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CONTACT INFORMATION
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Business Mailing Address:
University of Florida
Levin College of Law
312L Holland Hall
Gainesville, Florida
32611 USA
Telephone:352-273-0935
Secretary: 352-273-0664
Fax:352-392-3005
Personal Mailing Address:
8966 SW 44th Lane
Hale Plantation, Gainesville, Florida
32608USA
Home Telephone:352-376-1719
Mobile:352-328-8752
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PERSONAL INFORMATION
Date of Birth:23 June 1940
Place of Birth: Port Elizabeth, South Africa
Citizenship:United States(Naturalized 1973)
Marital Status: Married to Judith Mattox Nagan
Children: Jean, Catherine, and Arthur
EDUCATION
Yale School of Law, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
J.S.D.(May 1977)
Duke School of Law, Durham, North Carolina, USA
LL.M.(May 1970); M.C.L.(May 1970)
Brasenose College, Oxford, United Kingdom
M.A. Juris.(May 1970); B.A. Honors Juris. (May 1966)
University of South Africa (Fort Hare University), Alice, South Africa
B.A. Law(May 1965)
CURRENT ACTIVITIES
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Professor of Law,
Sam T. Dell Research Scholar
University of Florida
Gainesville, Florida USA(1975-present)
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ChairProgram CommitteeWorld Academy of Art & Science (2011-present)
Editor in Chief Electronic Journal World Academy of Art & Science (2012-present)
Interim Secretary General World Academy of Art & Science
(2011)
Editor CADMUS World Academy of Art & Science (2010-present)
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Board of Trustees
World Academy of Art & Science (2009-present)
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Procurador Judicial,
Abogado Defensor
The Shuar Nation (of indigenous people)
Ecuador(2002-present)
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Director, Founder
Inst. for Human Rights & Peace Development
University of Florida (1994-present)
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Board of Directors
Shuar Nation Corporation (2005-present)
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Academic Advisory Board
Princeton Center for the Prevention of Crimes Against Humanity (2006-present)
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Affiliate Professor of African Studies
Latin American Studies
University of Florida
Gainesville, Florida USA (2008-present)
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International Editorial Advisor
The Journal of Law and Politics (2005-present)
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Fellow
Royal Society of the Arts (2003-present)
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Honorary Professor
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa (2002-present)
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Board of Directors
Institute for Victims of Trauma
McLean, Virginia, USA (2001-present).
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Editorial Board
CADMUS Publication of the South-East European Division of the World Academy of Art & Science (2009-present)
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Int’l Advisory Board,
Co-Founder, Former Editor
East African Journal of Peace & Human Rights Makerere U., Kampala,Uganda (1994-present)
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Board of Directors
Program for Interdisciplinary Research on Causes of Human Rights Violations(PIOOM) Leiden, Netherlands (1994-present)
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Fellow
World Academy of Art & Science
(1998-present)
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Arbitrator
International Commercial Arbitration Moot Vienna, Austria (1996-present).
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Affiliate Professor of Anthropology
University of Florida (1989-present)
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Consultant
Former Commission Appointee
South African Constitution Watch Commission (1989-present).
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Member
British PEN (1993-present)
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Member
National Democratic Lawyers Association (South Africa)
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Member
American Society of International Law
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Member
African Studies Association
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Member
Association of American Law Schools
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Member
American Bar Association (Int’l L. Section)
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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
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Visiting Professor University of Warsaw Law School, Poland Summer 2012
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Visiting Professor
University of Frankfurt Law School
Frankfurt, Germany(Summer 2008)
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Attendee
COP9 to Convention on Biological DiversityBonn, Germany (May 2008)
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Co-Organizer
(with the Directiva of the Shuar Federation)
Leadership Training Workshops for Indigenous Community Members
Secua, Ecuador (Apr 2008)
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Participant
6th Sess. U.N. Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (New York, May 2007)
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Participant
4th Meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group of Legal and Technical Experts on Liability and Redress in the context of the Protocol to the Convention on the Biological Diversity, Montreal (Feb 2007)
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Participant
Expert Group Meeting on the Convention on Biological Diversity´s International Regime on Access and Benefit-Sharing and Indigenous Peoples’ Rights (New York, Jan 2007)
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Acting Justice of the High Court
High Court of the Republic of South Africa
Western Cape Division(2006)
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Plenary Chair
The Dag Hammarskjold Foundation: “Respecting International Law and International Institutions—Careful Reflection, Ideas for Significant Reform, and Determined Action,” Symposium at Uppsala Castle, Sweden (Jun 13-15, 2005).
