (reprinted inBorrowed Power: Essays on Cultural Appropriation 255 (Bruce Ziff & Pratima V. Rao eds., Rutgers Univ. Press 1997)). FULLTEXT
The International Organization for Standardization and the Drafting of Private Environmental Standards, 90 Am. Soc'y Int'l L. Proc. 178 (1996). FULLTEXT
Private Voluntary Standard–Setting, the International Organization for Standardization, and International Environmental Lawmaking, 6 Y.B. Int'l Envtl. L. 107 (1995). FULLTEXT
Shifting the Point of Regulation: The International Organization for Standardization and Global Lawmaking on Trade and the Environment, 22 Ecology L.Q. 479 (1995). FULLTEXT
Truth as Justice: Investigatory Commissions in Latin America, 20 Law & Soc. Inquiry 79 (1995) (with Margaret Popkin). FULLTEXT
Precaution, Participation and the "Greening" of International Trade Law, 7 J. Envtl. L. & Litig. 57 (1992). FULLTEXT
Trade and Environment: An Environmentalist View, 86 Am. Soc'y Int'l L. Proc. 241 (1992). FULLTEXT
Chapters In Books
Natural Resources, Transitional States and Grand Corruption, inResearch Handbook on International Law and Environmental Peacebuilding 127 (Daniëlla Dam & Britta Sjöstedt, eds., Elgar 2023). URL
Transitional Justice in Latin America: Achievements and Limitations, inThe Oxford Handbook of Transitional Justice ____ (Meierhenrich, Hinton and Douglas eds., Oxford Univ. Press, forthcoming 2023). URL
Measures of Non-Repetition in Transitional Justice: The Missing Link?, inFrom Transitional to Transformative Justice 105 (Paul Gready & Simon Robins eds., Cambridge University Press 2019). CATALOGURL
Principle 1. General Obligations of States to Take Effective Action to Combat Impunity, inThe United Nations Principles to Combat Impunity: A Commentary 47 (Frank Haldemann & Thomas Unger eds., Oxford Univ. Press 2018). CATALOG
Guatemala: Lessons for Transitional Justice, inResearch Handbook on Transitional Justice 445 (Cheryl Lawther, Luke Moffett, and Dov Jacobs eds., Edward Elgar Pub. 2017). CATALOG
La dimensión económica, aspecto tardío de la justicia transicional, inEl negocio del terrorismo de estado: los cómplices económicos de la dictadura uruguaya 0 (Juan Pablo Bohoslavsky ed., Siglo Veintiuno 2016).
Why Was the Economic Dimension Missing for So Long in Transitional Justice? An Exploratory Essay, inThe Economic Accomplices to the Argentine Dictatorship 19 (Horacio Verbitsky & Juan Pablo Bohoslavsky eds., Cambridge Univ. Press 2015). URL
Reparations and Development, inLaw in Transition: Human Rights, Development and Transitional Justice 189 (Peer Zumbansen & Ruth Buchanan eds., Hart Publishing 2014). CATALOG
¿Por Qué la Dimensión Económica Estuvo Ausente Tanto Tiempo en la Justicia Transicional? Un Ensayo Exploratorio, inCuentas Pendientes: Los Cómplices Económicos de la Dictadura 31 (Juan Pablo Bohoslavsky & Horacio Verbitsky eds., Siglo Veintiuno 2013).
