Archivo de Etiquetas: Switzerland

The UN Human Rights Council A Practical Anatomy Eric Tistounet, Chief of the Human Rights Council Branch, Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Switzerland ISBN: 978 1 78990 793 3Publicado: 2020Páginas: 384 eISBN: 978 1 78990 794 0 Publicado: 2020Páginas: 384 Since its establishment the work …

UN Reform 75 Years of Challenge and Change Stephen Browne ISBN: 978 1 78897 168 3Publicado: 2019Páginas: 256 eISBN: 978 1 78897 169 0 Publicado: 2019Páginas: 256 Over three-quarters of a century, the UN has been impacted by major changes in the balance of powers among its member states. This …

International Organizations under Pressure Legitimating Global Governance in Challenging Times Klaus Dingwerth, Antonia Witt, Ina Lehmann, Ellen Reichel, and Tobias Weise ISBN: 9780198837893 (Hardcover)Publicado: 21 May 2019Páginas: 336 International organizations like the United Nations, the International Monetary Fund, or the European Union are a defining feature of contemporary world politics. …

Blockchains, Smart Contracts, Decentralised Autonomous Organisations and the Law Edited by Daniel Kraus, Thierry Obrist and Olivier Hari, Professors and Attorneys, University of Neuchâtel, Switzerland ISBN: 9781788115124Publicado: 2019Páginas: 384 eISBN: 9781788115131 Publicado: 2019Páginas: 384 The growth of Blockchain technology presents a number of legal questions for lawyers, regulators and industry …

Revising the Treaty of Guarantee for a Cyprus Settlement On June 28th, 2017, the UN-sponsored international conference in Crans-Montana, Switzerland, will attempt to comprehensively settle the Cyprus Issue. The Greek-Cypriot and Turkish-Cypriot delegations will be joined by the delegations of the three ‘Guarantor Powers’ (Greece, Turkey and the UK), and …

40th Anniversary of the Additional Protocols of 1977 of the Geneva Conventions of 1949 On 8 June 1977, at the invitation of Switzerland, plenipotentiaries of more than one hundred States gathered at the “Diplomatic Conference on the Reaffirmation and Development of International Humanitarian Law Applicable in Armed Conflicts” to finalize …

ICC Assembly of States Parties Urged to Decide on Status of Palestine. In April of this year, the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court indicated, in an official statement, that he was not competent to decide whether Palestine is a State such that it can accept the jurisdiction of the ICC under Article 12(3) of the ICC …

COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE A. E. v. Switzerland Communication No. 24/1995 2 May 1995 ADMISSIBILITY Submitted by: A. E. [name deleted] [represented by counsel] Alleged victim: The author State party: Switzerland Date of communication: 20 February 1995 The Committee against Torture, established under article 17 of the Convention against Torture and …

The development on the international human rights framework on sexual orientation and gender identity Allehone Mulugeta Abebe is an Ethiopian diplomat based in Geneva, Switzerland. He serves as a co-chair of the Technical Advisory Group of the Global Commission on HIV/AIDS and Law.  Opinions expressed in this piece do not …

Two New Decisions on Subject-Matter Immunity, Torture and Extrajudicial Killings Lorna McGregor, Senior Lecturer, School of Law, University of Essex. Her publications include: Torture and State Immunity: Deflecting Impunity, Distorting Sovereignty’, 18 European Journal of International Law 903 – 919 (2007) and ‘State Immunity and Jus Cogens’, 55(2) International and Comparative …

Two New Decisions on Subject-Matter Immunity, Torture and Extrajudicial Killings  Lorna McGregor, Senior Lecturer, School of Law, University of Essex. Her publications include: Torture and State Immunity: Deflecting Impunity, Distorting Sovereignty’, 18 European Journal of International Law 903 – 919 (2007) and ‘State Immunity and Jus Cogens’, 55(2) International and …

ECHR Grand Chamber to Hear Case Challenging Legality of UN Security Council SanctionsThe Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has been asked to decide a case which challenges the legality of national measures implementing Security Council measures taken against persons associated with the Taleban and Al …