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International Human Rights Law

08 Mar

On behalf of the organizers and the APCML, of which I am a part, I want to call readers' attention to the following conference: AFFECTIVE STATES OF INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL JUSTICE 20 ‐ 22 July 2011 Melbourne Law School Presented by Asia Pacific Centre for Military Law (APCML) and Institute for International Law and the Humanities (IILAH) Supported by an Australian Research Council Discovery Project Grant Convenors: Peter Rush...

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05 Mar

So, you're a state senator in the deep South.  You love freedom, which is why you're a Republican.  You know that Shariah (aka Shari'ah) is the enemy of freedom.  You also know that, although Shariah currently plays no role in the law of your state, it will eventually supplant the Constitution (sometime in the next four decades, you estimate) unless...

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03 Mar

The Tribunal de Grand Instance de Paris has issued its judgment in the unconscionable criminal-libel suit brought by Karine Calvo-Goller against NYU's Joseph Weiler.  Weiler, I am happy to report, prevailed on both of the key issues: lack of jurisdiction and whether the lawsuit had so little merit that Calvo-Goller's decision to file it was abuse of process.  In terms...

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02 Mar

Just a quick update to point out that Pennumbra, the University of Pennsylvania Law Review's online companion, has published the fourth and final installment of my debate with John Dehn on the targeted killing of Al-Aulaqi.  You can find the entire debate, including my just-published Closing Argument, here. My thanks to Pennumbra for inviting me to participate, and to John for...

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28 Feb

Moreno-Ocampo said the following today: The chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court says information of attacks on civilians by forces loyal to Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi suggests they could constitute a crime against humanity. Luis Moreno Ocampo says he has assembled a team to collect more information and has been in contact with Libyan officials and army...

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28 Feb

The blog is a solo venture run by Mark Kersten, a PhD student in international relations at the LSE.  I would explain the subject-matter of the blog, but I think the name speaks for itself.  I will say that the posts have been excellent so far; readers interested in international criminal justice should definitely check out, inter alia, this post...

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27 Feb

The referral is part of a larger set of sanctions against Libya.  From the UN News Centre: The Security Council today voted unanimously to impose sanctions against the Libyan authorities, slapping the country with an arms embargo and freezing the assets of its leaders, while referring the ongoing violent repression of civilian demonstrators to the International Criminal Court (ICC). In its Resolution...

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27 Feb

Here's something you don't see every day: A disciplinary hearing for the chief defence lawyer for former Liberian President Charles Taylor was adjourned indefinitely Friday after just seven minutes because one judge refused to attend. The hearing by the Special Court for Sierra Leone was to weigh possible punishment for British lawyer Courtenay Griffiths after he stormed out...

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21 Feb

David Bernstein and NGO Monitor have worked themselves into a lather about Human Rights Watch's decision to appoint Shawan Jabarin, the head of Al-Haq, a leading Palestinian human-rights group, to its Mideast Advisory Board.  In support of their ire, they cite decisions of the Israeli Supreme Court that have concluded that Jabarin is also an official in the Popular Front...

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19 Feb

Max du Plessis and Christopher Gevers, ICC experts who teach at the University of KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa, have launched a new blog, War and Law.  The blog focuses on international criminal justice from an African perspective, making it a must-read for anyone interested in international criminal law.  Recent posts discuss Kenya's attempts to amend Article 16 of the Rome...

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