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04 Aug Weekly News Wrap: Monday, August 4, 2014
...Spiegel coverage here. Lebanese soldiers traded fire with Islamist gunmen and shelled areas around the border town of Arsal on Sunday aiming to roll back the biggest incursion by militants into Lebanon since Syria’s civil war began. Some 200 people have been granted passage into Tunisia through the Ras Jedir border crossing, before Tunisian officials again closed the border after just a few hours, as heavy fighting rages in neighboring Libya. Americas A U.S. reconnaissance plane crossed into Swedish airspace last month as it sought to avoid being intercepted by...14 Jun Proposed Legislation Seeks VCCR Compliance by the United States
...ability of our consular officers to see him, provide assistance, and monitor his condition. Similarly, the United States invoked the VCCR to seek access to the three American hikers detained in Iran after accidently crossing an unmarked boarder in 2009. In 2001, when a U.S. Navy surveillance plane made an emergency landing in Chinese territory, the State Department cited the VCCR in demanding immediate access to the plane’s crew. . . . This bill has the support of the Obama administration, including the Department of Justice, the Department of Defense,...10 Apr Implications of the Rohingya Argument for Libya and Syria (and Jordan)
...onto the high seas and only “indirectly” deported into the territory of a state party. Deportation’s “essential element” of crossing an international border would thus have taken place in Syria and on the high seas — not on the territory of a member state. This is the importance of the OTP’s repeated insistence in its request (see paras. 4, 13, and 28) that only direct deportations activate the Court’s jurisdiction. In the second scenario, where the civilians are directly deported into a neighbouring state’s territory, a positive outcome to the...29 Jun The COVID-19 Measures Impact on the Rights of Migrants and Refugees in the EU
...borders and suspension of new and on-going asylum applications Following the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, the majority of EU Member States introduced restrictions for third-country nationals crossing the EU’s external border. In some cases, EU Member States banned entry to asylum applicants (Cyprus, Greece, Hungary) or declared their ports “unsafe” (Italy and Malta). Other Member States (like Belgium) closed their arrival centers, ultimately restricting access to asylum. The state of emergency due to COVID-19 declared in Hungary, led to the suspension of the right to apply for asylum. In...05 Aug Bar Human Rights Committee of England and Wales Asks OTP to Investigate Gaza (Updated)
...ICC jurisdiction over the situation in Gaza. If the ICC is to become involved in the most heavily politicised conflict in recent history — and I think the likelihood the OTP would act on even a proper request is essentially zero — there should be no doubt whatsoever about either Palestine’s desire for an investigation or the ICC’s jurisdictional competence. If we’ve learned anything about the conflict in Gaza, it’s the importance of always crossing the legal “t’s” and dotting the legal “i’s.” UPDATE: Multiple sources are reporting on Twitter...24 Jul Weekday News Wrap: Tuesday, July 24, 2012
...in the South China Sea, to bolster its sovereignty claims in the area. The Philippine president, Benigno Aqino, has said he will not back down from China regarding the disputed Scarborough Shoal in the South China Sea. For the first time, Egypt has loosened the restrictions on Palestinians temporarily entering the country at the Rafah border crossing A US drone struck in Pakistan, killing 12 suspected militants. At the request of the EU, the US and Japan, the WTO Dispute Settlement Body has established a panel to consider China’s export...
26 Jul Symposium on Ljubljana – The Hague Convention on Mutual Legal Assistance: Critical Reflections – Closing the Impunity Gap: The Prospects and Potential of the Ljubljana-The Hague Convention
...not contain substantive definitional provisions, the inclusion of these definitions in the Ljubjana-the Hague Convention serves two critical functions in the fight against impunity. First, by requiring and facilitating domestic criminalization, the Convention empowers victims to report violations within their jurisdictions, as well as, in the jurisdictions of other State Parties, enhancing prospects for effective investigation and potentially prosecution, thereby strengthening the fight against impunity. Second, the coherence established among State Party jurisdictions streamlines legal processes and cooperation in investigating and prosecuting offenders, particularly in cross-border cases, reducing the number...27 Oct The Washington Post’s Three Article Series on “The Permanent War”
...to go to Congress to get legislation and, in effect, a political announcement that the two political branches have reached agreement on policy and law in these contentious areas, political and policy stability is much weaker. This particularly so given that the default position of any opposition party is to criticize-on-autopilot, especially when votes in Congress have not locked at least some of them in, including perhaps Congressional leadership, and reduced their ability to kibitz from the uncommitted sidelines. If this “pivot” or at least indifference by Democrats under a...