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COMUNICADOS CONJUNTOS DE LOS PRESIDENTES DE LOS ESTADOS PARTES Y ESTADOS ASOCIADOS DEL MERCOSUR – CUMBRE MONTEVIDEO 2011 Comunicado Conjunto de los Presidentes de los Estados Partes del MERCOSUR Las Presidentas de la República Argentina, Cristina Fernández de Kirchner y de la República Federativa del Brasil, Dilma Vana Rousseff, y …

HIGH COURT OF AUSTRALIA  GLEESON CJ, McHUGH, GUMMOW, KIRBY, HAYNE, CALLINAN AND HEYDON JJ AHMED ALI AL-KATEB APPELLANT AND PHILIPPA GODWIN, DEPUTY SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF IMMIGRATION AND MULTICULTURAL AND INDIGENOUS AFFAIRS & ORS RESPONDENTS Al-Kateb v Godwin [2004] HCA 37  6 August 2004  A253/2003 ORDER 1. Appeal dismissed. 2. The …

INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE YEAR 1992 26 June 1992 CASE CONCERNING CERTAIN PHOSPHATE LANDS IN NAURU (NAURU v. AUSTRALIA) PRELIMINARY OBJECTIONS Jurisdiction of the Court and admissibility. Declaration of acceptance of compulsory jurisdiction excluding “any dispute in regard to which the Parties thereto have agreed or shall agree to have …

The Durban Climate Conference: Prospects for a Legally Binding Agreement Post 2012 Lavanya Rajamani is a Professor at the Centre for Policy Research, New Delhi, India. She was previously University Lecturer in Environmental Law, University of Cambridge and Fellow & Director of Studies in Law at Queen’s College, Cambridge. She is …

Next ICC Prosecutor Will be African The International Criminal Court has announced that the list of candidates for election to be the next Prosecutor of the ICC has been narrowed to two. The elections will be held at the Tenth Session of the Assembly of States Parties to the Statute …

Acuerdo de Copenhague Los Jefes de Estado, Jefes de Gobierno, Ministros y otros jefes de las siguientes delegaciones presentes en la Conferencia de las Naciones Unidas sobre el Cambio Climático de 2009, en Copenhague1: Albania, Alemania, Argelia, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Belarús, Bélgica, Benin, Bhután, Bosnia y Herzegovina, Botswana, …

The Newly Independent State of South Sudan – Should We Rethink the Right to Secession? It would be remiss of us not to note the birth of South Sudan as the world’s newest State. South Sudan gained independence from the Republic of Sudan last Saturday (9 July) and was admitted to the …

The development on the international human rights framework on sexual orientation and gender identity Allehone Mulugeta Abebe is an Ethiopian diplomat based in Geneva, Switzerland. He serves as a co-chair of the Technical Advisory Group of the Global Commission on HIV/AIDS and Law.  Opinions expressed in this piece do not …

La diplomática Elsa Kelly fue elegida para integrar el Tribunal Internacional del Mar por un periodo de 9 años. Así lo anunció, en Nueva York, el embajador argentino ante la ONU, Jorge Argüello, quien destaco que “se trata de un organismo clave para los intereses estratégicos del país”. El embajador …

“Rescuing ‘Boat People’ in the Mediterranean Sea: The Responsibility of States under the Law of the Sea”. Dr. Efthymios Papastavridis, LLM(Athens), LLM(UCL), PhD (UCL) is Adjunct Lecturer, University of Thrace, Faculty of Law and Research Fellow, Academy of Athens, Greece [papastavridis {at} Academyofathens(.)gr ]. 1. Introductory Remarks According to a very recent …

Bin Laden Sons Say U.S. Broke International LawThe adult sons of Osama bin Laden have lashed out at President Obama over their father’s death, accusing the United States of violating legal principles.By SCOTT SHANEWASHINGTON — The adult sons of Osama bin Laden have lashed out at President Obama in their …

In Swift, Decisive Action, Security Council Imposes Tough Measures on Libyan Regime, Adopting Resolution 1970 in Wake of Crackdown on ProtestersSituation Referred to International Criminal Court;Secretary-General Expresses Hope Message ‘Heard and Heeded’ in LibyaDeploring what it called “the gross and systematic violation of human rights” in strife-torn Libya, the Security …