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01 Mar “ISIS Brides” and State Failure to Screen for Human Trafficking in Violation of International Law and Transnational Anti-Trafficking Regimes
...Kingdom (“UK”) when authorities arrested a young mother with her small son for attempting to return from living in ISIS-controlled territory in Syria. Before that, in 2017, German authorities fought to stop Iraqi authorities from executing a 16-year-old ISIS recruit who was “groomed online,” joined the terrorist organization, and then imprisoned in Iraq (the effort to prevent the death penalty worked, and in February 2019, she was sentenced to 6 years imprisonment in Iraq). In December 2017, the United Nations Security Council (“UNSC”) adopted Security Resolution 2396 on national security...10 Sep John Bolton, Unplugged – and Unhinged — About the ICC
...double talking the international community while the streets in Afghanistan, Iraq and Syria run red with blood. Kevin Jon Heller Well, you will never see the ICC prosecute someone in Syria or Iraq without a UNSC referral, as it does not otherwise have jurisdiction. And given that the OTP is waiting for authorization to formally investigate in Afghanistan, you should cut them at least a little slack. Jackdaw @Kevin The 'hard working Prosecutors' of the ICC, who needed to enlist Angelina and Brad Pitt to help them capture Joseph Kony....26 Sep Weekday News Wrap: Wednesday, September 26, 2012
Two explosions have occurred near Syrian military headquarters in Damascus. Hours before these two explosions, a Qatari emir said that Arabs must intervene in Syria in the absence of Security Council action. Foreign Policy offers an insight into a report about the torture tactics used by the government of Syria and their effects on children–sometimes with the children being the victims of the torture themselves. On the sidelines of the UN General Assembly meeting in New York, the Chinese and Japanese Foreign Ministers have held a meeting over the disputed...07 Sep ‘The Role of Social Media is Significant’: Facebook and the Fact Finding Mission on Myanmar
...speech, the report uses specific Facebook posts to support its findings. In one instance, the report cites a Facebook post from the Myanmar State Counsellor Office as its source for the Government’s position on when the operations in Rakhine State ended (§49). In other instances, the use of Facebook posts is more interesting. One particular post by the military’s Commander-in-Chief attracted attention: ‘The Bengali problem was a long-standing one which has become an unfinished job despite the efforts of previous governments to solve it. The government in office is taking...29 Aug Weekday News Wrap: Wednesday, August 29, 2012
...Foreign Minister Lieberman said yesterday that he would like the Egyptian resident to also visit Israel, in order to back up his reassuring words about peace between the two countries. The UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon has asked for an immediate investigation into the deaths of more than 200 civilians in Daraya, Syria. The exodus of hundreds of thousands of refugees in Syria to bordering countries has increased pressure for a buffer zone inside of Syria. Human Rights Watch encourages neighboring countries to keep their borders open for the refugees....01 Aug Emerging Voices: The Preliminary Examinations in Iraq: A Net Loss for the ICC’s Political Capital
...post argues that President Obama’s public reference to old bilateral immunity agreements, Samantha Power’s calls for an independent Syria tribunal, and Harold Koh’s frustration with the Court’s inefficiency have heralded a new age of American opposition to the Court. This new stage is quite apart from the phantom concerns of the past, but all too concrete in its frustration with the ICC. The Bush administration’s second term in office is widely recognized as an important turning point in America’s relationship with the ICC. In particular, the UN Security Council (UNSC)...23 Jul Weekday News Wrap: Monday, July 23, 2012
The Syrian army has launched fierce attacks against rebel forces, who had made a stronghold in Damascus. Fighting has also spread to Aleppo. The UN has extended its monitoring mission in Syria another 30 days. The Arab League has called for Syrian President Assad to resign and has offered Assad and his family a safe exit from Syria. Turkey has sent a battery of ground-to-air missiles to its border with Syria. China will formerly garrison the disputed South China Sea, a move that will likely increase tensions throughout the region....25 Sep Text of President Obama’s UN Speech
...children and shoots rockets at apartment buildings. And we must remain engaged to assure that what began with citizens demanding their rights does not end in a cycle of sectarian violence. Together, we must stand with those Syrians who believe in a different vision – a Syria that is united and inclusive; where children don’t need to fear their own government, and all Syrians have a say in how they are governed – Sunnis and Alawites; Kurds and Christians. That is what America stands for; that is the outcome that...21 Sep Weekday News Wrap: Friday, September 21, 2012
A Syrian airstrike has killed at least 54 amid heavy fighting in northern Syria. At a UN Security Council meeting, Iran was attacked about the aid it is providing to Syria’s government forces. At the IAEA’s meeting in Geneva, Iran and Israel squared off about nuclear proliferation in the Middle East region. The US has lifted a ban on New Zealand naval ships visiting US ports or bases in place since 1986, after New Zealand’s decision to ban any nuclear powered ships or nuclear armed ships from its ports, as...08 Jun Weekly News Wrap: Monday, June 8, 2015
...the new government ways to renew cooperation in the fight against the Islamist militant group Boko Haram, a senior U.S. diplomat said on Thursday. Middle East and Northern Africa Fighters from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) group have been partly driven out of Syria’s northeastern city of Hasakah, the Syrian army has said. Britain is to expand its military training mission in Iraq in the coming weeks, Prime Minister David Cameron announced on Sunday, saying the Iraqi army needed more help to deal with improvised bombs...