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06 May Jus Post Bellum Symposium: Omission Liability and Jus Post Bellum
...Since states ought to protect civilians from atrocity, they have the right to do so (up to and including crossing international borders if necessary under some versions of the doctrine). The structure of the RTP doctrine is the same; it imposes a soft form of moral liability for states’ failure to act — their omissions. At least it does if you take seriously the idea that there is a responsibility to protect. If a state violates this responsibility, then it is responsible for its omission. This is precisely why RTP...26 Aug Upcoming Events: August 26, 2012
Calls for Papers The Irish Yearbook of International Law has a call for papers for a special symposium issue regarding Climate Justice in International Law (Word document). Submission deadline is August 31, 2012. The University of Sydney is hosting a post-graduate conference on November 1-2, 2012 entitled Crossing Boundaries (Word document), open to post-grads in the Asia-Pacific region. Deadlines of abstract submission (no more than 250 words) is August 31, 2012 at 5:00 p.m. The Whitney R. Harris World Law Institute at Washington University School of Law is holding The...
02 Mar Deterring the Next Invasion: Applying the Accumulation of Events Theory to Cyberspace
[Michael McLaughlin is a cybersecurity attorney and policy advisor in the Washington, D.C. office of Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz, P.C. He is the former senior counterintelligence advisor for United States Cyber Command and a research affiliate for the Applied Research Laboratory for Intelligence and Security. He holds a Bachelor of Science from the United States Naval Academy and a juris doctorate from the University of Maryland School of Law.] After years of conducting destabilizing activities worldwide with impunity, Russian forces crossing the Ukrainian border proved to be a...30 Dec Weekly News Wrap: Monday, December 30, 2013
Your weekly selection of international law and international relations headlines from around the world: Africa More than 1000 people have died in fighting in South Sudan in the past month, where a political crisis is turning into a tribal conflict. Zimbabwe’s ambassador to Australia has requested asylum there a few days before her term was due to end. Americas Edward Snowden has declared “mission accomplished” and also issued an alternative Christmas message for the UK’s Channel 4. Legal or not? A federal District Court judge in New York has ruled...22 Jun Weekly News Wrap: Monday, June 22nd, 2015
Your weekly selection of international law and international relations headlines from around the world: Africa South Africa’s main opposition on Sunday called for a full investigation into the government’s failure to arrest Sudanese president Omar al-Bashir, who is due to face charges of genocide at the International Criminal Court. Somali armed group al-Shabab has claimed responsibility for an attack on a military compound in Mogadishu where Somali intelligence officials train, claiming it killed “many intelligence forces”. Middle East and Northern Africa More than 20 air strikes by Arab forces hit...
22 Apr Training the RSF? Due Diligence, Unlawful Intervention, and Criminal Exposure in Sudan’s War
...under Article 2(4) of the Charter of the United Nations. Even in that scenario, however, the availability of self-defence under Article 51 would remain uncertain. Crossing the Article 2(4) threshold does not automatically amount to an armed attack. Unless the support reaches the level of the “most grave forms” of force identified in Military and Paramilitary Activities in and against Nicaragua, forcible self-defence may not yet be legally justified. Internationalization of the Conflict External support to one of the parties may also raise the question whether the conflict could become...
20 May Pandemic of Hunger Symposium: Population Transfers and the Civilian Toll of Starvation as a Method of Warfare in Syria and South Sudan
...UN Human Rights Council to dedicate its reports to the civilian impact of sieges, namely those in Aleppo and eastern Ghouta. During the siege of eastern Ghouta for example – the longest running siege in modern history – the Syria Commission documented how Government forces closed crossing points, cutting off civilian access to food, and simultaneously heightened aerial and ground attacks. Although elaborate networks of manmade tunnels were built in the enclave to secure access to food, Government forces had the upper hand and therefore many tunnels were closed as...
15 Mar Polish-Lithuanian-Belarusian Border Crisis and Ius ad Bellum Part I: Background and Key Findings
...3 836 arrivals. In October 2021, the Lithuanian Ministry of Internal Affairs reported that it processed approximately 1 289 international protection applications with only two applicants receiving refugee status. Simultaneously in August 2021, the number of intercepted crossings skyrocketed at the Polish-Belarusian border. From 1 January 2021 to 11 November 2021, Poland reported 33 000 illegal crossings. Poland responded by declaring a state of emergency at the frontier zone, the construction of barbed wire, and the redeployment of law enforcement and military forces. The most intense incident was reported on 8...
16 May Symposium on Systemic Racism and Sexism in Legal Academia: The Promise of Victory
...preserving academic freedom, and tackling racial profiling by campus security. They provide such a rich analysis that I didn’t want the essay to end. Upon reflection, it doesn’t; theirs is a call for continued creative and provocative engagement in an ongoing struggle. Most colleagues don’t know that the first course I taught was Feminist Legal Issues. I always felt a natural affinity for gender-based struggles. Class, race, and gender-based oppressions are incestuous, intersecting, multi-secting, and criss-crossing straight through each other. “The most disrespected person in America”, Malcolm X said, “is...