Reparations and Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, inJustice and Economic Violence in Transition 109 (Dustin N. Sharp ed., Springer 2013) (Springer series in transitional justice). CATALOG
Reparations for Violations of Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, inJustice and Economic Violence in Transition 109 (Dustin Sharp ed., Springer Books 2013). AMAZON
De Facto and De Jure Amnesty Laws: The Central American Case, inAmnesty in the Age of Human Rights Accountability: Comparative and International Perspectives 182 (Francesca Lessa & Leigh A. Payne eds., Cambridge Univ. Press 2012) (with Emily Braid). CATALOG
Many Roads to Justice: Transnational Prosecutions and International Support for Criminal Investigations in Post-Conflict Guatemala, inThe Role of Courts in Transitional Justice: Voices from Latin America and Spain 184 (Jessica Almqvist & Carlos Esposito eds., Routledge 2012) (with Almudena Bernabeu). CATALOG
Impunidade na América Latina: Tribunais Nacionais e Desafios Ainda Existentes, inA Anistia na Era da Responsabilização: O Brasil em Perspectiva Internacional e Comparada 140 (Comissão de Anistia, Ministério da Justiça 2011). URL
Many Roads to Justice: Transnational Prosecutions and International Support for Criminal Investigations in Post-Conflict Guatemala, inThe Role of Courts in Transitional Justice: Voices from Latin America and Spain 184 (Jessica Almqvist & Carlos Esposito eds., Routledge 2011) (with Almudena Bernabeu). CATALOG
Universal Jurisdiction, inResearch Handbook on International Criminal Law 359 (Bartram S. Brown ed., Edward Elgar 2011) (with Menaka Fernando). CATALOG
Foreword: The Importance of Latin American Jurisprudence in the Global Fight Against Impunity, inDigest of Latin American Jurisprudence on International Crimes ix (Due Process of Law Foundation 2010). URL
Human Rights and Strategic Peacebuilding: The Roles of Local, National, and International Actors, inStrategies of Peace: Transforming Conflict in a Violent World 231 (Daniel Philpott & Gerard F. Powers eds., Oxford Univ. Press 2010). CATALOG
Reparations in International Law and Practice, in1 The Pursuit of International Criminal Justice: A World Study on Conflicts, Victimization and Post-Conflict Justice 655 (M. Cherif Bassiouni ed., Intersentia 2010). CATALOG
Weaving a Braid of Histories: Local Post-Armed Conflict Initiatives in Guatemala, inLocalizing Transitional Justice: Interventions and Priorities after Mass Violence 205 (Rosalind Shaw, Lars Waldorf & Pierre Hazan eds., Stanford Univ. Press 2010) (with with Laura J. Arriaza). AMAZON
A Complementary Relationship: Reparations and Development, inTransitional Justice and Development: Making Connections 170 (Pablo De Greiff & Roger Duthie eds., Social Science Research Council 2009) (with Katharine Orlovsky) (reprinted inTransitional Justice: Handbook for Latin America 487 (Félix Reátegui ed., Braz. Ministry of Justice & Int'l Ctr. for Transitional Justice 2011)). CATALOG
Criminal Prosecutions for Genocide in Guatemala: Advances and Obstacles in Transnational and Domestic Cases, inQuiet Genocide: Guatemala 1981-1983, at 135 (Etelle Higonnet ed., Transaction Publishers 2009). AMAZON
Justice and Reconciliation After Conflict: The Case of Sierra Leone, inHuman Rights & Conflict Resolution in Context: Colombia, Sierra Leone, & Northern Ireland 139 (Eileen F. Babbit & Ellen L. Lutz eds., Syracuse Univ. Press 2009). AMAZON
Prosecutions of Heads of State in Latin America, inProsecuting Heads of State 46 (Ellen L. Lutz & Caitlin Reigers eds., Cambridge Univ. Press 2009). AMAZON
The Multiple Prosecutions of Augusto Pinochet, inProsecuting Heads of State 77 (Ellen L. Lutz & Caitlin Reigers eds., Cambridge Univ. Press 2009). AMAZON
Solidarity Rights (Development, Peace, Environment, Humanitarian Assistance,) inMax Planck Encyclopedia of Public International Law (Rüdiger Wolfrum ed., Oxford Univ. Press 2008) (with Sara C. Aminzadeh). CATALOG
Guatemala, inVictims Unsilenced: The Inter-American Human Rights System and Transitional Justice in Latin America 7 (Katya Salazar & Thomas Antkowiak eds., Due Process of Law Foundation 2007) (with Marcie Mersky). URL
Private and Quasi-Private Standard Setting, inThe Oxford Handbook of International Environmental Law 498 (Daniel Bodansky, Jutta Brueneé & Ellen Hey eds., Oxford Univ. Press 2007) (with Jason Morrison). CATALOG
The Pinochet Effect and the Spanish Contribution to Universal Jurisdiction, inInternational Prosecution of Human Rights Crimes 113 (Wolfgang Kaleck, Michael Ratner, Tobias Singelnstein, & Peter Weiss eds., Springer 2007). CATALOG
Victims, in3 Encyclopedia of Genocide and Crimes Against Humanity 1129 (Dinah Shelton ed., MacMillan Reference 2005). CATALOG
External Actors and Transitional Justice, inDealing with the Past: Critical Issues, Lessons Learned, and Challenges for Swiss Policy 33 (Mô Bleeker Massard & Jonathan Sisson eds., Suisspeace 2004). URL
Reparations in the Aftermath of Repression and Mass Violence, inMy Neighbor, My Enemy: Justice and Community in the Aftermath of Mass Atrocity 121 (Eric Stover & Harvey M. Weinstein eds., Cambridge University Press 2004). CATALOG
Of Catalysts and Cases: Transnational Prosecutions and Impunity in Latin America, inThe Pinochet Case: Origins, Progress and Implications 191 (Madeleine Davis ed., Institute of Latin American Studies 2003). CATALOG
Civil Society in Processes of Accountability, inPost–Conflict Justice 97 (M. Cherif Bassiouni, ed., Transnational Publishers 2002). CATALOG
Dificultades y Desafios de las Comisiones de la Verdad Frente a la Tortura, la Reparacion y la Prevencion, inMemoria del Seminario Internacional Comisiones de la Verdad: Tortura, Reparacion y Prevencion (Centro de Derechos Humanos Miguel Agustín Pro Juárez 2002).
