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26 Oct My Talk in London Defending the Specific-Direction Requirement
I had the privilege last week of speaking in London at a superb Chatham House/Doughty St. Chambers symposium on the ICTY’s recent high-profile acquittals in Perisic, Gotovina, and others. My co-panelists were John Jones, QC, Saif Gaddafi’s ICC-appointed lawyer, and Elies van Sliedregt, the Dean of Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. Chatham House’s Elizabeth Wilmshurst was the moderator. I don’t believe the symposium was recorded, so I thought I would post the detailed outline of my remarks. My talk was, not surprisingly, a defence of Perisic‘s specific-direction requirement; it developed and systematized...13 Apr Weekday News Wrap: Friday, April 13, 2012
...Office of Public Counsel for the Defense, has asked the court to report Libya to the U.N. Security Council over its failure to extradite Saif al-Islam Gaddafi to The Hague. ECOWAS has condemned what it called an attempted coup in Guinea-Bissau after reports emerged of soldiers taking control of a central area of the country’s capital ahead of a planned runoff election, slated for April 29th. Mali’s new President has vowed total war against the Tuareg rebels in the north. At the Summit of Americas, taking place this weekend in...13 Sep Does the Washington Post Editorial Page Have ANY Standards Left?
...Saif Gaddafi, and Charles Taylor will be so relieved! (Junger obviously has absolutely no idea what a crime against humanity is — and, apparently, no interest in finding out. Probably because doing so might undermine his claim that the noble thing to do is intervene in a civil war after 100,000 innocent civilians have been murdered. It’s like the Eddie Izzard line: “after a couple of years, we won’t stand for that…”) (And no, it’s not “essentially one person at a time.” Junger might want to read something about the...10 Oct Weekday News Wrap: Wednesday, October 10, 2012
...European Parliament has included the punk band on its list of finalists for the annual Sakharov human rights prize. Scotland will hold an independence referendum in 2014, according to a British government minister, whereas Spain’s parliament voted yesterday to block Catalonia’s bid for sovereignty. Russia has signed a $4.2 billion arms deal with Iraq, making it the largest arms provider to the Middle East after the United States. Libyan government lawyers promised yesterday at a hearing at the ICC that Saif al-Islam Gaddafi will get a fair trial in Libya....19 May Weekend Roundup: May 12-18, 2012
...justice in Libya. Further on Libya and the ICC, Kevin Heller discussed the contrasting, and counter-intuitive, motions of the ICC’s Office of the Prosecutor and the Office of the Public Counsel for the Defence on the issue whether Libya should surrender Saif Gaddafi to the ICC. Kevin also addressed the question whether the ICC can prosecute NATO forces for war crimes in Libya, and argued that UNSC Resolution 1970 which grants exclusive jurisdiction over the actions in Libya by nationals of non-ICC members to their home state is incompatible with...28 Apr Weekly News Wrap: Monday, April 28, 2014
...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...