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French Military Intervention in Mali: It’s Legal but… Why? Part I Part 1: The Argument of Collective Self-Defense Dr. Theodore Christakis is Professor of International Law at the University Grenoble-Alpes (France). He is Director of the Centre for International Security and European Studies (CESICE) and chairman of the ESIL Interest …

Status of Palestine in the United Nations Voting record              The General Assembly,            Guided by the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations, and stressing in this regard the principle of equal rights and self-determination of peoples,            Recalling its resolution 2625 (XXV) of 24 …

Immunity of Warships: Argentina Initiates Proceedings Against Ghana under UNCLOS Another chapter has begun in the saga of NML Capital Ltd’s attempts to collect on its holdings of Argentinean bonds (see here for earlier reporting on EJIL:Talk!) with the initiation of inter-State proceedings by Argentina against Ghana under the 1982 …

The Saga Continues: Argentina’s Request for Provisional Measures v Ghana before the ITLOS On 14 November 2012 Argentina filed a Request for provisional measures before the International Tribunal of the Law of the Sea (ITLOS) based in Hamburg, Germany in accordance with Article 290(5) of the United Nations Convention on …

Los Estados Partes en la presente Convención, Recordando las disposiciones de la Carta de las Naciones Unidas, por las cuales todos los Estados Miembros se comprometen a tomar medidas conjunta o separadamente, en cooperación con la Organización, para lograr el respeto universal y la observancia de los derechos humanos y …

Agreement on Sueeession Issues (with annexes). Vienna, 29 June 2001 Entry into forcé: 2 June 2004, in accordance with article 12 (1) which reads as follows: “(I) This Agreement shall enter into forcé thirty days after the deposit ofthe fifth instrument of ratification. The Depositan> shall notify the successor States, …

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 …

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 …

Oil exploration around the Falklands (Malvinas) In June, I looked at the longstanding sovereignty dispute over the Falklands Islands (Malvinas) on the occasion of the 30-year anniversary of the 1982 war. I revisit this topic today to examine the question of investor protection in areas where sovereignty is disputed, taking the Falklands (Malvinas) …

Pensemos en Hong Kong. Devolvamos las Malvinas / Think of Hong Kong. Give the Malvinas back Please see English version below Por Matthew Parris The Times, 27 de febrero 2010 Debemos llegar a un acuerdo con Argentina ya para entregar las islas durante 99 años en forma de venta con …

There’s nothing legal about Britain’s possession of the Malvinas Nuestra respuesta publicada en el día de la fecha por el diario The Washington Post al artículo  “Argentina is still fighting a losing battle for the Falklands” publicado por ese mismo diario el 3 de abril. Para versión en español del artículo …

PREPARATORY COMMISSION FOR THE INTERNATIONAL SEABED AUTHORITY AND FOR THE INTERNATIONAL TRIBUNAL FOR THE LAW OF THE SEA CUMULATIVE LIST OF DOCUMENTS (1983 -1995) Document No. List of delegations to the Preparatory Commission LOS/PCN/INF/1 List of delegations to the first session of the Preparatory Commission, Kingston, Jamaica, 15 March to …