Robert C. Blitt
Associate Professor of Law
B.A. magna cum laude, McGill University
M.A., University of Toronto
J.D., University of Toronto
LL.M., University of Toronto
Robert Blitt
Selected Publications
The Bottom up Journey of “Defamation of Religion” from Muslim States to the United Nations: A Case Study of the Migration of Anti-Constitutional Ideas, in Special Issue Human Rights: New Possibilities/New Problems (56 Studies in Law, Politics, and Society 1), 121-211 (Austin Sarat ed., 2011). SSRN link
Should New Bills of Rights Address Emerging International Human Rights Norms? The Challenge of “Defamation of Religion”, 9 NW. U. J. Int’l Hum. Rts 1. SSRN link
One New President, One New Patriarch, and a Generous Disregard for the Constitution: A Recipe for the Continuing Decline of Secular Russia, 43 Vand. J. Transnat’l L. 1337. SSRN Link
Babushka Said Two Things—"It Will Either Rain or Snow; it Either Will or Will Not”: An Analysis of the Provisions and Human Rights Implications of Russia’s New Law on Nongovernmental Organizations as Told Through Eleven Russian Proverbs, 40 Geo. Wash. Int’l L. Rev. 1 . SSRN link
How to Entrench a De Facto State Church in Russia: A Guide in Progress, 2008 BYU L. Rev. 707 (2008). SSRN link
Analysis of the Republic of Tajikistan’s Draft Law “About Freedom of Conscience and Religious Unions”, May 2008 (co-authored with Prof. Cole Durham and produced for the International Center for Not-for-Profit Law). SSRN link
The Religion-State Relationship and the Right to Freedom of Religion or Belief: A Comparative Textual Analysis of the Constitutions of Predominantly Muslim Countries, 36 Geo. J. Int’l L. 947 (2005). (co-authored with Tad Stahnke and reprinted in the International Journal of Civil Society Law). SSRN link
Who Will Watch the Watchdogs? Human Rights NGOs and the Case for Regulation, 10 Buff. Hum. Rts. L. Rev. 261 (2005). (reprinted in the International Journal of Civil Society Law).
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International Legal Developments in Review 2005: Iraq—The Constitution, 40 Int’l Law. 605 (2006).
International Legal Developments in Review 2004: Iraq—Human Rights, 39 Int’l Law. 605 (2005).
Works in Progress
Restrictions on Civil Society and the Migration of Anti-constitutional Ideas: Recent Regulations Against Nongovernmental Organizations in Ethiopia and Russia
Whither Secular Bear: The Russian Orthodox Church’s Strengthening Influence on Russia’s Domestic and Foreign Policy
Russia’s “Orthodox” Foreign Policy: The Promotion of Orthodox Interests Abroad and the Reinforcement of Status Quo at Home
Beyond Ruggie's Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights: Charting an Approach to Minimizing Corporate Liability for Human Rights Harm