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29 Sep The Invention of the Khorasan Group and Non-Imminent Imminence
...NBC’s Engel, the day after he reported on the U.S. Government’s claims about the group for Nightly News , seemed to have serious second thoughts about the group’s existence, tweeting “Syrian activists telling us they’ve never heard of Khorosan or its leader.” Indeed, a NEXIS search for the group found almost no mentions of its name prior to the September 13 AP article based on anonymous officials. There was one oblique reference to it in a July 31 CNN op-ed by Peter Bergen. The other mention was an article in...
22 Oct Law, Narrative, War and Revolution
...a fight “against colonial domination and alien occupation and against racist regimes in their exercise of the right to self determination.” In paragraph 36 of his Separate Declaration to the ICJ’s Advisory Opinion, Judge Taldi interpreted the findings of the ICJ in relation to CERD as “an acceptance that the policies and practices of Israel constitute a breach on the prohibition of apartheid.” While the exercise of the right to self-determination raises issues of representation, I posit that these are easily overcome in relation to the events of October 7th....24 Jul Law Review Citations to Blogs
Dave Hoffman has a post today at Concurring Opinions reporting the results of an empirical study of how often law reviews have cited various blogs. According to the study, blogs have been cited 5460 times since 2006, with the following blogs representing the top-10 in terms of citations: FindLaw’s Writ — 618 citations Volokh Conspiracy — 402 SCOTUSBlog — 305 Balkinization — 259 Patently-O — 211 Concurring Opinions — 162 Sentencing Law and Policy — 160 JURIST Paper Chase — 130 PrawfsBlawg — 122 The Becker-Posner Blog — 104 Opinio...16 Mar Events and Announcements: 15 March 2021
...and to facilitate engagement with innovative theoretical, and empirical work: research which advances the study of evidence and proof, shaping future practice, and laying the foundations for a dynamic research agenda. Whilst we welcome contributions relating to the core topic of the ICC, and cognate international criminal courts and tribunals, we would encourage submissions which engage with the overarching topics, as broadly construed. We particularly welcome papers focusing on national jurisdictional approaches to international offences, in addition to theoretical and empirical works whose application reaches beyond the sphere of international...
02 Feb International Economic Law Symposium: Emerging Powers and the International Order–A Third World Critique
...Bond, BRICS talks left and walks right. Much of this debate, I admit, is old hat and Buser does not break new ground. The characterisation of BRICS as a resurrection of the NIEO was always an odd proposition. Goldman Sachs’ shorthand was intended to designate emerging markets, outlets where transnational investors could shift their capital in the search for the lavish profit margins of the 50s and 60s. Richard Gnodde, CEO of Goldman Sachs at the time, argued that China, with its population, work ethic, and administration, was much more...
21 Apr Symposium on International Conflict and Security Law: A Research Handbook – Protection of the Environment under International Conflict and Security Law
...armed conflict have a number of limitations and inadequacies. Thus, emphasis is generally better placed on the non-environment specific provisions of IHL, namely those of distinction, proportionality, precautions and pillage. An undoubted high point of post-conflict compensation mechanisms, the UN Compensation Commission managed to secure millions of dollars for surrounding states whose environments suffered as a consequence of Iraq’s invasion of Kuwait in 1991, and the consequent damage caused during the conflict. Ukraine’s current search for similar compensation routes, however, are not so far as successful, notably with the perpetrator...28 May Religious discrimination in counterterrorism in France
...is indeed worth noting that most terrorism cases are in fact cases in which the plotted or suspected attack did not happen. In such cases, investigative judges attempt to identify an agreement (based on phone calls, emails but also on shared opinions or readings) and a sum of material evidences (search for weapons, cars, indications of the accused moving houses, messages and phone calls) that lead to consider that if the suspect had not been arrested, he/ she would have committed the crime. In many cases, investigations are carried out...30 Nov Secretary Clinton Ordered Spying on U.N. Officials: Did Harold Koh Approve?
...“The UN relies on the adherence by member states to these various undertakings.” He noted a clause in the 1946 convention which states: “The property and assets of the United Nations, wherever located and by whomsoever held, shall be immune from search, requisition, confiscation, expropriation and any other form of interference, whether by executive, administrative, judicial, or legislative action.” Interestingly, the Headquarters Agreement was also adopted by joint resolution of congress, so it is binding law. The argument from the U.S. side, if any litigation ever ensued domestically, would have...21 Feb The Collapse in Greek Living Standards, and a Question about Internal EU Welfare Migration (Updated)
...to a traditional solution to economic crisis at the individual level – migration in search of work. There is little question that a wave of educated, younger Greeks are looking to migrate and, as the article notes, perhaps repeating the out-migration of the 1940s. But there are two differences, one being the out-migration of the most educated and younger workers: As the economy implodes, young people are leaving Giannitsa. Traianos Vafiadis, who is 24, told me that of the group of six friends he has had since childhood, he is...27 May Symposium on the Law of the Sea and the Law of Responsibility
...whales, sharks and fisheries; and examine the role of the law of responsibility in recent cases involving search and rescue operations, flagged ships, and whaling. The posts will also show that in some instances, there are gaps in the general rules of responsibility that render them inadequate or inappropriate for certain types of disputes with regards to the law of the sea. A dimension of particular interest in this regard will be instances in which questions of shared responsibility arise; these posts will be cross-posted on the SHARES website at...