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Consultant
The World Bank(2004-2005)
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Visiting Fellow
Brasenose College, University of Oxford
Oxford, UK(Jul 2002-Feb 2003)
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Legal Consultant
Eritrea Ministry of Justice (2003)
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Co-Drafter
Shuar Bill of Fundamental Rights
Shuar Nation, Ecuador (2002)
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Visiting Professor of Law
University of Stellenbosch
Stellenbosch, South Africa (Mar-Jun 1999)
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I.C.J.-Appointed Organizer
50th Jubilee Seminar, Honoring the I.C.J.
Cape Town, South Africa (1998)
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Director
Cape Town Summer Law Program
U. of Cape Town, South Africa(1998-2005)
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Trustee Research Fellow
University of Florida
Gainesville, Florida USA (1998)
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Visiting Professor of Law
Howard U. School of Law Summer Program at U. of Western Cape, S. Africa (Summer 1997)
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Co-Founder, Principle Investigator
Human Rights & Peace Center
Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda(1997)
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Co-Organizer
Conference on Security and Human Rights in the Great Lakes Region, Makerere U., Kampala, Uganda (Dec 1997)
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Co-Convener
Interdisciplinary Workshops DevelopingUniversity Curriculum Sensitivity to the Priorities of Peace and Human Rights
Makerere U., Kampala, Uganda (1997)
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Co-Convener
Conference on the Democratization of Bosnia after Dayton; Bosnian Academy of Sciences & Arts, and Croatian Academy of Sciences & Arts; Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina (Aug 1996).
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Visiting Professor of Law
Inst. of E. European Law & Russian Studies University of Leiden
(Jan-Aug 1994)
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Co-Drafter
Dubrovnik Declaration
World PEN Conference, Dubrovnik (1994)
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Visiting Professor of Law
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa (Apr-Jul 1993)
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Co-Director
Workshop: Genocide and the Rights of Victims; World PEN Conference on Genocide and War Crimes in the Balkans, Dubrovnik, Croatia (Apr 19-25, 1993)
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Visiting Professor of Law
Makerere University
Kampala, Uganda (May 1992)
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Consultant
U.N. Center Against Apartheid (1992)
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Participant
U.N. Conference on International Trade (UNCITRAL) New York (May 1992)
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Human Rights Consultant
Zaire Minister of Justice and Zaire Ambassador to the United States (1992).
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Organizer
Latin American-Caribbean Ambassadors Colloquium on Human Rights, Washington D.C. (1991)
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Congressional Witness
Testified before the House Foreign Affairs Committee, Regarding U.S. policy in Iraq (March 1991)
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Amnesty International Delegate
47th session of the U.N. Commission on Human Rights, Geneva (February 1991)
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Organizer
African Ambassadors Colloquium on Human Rights, Washington D.C. (1991)
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Delegate
Haiti (Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Center for Human Rights) led by Kerry Kennedy Cuomo, for meetings with President Aristide of Haiti, and General Abrahams and various Ministers (1991)
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Consultant
Ambassador Cohen (Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs) (1990-1992)
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Representative of Amnesty International
Meeting of All American Sections of Amnesty International,São Paulo, Brazil (1990)
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Fulbright Evaluator
Law Professors and law-related applicants to the Fulbright Program (Jun 1990)
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Human Rights Consultant
Leaders of the U.S. Democratic and Republican National Committees, including the National Security Council (1990-1991)
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Congressional Witness
Testified at the Hearings on the Torture Convention,regarding critique of Department of State Country Reports (1990)
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Congressional Witness
Testified before the Subcommittee on Africa and Hunger, regarding the human rights crisis in the Sudan (Mar 1990)
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Congressional Witness
Testified before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, regarding the Ratification of the Convention Against Torture (Jan 1990)
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Consultant
Ambassadors (from South Africa, Burundi, Hungary, Japan, Zaire, Kenya, Brazil) (1990-1991).
