Academia

Admissions to the Venice Academy of Human Rights on the topic Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights as an Answer to Rising Inequalities (3 – 12 July 2017), organised by the European Inter-University Centre for Human Rights and Democratisation (EIUC) are open until 19 April 2017, early birds who apply until 15 March 2017 receive a 10% discount. The Venice Academy of Human …

Efemérides 2016 Octubre 2016 7 DE OCTUBRE DEL 2001. “A 15 años de la invasión de los Estados Unidos de América a Afganistán”. Por Renaud Iera Stephanie 9 DE OCTUBRE DEL 2006. “A diez años del primer ensayo nuclear realizado por corea del Norte”. Por Renaud Iera Stephanie 10 DE …

The Status of Treaties in Domestic Law by David Stewart by David Stewart [David P. Stewart is Professor from Practice at Georgetown University Law Center.This is the third post in our symposium this week on treaty supremacy.] How are we to explain the yawning gap between the Founding Fathers’ clearly “monist” …

¿La declaración de Santiago de 1952 fijó límites con Ecuador? Una aproximación desde la historia Por: Walter Abanto* Introducción La delimitación marítima es un tema que se ha venido desarrollando a lo largo de la humanidad teniendo diferentes vertientes tanto modernas como del ya olvidado derecho natural o iusnaturalista. Da la …

Treaty Supremacy, International Legal Process, and the Origins of the International Human Rights System by Peggy McGuinness [This is the seventh post in our symposium this week on treaty supremacy.] I share with the preceding commentators’ praise of David Sloss’s book, The Death of Treaty Supremacy, and agree with their assessment …

The African Union’s Collective Withdrawal from the ICC: Does Bad Law make for Good Politics? A number of news outlets reported last week that the African Union (AU) had adopted a strategy for collective withdrawal from the International Criminal Court (ICC) (see here, here and here). This follows withdrawals by …

The Origins and Fall of Treaty Supremacy and Its Significance by Thomas Lee [Thomas Lee is the Leitner Family Professor of International Law and the Director of Graduate and International Studies at Fordham Law School. This is the fifth post in our symposium this week on treaty supremacy.] Imagine Congress passes, …

Treaties in Constitutional Time by John Parry [John Parry is the Associate Dean of Faculty and Edward Brunet Professor of Law at the Lewis & Clark Law School. This is the fourth post in our symposium this week on treaty supremacy.] David Sloss’s fantastic new book restores order and sanity to …

Urbaser v Argentina: The Origins of a Host State Human Rights Counterclaim in ICSID Arbitration? Investment tribunals rarely examine host state arguments based on international human rights law in great depth. The ICSID award Urbaser v Argentina is the first to provide a detailed discussion of a host state’s human …

CASO MANFRED AMHREIN  Y OTROS VS COSTA RICA: COSTA RICA PRESENTA EXCEPCIONES PRELIMINARES Caso Manfred Amhrein y otros vs Costa Rica: Costa Rica presenta excepciones preliminares En audiencias celebradas el 8 de febrero de 2017 en San José ante la Corte Interamericana de Derechos Humanos, Costa Rica presentó excepciones preliminares …

Training seminar for International Electoral Observers Admissions to the two, three-day, modules (20-22 March 2017 and 23-25 March 2017) of the Training seminar for International Electoral Observers are open until 12 February 2017. Open and legitimate elections are the indispensable foundation for sustainable development and an effective democracy. Actions supporting the right to …