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14 Jun Guest Post: The Choice to Protect (or Not) in Syria
...Gaddafi’s forces. In the latest statement on Syria, “responsibility” is notably absent. There is no mention of the 93,000 people killed in the conflict. Rather, the Administration’s statement focuses on the fuzzy “red line” of chemical weapons, not the humanitarian nightmare of the ongoing fighting. Action in Syria will depend, the statement made clear, on the Administration’s assessment of the threat and its appropriate response: “[W]e will make decisions on our own timeline. Any future action we take will be consistent with our national interest, and must advance our objectives….”...19 Oct Weekend Roundup: October 12-18, 2013
...rarity of capture operations overseas, but outlined other concerns with this approach to counterterrorism. Julian pointed out how China’s understanding of the peaceful settlement of disputes excludes international adjudication. Despite finding much to like in the PTC’s decision in al-Senussi, Kevin was troubled by the inconsistency with the Gaddafi decision on the right to counsel. He also was not impressed by the PTC invoking Libya’s security situation. Finally, Jessica wrapped up the news and listed events and announcements . Many thanks to our guest contributors and have a nice weekend!...
12 Jun No Two Cases are the Same
...the summit instead. Fourteen years before, the ICC issued the first arrest warrant against a sitting head of state, Omar Al Bashir of Sudan. A second arrest warrant against Al Bashir was issued a year later. Al Bashir was the first President ever indicted by the lCC, while Muammar Gaddafi is the second, and Putin is the third. The essay will discuss the various responses of states and regional bodies to the indictments of Al Bashir and Putin including comparing the global south vs global north responses. Are these two...18 Apr Weekday News Wrap: Wednesday, April 18, 2012
...this week including information about the Kenyan MauMau uprising, the Maylayan Emergency and the evacuation of the Chagos islands, among other things. The former UK Foreign Secretary, Jack Straw, is facing a lawsuit by a Libyan dissident claiming to have been taken to Gaddafi’s Libya under a rendition operation facilitated by MI6. Aung San Suu Kyi will visit Norway and Britain in June this year, in her first foreign trip since 1988. French President Nicholas Sarkozy denies allegations of having sold a nuclear reactor to Muammar Gadaffi’s regime in 2010....18 Jul Weekday News Wrap: Wednesday, July 18, 2012
...the CIA black site outside of Warsaw allegedly used for the extraordinary rendition of detainees in the “war on terror.” The UN Special Rapporteur on Extrajudicial, Summary or Arbitrary Executions, Christof Heyns, has urged the United States to stop the execution of two people with disabilities. Happy 94th birthday to Nelson Mandela! Parties seen as liberal have won the most seats in the first Libyan elections since the overthrow of Gaddafi. An Australian woman has won a multi-million dollar settlement against the Australian distributors of Thalidomide in the 1950s and...
01 Apr Sanctions for War, Reparations for Peace?
...illicit activity, rather than as a funding stream for victims. Moreover, like Gaddafi and Libyan assets over a decade ago, hundreds of billions of Russian wealth helped to lubricate financial centres like London, despite security warnings that compromised more robust Western pushback against Putin. With regards to the second issue of victim eligibility, which individuals and groups will be able to access such assets if they are liquidated? In recent weeks the US has split $7 billion of Afghan assets in its jurisdiction after the Taliban took power, with half...
24 Apr Symposium: The Responsibility to Protect in Libya and Syria–Reflections
...there was room to discuss rebuilding in the Libyan context through the prism of R2P’s Pillar 2, namely, through providing assistance and capacity-building to post-Gaddafi Libya to ensure safeguarding from the resurgence of mass atrocity crimes. Reflecting more globally, Peake draws attention to an emerging trend on the international scene that seemingly counteracts the post-Charter move towards multilateralism that I describe in the book, namely, ‘shrinking multilateralism and the mounting nationalism’. Peake is spot on that emerging nationalist rhetoric threatens to unravel decades of work in which community interests such...08 Jul The Distance Between Human Rights and the EU: the Libyan Migration Crisis
...sea, something that has led to the kind of tragedy described above by 28-year-old Emmanuel. In 2014-2018, Human Rights Watch reported that Italy and the EU committed at least 12 million euros to the migration detention centres despite numerous reports of grave human rights violations. Arrangements of this nature reportedly date back to the Gaddafi era, an endeavour the Global Detention Project described as a ”multi-million-Euro ‘migration management’ project”. Detention centres are not the solution, let alone in the way in which they currently operate. The fact that Carola Rackete’s...19 Feb Guest Post: Bartels–Temporal Scope of Application of IHL: When do Non-International Armed Conflicts End? Part 2
...on after – or perhaps result from – the disappearance of the organisational structure of one or more of the fighting parties. Take, for example, the situation in Libya in the period after the defeat of the Gaddafi regime and the forming of the new government by the rebels. My submission that NIACs end when the level of violence and/or organisation drops below a certain lower threshold, has consequences for the application of IHL and consequently for the protection afforded by IHL. It may be feared that it would lead...