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Human Rights Consultant
U.S. Ambassadors to the OAS and the U.N. Commission on Human Rights (1990)
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Congressional Expert Witness
Testified before the Congressional Subcommittee on Human Rights and Humanitarian Affairs Review of Department of State’s Human Rights Annual Report (Jul 1989)
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Chair of the Board of Directors
Amnesty International USA (1989-1991)
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Advisor
Human Rights Education Task Force, Amnesty International (1988-1992)
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Advisor
National Coalition Against Capital Punishment (1988-1991)
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Executive Committee
Amnesty International (1988)
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Advisor
Africa Network: The Educational Outreach Branch (1987-1990)
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President (1986-1991)
Board of Directors (1986-1998)
Policy Sciences Center
Yale Law School, Hartford, Connecticut USA(1986-1991)
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Board of Directors
Amnesty International USA (1986-1992)
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Co-Convener
Adoption Group 237
Amnesty International (1985)
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Reporter
FloridaSupreme Court Commission on Matrimonial Law; Subcommittee: Family Property (Jul 1983-Jan 1984)
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Visiting Professor
Monash University School of Law
Melbourne, Australia (Jun-Nov 1979)
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Consultant
ABA Private International Law Section: The Convention on the Validity of Foreign Marriages (1977)
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Lecturer(African American Studies)
Yale University
New Haven, Connecticut USA (1974-1975)
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Executive Committee
International Defense and Aid Fund for Southern Africa (U.S. Branch) (1972-1974)
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Arbitrator
Expedited Arbitration Procedure (Midwest Steel Industries) (1972-1974)
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Board of Directors
International Defense and Aid Fund for Southern Africa (1971-1976)
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Secretary
International Campaign Against Racism in Sports (ICARIS) (1970-1974)
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U.N. Expert Witness
Testified before U.N. Subcommittee on the Policies of Apartheid (Apr 1968-Mar 1973)
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SELECTED TESTIMONY
Testimony before Senate Foreign Relations Committee on the Ratification of the Torture Convention, published in The Congressional Record (1990)
Testimony before Subcommittee on Human Rights and International Organizations, House Foreign Affairs Committee, published in The Congressional Record (July 20, 1989)
FORTHCOMING BOOKS
Human Rights and Dynamic Humanism (publication by Kluwer, anticipated 2012)
Configurative Jurisprudence: The Law, Science, and Policies of Human Dignity (Publication by Vandeplas Publishing, LLC, 2012) (manuscript available for preview)
Family Dynamics in Transnational Cross-cultural Perspective: A Human Rights Orientation(forthcoming) (manuscript available for preview)
War, Peace, and Human Rights: The Crisis of the Balkans: A Documentary History(forthcoming).
Essays on the Problems of International Law and Globalization, (forthcoming) (manuscript available for preview)
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS & ADDRESSES
Freedom Languished for Baha’i’s in Ira., Washington Post (2/25/2013)
The Right to Development, Cadmus, Issue 6, Vol. 1 (April 2013)
The Emerging Restrictions of Sovereign Immunity: Preemptory Norms of International Law, the UN Charter and the Application of Modern Communications Theory, North Carolina Jo. Intl. and Commercial Regulation, Vol. 38, No. 2, Nagan/Root (2013)
Why They Deny: Values, Human Rights, and the Persecution of Iran’s Baha’i Community, Education Under Fire (Spring 2013)
Overview of Policy and Legal Conditions Concerning the Recognition of Palestinian Statehood, Winston P. Nagan and Aitza M. Haddad (Prepared for presentation at the International Conference on the “Palestine Membership in the United Nations: Legal and Political Implications” organized by Dr. Mutaz M. Qafisheh, Professor of International Law, Hebron University, Hebron Palestine, 18-19 April 2012)To be published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing, the UK titled:The Membership of Palestine in the United Nations: Legal and Political Implications edited by Dr. Mutaz M. Qafisheh, estimated 2013.
