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Who Do I Call If I Want to Give Europe a Nobel Prize? Mauro Gatti is a PhD candidate in EU law at the University of Bologna and the University of Strasbourg. His article, “‘External representation of the European Union in the conclusion of international agreement” (with Pietro Manzini) recently appeared …

COMUNICADO CONJUNTO SOBRE LA REUNIÓN DE LOS CANCILLERES DE LA REPÚBLICA ARGENTINA Y DE LA REPÚBLICA ISLÁMICA DE IRÁN Los Ministros de Relaciones Exteriores, Héctor Timerman y Ali Akbar Salehi, acompañados por el Vicecanciller argentino, Eduardo Zuain, y el Director General iranì para Asuntos Americanos, Reza Zabib, se reunieron en …

Venezuela denounces American Convention on Human Rights The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela has given notice of its intention to withdraw in a year’s time from the leading regional human rights treaty in the Americas, with the Secretary-General of the Organization of American States (OAS) having confirmed receipt of the notice …

COLOMBIA: ARGENTINA DA TODO SU RESPALDO AL DIÁLOGO ENTRE GOBIERNO Y LAS FARC Ante el anuncio del inicio de diálogo entre el Gobierno y las FARC, destinado a superar el prolongado conflicto interno que atraviesa la hermana República de Colombia, la Argentina expresa su firme apoyo a todo esfuerzo que …

A case of negative regional complementarity? Giving the African Court of Justice and Human Rights Jurisdiction over International Crimes Max du Plessis, Visiting Fellow at the Oxford Institute for Ethics, Law and Armed Conflict.  He is an Associate Professor, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban; Senior Research Associate, International Crime in Africa Programme, …

May the UK Terminate the Diplomatic Status of Ecuador’s Embassy? Ecuador has announced that it is granting asylum to Julian Assange, the Wikileaks founder, who has taken refuge in the Ecuardor’s embassy in London. Assange sought refuge in the Embassy after the UK Supreme Court ruled a few weeks ago that …

UN human rights treaty monitoring reform update: promising OHCHR proposals now to be acted upon by the General Assembly (and the EU) John Morijn, PhD (EUI (Law)) is senior human rights adviser, Dutch Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations and assistant professor of human rights law, University of Groningen, …

CUESTIÓN MALVINAS: “LA POSICIÓN DE SERBIA SERÁ SIEMPRE LA MISMA QUE LA DE ARGENTINA”, ASEGURÓ EL CANCILLER VUK JEREMIC El Canciller Héctor Timerman recibió esta tarde en su despacho a su par, el Canciller de la República de Serbia, Vuk Jeremic. Esta visita a nuestro país es una escala previa …

LA ARGENTINA EXPRESA SU PREOCUPACIÓN Y SOLICITA EXPLICACIONES A LA UNIÓN EUROPEA POR ACCIONES DE UN MIEMBRO DE ESE BLOQUE, QUE SERÍAN VIOLATORIAS DE LOS ACUERDOS DE LA OMC A través de su Embajada ante la Unión Europea, el Gobierno Argentino envió una carta al Director General de Comercio de …

2101 (XX). Reforma del Artículo 109 de la Carta de las Naciones Unidas La Asamblea General, Considerando que se ha modificado la Carta de las Naciones Unidas en el sentido de que el número de miembros del Consejo de Seguridad, conforme al Ar­tículo 23, pasa de once a quince y …

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 …

ICC Prosecutor Decides that He Can’t Decide on the Statehood of Palestine. Is He Right? On Tuesday, the Office of the Prosecutor at the International Criminal Court issued a statement denying the Prosecutor’s competence to decide on Palestine’s acceptance of ICC jurisdiction. The ICC Prosecutor indicated in his statement that he could not take …