In association with the International Commission of Jurists

May 2016

02 May

[Patrick Wall is studying for an LL.M. in International Law at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva, as the Sir Ninian Stephen Menzies Scholar in International Law.] Last week, the British home secretary, Theresa May, called for the United Kingdom to withdraw from the European Convention on Human Rights. Describing ‘the case for Britain remaining in organisations such as...

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02 May

Here’s your weekly selection of international law and international relations headlines from around the world: Africa Kenya's president set fire to thousands of elephant tusks and rhino horns, destroying a stockpile that would have been worth a fortune to smugglers and sending a message that trade in the animal parts must be stopped. Nigerian gas exports to the US have dropped to zero. The...

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01 May

The Pentagon has released its report on the U.S. air assault against a hospital in Kunduz, Afghanistan, in October. The picture painted by the Pentagon report is pretty damning. The attack killed 42 people and turned out to be a giant mistake. The U.S. attacked the wrong building. Initially, some Afghanistan officials suggested that insurgents had taken up positions in the...

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01 May

Event The University of Sheffield School of Law Annual James Muiruri International Law Lecture will be held on Wednesday 11 May at 6pm. Prof Guy S. Goodwin-Gill, University of Oxford, will speak on Refugees in our Time: The Challenges of Protection and Security.  The lecture will take place in The Diamond lecture theatre. For more details and to register click here. Over the past...

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