Palestinian Independence vs. the Independence of Namibia: American Foreign Policy and the Required Palestinian Strategy in Relation to the Unites States Namibia and Palestine, Winston P. Nagan and Aitza M. Haddad (Prepared for presentation at the International Conference on the “Palestine Membership in the United Nations: Legal and Political Implications” organized by Dr. Mutaz M. Qafisheh, Professor of International Law, Hebron University, Hebron Palestine, 18-19 April 2012)To be published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing, the UK titled:The Membership of Palestine in the United Nations: Legal and Political Implications edited by Dr. Mutaz M. Qafisheh, estimated 2013.
Nuclear Threats and Security, Cadmus, Vol. 1, Issue 5 (October 2012)
Sovereignty and Nuclear Weapons: The Need for Real Sovereign Authority Rooted in the People’s Global Expectations about Survival and Security, Cadmus, Vol 1, Issue 5 (October 2012)
Genocide & the Shoah (The Holocaust): Intellectual Tools for Education and Public Policy Decision with Aitza M. Haddad, Global Jurist, Volume 12, Issue 1 (2012).
Global Values Discourse with Garry Jacobs, Eruditio, Vol 1, Part IV (2012).
Individuality, Humanism, & Human Rights, Winston P. Nagan with the assistance of Aitza M. Haddad (Presented at the 1stWorld Academy of Art and ScienceElectronic Seminar on February 17th, 2012) (Publication by the Electronic Journal of the World Academy of Art and Science, ERUDITIO, Spring 2012) (manuscript available for preview)
Individualism of Human Subjectivity, Winston P. Nagan and Garry Jacobs (Publication by the Electronic Journal of the World Academy of Art and Science, ERUDITIO, Spring 2012) (manuscript available for preview)
New Paradigm for Global Rule of Law, Winston P. Nagan and Garry Jacobs (Publication by CADMUS, spring 2012)
The Development of Jurisprudence and Human Subjectivity, Winston P. Nagan with the assistance of Aitza M. Haddad, (Presentation for the Society for the Policy Sciences at Yale Law School (October 13-16, 2011)
Law, Nuclear Weapons and Nuclear Energy, Winston P. Nagan with the assistance of Aitza M. Haddad (Presented at the World Academy of Art and Science General Assembly and Plenum in New Delhi on November 9-12, 2011) (Excerpts published in the WAAS Newsletter, 2012) (manuscript available for preview)
The Emerging Restrictions on Sovereign Immunity: Peremptory Norms of International Law, the UN Charter, and the Application of Modern Communications Theory, byWinston P. NaganandJoshua L. Root (Publication by the North Carolina Journal of International Law and Commercial Regulation, Summer 2012)
Inflated Federalism and Deflated International Law: Roberts CJ v. The ICJ, by Winston P. Nagan and Benjamin Goodman published by Global Jurist, Volume 12, Issue 1 (2012).
Sovereignty in Theory and Practice, Winston P. Nagan and Aitza M. Haddad (publication by the San Diego International Law Journal, anticipated 2012) (manuscript available for preview)
The Holocaust and Mass Atrocity: The Continuing Challenge for Decision, Winston P. Nagan and Aitza M. Haddad (publication by the Michigan State International Law Review, spring 2012) (manuscript available for preview)
International Courts, Winston P. Naganand Aitza M. Haddad (publication by The Wiley-Blackwell Encyclopedia of Globalization, spring 2012) (manuscript available for preview)
International Law and the War on Terror, Winston P. Naganand Aitza M. Haddad (publication by The Wiley-Blackwell Encyclopedia of Globalization, spring 2012) (manuscript available for preview)
The War on Terror and International Obligation: Humanitarian and Human Rights Issue, Winston P. Naganand Aitza M. Haddad (publication by The Wiley-Blackwell Encyclopedia of Globalization, spring 2012) (manuscript available for preview)
The Legal and Policy Implications of the Possibility of Palestinian Statehood, Winston P. Naganand Aitza M. Haddad, (publication by The UC Davis Journal of International Law and Policy, spring 2012)
Recognition of Palestinian Statehood: A Clarification of the Interests of the Concerned Parties, Winston P. Naganand Aitza M. Haddad, (presented at Sheffield University, UK (April 2011)) (publication by The Georgia Journal of International and Comparative Law, spring 2012) (manuscript available for preview)
