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“Without further delay” – Senegal must prosecute or extradite Hissène Habré On 20 July 2012, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) issued its final judgment (summary found here; press release found here) in the proceedings brought by the Kingdom of Belgium against the Republic of Senegal concerning the desired prosecution of …

Kiobel: Universal Civil Jurisdiction under international Law  Barrie Sander has law degrees from Cambridge and Leiden, and from September 2012 will be a PhD candidate in International Law at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies in Geneva. In an earlier post, I considered the question of corporate liability …

From the North Sea to the Bay of Bengal: Maritime Delimitation at the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea Last week, the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea delivered its judgment in the Dispute concerning delimitation of the maritime boundary between Bangladesh and Myanmar in the …

From the North Sea to the Bay of Bengal: Maritime Delimitation at the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea Last week, the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea delivered its judgment in the Dispute concerning delimitation of the maritime boundary between Bangladesh and Myanmar in the Bay …

ICC Delivers Its First Judgment: The Lubanga Case and Classification of Conflicts in Situations of Occupation On Wednesday, the International Criminal Court delivered its first ever judgment. The Trial Chamber in the Lubanga Case delivered a judgment of over 600 pages by which it convicted Thomas Lubanga of the war crime …

Interim measures Requests and the UN Human Rights Treaty Bodies: Canada and the Mugesera Case Joanna Harrington is a Professor with the Faculty of Law and an Associate Dean with the Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research at the University of Alberta in Canada. As I write this post, college …

Distr. RESTRICTED */ CCPR/C/47/D/359/1989 and 385/1989/Rev.1 5 May 1993 ENGLISH Original: ENGLISH and FRENCH HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE Forty-seventh session VIEWS Communications Nos. 359/1989 and 385/1989 Submitted by: John Ballantyne and Elizabeth Davidson, and Gordon McIntyre Alleged victims: The authors State party: Canada Date of communications: 10 April and 21 November …

  INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE CASE CONCERNING AVENA AND OTHER MEXICAN NATIONALS (MEXICO v. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA) REQUEST FOR THE INDICATION OF PROVISIONAL MEASURES ORDER OF 5 FEBRUARY 2003   Present: President GUILLAUME; Vice-President SHI; Judges ODA, RANJEVA, HERCZEGH, FLEISCHHAUER, KOROMA, VF.RESII- CHETIN, HIGGINS, PARRA-ARANGUREN, KOOIJMANS, REZEK, AL- KHASAWNEH, …

  INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE REPORTS OF JUDGMENTS, ADVISORY OPINIONS AND ORDERS HAYA DE LA TORRE CASE (COLOMBIA /PERU) JUDGMENT OF JUNE 13th, 1951 Intervention under Article 63 of the Statute and Article 66 of Rules. —Admissibility of intervention.—Its limits. Jurisdiction based on attitude of Parties.—Manner of carrying out Judgment …

[COURT OF APPEAL] ASSOCIATED PROVINCIAL PICTURE HOUSES, LIMITED v. WEDNESBURY CORPORATION. 1947 Nov. 7, 10. Lord Greene M.R., Somervell L.J. and Singleton J. Cinematograph – Sunday performances – Licence – Condition that “no children under the age of fifteen years shall be admitted to any entertainments whether accompanied by adult …

ASOCIACION de RECLAMANTES v. UNITED MEXICAN STATES     735 F.2d 1517 (1984)    ASOCIACION de RECLAMANTES, et al., Appellants, v. The UNITED MEXICAN STATES.  No. 83-1596.    United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.    Argued March 23, 1984. Decided June 5, 1984.  Vicki C. Jackson, Washington, …

MATTER OF EXTRADITION OF ARTUKOVIC   628 F.Supp. 1370 (1986)  In the Matter of the EXTRADITION OF Andrija ARTUKOVIC. Andrija ARTUKOVIC, Petitioner, v. Richard RISON, Warden, Respondent.  Nos. CV 84-8743-R(B), CV 85-3611-R.  United States District Court, C.D. California.   February 6, 1986.   Robert C. Bonner, U.S. Atty., Robert L. …