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28 May Weekday News Wrap: Tuesday, May 28, 2013
The African Union has accused the ICC of targeting Africans on the basis of race and it called for an end to prosecution of Kenya’s president and his deputy over crimes against humanity. Fighting rages on in Syria and more reports of the use of chemical weapons by Syria’s President Al-Assad have surfaced as well. The EU has lifted its arms embargo to the Syrian rebels, which paves the way for individual EU member states to supply the rebels with weapons. UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay spoke...16 Mar Weekly News Wrap: Monday, March 16, 2015
...in a pre-recorded documentary. Americas Nearly 100,000 members of the Venezuelan armed forces have begun conducting exercises across the Latin American country amid worsening relations with the US. The United States and coalition partners carried out seven air strikes against Islamic State militants in Iraq and four in Syria since Saturday, the U.S. military said. The United States will have to negotiate with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad for a political transition in Syria and explore ways to pressure him into agreeing to talks, US Secretary of State John Kerry has...29 Feb Weekly News Wrap: Monday, February 29, 2016
...p.m. ET). Guns mostly fell silent in Syria and Russian air raids stopped on Saturday, the first day of a cessation of hostilities that the United Nations has described as the best hope for peace in five years of civil war, but the Syrian opposition warned on Sunday that attacks by the army, backed by Russian warplanes, threatened a U.S.-Russian deal for a cessation of hostilities with collapse and endangered future peace talks. The Arab coalition fighting Houthi rebels in Yemen has denied targeting civilians after air strikes hit a...29 Jan Elongated Imminence and Operational Realities
...Syria? Jordan Well, my last question nearly made the news -- with an Israeli strike on a target in Syria. But there is still a question whether a weapons research lab was struck or a conveoy of trucks carrying weapons. Perhaps the prior Syrian armed attack on Israel justified this measure in self-defense? Or did it initiate an armed conflict with Syria, the law of war paradigm, and the permissibility of targeting lawful military targets? If the latter, will Israel destroy the chemical weapons and biologic weapons stashed in Syria?...22 Aug Weekday News Wrap: Wednesday, August 22, 2012
...that the sexual allegations against Assange would not constitute a felony in Latin America. Rebels have claimed new victories in Syria’s Aleppo, while heavy fighting continues. Russia has warned the West with unilateral action after US president Barack Obama threatened the use of military force, were Syria to engage with use of chemical weapons. At talks in Moscow, Syria’s Depute Prime Minister has indicated that although Assad’s resignation cannot be a condition for starting talks, it could be on the table during negotiations if necessary to reach a settlement. Japan...29 Jun Weekly News Wrap: Monday, June 29, 2015
...country to a trickle. The sound of whirring helicopter blades fills Syrians with fear that “hell and fire” is about fall in a barrel bomb, a rescue worker told the United Nations Security Council on Friday as pressure mounts for the body to take action to stop civilian killings in Syria. United Nations human rights experts appealed to the United States on Friday to impose a moratorium on the death penalty for federal crimes, including the sentence imposed on the Boston Marathon bomber, with a view to abolishing the practice....10 Mar The Problem with “Justice and Democracy”
...The dilemma is not really a dilemma. It is the result of the fact that the powerful want to commit their crimes with impunity. Otherwise we would have had the means by now to prevent abuse during humanitarian interventions. Imagine for instance that U.S. wants to put her own dictator in Syria and succeeds. After a while the documents of this policy might get declassified or leaked. The Syrians should be able to sue U.S. in an international court. Another possibility is that U.S. goes to ICJ and sues Syria...14 Jul Is The Israeli-Hezbollah War an International Armed Conflict?
Chris Borgen Roger, these are defintely the tough questions that are on the table. I make no claims at answers but I'll do some thinking aloud (well, figuratively aloud) to pick up the conversation you started. Without revisiting the issue of when/whether combatting a terrorist organization would be international armed conflict (shades of Hamdan), I'll comment on whether state responsibility can be ascribed to Lebanon for the actions of Hezbollah (of course there's also the issue of Iranian and Syrian repsonsibility but I will also set those aside for now)....26 Aug Weekday News Wrap: Monday, August 26, 2013
UN inspectors will be allowed into the Damascus suburb to investigate an alleged chemical weapon attack that killed approximately 355 civilians last week. Julian mentioned that the US may be looking into military intervention into Syria, a move that Russia is concerned about, warning the US not to repeat past mistakes in the region. Despite Russia’s pleas for restraint, in Jordan, military commanders from Western and Muslim countries are meeting to discuss the Syria conflict, as Western powers weigh military action. Dapo Akande, at EJIL:Talk, has a response to Kevin...