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Certain Activities carried out by Nicaragua in the Border Area (Costa Rica v. Nicaragua) Construction of a Road in Costa Rica along the San Juan River (Nicaragua v. Costa Rica) The Court rules on the counter-claims submitted by Nicaragua: it finds that the first claim is without object, that the …

Peligra la unidad europea Por Joschka Fischer*. Hace pocas semanas parecía que lo peor de la crisis financiera europea había quedado atrás y que se avecinaba un retorno a la estabilidad. Pero las apariencias engañaron. Un problema que (al menos en términos relativos) podría haber sido menor, el de Chipre, …

Malestar del Gobierno argentino por insólita actitud de la Relatora Especial de las Naciones Unidas Martes 30 de Abril de 2013. Información para la Prensa N°: 089/13 El Gobierno argentino expresa su malestar ante el inusitado comunicado de prensa emitido por Gabriela Knaul, Relatora Especial de las Naciones Unidas sobre la …

Does Use of Chemical Weapons Justify Intervention in Syria? Over the last few days, various media outlets have reported that the US, UK and other countries believe that the Syrian government has used chemical weapons in the Syrian conflict (see BBC report). Apparently, there is not yet conclusive evidence of this …

Bolivia Institutes Proceedings Against Chile Before the ICJ After a lull of almost a year and a half, the ICJ got a new case – yesterday Bolivia instituted proceedings against Chile with regard to Chille’s alleged obligation to negotiate with Bolivia a fully sovereign acess to the Pacific Ocean for …

African Union brings Sudan, rebels together for peace talks ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) – The African Union on Wednesday brought together for the first time for peace talks Sudan and insurgents fighting government troops in two states bordering South Sudan, in a conflict that has affected almost a million people.  Fighting …

Grecia pedirá a Alemania compensaciones por la Segunda Guerra Mundial [KGVID width=”480″ height=”240″]http://video.euronews.com/flv/new/cut/NS-130424_NWSU_182A0-greece_germany_reparations__S.flv[/KGVID] Right-click or ctrl-click this link to download Grecia estudia reclamar a Alemania una deuda que se remonta a hace seis décadas. El Gobierno heleno se plantea solicitar compensaciones por la ocupación durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial. El …

CIDH presenta su Informe Anual 2012 16 de abril de 2013 Washington, D.C. – La Comisión Interamericana de Derechos Humanos (CIDH) presentó hoy su Informe Anual correspondiente a 2012. La presentación estuvo a cargo del Presidente de la CIDH, Comisionado José de Jesús Orozco Henríquez, y tuvo lugar ante la …

The Law Applicable to Peacekeepers Deployed in Situations where there is No Armed Conflict Siobhán Wills  is Professor of Law at the University of Ulster, Northern Ireland. I have been researching the peacekeeping operation in Haiti, MINUSTAH, and in doing so coming up against a problem that I would appreciate …

What is the Meaning of “Consensus” in International Decision Making? On 28 March, the negotiators at the Final UN Diplomatic Conference on the Arms Trade Treaty failed to adopt the Arms Trade Treaty (see BBC report here) by consensus.  A few days later the Arms Trade Treaty was adopted by the …

PRONUNCIAMIENTO DE UNASUR SOBRE LA SITUACION EN LA PENINSULA DE COREA Ante la escalada de graves declaraciones, ensayos y despliegues  militares que aumentan la tensión en la Península Coreana, la Unión de Naciones Suramericanas, UNASUR, expresa  su más seria preocupación y formula un urgente llamado a todas las partes involucradas …

Are the two Koreas Now at War? In recent days the tensions on the Korean peninsula have risen. On 11 March, North Korea claimed  that it had terminated the armistice agreement that ended the Korean War of the 1950s and on 30 March stated that: “From this time on, the …