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Proposed Amendments to UK’s Universal Jurisdiction LawsSome months ago we noted that the UK’s coalition government was planning to introduce legislation that would restrict the application of universal jurisdiction in the UK. The government was not proposing to restrict the scope of jurisdiction of UK courts over universal jurisdiction offences but to …
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Judgment of 30 November 2010NEW Ahmadou Sadio Diallo (Republic of Guinea v. Democratic Republic of the Congo) – Judgment of 30 November 2010 (215 Kb)Read more …[via International Court of Justice, The Hague, Netherlands]
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Order of 16 November 2010 Certain Criminal Proceedings in France (Republic of the Congo v. France) – Removal from list (23 Kb)Read more … [via International Court of Justice, The Hague, Netherlands]
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ICJ Diallo Merits JudgmentToday the ICJ delivered its merits judgment in the case concerning Ahmadou Sadio Diallo (Republic of Guinea v. Democratic Republic of the Congo). The Court found that in carrying out the arrest, detention and expulsion of Mr. Diallo in 1995-1996, the DRC violated his fundamental rights under …
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Judgment of 30 November 2010NEW Ahmadou Sadio Diallo (Republic of Guinea v. Democratic Republic of the Congo) – Judgment of 30 November 2010 (215 Kb)Read more …[via International Court of Justice, The Hague, Netherlands]
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International Court of Justice Judgment of 30 November 2010 NEW Ahmadou Sadio Diallo (Republic of Guinea v. Democratic Republic of the Congo) – Judgment of 30 November 2010 (215 Kb)Read more … [via International Court of Justice, The Hague, Netherlands]
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Preamble The High Contracting Parties , Considering that the Charter of the United Nations and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights approved on 10 December 1948 by the General Assembly have affirmed the principle that human beings shall enjoy fundamental rights and freedoms without discrimination, Considering that the United Nations …
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The parties to the North Atlantic Treaty signed in Washington on 4 April, 1949,Considering that the forces of one Party may be sent, by arrangement, to serve in the territory of another Party;Bearing in mind that the decision to send them and the conditions under which they will be sent, …
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THE PRESIDENT OF THE GERMAN FEDERAL REPUBLIC, HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS THE PRINCE ROYAL OF BELGIUM, THE PRESIDENT OF THE FRENCH REPUBLIC, THE PRESIDENT OF THE ITALIAN REPUBLIC, HER ROYAL HIGHNESS THE GRAND DUCHESS OF LUXEMBOURG, HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN OF THE NETHERLANDS, CONSIDERING that world peace may be safeguarded only …
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ICJ Decision Helps to End Environmntal Dispute Between Argentina and Uruguay The BBC is reporting that Argentina and Uruguay have settled a seven year environmental dispute concerning a pulp mill. The dispute was submitted to the ICJ which rendered its judgment in April this year. According to the BBC: Argentina and …
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Press Release 2010/38 NEW Proceedings instituted by the Republic of Costa Rica against the Republic of Nicaragua – Costa Rica institutes proceedings against Nicaragua and requests the Court to indicate provisional measures (81 Kb)Read more … [via International Court of Justice, The Hague, Netherlands]
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