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01 Aug ICC ratione loci Jurisdiction for Belarus: The Bangladesh/Myanmar Blueprint
...7(1)(d) encompassed two distinct crimes, deportation and forcible transfer, with the former involving a victim crossing an international border. The Chamber acknowledged that the crime of deportation implies that “the conduct related to this crime necessarily takes place on the territories of at least two States”. Consequently, the Court can exercise jurisdiction over the crime of deportation when it is initiated in a non-State Party and completed upon the forcible transfer of victims to a State Party. Following this, on 4 July 2019, the OTP submitted a request to open...25 May Weekly News Wrap: Monday, May 25, 2015
...Sunday, while in Syria the government said the Islamists had killed hundreds of people since capturing the town of Palmyra. Saudi forces and Yemen’s Houthi militia traded heavy artillery fire which destroyed part of the main border crossing between the two countries overnight, residents said on Sunday, an escalation of the two-month war. Hezbollah is fighting across all of Syria alongside the army of President Bashar al-Assad and is willing to increase its presence there when needed, the leader of the Lebanese Shi’ite movement said on Sunday. Asia A group...
23 Aug Procedural Barriers and the ‘Right to Seek’ Asylum in the Biden Era
...will review the interview transcript and perform his or her own ‘reasonable fear’ analysis. Any who can’t make it through these stringent burdens by this point and are unable to meet the ‘withholding of removal’ standard against refoulement are then deported. III. Barriers Upon Arrival or Crossing Between Designated Ports of Entry For those who arrive between ports of entry, whether at the frontiers of the territory or by crossing into U.S. between ports of entry and encountering border guards, access to the asylum process and screening for refoulement is...22 Apr The Right to Health of Venezuelans in Colombia: From Policy to Practice (Part 2)
...of Venezuelans during the COVID-19 pandemic. Although there is no official data, Colombian authorities have estimated that at least 36,000 people have returned to Venezuela using the main crossing point between Colombia and Venezuela since mid-March. In fact, the Colombian government reported that over 600 Venezuelans left Colombia in just one day in April 2020. In the context of a failing healthcare system in Venezuela, on the face of it, this requires explanation. The inadequacy of measures to protect the Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ESCR) of Venezuelan migrants, asylum...10 Mar Online Symposium: The Globalization of High Seas Interdiction–Sale’s Legacy and Beyond
...decades. Unauthorized border crossing into the European Union has reached its highest levels since record-keeping began in 2008, and the majority of these migrants arrive by sea. Approximately 17,000 unauthorized boat migrants arrived in Australia in 2012, a staggering increase from previous years. Migrant interdiction and migration by sea also triggers its own escalating dynamic. The highly visible tragedies that often result from these dangerous voyages and the bad publicity they spawn spur more intensive policing operations, which, paradoxically, lead to greater risk-taking by those migrants attempting to penetrate intensified...26 Oct US-Mexico Fence Could Be an Ecological Disaster
...cactuses, to the birds that eat them, right up to the large predators like the jaguars,” said William Radke, the manager of the San Bernardino National Wildlife Refuge, east of Douglas, Arizona. Radke said the fence would prevent snakes and turtles, as well as wild turkeys and road runners from crossing. In addition, the bright lights at the top of the tall fence would interfere with birds’ ability to navigate by the stars. “A lot of migratory birds actually migrate at night, using stellar navigation and the moon to navigate....29 Mar Comparing the ICJ’s Provisional Measures Orders in South Africa v. Israel
...killed over one hundred Palestinians desperately seeking food. At this point, Israel’s English-language spokesperson, Eylon Levy, began a campaign to argue that Israel was not blocking food from entering Gaza. “The idea that Israel ‘isn’t letting aid in’ is simply a lie”, he tweeted. On March 7th, Levy got into a Twitter fight with British MP, Alicia Kearns, Chair of the British Parliament’s Foreign Affairs Committee, where he argued that the Kerem Shalom Crossing was closed on Saturdays “at the request of the UN”. Something Kearns denied, citing information provided...
08 Dec Responding to the Open Letter to the ASP Regarding Palestine
...Cairo statement, Khan specifically describe Palestinian civilians as innocent: “And there’s no denying that any right-minded person would agree that beyond that crossing — and I had those pictures we see on the television around the world in my mind — beyond that crossing are innocent Palestinians, innocent children, boys and girls who should be at school, who should be playing in parks or playing football or playing with their friends, learning and studying and hoping to build a better future.” Moreover, Khan has left no doubt that Israel must...
04 Jan A Response to Mariniello About the Palestine Investigation
...A. Khan KC, concludes first visit to Israel and State of Palestine by an ICC Prosecutor: “We must show that the law is there, on the front lines, and that it is capable of protecting all” – 3 December 2023 Statement of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, Karim A.A. Khan KC, on the Situation in the State of Palestine: receipt of a referral from five States Parties – 17 November 2023 Prosecutor’s Op-Ed in The Guardian and various newspapers – 10 November 2023 Press statement from Cairo –...
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...