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Kenya Invades Somalia Invoking the Right of Self-Defence Vidan Hadzi-Vidanovic is a doctoral candidate at the University of Nottingham School of Law. At a press conference held in Nairobi on 15 October 2011, the Kenyan ministers of defence and interior announced that Kenyan security forces will engage in military operations …

Kenya Invades Somalia Invoking the Right of Self-Defence Vidan Hadzi-Vidanovic is a doctoral candidate at the University of Nottingham School of Law. At a press conference held in Nairobi on 15 October 2011, the Kenyan ministers of defence and interior announced that Kenyan security forces will engage in military operations …

“EEUU protegerá a Libia ante la amenaza de Khadafi” Lo aseguró la secretaria de Estado norteamericana, Hillary Clinton, desde Trípoli. Habló en una rueda de prensa junto al primer ministro, Mahmud Jibril, donde prometió nuevas ayudas de Washington para terminar con los arsenales peligrosos. Estados Unidos y sus aliados de …

Are Extraterritorial Armed Conflicts with Non-State Groups International or Non-International? From time to time we have had discussions on this blog about the classification of extraterritorial or transnational conflicts between States and non-State groups. In other words, when States use force abroad against non-State groups, does this lead to an armed conflict …

Are Extraterritorial Armed Conflicts with Non-State Groups International or Non-International? From time to time we have had discussions on this blog about the classification of extraterritorial or transnational conflicts between States and non-State groups. In other words, when States use force abroad against non-State groups, does this lead to an armed conflict …

Eurozone Crisis: All Eyes on Karlsruhe Michael Waibel is a British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Cambridge. On 7 September 2011, the German Federal Constitutional Court gave judgment in three joined cases regarding the constitutionality of German financial assistance to Greece and of its guarantees to the European …

International Law and the Prosecution of Medics in Bahrain Sarah Fulton is International Legal Officer at REDRESS. The trial and sentencing of 20 medical professionals in Bahrain in the past two weeks has again turned the spotlight on the small Gulf Kingdom’s unfinished ‘Arab Spring’ and the repressive methods used …

The Bin Laden Killing: Clarifying the Normative Framework(s) Governing the ‘War on Terror’? Alon Margalit is Research Associate, Hotung Programme for Law, Human Rights and Peace Building in the Middle East, School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London. The author wishes to thank the editors of EJIL:Talk! for …

LINEAMIENTOS DE POLÍTICA EXTERIOR ARGENTINA: DISCURSO PRONUNCIADO POR EL CANCILLER HÉCTOR TIMERMAN EN OCASIÓN DE LA CELEBRACIÓN DEL DÍA DEL DIPLOMÁTICO Este mediodía, en el Salón Libertador del Palacio San Martín, el Canciller argentino, Héctor Timerman, junto a las más altas autoridades de la Cancillería de nuestro país, presidió la …

DEUDA PÚBLICA Y PRESUPUESTO 2012 RESUMEN CONTINUACIÓN DEUDA PÚBLICA Y PRESUPUESTO 2012 Por Héctor GIULIANO (22.9.11). El Proyecto de Ley de Presupuesto 2012 – que el Poder Ejecutivo acaba de remitir al Congreso y sobre el que todavía no se dispone de información completa – permite constatar, en principio, tres …

Diez años de la Carta Democrática Interamericana Hace diez años, 34 países de las Américas firmaron la Carta Democrática Interamericana, que ha sido útil como instrumento anti golpes de Estado pero que no ha servido como mecanismo de prevención o de condena de prácticas autoritarias. La próxima Cumbre UE-Latinoamérica, que …

Palestine’s Application for UN Membership The official application submitted by Palestine for UN membership is now available here, UN Doc. S/2011/592 (h/t Diane Marie Amann). It is of interest not the least because it has been carefully drafted and with the benefit of substantial legal advice. Note, first, how Mahmoud Abbas …