Promoting Environmental Human Rights Through Innovations in Mediation, inHuman Rights and the Environment: Conflicts and Norms in a Globalizing World 259 (Lyuba Zarsky ed., Earthscan 2002). CATALOG
The International Organization for Standardization: Drafting the ISO 14000 Series, inThe Greening of Trade Law: International Trade Organizations and Environmental Issues 251 (Richard H. Steinberg ed., Rowman & Littlefield 2002). CATALOG
The Role of International Actors in National Accountability Processes, inThe Politics of Memory: Transitional Justice in Democratizing Societies 40 (Alexandra Barahona De Brito, Carmen Gonzalez Enriquez, & Paloma Aguilar Fernandez eds., Oxford University Press 2001). AMAZON
Amnesty and the International Criminal Court, inInternational Crimes, Peace, and Human Rights: The Role of the International Criminal Court 77 (Dinah Shelton ed., Transnational Publishers 2000). CATALOG
The Need for Moral Reconstruction in the Wake of Past Human Rights Violations: An Interview with José Zalaquett, inHuman Rights in Political Transitions: Gettysburg to Bosnia 195 (Robert Post & Carla Hesse eds., Zone Books 1999) (reprinted inTransitional Justice: Handbook for Latin America 159 (Félix Reátegui ed., Braz. Ministry of Justice & Int'l Ctr. for Transitional Justice 2011)). CATALOG
Book Reviews
Book Review, 45 Hum. Rts. Q. 335 (2022) (reviewing Reed Brody, To Catch a Dictator: The Pursuit and Trial of Hissène Habré (2022)).
Book Review, 56 Am. J. Comp. L. 233 (2008) (reviewing Pablo De Greiff ed., The Handbook of Reparations (2006)). HEINWL
Book Review, 34 J. Latin Am. Stud. 195 (2002) (reviewing Mark Ensalaco, Chile under Pinochet: Recovering the Truth (1999)).
Book Review, 93 Am. J. Int'l L 981 (1999) (reviewing Alice H. Henkin ed., Honoring Human Rights: From Peace to Justice (1998)). HEINWL
Book Review, 91 Am. J. Int'l L 573 (1997) (reviewing Alan E. Boyle & Michael R. Anderson eds., Human Rights Approaches to Environmental Protection (1996)). HEINWL
Book Review, 21 Colum. J. Envtl. L. 183 (1996) (reviewing Harold Hohmann, Precautionary Legal Duties and Principles of Modern International Environmental Law (1994)). HEINWL
Newspaper & Magazine Articles
Landslide Victory by Guatemala’s Social Democrats Spurs Furious Backlash, Just Sec., Aug. 31, 2023. URL
Islands of Advances in a Sea of Setbacks: Central American Rule of Law, Just Sec., Sept. 8, 2021. URL
Genocide and War Crimes in National Courts: the Conviction of Rios
Montt in Guatemala and its Aftermath, ASIL Insights, May 23, 2013. URL
The Spanish Civil War, Amnesty, and the Trials of Judge Garzón, ASIL Insights, July 25, 2012. URL
The Emerging Role of Private Social and Environmental International Standards in Economic Globalization, ABA Int'l Envtl. L. Comm. Newsl., Winter⁄Spring, 2006, at 10 (with Jason Morrison).
Prosecution of International Crimes Gains Teeth, Wider Reach, L.A. Daily J., May 9, 2005, at 6. CATALOG
Other Publications
African Union Transitional Justice Policy Framework in Practice: Implementing Accountability Measures, The Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation (2013) (with Jasmina Brankovic). URL
Central America, the Inter-American System, and Accountability for International Crimes, UC Hastings Research Paper No. 6 (2012). URL
Student Notes/Comments
Comment, State Responsibility to Investigate and Prosecute Grave Human Rights Violations in International Law, 78 Cal. L. Rev. 449 (1990). HEINWL
Comment, Implied Waiver Under the FSIA: A Proposed Exception to Immunity for Violations of Peremptory Norms of International Law, 77 Cal. L. Rev. 365 (1989) (with Adam C. Belsky & Mark Merva). HEINWLURL