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Interpreting and Applying the UNSC sanctions on Iran in the Admiralty Context: The Sahand [2011] SGHC 27Seow Zhixiang is an officer in the Singapore Legal Service. The views here are his own. The High Court of Singapore has recently delivered its grounds of decision in a case which considers the impact …

NUEVA ZELANDIA OTORGO EL PLACET AL NUEVO EMBAJADOR ARGENTINO La Cancillería argentina informa que la República de Nueva Zelandia otorgó el Plácet de estilo a Fernando Escalona como Embajador de la República Argentina ante ese país. Escalona es Licenciado en Administración de la Universidad de Buenos Aires y diplomático de …

La UNASUR se consolida como un nuevo modelo de integracion El Tratado Constitutivo entró en vigencia. El 11 de marzo acaban de cumplirse todos los procedimientos previstos para su puesta en vigencia jurídica, luego de que Uruguay se convirtiera en el noveno país en aprobar el Tratado.   El Tratado …

What does UN Security Council Resolution 1973 permit?I spent much of yesterday conducting interviews with the media about the situation in Libya. One of the questions I was repeatedly asked concerned the scope of the UN Security Council Resolution 1973 which authorises the use of force in Libya.  How far does the resolution …

What does UN Security Council Resolution 1973 permit? I spent much of yesterday conducting interviews with the media about the situation in Libya. One of the questions I was repeatedly asked concerned the scope of the UN Security Council Resolution 1973 which authorises the use of force in Libya.  How far does the …

Security Council Passes Resolution 1973, Authorizing Use of Force Against LybiaThe full text of the resolution is available here. The key provision is op. para. 4:4. Authorizes Member States that have notified the Secretary-General, acting nationally or through regional organizations or arrangements, and acting in cooperation with the Secretary-General, to …

Questioning the Peremptory Status of the Prohibition of the Use of Force Dr James A. Green is lecturer in law at the University of Reading School of Law. The prohibition of the unilateral use of force, as set out most crucially in Article 2(4) of the UN Charter, is often …

Questioning the Peremptory Status of the Prohibition of the Use of ForceDr James A. Green is lecturer in law at the University of Reading School of Law.The prohibition of the unilateral use of force, as set out most crucially in Article 2(4) of the UN Charter, is often seen as …

Order of 8 March 2011 NEW Certain Activities carried out by Nicaragua in the Border Area (Costa Rica v. Nicaragua) – Order of 8 March 2011 (92 Kb)   8 MARCH 2011 ORDER CERTAIN ACTIVITIES CARRIED OUT BY NICARAGUA IN THE BORDER AREA (COSTA RICA v. NICARAGUA) REQUEST FOR THE …

The Difference between Rhetoric and Reality: Why an Illegitimate Regime May Still be a Government in the Eyes of International LawStefan Talmon is Professor of Public International Law at the University of Oxford.The current situation in Libya provides a good example of grand political rhetoric meeting legal reality. Over the …

SITUACIÓN EN LIBIA: LA ARGENTINA COPATROCINÓ LA RESOLUCIÓN DEL CONSEJO DE DERECHOS HUMANOS DE LA ONU La República Argentina, miembro pleno del Consejo de Derechos Humanos de las Naciones Unidas, copatrocinó hoy la Resolución sobre la situación en Libia que fue adoptada por consenso este viernes por el Consejo de …

Kenya’s ICC Deferral Request and the proposed amendment to article 16 of the Rome StatuteEditor’s Note:  The authors have recently launched a blog focussing primarily on issues of international criminal justice from an African perspective. See http://warandlaw.blogspot.comAccording to media reports , the Kenyan government is redoubling its misguided efforts to persuade …