Noticias

Judge Owada Elected as New ICJ President Last week, the judges of the International Court of Justice elected Judge Hisashi Owada as the Court’s new President, and Judge Peter Tomka as its new Vice-President, each for a term of three years. The ICJ press release is here. Three new judges …

The ICC and Palestine Following Dominik’s post below with regard to the Prosecutor of the ICC launching a “preliminary analysis” into the fighting in Gaza and the applicability of the ICC Statute, it might be worth directing the attention of our readers to the website of the ICC where you …

ICTY Trial Chamber Suspends Seselj Trial The most poorly run trial ever before the ICTY – the high profile proceedings against the ultra-nationalist Serbian leader Vojislav Seselj – has entered into what I can only call its metastasis. AP reports that today the Trial Chamber, by 2 votes to 1 …

COMUNICADO DE PRENSA Nº  04/09 CIDH CONDENA ASESINATO DE DEFENSOR DE DERECHOS HUMANOS EN BRASIL Washington, D.C., 6 de febrero de 2009 – La Comisión Interamericana de Derechos Humanos (CIDH) condena el asesinato del abogado defensor de derechos humanos y concejal de la ciudad de Itambé, Paraiba, Manoel Bezerra de …

PLATAFORMA CONTINENTAL ARGENTINA: FINALIZÓ CON ÉXITO LA CAMPAÑA DEL BUQUE A.R.A. PUERTO DESEADO Finalizó el pasado 28 de enero exitosamente la parte operativa de la Campaña COPLA 2008-2009, realizada por el Buque ARA Puerto Deseado, en el marco de las tareas que está realizando la Comisión Nacional del Límite Exterior …

One step forward, two steps backward: The ICJ interprets Mexico’s Request for Interpretation of Avena and other Mexican Nationals On 19 January 2009, the International Court of Justice formally declined to interpret its judgment in the Case of Avena and Certain Other Mexican Nationals (Avena), which dealt, as did its …

TAIANA, EN ROMA, REITERÓ EL PEDIDO PARA REFORMAR EL CONSEJO DE SEGURIDAD DE LAS NACIONES UNIDAS El canciller argentino Jorge Taiana participó hoy en Roma, Palacio de la Farnesina -sede del Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores de la República de Italia- de la Reunión del Grupo ?Unidos para el Consenso? junto …

Judgment of 3 February 2009 NEW Maritime Delimitation in the Black Sea (Romania v. Ukraine) – (3 Mb)Read more … [via International Court of Justice, The Hague, Netherlands]

Falklands’ new dawn: islanders plan future around 18bn barrels of oil Drills ready but prospective barons face environmental – and Argentinian – obstacles Early evening chatter in the Victory bar in Port Stanley used to touch on squid hauls and cruise liner schedules. Now, as the locals sip on imported …

President Obama and International Law Over on Jurist, Mary Ellen O’Connell has an interesting piece on the role that President Obama might have in restoring US faith in international law. O’Connell argues that the decline in US respect for international law is primarily attributable to Hans Morgenthau, his realist approach …

International Criminal Court starts first war crimes trial Today the trial of Thomas Lubanga at the International Criminal Court (ICC) will (finally) begin. After much confusion and delay inter alia regarding the issue of disclosure of evidence from the prosecutor to the defence/judges of the court (we reported earlier here, here and …

New judges at the International Criminal Court At the seventh session of the Assembly of States Parties to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, which opened on 19th January at the UN Headquarters in New York, six members of the ICC were elected (see press release). 1. SHAHABUDDEEN, …