Mohamed Morsi, the candidate of the Muslim Brotherhood, is declared the winner in the Egyptian Presidential Election. Turkey has invoked article 4 of the NATO Charter to arrange consultations on its response after Syria shot down a Turkish fighter plane. Turkish warplanes have been busy this weekend, carrying out nine air strikes on PKK targets in Northern Iraq. Additionally, 33 members of the...
This week on Opinio Juris, we continued last week’s discussion on the US debate on ratification of the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea with a follow-up post by Craig Allen, addressing the Convention’s extended continental shelf revenue sharing and its compulsory dispute settlement. John Noyes’ response to last week’s post by Steven Groves discussed why ratification would...
The UN Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial killings, summary or arbitrary executions has held that the US drone strikes flout internationally recognized human rights standards and may even be war crimes. The Washington Post has an opinion piece on the impact of drone attacks on diplomacy. The Atlantic has a follow up piece. The US is using Facebook to drive a wedge between...
The Telegraph asks whether the Rio Summit is destined to fail. If you want to keep up-to-date with the Rio+20 conference, the International Institute for Sustainable Development's Earth Negotiations Bulletins are a useful starting point. In a statement before the Ways and Means Committee of the United States House of Representatives, Deputy Secretary of State William Burns argued in favour of...
The Commander of the UN observers in Syria has given more information on his decision to suspend the mission's activities until both sides honor the peace plan. The same article also reveals that the Russian ship carrying military helicopters for Assad's forces returned to Russia after its UK insurer revoked coverage. Tensions have flared up along the border between Israel and...
Eight Turkish soldiers have been killed in South East Turkey during clashes with Kurdish PKK militants from Iraq. Al-Qaeda has claimed responsibility for the killing of a senior military commander in Yemen. After receiving her Nobel Peace Price on Saturday, Aung San Suu Kyi picked up Amnesty International's Ambassador of Conscience Award in Dublin on Monday. No case delays in Myanmar where 2...
Chaos has reportedly erupted in Syria following the suspension of the UN observer mission. Boko Haram has claimed responsibility for a series of deadly attacks on churches in Nigeria. A top Yemeni Army-General in the fight against al-Qaeda has been killed in a suicide attack. Iranian nuclear talks have resumed in Moscow. Although final results are not due until Thursday, the Muslim Brotherhood has...
Conferences On June 21, the International Criminal Justice Unit of the University of Nottingham Human Rights Law Centre together with the British Institute for International and Comparative Law are organizing a conference "The 10th Anniversary of the International Criminal Court: Achievements to Date and Prospects for the Future" in the Grand Locarno Room of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, King Charles Street, London....
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This week on Opinio Juris, we are happy to announce that the blog is now available on Kindle devices to our US readers. This new feature allows you to read the blog even when you are not wirelessly connected, and we hope that those of you who are often on the road will appreciate it. We of course welcome any...
Calls for Papers The 2012 Critical Legal Conference takes place in Stockholm between September 14-16, 2012. Paper proposals on International Law, Genocide and Imperialism: The Colonial Origins of Human Rights? are due on 15 June 2012. The American Society of International Law has issued a call for papers for its 107th Annual Meeting in April 2013. Proposals need to be submitted online by June 22, 2012. Upcoming...
