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09 May A Brief Response to Kevin Heller’s Comment About My Post
...time when those initiatives were launched, that is what the states then felt they could achieve. That was a political, not legal, calculation. 3) We don’t have any actual decision or pronouncement on the legality of the veto in the face of atrocity crimes; we have no ruling whether there are or aren’t any restraints imposed by international law. 4) The Syria vetoes aren’t about authorizing outside intervention—which I agree can cause more harm than good. Look at the actual Syria vetoes (cited in an early post of mine) –...12 Oct Events and Announcements: October 12, 2014
...transitional justice processes for Israel/Palestine, and students will present papers based on their research during the workshop. The conference program available here. For further information please contact minerva@tauex.tau.ac.il. The Rethink Rebuild Society in Manchester will hold a conference on October 17: ‘ Syrian Conflict in Regional Crises: Complications, Implications, and the Way Forward ’ . This conference represents a critical forum through which policy makers, NGOs, academics and activists can together identify and discuss the most appropriate British domestic and international policy towards Syria in light of current research and...05 Mar International Law vs. Donald Trump: A Reply
[Harold Hongju Koh is Sterling Professor of International Law at Yale Law School. This post is a response to the recent Trump Administration and International Law Symposium hosted on Opinio Juris.] Can international law save itself from Donald Trump? Since Election Night 2016, that question has haunted me across many issue areas. Professor Craig Martin and the Washburn Law Journal editors generously invited me to offer an initial answer in their recently published symposium issue in an article entitled “The Trump Administration and International Law.” As I prepare my book-length...
04 Nov A Reminder that Targeting a Hospital is a War Crime
[Elise Baker is a senior staff lawyer at the Atlantic Council Strategic Litigation Project, where she leads work on accountability and support for victims and survivors of human rights violations in Syria. She previously documented the Assad regime’s systematic attacks on health care in Syria with Physicians for Human Rights. Britt Gronemeyer is an assistant director at the Atlantic Council Strategic Litigation Project, where she supports accountability for human rights violations in Iran, Syria, Ukraine, and other countries] The world is focused on the ceasefire taking hold across Gaza, and...
08 Apr The False Premise Sustaining Israel’s West Bank Claim – Part I
situation in the West Bank from the Sinai Peninsula, which Israel withdrew from following the peace treaty with Egypt, and the Golan Heights, from which Israel might decide to withdraw from following the conclusion of a peace treaty with Syria. The West Bank is different, so the argument goes, as no state had sovereignty over it before to 1967, in contrast to the Sinai Peninsula and the Golan Heights, where Egypt and Syria had sovereignty. Accordingly, Israel can stay in the West Bank without having to annex it. One of...16 Nov Should the U.S. Even Bother to Invoke Article V of the North Atlantic Treaty After Paris?
Libya, see, e.g., http://ssrn.com/abstract=2061835 The war in Iraq and Syria is an IAC against an insurgent (ISIS) in at least two states and it is permissible re: U.S. et al. attacks on ISIS under U.N. Charter, art. 51 -- collective self-defense with the consent of the govt. of Iraq. Kumar Firstly, coalition forces have been bombing and hitting IS targets in Syria and Iraq for quite some time. Secondly, Article V is subject to the provisions of the UN Charter. Till date none of the coalition partners or Russia or...28 Aug Weekday News Wrap: Wednesday, August 28, 2013
On the day we mark 100 years of the Peace Palace in The Hague, the US and its allies are readying for a military intervention in Syria with Australia saying it would back military action, even without a Security Council resolution. Action may come within days. China’s top paper accused the US of wanting regime change in Syria and likened any military action the US might take to the overthrow of Saddam Hussein 10 years. The Long War Journal reports that jihadists in the area are also concerned about US...07 Aug Weekday News Wrap: Tuesday, August 7, 2012
Syrian Prime Minister Riyad Hijab has defected from what he terms the “terrorist regime” of President Bashar al-Assad, while violence rages on in Aleppo. IPS offers an insight into what these high-level defections mean for Syria’s future. Syria is also losing support of its ally Iran, whose Foreign Minister will visit Turkey today to discuss the situation in Syria and the capture of Iranian nationals. Hilary Clinton is visiting South Africa, where Syria will also be on the agenda. Also in South Africa, former Irish President and former UN High...