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26 May

...say, has one of the world’s best international-law practices. (And excels in many other areas, such as criminal law.) Its roster of barristers includes such luminaries as: Geoffrey Robertson QC — one of the founders of the set, who needs no introduction to OJ readers. Sir Keir Starmer, KCB, QC — the former Director of Public Prosecutions and Head of the Crown Prosecution Service, currently serving as Croatia’s counsel at the ICJ in Croatia v Serbia. John R.W.D. Jones QC — counsel for Saif Gaddafi at the ICC and Mustafa...
26.05.14 | |

09 Jun

...the ICC’s Pre-Trial Chamber’s decision that article 95 of the ICC Statute applies to requests for surrender, and it was not only because they did not agree with him on this point. Later in the week, he was more positive about the OTP’s response to Libya’s challenge to the admissibility of the cases against Saif Gaddafi and Abdullah al-Senussi. Further on international criminal law issues, Marina Aksenova argued in a guest post why Charles Taylor’s sentence is adequate. Kevin congratulated the Chief International Co-Prosecutor of the ECCC, Andrew Cayley, on...
09.06.12 | |

28 Jun

This is a major development, one that I hope does not get lost in the welter of commentary on the Bemba acquittal. If you recall, in June 2012 the Libyan government detained four ICC officials who were in Zintan on official Court business: Melinda Taylor from the Office of Public Counsel for the Defence (OPCD), who had been provisionally appointed Saif Gaddafi’s defence counsel; two officials from the Registry; and a translator, Helene Assaf. Libya charged all four with various criminal offences and ultimately detained them for 27 days. About...
28.06.18 | |

21 Apr

...news report about a possible deal between Libya and the ICC to try Saif Gaddafi in Libya. Ken Anderson tried to apply to Coase Theorem to the Sudan-South Sudan conflict. Peter Spiro built on last week’s post in another post about the end of “-isms” in International Relations theory, recommending a recent article in AJIL. If you’re looking for further weekend reading, Roger Alford recommended Dean Berman’s new book on Global Legal Pluralism. Deborah Pearlstein posted about Michigan Law Review’s latest Annual Survey of books in the law, featuring her...
21.04.12 | |

09 Feb

This week on Opinio Juris, Duncan started us off by discussing privileges and immunities for diplomats and posed the question of what the public should know in cases like DWIs. His next post offered a discussion of the Native American mutual defense treaty involving the Tar Sands Projects. Kevin weighed in this week on affairs at the ICC, including this post outlining Libya’s contempt for the Office of Public Counsel for the Defense in the Saif Gaddafi case, and on a related note, with respect to the Al-Senussi case, he...
09.02.13 | |

14 Jun

The Falkland Islands are set to hold a referendum about sovereignty. IntLawGrrls points to interesting issues arising around citizenship and globalization. The ICC Prosecutor seeks a 30-year sentence for Thomas Lubanga Dyilo, convicted of conscripting child soldiers in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. In other ICC news, a team from the Court has visited the four detained staff members in Libya, accused of smuggling documents to Saif al-Islam Gaddafi. The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda has transferred its fifth case to domestic authorities. The UN Security Council has passed...
14.06.12 | |

28 Aug

...motivation, fearing that the US would use intervention in Syria to target them as well. Foreign Policy has a piece about the limits of acting in Syria for the US, citing limited options, limited interests and limited reasons for getting involved Muammar Gaddafi’s son Saif al-Islam and spy chief Abdullah el-Senussi will stand trial in Libya beginning September 19th, according to the Prosecutor General. Two attacks by suspected Boko Haram fighters have killed 24 people in Nigeria’s northeast in the latest violence believed to be in revenge against vigilantes. Iran...
28.08.13 | |

17 Aug

This week on Opinio Juris, Kevin welcomed the new international criminal law blog Beyond The Hague to the blogosphere and sparked much debate with his post based on Judge Harhoff’s recent comments about the ICTY Appeals Chamber’s Perisic adoption of the specific-direction requirement and followed-up with a second post on the topic clarifying what the specific-direction requirement entails. Kevin also questioned the latest in the Libya and Saif Gaddafi situation, with Libya’s statement that they aren’t able to surrender him, but they could, in fact, prosecute him. Kristen pointed to...
17.08.13 | |

13 Mar

Like many young, lefty international lawyers, one of my intellectual heroes is Philippe Sands. He is a remarkable scholar and an equally gifted advocate, and he puts both to good use no matter how unpopular the position or client — as his representation of the Libyan government in its challenge to the admissibility of the case against Saif Gaddafi demonstrates. Above all, he has always struck me as a deeply principled person. So I am not surprised in the least that he has decided to quit the Liberal Democrats to...
13.03.13 | |

21 Sep

...is trying to enter the United States for the upcoming UN General Assembly meetings, despite the arrest warrant for him from the ICC. Kevin also weighed in here on that subject, and Kristen argued that travel sanctions should be used against Bashir. Kevin also pointed out the erroneous Al-Jazeera news report from Thursday that reported Saif al-Islam Gaddafi would appear in Tripoli, and pointed out that he appeared in Zintan instead (with his trial being adjourned until December in order to allow other defendants to be present). Kevin additionally discussed...
21.09.13 | |

23 Feb

...Kevin argued last week that the ICC’s OTP committed a serious legal error when it argued that even an in absentia trial would mean that Libya’s admissibility challenge of the case against Saif Gaddafi could pass. It is no surprise then that Kevin was happy to see the OTP retract its submission this week. Kevin also recommended Jens Ohlin’s new article on “Targeting and the Concept of Intent“. Kristen put the spotlight on International Peace Institute’s recent recommendation to give the African Union a bigger role in transitional justice issues...
23.02.13 | |

28 Apr

...Mohamed Badie, and confirmed the death sentences of 37 of 529 alleged supporters previously condemned. Syrian President Bashar al-Assad declared he will seek re-election in June, defying calls from his opponents to step aside and allow a political solution to the devastating civil war stemming from protests against his rule. US Secretary of State John Kerry has said that Israel risks becoming “an apartheid state” if there is no two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Saif al-Islam Gaddafi and dozens of former government officials have appeared in a Tripoli court...
28.04.14 | |