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Self-Defense and Non-State Actors: Indeterminacy and the Jus ad Bellum Self-defense in response to armed attacks by non-state actors is undoubtedly one of the most interesting – and controversial – issues in modern international law. It is of great practical relevance, as for instance, with the ongoing use of drones …

UK Metropolitan Police Investigate MI5 Complicity in Torture In a story in The Guardian today, it was reported that the UK’s Metropolitan Police are investigating MI5 for complicity in US torture in relation to the case of Guantanamo detainee Aamer Shaker. Shaker is a permanent resident of the UK and …

La Resolución Alternativa de Disputas Durante la última década del siglo XX, los gobiernos de los países latinoamericanos promulgaron normas relativas a la Resolución Alternativa de Disputas. El paradigmático caso de las papeleras del río Uruguay ilustra las falencias de la gestión gubernamental para atender las disputas públicas que desencadenan …

International Court of Justice to Appoint 6 New Clerks The International Court of Justice (ICJ) has announced that it is seeking to appoint 6 new Law Clerks for its judges. The additional clerks will make it possible for each judge to have a full time law clerk. The decision by the …

LA ARGENTINA REITERA QUE EL GOBIERNO HAITIANO DEBE CONDUCIR LA RECONSTRUCCIÓN DE SU PAÍS Y QUE LA AYUDA INTERNACIONAL TIENE QUE SER COORDINADA POR LA ONU La Argentina reiteró hoy que el proceso de reconstrucción y ayuda en Haití la tiene que conducir el Gobierno del ese país caribeño ?presidido …

The Relationship between National Law and International Law in the Report of the Georgia Fact-Finding Mission: A Rejoinder Editor’s Note: This post is a continuation of a discussion engendered by a previous post by André de Hoogh. Readers will benefit from reading that previous post and the comments made in …

A Human Right to Water? The South African Constitutional Court’s Decision in the Mazibuko Case Peter Danchin is Associate Professor of Law at The University of Maryland Law School.  His recent articles have been published in the Journal of Law and Religion, the Yale Journal of International Law, and the Harvard International Law Journal. …

The Relationship between National Law and International Law in the Report of the Georgia Fact-Finding Mission: Editor’s Note: This post is part of a series discussing the the Report of the Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on the Conflict in Georgia. Other posts in this series include Gazzini, “Criteria for Statehood …

Reflections on self-determination, and the status of Kosovo in light of the Report of the Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on the Conflict in Georgia Zoran Oklopcic is Assistant Professor, Department of Law, Carleton University, Ottawa Editor’s Note: This post is part of a series discussing the the Report of the …

Belgium sues Swizterland in the ICJ in a dispute concerning recognition and enforcement of a civil judgment Last week, Belgium initiated proceedings in the ICJ against Swizterland in a dispute raising issues of private international law and of the relationship between public international law and private international law. The dispute concerns: …

Secretario General de la OEA se reúne con el Presidente Electo de Uruguay El Secretario General de la Organización de los Estados Americanos (OEA), José Miguel Insulza, se entrevistó el miércoles en Montevideo con el Presidente Electo de la República Oriental del Uruguay, José Mujica, y con su Vicepresidente, Danilo …

LA CONFERENCIA DE LA REGIÓN SUDAMERICANA DE LA OACI RESPALDÓ LOS DERECHOS DE LA ARGENTINA SOBRE LA SOBERANÍA DE MALVINAS Durante los días 7 ,8 y 9 de diciembre se realizó en Brasilia una Conferencia diplomática convocada por la Región Sudamericana de la Organización de Aviación Civil Internacional (OACI), donde …