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The Precedent Set by the US Reprisal Against the Use of Chemical Weapons in Syria In his recent post on the United States’ missile strike against a Syrian airbase, on 6 April 2017, Marko Milanovic focused primarily on the unlawfulness of that action (here). While I agree with that view, …

“El Mercosur ante el nuevo escenario latinoamericano”, por Federico Larsen Los países de América Latina parecen estar atados por una suerte de hilo sutil que va marcando sus historias en un recorrido común. Un rápido análisis de las etapas vividas en el continente en el siglo XX refuerza esa idea: …

‘Anuario Hispano-Luso-Americano de Derecho Internacional’: Llamamiento a la presentación de contribuciones Hasta el 31 de mayo de 2017 está abierta la convocatoria para la recepción de trabajos de investigación originales para la sección “Artículos” del Volumen 23 (2017) del AHLADI. El AHLADI es una publicación periódica del Instituto Hispano-Luso-Americano de Derecho Internacional, …

The Legality Surrounding the US Strikes in Syria by Nancy Simons [Nancy Simons is a Belgian lawyer and serves on the International Bar Association’s Drones Task Force. Her professional background lies in international law generally. She has worked at a number of international non-governmental organisations and the International Criminal Tribunal …

Ukraine’s Dashed High Hopes: Predictable and Sober Decision of the ICJ on Indication of Provisional Measures in Ukraine v Russia There has been a lot of speculation on the possible outcome of Ukraine’s request for indication of provisional measures in the highly politicized case of Ukraine v Russia, in particular …

Taking the ‘Union’ out of ‘EU’: The EU-Turkey Statement on the Syrian Refugee Crisis as an Agreement Between States under International Law Almost one year after its conclusion, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has eventually made clear the real nature of the ‘so-called’ EU-Turkey Statement. The …

AMÉRICA LATINA DURANTE LA DISCUSIÓN SOBRE ARMAS QUÍMICAS  EN SIRIA DEL CONSEJO DE SEGURIDAD DE NACIONES UNIDAS Foto de la representante de Estados Unidos ante Naciones Unidas, Nikki Haley, durante sesión sobre el supuesto ataque con armas químicas en Siria, extraída de nota de UN Dispatch El 12 de abril …

Temas jurisdiccionales en materia de derecho internacional Jueves 20 de abril, 18.30 horas Presentación del libro de Hortensia D. T. Gutiérrez Posse, N. Gladys Sabia, Silvina González Napolitano, Ricardo Arredondo, Claudia Gasol Varela, Leopoldo Godio, Marcos Nelio Mollar, Paula Vernet, Tamara Quiroga y Lautaro Ramírez, realizado por el Instituto de …

United States’ Missile Strikes in Syria: Should International Law Permit Unilateral Force to Protect Human Rights? A bounty of recent blog posts have poured over the legality of the Trump administration’s missile strikes against a Syrian airbase in response to President Bashar al-Assad’s use of chemical weapons (see, e.g, here, …