Derecho Internacional Público – dipublico.org Cátedra I de Derecho Internacional Público de la Facultad de Derecho y Ciencias Políticas de la Universidad Católica de La Plata – Argentina
The Two Faces of the Genocide Convention In keeping with Christmas spirit, here’s my next post on the Genocide Convention. Can a state be responsible for genocide? What does that even mean? Aren’t international crimes, in the sage words of the Nuremberg Tribunal, committed by men, not by abstract entities? …
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Immunity and International Criminal Tribunals Earlier this week, the Trial Chamber at International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) hearing the case against Radovan Karadzic issued a decision in which it stated that “According to customary international law, there are some acts for which immunity from prosecution cannot be …
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60 Years of the Genocide Convention Many thanks to Dapo for inviting me to blog here at EJIL: Talk! – hopefully the blog will turn out to be as successful in the blawgosphere as the EJIL is in print. In the next couple of weeks I intend to write on …
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The Application of Human Rights Treaties in Wartime This year the EJIL has been marking the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights by publishing a series of articles on international human rights law. The international human rights movement was birthed in response to the atrocities during the …
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Judgment of 18 November 2008 NEW Application of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (Croatia v. Serbia) – Preliminary Objections (317 Kb)Read more … [via International Court of Justice, The Hague, Netherlands]
Leer »ICJ to Give Advisory Opinion on the Legality of Kosovo`s Independence
ICJ to Give Advisory Opinion on the Legality of Kosovo`s Independence Yesterday, the UN General Assembly by 77 votes in favor, 6 votes against and 74 Member States abstaining backed Serbia’s proposal to submit the question of the legality of Kosovo’s independence to the International Court of Justice (ICJ). According …
Leer »Declaración de neutralidad de España, nota del Ministerio de Estado, Sección de política, publicada en “La Gaceta de Madrid” del 30 de julio de 1914
30 de julio de 1914. Existente, por desgracia, el estado de guerra entre Austria Hungría y Serbia, según comunicó por teléfono el Embajador de España en Viena, el Gobierno de S. M. se cree en el deber de ordenar la más estricta neutralidad a los súbditos españoles con arreglo a …
Leer »Texto de la nota dirigida por Austria a Serbia con motivo del asesinato del príncipe heredero austríaco en Sarajevo el 28 de junio de 1914
Viena, 23 de julio de 1914. “El 31 de marzo de 1909, el Ministro de Serbia en Viena hizo, por orden de su Gobierno, al Gobierno imperial y real la siguiente declaración: “Serbia reconoce que no ha sufrido en sus derechos con motivo del hecho consumado en la Bosnia-Herzegoviana y …
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