The reverend Robert Araujo, SJ, is the John Courtney Murray

John Courtney Murray

John Courtney Murray, , was an American Jesuit priest and theologian, who was especially known for his efforts to reconcile Catholicism and religious pluralism, particularly focusing on the relationship between religious freedom and the institutions of a democratically structured modern...

 Professor at Loyola University Chicago School of Law

Loyola University Chicago School of Law

Loyola University Chicago School of Law is the law school of the Loyola University Chicago, in Illinois. Established in 1909, by the Society of Jesus, the Roman Catholic order of the Jesuits, the School of Law is located in downtown Chicago, within walking distance of the Water Tower , the John...

. Formerly, he was the Robert Bellarmine

Robert Bellarmine

Robert Bellarmine was an Italian Jesuit and a Cardinal of the Catholic Church. He was one of the most important figures in the Counter-Reformation...

 University Professor in American and Public International Law at Gonzaga University

Gonzaga University

Gonzaga University is a private Roman Catholic university located in Spokane, Washington, United States. Founded in 1887 by the Society of Jesus, it is one of 28 member institutions of the Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities and is named after the young Jesuit saint, Aloysius Gonzaga...

 (1994–2005) and an Ordinary Professor at the Pontifical Gregorian University

Pontifical Gregorian University

The Pontifical Gregorian University is a pontifical university located in Rome, Italy.Heir of the Roman College founded by Saint Ignatius of Loyola over 460 years ago, the Gregorian University was the first university founded by the Jesuits...

 in Rome (2005–2008). He has been a visiting professor at Georgetown University Law Center

Georgetown University Law Center

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, St. Louis University School of Law, Boston College School of Law, and Fordham University Law School. He has a A.B. and a J.D. from Georgetown University

Georgetown University

Georgetown University is a private, Jesuit, research university whose main campus is in the Georgetown neighborhood of Washington, D.C. Founded in 1789, it is the oldest Catholic university in the United States...

; a M. Div. and a S.T.L. from the Weston Jesuit School of Theology

Weston Jesuit School of Theology

The Boston College School of Theology and Ministry in Brighton, Massachusetts, United States is the graduate divinity school of Boston College and an ecclesiastical faculty of theology that trains men and women, both lay and religious, for service, especially within the Roman Catholic Church...

; a LL.M. and a J.S.D. from Columbia University

Columbia University

Columbia University in the City of New York is a private, Ivy League university in Manhattan, New York City. Columbia is the oldest institution of higher learning in the state of New York, the fifth oldest in the United States, and one of the country's nine Colonial Colleges founded before the...

; and a B.C.L. from Oxford University.

Since 1996 he has been an advisor to the Holy See

Holy See

The Holy See is the episcopal jurisdiction of the Catholic Church in Rome, in which its Bishop is commonly known as the Pope. It is the preeminent episcopal see of the Catholic Church, forming the central government of the Church. As such, diplomatically, and in other spheres the Holy See acts and...

 providing counsel on public international law, in that capacity, he was a delegate to United Nations General Assembly

United Nations General Assembly

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, to the 1998 Rome Conference on the establishment of the International Criminal Court

International Criminal Court

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

Since 1986 he is a member of the Society of Jesus

Society of Jesus

The Society of Jesus is a Catholic male religious order that follows the teachings of the Catholic Church. The members are called Jesuits, and are also known colloquially as "God's Army" and as "The Company," these being references to founder Ignatius of Loyola's military background and a...

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Publications

• Araujo, Robert and Lucal, John, Papal Diplomacy and the Quest for Peace, the Vatican
  Holy See
  The Holy See is the episcopal jurisdiction of the Catholic Church in Rome, in which its Bishop is commonly known as the Pope. It is the preeminent episcopal see of the Catholic Church, forming the central government of the Church. As such, diplomatically, and in other spheres the Holy See acts and...
  
   and International Organizations from the early years to the League of Nations
  League of Nations
  The League of Nations was an intergovernmental organization founded as a result of the Paris Peace Conference that ended the First World War. It was the first permanent international organization whose principal mission was to maintain world peace...
  
  , Sapienza Press (2004).
• 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
  Public international law concerns the structure and conduct of sovereign states; analogous entities, such as the Holy See; and intergovernmental organizations. To a lesser degree, international law also may affect multinational corporations and individuals, an impact increasingly evolving beyond...
  
   in US Constitutional Law - A question that might be posed by John Courtney Murray
  John Courtney Murray
  John Courtney Murray, , was an American Jesuit priest and theologian, who was especially known for his efforts to reconcile Catholicism and religious pluralism, particularly focusing on the relationship between religious freedom and the institutions of a democratically structured modern...
  
  : Is it really law?,” 4 Journal of Catholic Social Thought 35 - 58 (2007).
• Araujo, Robert John, “The UN Declaration on Human Cloning
  Human cloning
  Human cloning is the creation of a genetically identical copy of a human. It does not usually refer to monozygotic multiple births nor the reproduction of human cells or tissue. The ethics of cloning is an extremely controversial issue...
  
  : 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).