Archivo de Etiquetas: New York

The International Criminal Court Gets Jurisdiction Over the Crime of Aggression The Assembly of States Parties to the Statute of the International Criminal Court has, overnight (New York time), adopted a resolution which activates the jurisdiction of the Court over the crime of aggression. This was the culmination of intense negotiations …

Election Rules for ICC Judges: A Balanced Bench Through Quasi-Quotas At its 16th session starting today (Monday 4 December) in New York, the ICC Assembly of States Parties (ASP) will proceed to elect six new judges for the Court. In doing so, the ASP will follow a special procedure that …

The Relationship of the 2017 Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons with other Agreements: Ambiguity, Complementarity, or Conflict? As discussed in Dan Joyner’s recent blog entry, the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons was adopted by 122 States at a United Nations diplomatic conference in New York on …

The ICC Assembly of States Parties Prepares to Activate the ICC’s Jurisdiction over the Crime of Aggression: But Who Will be Covered by that Jurisdiction? The states parties to the Statute of the International Criminal Court have been meeting in New York recently to begin discussions that it is hoped …

Admissions to the Venice Academy of Human Rights on the topic Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights as an Answer to Rising Inequalities (3 – 12 July 2017), organised by the European Inter-University Centre for Human Rights and Democratisation (EIUC) are open until 19 April 2017, early birds who apply until 15 March 2017 receive a 10% discount. The Venice Academy of Human …

The Oxford Handbook of International Organizations Hardback. Published: 17 November 2016 1,344 Pages 246x171mm ISBN: 9780199672202 Virtually every important question of public policy today involves an international organization. From trade to intellectual property to health policy and beyond, governments interact with international organizations in almost everything they do. Increasingly, individual …

Sovereign Debt Litigation Against Argentina: An Aberration or A New Routine? Hayk Kupelyants is a PhD candidate at Sidney Sussex College, University of Cambridge. Argentina’s 2001 economic crisis led to one of the most extensive sovereign debt restructurings in history. In hindsight, it was also one of the harshest, in …

Recognition of States in International Law: For Sale News reports indicate that former Guatemalan president Alfonso Portillo (pictured left) recently pleaded guilty in federal court in New York to accepting $2.5 million in bribes from Taiwanese officials in exchange for assurances of continued diplomatic recognition during his tenure in office …

U.S. Says Iran’s Pick for U.N. Envoy Won’t Get a Visa WASHINGTON — The Obama administration on Friday said it would bar an Iranian diplomat nominated as United Nations ambassador from entering the country, in a rebuke to Iran at a time when the United States is engaged in delicate …

Convocada por la Comisión Cubana de Cooperación Intelectual, de conformidad con la resolución aprobada por la Primera Conferencia y con ciertas indicaciones hechas por las Comisiones Nacionales Americanas; celebradas bajo los auspidos del Gobierno de la República de Cuba. Países representados: Todas las Repúblicas americanas, excepto El Salvador y el …

Celebradas bajo los auspicios del Aero Club of America, la Aerial League of America y la Federación Aeronáutica Panamericana (organismo que ha dejado de existir; véase supra, núm. 25). Delegaciones: No están disponibles ningunos datos detallados respecto de los delegados a la susodicha Convención, pero consta que muchos países manifestaron …