The Reverend Robert John Araujo, SJ (October 30, 1948 – October 21, 2015), was the

John Courtney Murray John Courtney Murray (September 12, 1904 – August 16, 1967) was an American Jesuit priest and theologian, who was especially known for his efforts to reconcile Catholicism and religious pluralism, particularly focusing on the relationsh ...

Professor at

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. Formerly, he was the

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University Professor in American and

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(1994–2005) and an Ordinary Professor at the

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in Rome (2005–2008).

Biography

He was a visiting professor at

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, Boston College School of Law, and Fordham University Law School. He had an A.B.and a J.D. from

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; a M. Div. and a S.T.L. from the

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; an LL.M. and a J.S.D. from

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; and a B.C.L. from

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. Beginning in 1996, he was an advisor to the

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providing counsel on public international law, in that capacity, he was a delegate to

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, to the 1998 Rome Conference on the establishment of the

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and to the negotiation of th
United Nations Declaration banning all forms of Human Cloning
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in 1986.

Publications

* Araujo, Robert and Lucal, John, Papal Diplomacy and the Quest for Peace, the

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and International Organizations from the early years to the

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, Sapienza Press (2004). * Araujo, Robert and Lucal, John, Papal Diplomacy and the Quest for Peace: The United Nations from Pius XII to Paul VI, Saint Joseph's University Press (2013). * Araujo, Robert John, "The International Personality and Sovereignty of the Holy See," 50 Catholic University Law Review 291 (2001). * Araujo, Robert John, "John Paul II and the Rule of Law: Bringing Order to International Disorder," 45 Journal of Catholic Legal Studies 293-320 (2006). * Araujo, Robert John,"The Role of

International Law International law (also known as public international law and the law of nations) is the set of rules, norms, and standards generally recognized as binding between states. It establishes normative guidelines and a common conceptual framework for ...

in US Constitutional Law - A question that might be posed by

: Is it really law?," 4 Journal of Catholic Social Thought 35 - 58 (2007). * Araujo, Robert John, "The UN Declaration on

Human Cloning Human cloning is the creation of a genetically identical copy (or clone) of a human. The term is generally used to refer to artificial human cloning, which is the reproduction of human cells and tissue. It does not refer to the natural concepti ...

: a survey and assessment of the debate," 7 The National Catholic Bioethics Quarterly 129 - 149 (2007). * Robert J. Araujo, S.J.
“Anti-Personnel Mines and Peremptory Norms of International Law: Argument and Catalyst“
1 Gonzaga Journal of International Law (1997–98). * Robert Araujo
“Conscience Protection and the Holy See,”
1 Ave Maria International Law Journal 1, 23 (2009). * Robert Araujo
“The Catholic Neo-Scholastic Contribution to Human Rights: The Natural Law Foundation,”
1 Ave Maria Law Review 1, 159-174 (2003). * Robert Araujo
“John Paul II--A Man of God and a Servant of Man: The Pope at the United Nations”
5 Ave Maria Law Review 2, 367-398 (2007).

References

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