In association with the International Commission of Jurists

February 2014

03 Feb

Your weekly selection of international law and international relations headlines from around the world: Africa Sudan's government has suspended the activities of the International Committee of the Red Cross in the country. The African Union has urged its members to "speak with one voice" against criminal proceedings at the International Criminal Court against sitting presidents. International forces in the Central African Republic have retaken...

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03 Feb

This week we're hosting a symposium on both lead articles in the October 2013 edition of the American Journal of International Law. Today and tomorrow, Kofi Kufuor, Solomon Ebobrah and Horace Adjolohoun discuss "A New International Human Rights Court for West Africa: The ECOWAS Community Court of Justice" by Karen Alter, Larry Helfer and Jacqueline McAllister: The Court of Justice for the Economic Community...

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03 Feb

President Obama has issued the following memorandum concerning US participation in the UN's Mali stabilisation mission: By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, and consistent with section 2005 of the American Servicemembers' Protection Act of 2002 (22 U.S.C. 7424), concerning the participation of members of the Armed Forces...

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02 Feb

Warmest congratulations to OJ's very own Julian Ku, on his election to ALI - the American Law Institute.  (For those unfamiliar with ALI and its work, this is a great honor in the American legal profession.  Among other things, it produces the Restatements of Law, as well as model codes and annotated commentaries and "Principles" on various legal topics.)...

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02 Feb

Calls for Papers The Institute of Advanced Legal Studies at the University of London is organizing a workshop on National Security and Public Health as exceptions to Human Rights' on 29th May 2014 and is now calling for papers. The Institute is honoured to announce that the keynote speaker will be Professor Malcolm Dando who will speak on "Threats of dual use...

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01 Feb

I was very sad to learn that Maximilian Schell died today at age 83. Schell was sensational as the defence attorney, Hans Rolfe, in Judgment at Nuremberg -- it was only his second role in a Hollywood movie, and he won an Academy Award for it. An original poster of the film hangs above the desk in my office; I...

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01 Feb

It is hard for many of us to believe it is already February, but as things go, the world keeps turning we keep blogging! Here's a look at what happened this week on Opinio Juris: We had posts from Julian on the media's coverage of the Amanda Knox trial (and his prolific media presence!) and a reminder for the extended deadline...

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