Seminar L

Stopping U.S. Aggression Against Cuba

30 July 2026

Course Description

On July 20, 2026, the US State Department issued a 100-page report containing dangerous lies about Cuba and its allies. In its ongoing aggression against Cuba, the US maintains its vicious 67-year blockade of Cuba, and it has imposed a crippling energy blockade and is threatening to invade Cuba and change its government. In this seminar, faculty members analyze the legality of the US’s actions and steps the international community can take to prevent and punish US aggression against Cuba.

Faculty

Vladimir Mora Fonseca

Legal Adviser to Permanent Mission of Cuba to the U.N.

Alexis Ginarte Gato

President of National Union of Cuban Jurists

Carlos Villán Durán

Professor of International Human Rights Law, President of Spanish Society for International Human Rights Law

Dr. Corinna Mullin

Adjunct Faculty, City University of New York (CUNY)

Siraj Desai

Retired Justice of the High Court of the Western Cape, South Africa

Marjorie Cohn

Moderator, Dean of the People's Academy of International Law

Supplemental Materials

Cuba Blockade

United States must end “energy starvation” of Cuba with severe human rights impacts: UN experts

Speech by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Cuba, Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla, before the United Nations General Assembly under item 38, “Necessity of ending the economic, commercial and financial blockade imposed by the United States against Cuba.”

Speech by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Cuba, Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla, before the United Nations General Assembly under item 38, “Necessity of ending the economic, commercial and financial blockade imposed by the United States against Cuba.”

Cuba and McCarthyism

The Return of the Red Scare: Cuba, McCarthyism, and the Consolidating Legal Architecture of Fascism

US Cuba Report (2026)

Published by the US State Department on July 20, 2026, the Cuba Report alleges that Cuba has “backed an unprecedented wave of left-wing terrorism on American soil,” naming several legal and activist organizations as “front groups.”

The National Lawyers Guild Reaffirms its Solidarity with Cuba in the Face of Increasing McCarthyite Repression, July 23, 2026

Rubio’s Paranoid Cuba Report Designed to “Justify a Military Attack on Cuba,” Says Democratic Rep.

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Stopping U.S. Aggression Against Cuba