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03 Sep Back to the Drawing Board of the Partition Plan: Vice-President Sebutinde’s Erroneous Account of Palestinian and Israeli Claims of Title to the Territory of Mandatory Palestine (Part Two)
...force, as opposed to 1948 when the State of Israel was proclaimed. In other words, uti possidetis juris is relevant to the determination of the borders of the territories to which the Ottoman Empire and its successor Turkey renounced its rights and title, and regarding which the Principal Allied Powers could fix the boundaries (Mandate for Palestine, preamble, para. 1). As such, the borders between Lebanon, Syria and Jordan on the one hand and Mandatory Palestine on the other fell to be determined on the basis of the internal administrative...01 Dec Weekly News Wrap: Monday, December 1, 2014
...United Nations-African Union office in Khartoum. Middle East and Northern Africa An Egyptian court has designated the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) armed group a “terrorist organisation” and banned it in the country. A U.S.-led coalition carried out at least 30 air strikes in Syria against Islamic State militants in the northern province of Raqqa on Saturday, a monitoring group said. At least 50 fighters of the Islamic State in Iraq and Levant (ISIL) have been killed in the past 24 hours in Syria’s Kobane, the biggest...16 Sep Weekday News Wrap: Monday, September 16, 2013
UN chemical weapons inspectors have handed their report into an alleged gas attack in Syria to UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon. Secretary Ban stated in a UN meeting that an expert team’s report will likely confirm the use of chemical weapons in the August 21 attack on Damascus. At PhD Studies in Human Rights, a post discusses Secretary Ban’s comments and the presumption of innocence. French President Francois Hollande called for a U.N. resolution on Syria backed by the threat of punitive action to be voted by the end of...26 Jun Weekday News Wrap: June 26, 2012
As NATO meets over the downing of Turkey’s jet by Syria, Turkey has also written to the UN Security Council that the attack is a “serious threat to peace and security”. The EU foreign ministers have urged Turkey to exercise restraint in its responses. Meanwhile, Syria has allegedly shot at a second Turkish jet. In an interview, the Director-General of MI5 has revealed that the UK has faced 11 credible terrorist threats since 2001, and that the terror threat has been widening since the Arab Spring. Rwanda’s foreign minister has...10 May The Past, Present, and Future of the Veto: A Further Response to Professor Jennifer Trahan
[Dr. Mohamed Helal is an Assistant Professor of Law at the Moritz College of Law & Affiliated Faculty at the Mershon Center for International Security Studies, The Ohio State University.] I would like to start off by thanking Opinio Juris for hosting what has evolved into something of a mini-symposium on the legality of the veto, the powers and purposes of the Security Council, and, implicitly, the values and principles underlying international law. I would also like to thank Professor Jennifer Trahan for engaging with and responding to my rejoinder...
11 Apr Blurring the Lines – Non-State Actors as Perpetrators of Enforced Disappearance
...are the instances where the de jure State is absent due to having lost control over a territory, with disappearances through non-State actors occurring under such circumstances. This may, for instance, be the case during a non-international armed conflict, where civilians find themselves living under the control of armed non-State actors. One only has to think of the time when the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) gained effective control over large parts of north-western Iraq and Eastern Syria, exercising control over 10 million people, with many individuals disappearing...30 Dec Weekly News Wrap: Monday, December 30, 2013
...has filed its first WTO complaint, against the EU’s energy policies. Following political protests, Ukraine is resuming negotations with EU. The UN has condemned UK PM Cameron’s immigration policies Middle East Israel-Gaza skirmishes were followed by the closure of the border crossing for goods. Gaza’s only power plant had to stop operations a few days later, but Jerusalem denies that this was caused by the blockade. Egypt has declared the Muslim Brotherhood a terrorist organization Hundreds of civilians killed in air raids in Aleppo, Syria. Meanwhile, President Assad has outlined...04 Jun Weekday News Wrap: Monday, June 4, 2012
...armed forces near the Colombia-Venezuela border. Syrian President Assad has condemned the massacre in Houla and has promised that the violence will end if Syrians pull together. He has denied involvement in the massacre. Regarding the Syria situation, Foreign Policy in Focus has called for an intervention…with Russia. CNN provides more about upcoming diplomatic efforts in Syria. The US Ambassador to France has marked the 68th anniversary of D-Day with a mass parachute jump in Normandy. The 23rd anniversary of the crackdown on the Tiananmen Square is creating overtime for...