Archivo de Etiquetas: 2004

Keynote Speech Part II: 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 …

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 …

The Bolton Speech: The Legality of US Retaliatory Action Against Judges and Officials of the International Criminal Court? The speech given on Monday by John Bolton, US National Security Adviser, threatening action by the US against the International Criminal Court (ICC) in response to potential ICC investigation of US personnel …

Kofi Annan’s Legacy in International Law by Ian Johnstone [Ian Johnstone is the Dean ad interim of the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy. This contribution is cross-posted here.] Tributes to Kofi Annan have poured in since his death on August 18, praising his diplomatic skills, his dignified leadership, and his basic human …

Michelle Bachelet será la nueva Alta Comisionada de la ONU para los Derechos Humanos 8 Agosto 2018 ONU y Secretario General El Secretario General informó este miércoles a la Asamblea General sobre su intención de nombrar a la expresidente de Chile para el cargo. Después de consultas con grupos regionales …

The Aquarius incident: navigating the turbulent waters of international law Between Saturday 9 June and Sunday 10 June, 629 migrants were rescued from overcrowded boats in the Central Mediterranean in search and rescue (SAR) operations carried out by NGOs and the Italian navy. They were taken on board by the …

Protection of civilians in Palestine: UN Security Council fails to adopt a resolution (due to US veto) Protection of civilians in Palestine: UN Security Council fails to adopt a resolution (due to US veto) On June 1st, the UN Security Council voted a draft resolution presented by Kuwait concerning the …

The transfer of the US Embassy to Jerusalem: the need of responses from international community The transfer of the US Embassy to Jerusalem: the need of responses from international community Nicolas Boeglin, Professor of Public International Law, Law Faculty, University of Costa Rica Picture taken from this press note of …

La inquietante transformación de la UE Con la expansión de la condicionalidad, la Unión Europea corre el riesgo de ser vista como un vehículo para la imposición de las preferencias alemanas. Los europeístas en Bruselas y otros lugares suelen imaginar la integración europea como un proceso más o menos lineal. …

Prolonged Occupation or Illegal Occupant?   An unresolved question in international humanitarian law is whether an occupying power – whose authority as occupant may have initially been lawful – can cross a bright red line into illegality because it is acting contrary to the fundamental tenets of international law dealing …