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ONU: EL CONSEJO DE DERECHOS HUMANOS APRUEBÓ POR CONSENSO UNA RESOLUCIÓN ARGENTINA SOBRE EL DERECHO A LA VERDAD Por iniciativa argentina, el 24 de septiembre el Consejo de Derechos Humanos de las Naciones Unidas aprobó por consenso, y con el copatrocinio de 54 países, una nueva resolución sobre el derecho …

Conference on the role of supreme courts in an internationalizing world The Hague Institute for the Internationalization of Law (HIIL) organizes a two-day conference on ‘The changing role of the highest courts in an internationalizing world’. The conference will take place on 23 and 24 October 2008 in the Peace …

The International Criminal Court decides on confirmation of charges against Congolese “warlords” On Friday 26 September the International Criminal Court issued the decision on the confirmation of charges in the case of “The Prosecutor v. Germain Katanga and Mathieu Ngudjolo Chui”. The two militia leaders Katanga and Ngudjolo Chui are …

70th Anniversary of the Infamous Munich Agreement The Munich Agreement (Münchner Abkommen) concluded at Munich, September 29, 1938, between Germany (Adolf Hitler), Great Britain (Neville Chamberlain), France (Edouard Daladier) and Italy (Benito Mussolini) has become one of the most controversial international treaties signed in the twentieth century. It raised endless …

New Council of Europe human rights memorandum confirms that UK immigration detention system violates human rights The Commissioner for Human Rights of the Council of Europe, Thomas Hammarberg has published his memorandum on the UK asylum and immigration system with a number of notable conclusions and recommendations. Amongst many other …

International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda sentences former Rwandan prosecutor to life imprisonment Yesterday, the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) sentenced Siméon Nchamihigo to life in prison for acts committed during the Rwanda genocide in 1994 (see press release). The third Trial Chamber of the Tribunal found him guilty of …

U.S. and the Czech Republic Sign SOFA Treaty on Anti-Missile Radar Base On Friday, September 19, 2008, after an informal meeting of NATO members’ defence ministers, the U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates and the Czech Defence Minister Vlasta Parkanova signed SOFA treaty (Status of Forces Agreement) on the conditions …

  Alerta de Prensa CIDH PUBLICA DEMANDA PRESENTADA ANTE LA CORTE   La Comisión Interamericana de Derechos Humanos (CIDH) publicó hoy en su página en Internet la demanda presentada ante la Corte Interamericana de Derechos Humanos (CorteIDH) el 30 de julio de 2008 en el Caso 11.681, Masacre de Las …

63rd session of General Assembly opens The 63rd session of the United Nations General Assembly will open tomorrow (16 September 2008) in New York. As part of its lengthy agenda, the Assembly will debate topics under the headings of the maintenance of international peace and security, the promotion of economic …

Abolición de la pena de muerte en Argentina Dos nuevas ratificaciones de Argentina reafirman inequívocamente su reciente abolición de la pena de muerte. Esta iniciativa prepara el terreno para que otros países sigan su ejemplo y, con ella, Argentina se suma al grupo de países americanos que han ratificado todos …

Luis Moreno-Ocampo and the criticism that just will not silence Just a short while ago we reported on the harsh criticism that recently has been aimed at the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, Luis Moreno-Ocampo (see this post). Today Joshua Rozenberg, law commentator for inter alia the BBC and …

Crítica Digital | El CIADI falló a favor de la Argentina El procurador del Tesoro, Osvaldo Guglielmino, anunció que el tribunal rechazó un reclamo por U$S 70 millones de Continental Casualty Company, una de las más grandes aseguradoras.