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10 Jan UN Heal Thyself
...place. As the Washington Post reports today, Volcker uncovered serious problems in the Commission’s auditing function, including troubling allegations that the Commission paid out undocumented claims against the Iraq government by third countries: The auditors cited several cases in which countries made huge, undocumented claims. Iran claimed $2.7 billion in costs for providing humanitarian assistance to waves of refugees crossing its border. It received $7.87 million. Jordan put in a claim for more than $6.5 billion for providing relief to people fleeing Kuwait and Iraq, but received $72 million. Israel,...17 Jan Some Thoughts on the Politics and Power Struggles of “Global South” Diversity
...my identity as a white Peruvian in Peru and as a Latin American anywhere north of the 30°N parallel, was at the root of my confusion that day. Certainly, I had not transformed into a person of colour overnight, by the sheer fact of crossing an invisible line that separated the Global South from the Global North, right? And yet the categories available seemed frustratingly limited. I don’t think the politics of my situation as a (white) (Latino) migrant are the same as that of a white person from Europe...
09 Dec Symposium on Forensic and Counter-Forensic Approaches to International Law: Genocide in Gaza – Earth Observation, Surveillance, and the Politics of Control
...makes clear that Israel’s genocide in Gaza includes forcibly displacing and concentrating survivors. After the 13 October 2023 order, which forced 1.1 million people to flee the north in 24 hours, satellite and aerial imagery captured a militarized boundary splitting the Strip and an east–west bulldozed corridor near Wadi Gaza that closed people south. At the Salah al‑Din crossing, overhead images show new Israeli checkpoints where civilians were bottled up, harassed, and in some cases shot for trying to return, mapping coerced herding that turned vast areas into a “no‑man’s‑land.”...
12 Jul Reparations for War in Ukraine: A Harm-Based Approach
...(often decades), subject to judicial and political challenge, and prioritising resources to those most affected. The UN guidance on reparations remains declaratory on the norms for violations in war, and more recently we have outlined more specific best practices on how to implement such norms under the Belfast Guidelines. The efforts towards establishing a compensation claims commission for the war in Ukraine need to keep in mind that compensation by itself will not effectively remedy the harm caused and needs a nuanced approach to eligibility. Many reparations programmes developed at...24 Aug Weekly News Wrap: Monday, August 24, 2015
Your weekly selection of international law and international relations headlines from around the world: Africa Suspected Boko Haram militants ambushed a convoy carrying Nigeria’s chief of army staff on a tour of towns in troubled Borno state, the army said early on Sunday. Middle East and Northern Africa The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) group has blown up a 2,000-year-old temple in the UNESCO-listed Syrian city of Palmyra, a rights group and the country’s antiquities chief have said. The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has said that its...06 Jun Weekday News Wrap: Thursday, June 6, 2013
South Korea has agreed to negotiate with North Korea on the reopening of a joint industrial park that was closed in April after rising tensions. The ICC Prosecutor has reported to the UN Security Council on the situation in Darfur. The EU Counter-Terrorism Co-ordinator wants member states to do more to restrict their citizens travelling to Syria to fight with extremist groups. Syrian rebels have seized the only border crossing between Syria and Israel on the Golan Heights. The IMF has issued a report admitting that it made mistakes in...
30 Sep India – China Conflict, POWs and the IHL Selectivity Redux
...the very next day by the Indian army. During the three days period (15th to 18th June), no information was provided on the whereabouts of the Indian soldiers. In the highly militarised and border-obsessive countries, the reluctance of both governments to publicly accept the detention of the uniformed men makes it all seem kafkaesque. While both countries did not recognise the Galwan clashes as ‘war’ and continued to reflect on the situation as a mere ‘incident of crossing over the border’, the factual situation on the ground attracted the invocation...
11 Jul The New STCoA: The Good, the Bad, the Curious, and the Terrible
...personal immunity applies at the STCoA, in the “bad” category. I’m putting it in the “good” category for two reasons. First, given that there is no argument that an STCoA created by the CoE and Ukraine qualifies as “international” within the meaning of Arrest Warrant, denying personal immunity to the so-called “troika” would violate international law. And second, I think the provision is actually pretty clever, going right up to the Arrest Warrant line without actually crossing it. The Arrest Warrant judgment basically prohibits any national exercise of enforcement jurisdiction,...