Protecting the Economic Patrimony of Indigenous Nations: The Case of the Shuar, Winston P. Nagan (Publication by the Journal of the Policy Sciences, spring 2012)
Nuclear Weapons and International Law, Winston P. Nagan with the assistance of Aitza M. Haddad (Report to the American Branch of the International Law Association to be published as a chapter in a book edited by Commander Jasjit Singh, director of the center for Air Power Studies (New Delhi), anticipated spring 2012) (manuscript available for preview)
The political economy of the drive to the bottom, Winston P. Nagan, Gainesville Sun (Monday, April 18, 2011)
Human Rights, Liberty & Socio-Economic Justice: Economic Theory and the Ascent of Private Property Values, Winston P. Nagan, CADMUS, Volume I, No. 2 (April 2011)
Protecting the Economic Patrimony of Indigenous Nations: The Case of the Shuar, Winston P. Nagan, International Law Association (British Branch) Annual Conference, Sheffield University, United Kingdom (April 26-28, 2011)
Recognition of Palestinian Statehood, Winston P. Nagan with the assistance of Aitza M. Haddad, Presentation for the International Law Association (British Branch) Annual Conference, Sheffield University, United Kingdom (April 26-28, 2011)
Legal Theory and the Anthropocene Challenge: The Implications of Law, Science, and Policy for Weapons of Mass Destruction and Climate Change, Winston P. Nagan & Judith K. Otvos, 12 J. L. & Soc. Challenges (2011).
NuclearWeapons: Lawful Control or Apocalypse Now, Winston P. Nagan, National University Law School; New Delhi (2011)
Transformation to Democracy in Egypt and U.S. Policy, Winston P. Nagan, Gainesville Sun (January 31, 2011)
The Senate's 400-pound nuclear gorilla, Winston P. Nagan, Gainesville Sun (November 23, 2010)
Tea Party agenda and right-wing extremism, Winston P. Nagan, Gainesville Sun (October 29, 2010)
Configurative Jurisprudence and the Clarification and Grounding of Values and Morality in Contemporary Theories of Justice, Winston P. Nagan, Society for the Policy SciencesatYale Law School (October 16, 2010)
Marco Rubio's Tea Party: A blank check, Winston P. Nagan, Gainesville Sun (October 6, 2010)
What Paster Jones can learn from the Islamic tradition, Winston P. Nagan, Gainesville Sun (September 8, 2010)
The Kashmir Problem in an Age of Global Terrorism: The Challenge for US Foreign Policy, Winston P. Nagan, Address to the University of Florida College of Law
Asian Law Society (September 2010)
Demonizing the 'others' for political gain, Winston P. Nagan, Gainesville Sun (August 26, 2010)
International Law as a Constructive Force for Influencing and Guiding: The Foreign Policy of the United States, Winston P. Nagan,Naval War College Workshop (July 28, 2010).
Conflicts in Latin America: Selected Problems, Winston P. Nagan, Brazil/Florida Seminar (May 2010).
Developing U.S. Nuclear Weapons Policy and International Law: The Approach of the Obama Administration, Winston P. Nagan & Erin K. Slemmens, 19 Tulane J. Int'l & Comp. L. (2010).
Human Rights and Employment, Winston P. Nagan, 1 CADMUS 49 (Iss. 1), papers series of the South-East European Division of the World Academy of Art and Science (2010)
Misappropriation of Shuar Traditional Knowledge (TK) and Trade Secrets: A Case Study on Biopiracy in the Amazon, Winston P. Nagan, et al., 15 J. Tech. L. & Pol'y9 (2009).
National Security Policy and the Ratification of the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty, Winston P. Nagan & Erin K. Slemmens, 32 Hous. J. Int'l L. 1 (2009).
The Optional Protocol to the Convention Against Torture, Winston P. Nagan, in La Creación del Mecanismo Español de Prevención de la Tortura(Fernando M. Marino Menendez & Alicia Cebada Romero, eds.) (Madrid: Iustel, 2009).
Human Rights and Socio-Economic Justice: The Global Challenge, Winston P. Nagan, Oxford Round TableForum on Public Policy Online, Vol. 2009, No. 2 (Summer 2009).
Perspectives and Strategies for Effectively Responding to the Changing Face of Modern Slavery, Winston P. Nagan & Martina L. Nethery, Address at the Conference on the Modern Forms of Slavery, Kean University(New Jersey, USA) (Feb2009).