Análisis

La reciente demanda de Palestina contra Estados Unidos ante la Corte Internacional de Justicia (CIJ): breves apuntes Resumen: El pasado 28 de setiembre, Palestina interpuso una demanda contra Estados Unidos relacionada al traslado de su Embajada de Tel Aviv a Jerusalén, anunciado en diciembre del 2017 y materializado en mayo …

Beyond “Good Neighborliness” in the ICJ 1 October 2018 Judgment in Bolivia v. Chile: Do Human Rights and Sustainable Development Obligate Creating Negotiated Access for Landlocked Bolivia to the Pacific Ocean? On 1 October 2018, the International Court of Justice issued its Judgment on the Merits in Obligation to Negotiate Access …

Sanciones de Estados Unidos contra Irán de mayo del 2018: CIJ ordena medidas provisionales  a Estados Unidos Sanciones de Estados Unidos contra Irán de mayo del 2018: CIJ ordena medidas provisionales a Estados Unidos En una decisión dada a conocer este 3 de octubre del 2018, la Corte Internacional de …

Bolivia – Chile: CIJ rechaza demanda de Bolivia sobre obligación de negociar acceso al mar Este 1ero de octubre, la Corte Internacional de Justicia (CIJ) dio a conocer su fallo, en el que rechaza todos los argumentos de Bolivia, tendientes a obligar a Chile a volver a la mesa de …

Palestine Sues the United States in the ICJ re Jerusalem Embassy On Friday Palestine instituted proceedings against the United States of America before the International Court of Justice, claiming that the US violated the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations by moving its embassy to Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. …

Part I: The Partition of the Chagos Archipelago and the Haunting Spectre of the South West Africa Cases The advisory proceedings concerning the Legal Consequences of the Separation of the Chagos Archipelago from Mauritius in 1965 are over, but an opinion that answers the legal questions raised in the request …

The Bolton Speech: The Legality of US Retaliatory Action Against Judges and Officials of the International Criminal Court? The speech given on Monday by John Bolton, US National Security Adviser, threatening action by the US against the International Criminal Court (ICC) in response to potential ICC investigation of US personnel …

The Legality of a U.S. Space Force by Adam Irish [Adam Irish is an Assistant Professor of Political Science at California State University, Chico.] President Donald Trump’s pronouncements that the United States needs to develop a “Space Force” were initially met with derision by national security establishment. In a letter …

The Oral Hearings in ‘Legal Consequences of the Separation of the Chagos Archipelago from Mauritius in 1965’ The oral hearings in the advisory proceedings concerning the Legal Consequences of the Separation of the Chagos Archipelago from Mauritius in 1965 took place at the ICJ last week. Readers will recall the …

The ICC Has Jurisdiction over One Form of Genocide in the Rohingya Situation by Kevin Jon Heller A number of commentators — including me — have questioned whether the OTP should open an investigation into Myanmar’s treatment of the Rohingya if that investigation would be limited to the crime against …

Global Pact for the Environment: Defragging international law? A ‘defrag’ computer program that consolidates fragmented files on a hard drive holds metaphorical attraction for international lawyers. Our encounters with international law often seem to be specific to particular legal regimes, which have a functional orientation and professional sensibility that, in …

Nicaragua: informe de la Oficina del Alto Comisionado para los Derechos Humanos de Naciones Unidas Nicaragua: informe de la Oficina del Alto Comisionado para los Derechos Humanos de Naciones Unidas Este 29 de agosto, fue dado a conocer el informe preparado por la Oficina del Alto Comisionado de Naciones Unidas …