Award of Compensation by International Tribunals in Inter-State Cases: ICJ Decision in the Diallo Case This week, the International Court of Justice decided that the Democratic Republic of Congo is obliged to pay $95,000 to the Republic of Guinea for material and non-material injury arising out of the DRC’s violations …
Leer »Symposium on ExtraTerritorial Jurisdiction
Symposium on ExtraTerritorial Jurisdiction One of the topics that will be taught in any basic course on public international law is “Jurisdiction”. By this is meant the jurisdiction of States and as Rosalyn Higgins explains in her book Problems and Process: International Law and How We Use It, questions of …
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Obama: Discurso sobre el Estado de la Unión (Versión en español) A continuación la traducción del discurso del presidente Obama sobre el Estado de la Unión, tal como fue difundida por la Casa Blanca: La Casa Blanca Oficina del Secretario de Prensa 24 de enero de 2012 DECLARACIONES DEL PRESIDENTE …
Leer »US Fourth ICCPR Report, IHRL and IHL
US Fourth ICCPR Report, IHRL and IHL The US Government recently submitted to the Human Rights Committee its fourth periodic report on its compliance with the ICCPR. On the issues near and dear to my heart – the extraterritorial application of the ICCPR and the relationship between IHRL and IHRL …
Leer »ICJ Press Releases Distinguish the ICJ from other International Tribunals
ICJ Press Releases Distinguish the ICJ from other International Tribunals In the past couple of months the ICJ has inserted a paragraph at the end of its press releases which seeks to make clear that the ICJ is different from the other newer international tribunals out there. The paragraph can …
Leer »Al Sabah v. Grupo Torras SA
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF JUDICATURE COURT OF APPEAL (CIVIL DIVISION) ON APPEAL FROM THE HON MR JUSTICE MANCE (Now The Rt Hon Lord Justice Mance) Royal Courts of Justice Strand, London, WC2A 2LL Thursday 2nd November 2000 B e f o r e : LORD JUSTICE ROBERT WALKER LORD …
Leer »Extraterritorial Application of Human Rights Treaties: An Overview
Extraterritorial Application of Human Rights Treaties: An Overview I am very grateful for the opportunity to discuss my book on EJIL: Talk! and Opinio Juris, as am I grateful to the commentators on both blogs for taking the time to read and discuss it. In this introductory post I’ll try …
Leer »Are Extraterritorial Armed Conflicts with Non-State Groups International or Non-International?
Are Extraterritorial Armed Conflicts with Non-State Groups International or Non-International? From time to time we have had discussions on this blog about the classification of extraterritorial or transnational conflicts between States and non-State groups. In other words, when States use force abroad against non-State groups, does this lead to an armed conflict …
Leer »The Bin Laden Killing: Clarifying the Normative Framework(s) Governing the ‘War on Terror’?
The Bin Laden Killing: Clarifying the Normative Framework(s) Governing the ‘War on Terror’? Alon Margalit is Research Associate, Hotung Programme for Law, Human Rights and Peace Building in the Middle East, School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London. The author wishes to thank the editors of EJIL:Talk! for …
Leer »The Bin Laden Killing: Clarifying the Normative Framework(s) Governing the ‘War on Terror’?
The Bin Laden Killing: Clarifying the Normative Framework(s) Governing the ‘War on Terror’? Alon Margalit is Research Associate, Hotung Programme for Law, Human Rights and Peace Building in the Middle East, School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London. The author wishes to thank the editors of EJIL:Talk! for …
Leer »How to Qualify the Armed Conflict in Libya?
How to Qualify the Armed Conflict in Libya? A colleague and I are currently working on an article on the qualification or classification of armed conflicts in modern IHL. The ongoing developments in Libya bring out a specific difficulty in the process of qualification which we see as problems of …
Leer »President Obama Creates US Atrocities Prevention Board
President Obama Creates US Atrocities Prevention BoardEarlier this month, US President Barrack Obama directed the National Security Advisor to create an Atrocities Prevention Board which will be tasked with co-ordinating the US government’s policies on the prevention of mass atrocities and genocide. In addition, the President also launced a US interagency …
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