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Misión de la OEA observará elecciones generales en Costa Rica El Secretario General de la Organización de los Estados Americanos (OEA), José Miguel Insulza, y el Representante Permanente de Costa Rica ante el organismo, José Enrique Castillo Barrantes, firmaron un acuerdo para delinear los términos que tendrá la Misión de …

Conclusion of the eighth session of the Assembly of States Parties to the Rome Statute The Assembly of States Parties to the Rome Statute concluded its eighth session on 26 November 2009. Among the more important results of the Assembly was the decision that the much anticipated review conference is …

La crisis de Honduras y el sistema interamericano: el triunfo del realismo sobre los principios El derrocamiento del presidente Manuel Zelaya en Honduras el 28 de junio de 2009 parece marcar el triunfo del realismo sobre los principios en el continente americano. Este suceso está cimbrando al sistema interamericano y …

The Swiss Referendum on the Prohibition of Minarets  Anne Peters is Professor of Public International Law at the University of Basel, a position she has held since 2001. In the academic year 2004/05 she was Dean of the Faculty of Law. Prior to taking up the tenured post she was …

20th Anniversary of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child Today marks the 20th anniversary of the adoption by the UN General Assembly of the Convention on the Rights of the Child. The Convention has become the most widely ratified treaty after the Geneva Conventions of 1949 (which …

ICC Prosecutor Seeks Permission to Investigate Kenyan Crimes Against Humanity Lionel Nichols is a research student in the Faculty of Law, University of Oxford. He is an executive member of the Oxford Transitional Justice Research Group and has prevously interned at the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia and the Special …

U.N. Relocates Foreign Staff in Afghanistan The temporary move after an attack last week was a signal of pressure on U.N. operations in the region. [via NYT > World]

Dispute Concerning Honduran Government Crisis Heads to the International Court of Justice (UPDATED) UPDATE: Since I wrote this piece it has been announced that the rival Honduran leaders have reached agreement to resolve the crisis relating to the Presidency (see BBC report here). It is not clear what impact this …

New Issue of EJIL [Vol 20 (3)] out The latest issue of the European Journal of International Law has been published and is available here and here. This is Issue 3 of Volume 20. Readers will remember that the current volume of EJIL celebrates the 20th Anniversary of the Journal. …

UK Inquiry to Consider Legality of Iraq War and Appoints Former ICJ President, Dame Rosalyn Higgins as International Law Adviser This past summer, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown announced the establishment of an inquiry into the UK’s involvement in the Iraq War. The Iraq Inquiry, which is independent of the government, began work …

Embajador de Paraguay presenta sus cartas credenciales al Secretario General de la OEA El nuevo Representante Permanente de la República del Paraguay ante la Organización de los Estados Americanos (OEA), Embajador Hugo Bernardino Saguier Caballero, presentó esta tarde sus Cartas Credenciales al Secretario General del organismo hemisférico, José Miguel Insulza. …

The European Union and International Law under the Treaty of Lisbon Editor’s Note: This is part of a series of post on the Treaty of Lisbon. The first post in the series was by Laurent Pech and can be found here Now that Ireland has voted yes in a referendum …