Archivo de Etiquetas: August

UN court decides to hear case between Kenya and Somalia concerning maritime delimitation 2 February 2017 – The International Court of Justice – the principal judicial organ of the United Nations – today issued a verdict, admitting an application submitted by Somalia, over the maritime delimitation between it and Kenya …

Turkey’s Derogation from Human Rights Treaties – An Update In an earlier post of 27 July I provided a first assessment of Turkey’s declared derogation from the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) and an assessment what kind of measures could be expected, as derogations both from the ECHR and …

Celebrada a invitación del Gobierno de Panamá y dedicada a la discusión de problemas relativos a la Carretera Interamericana. Países representados: Costa Rica, El Salvador, Estados Unidos de América, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panamá (representados por las mismas personas que habían sido sus representantes en el Segundo Congreso Panamericano de Carreteras, …

Celebrado bajo los auspicios del Gobierno del Brasil, en cumplimiento de una resolución aprobada por el Primer Congreso de Carreteras. Países representados: Todas las Repúblicas americanas, excepto Cuba y Haití, estuvieron representadas en esta reunión. El Congreso aprobó varias conclusiones, relativas a la construcción y conservación de caminos, a la …

A la Cuarta Conferencia Comercial Panamericana (Washington, 1931; véase supra, Apéndice A, núm. 57) le fueron sometidos dos proyectos de convención y de protocolo (sobre protección y registro interamericanos de marcas de fábrica, patentes de invención, modelos de utilidad, y modelos y dibujos industriales) que ella misma no estaba autorizada …

CIDH presenta caso sobre Perú a la Corte IDH 18 de diciembre de 2013 Washington, D.C. – La Comisión Interamericana de Derechos Humanos (CIDH) presentó ante la Corte Interamericana de Derechos Humanos (CorteIDH) el Caso No. 12.214, Canales Huapaya y otros vs. Perú. Los hechos de este caso están relacionados …

INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE YEAR 2013 22 November  2013 General List Nos. 150 and 152 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) REQUEST PRESENTED BY COSTA RICA …

Security Council Requires Scheduled Destruction of Syria’s Chemical Weapons, Unanimously Adopting Resolution 2118 (2013) The full text of Security Council resolution 2118 (2013) reads as follows: “The Security Council, “Recalling the Statements of its President of 3 August 2011, 21 March 2012, 5 April 2012, and its resolutions 1540 (2004), …

Security Council Requires Scheduled Destruction of Syria’s Chemical Weapons, Unanimously Adopting Resolution 2118 (2013) The full text of Security Council resolution 2118 (2013) reads as follows: “The Security Council, “Recalling the Statements of its President of 3 August 2011, 21 March 2012, 5 April 2012, and its resolutions 1540 (2004), …

The 100th Anniversary of the Peace Palace Today marks the 100th anniversary of the Peace Palace, which houses the International Court of Justice in the Hague. The Peace Palace also houses the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA), the Hague Academy of International Law and the Peace Palace Library. The idea …

General Assembly Adopts Texts on Items Ranging from Self-Determination to Peace in South Atlantic; Supports Extension of Impunity Commission in Guatemala The General Assembly, working through its busy agenda, today adopted five resolutions and one decision on a wide range of items, including on the self-determination of French Polynesia and …

Palestine, When is Your Birthday?  Col. (Retired) Liron A. Libman, LL.M, is a former Head of the International Law Department of the Israeli Defense Forces. On 29 November, in what some reports described as a historic vote, the UN General Assembly accorded to “Palestine” the status of a “non-member observer state” …