Academia

Challenging International Law: What’s New? [Jutta Brunnée is Professor of Law and Metcalf Chair in Environmental Law, Faculty of Law, University of Toronto. This essay is based on a keynote presentation given at the annual conference of the Canadian Council on International Law in Ottawa, on November 2, 2018. It …

Does the ICC Statute Remove Immunities of State Officials in National Proceedings? Some Observations from the Drafting History of Article 27(2) of the Rome Statute Following oral hearings held in September, the Appeals Chamber of the International Criminal Court (ICC) is currently deliberating in Jordan’s Appeal of the Pre-Trial Chamber’s …

Semana 45 – 5 al 11 de noviembre de 2018 El centenario del final de la Primera Guerra Mundial, un buen momento para pensar cómo prevenir la Tercera El centenario del final de la Primera Guerra Mundial, un buen momento para pensar cómo prevenir la Tercera 11 Noviembre 2018 ONU …

30 artículos sobre los 30 artículos 9 Noviembre 2018 Derechos humanos Setenta años después de la proclamación de la Declaración Universal de Derechos Humanos por la Asamblea General de la ONU, la tarea de asegurar la libertad, la igualdad y la dignidad para todos los seres continúa. Han pasado 70 años desde …

New Issue of EJIL (Vol. 29 (2018) No. 3) Published The latest issue of the European Journal of International Law (Vol. 29, No. 3) is out today. As usual, the table of contents of the new issue is available at EJIL’s own website, where readers can access those articles that are freely available without subscription. The free access article in this issue …

Leticia & Pancho: The alleged historic precedents for unwilling or unable in Latin America, explored Alonso Gurmendi Alonso Gurmendi is currently Professor of International Law at Universidad del Pacífico Law School, in Lima, Peru. Ever since its very first articulations, the “unwilling or unable test” has relied heavily in the …

New Restrictions on Arbitral Appointments for Sitting ICJ Judges Editor’s Note: This week, in a trio of posts by Callum Musto, Marie Davoise, and Frederic Sourgens, we facilitate discussion on the nature of the International Court of Justice’s judicial function, and the occasional international arbitration appointments accepted by individual judges …

Semana 44 – 29 de octubre al 4 de noviembre de 2018 Malvinas: el Archivo General de Indias certificó más documentos que sustentan la soberanía de la Argentina Malvinas: el Archivo General de Indias certificó más documentos que sustentan la soberanía de la Argentina Entre esas rarezas que cada tanto …

Understanding the State Party Referral of the Situation in Venezuela Since 8 February 2018, the situation in Venezuela has been the subject of an ongoing preliminary examination by the Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court. On Wednesday 26 September 2018, however, a coalition of States Parties to …

Boletín informativo del Instituto de Derecho Internacional. Año 9 – Nº 23 – Agosto 2018 Este Boletín tiene por objetivo reunir en un formato único información útil para quienes cultivamos -principal aunque no exclusivamente en Argentina- esta parte de la ciencia del derecho. No hemos buscado una publicación de tipo …

Public Security and International Law: Comments on Bolsonaro’s War on Crime [Renata Nagamine is a Postdoctoral Researcher at Universidade Federal da Bahia, Brazil.] On October 28th, 2018, Brazilians chose their president for the next 4 years. The running candidates were Universidade de São Paulo Professor Fernando Haddad and Captain Jair …