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26 Jul Weekday News Wrap: Thursday, July 26, 2012
The UN Security Council has lifted travel bans and asset freezes on 17 Liberians, including at least two of Charles Taylor’s ex-wives. A special assembly met in Somalia to set up a new government. Using drones for surveillance and then shooting from helicopters, Turkey has killed 15 Kurdish rebels near its border with Iraq. EJIL: Talk! has more on the Belgium v. Senegal case, asking whether the Court really ended the dispute between the parties. Regardless of the answer to that question, the AU and Senegal have reported that they...27 Mar Weekday News Wrap: Wednesday, March 27, 2013
...trained to confront Islamist threats in the area. Secretary Ban also urged members to ratify the Arms Trade Treaty. Over at Geographical Imaginations is a post about the Out of Sight, Out of Mind graphic on drone strikes in Pakistan since 2004 we mentioned yesterday. In other drone news, Quartz reports that they’re not just for the Taliban anymore: drones are now going to be used to protect endagered species of rhinoceros in India, a move becoming more common tool to help reserve administrators keep their eyes on their animals....25 Nov Weekend Roundup: November 17 – 24, 2012
...resist this week’s ICJ judgment in its dispute with Nicaragua, and was critical of the suggestion by Geoffrey Robertson QC that international law might be able to resolve the Iran nuclear crisis. Kevin Jon Heller posted about an interview with Judge Sow about the Charles Taylor trial. Further on Africa, Ken Anderson discussed how the UN is considering deploying surveillance drones in Eastern Congo. As always, we listed upcoming events and provided daily news wraps. Our readers may also be interested in the job of Assistant Dean for International Affairs...26 May Joining Doughty Street Chambers as an Academic Member
...Jovica Stanišić at the ICTY. Amal Alamuddin — counsel for al-Senussi at the ICC and for Julian Assange in his extradition case, as well as advisor to Ben Emmerson, UN special rapporteur on counter-terrorism and human rights, in his inquiry into the use of drones. I could go on, but that list is enough to explain why I’m so excited — and so honoured — to be joining Doughty Street as an Academic Member. It’s a remarkable opportunity, one for which I’m deeply grateful. I don’t yet know what cases...26 Mar ASIL Founds a New Interest Group on International Law and Technology
...trade treaties must grapples with questions of data flows, privacy, and digital products and services. The emergence of cyberspace challenges traditional conceptions of both civil and criminal jurisdiction. The laws of war must grapple with the development of warfare through drones and the difficulty of identifying state action in the online realm. International environmental law faces advances in nanotechnology, deep seabed mining, space technologies, and even the possibility of geo-engineering. Technology also plays an important role in human rights and humanitarian law, ranging from the use of mobile phones for...22 Sep Re-Engaging on an ISIL AUMF
...and sending other people’s kids to war. (And with some 5000 personnel now in theater, there can be little doubt we’re talking about actual American lives here, even in the age of drones.) It is likewise far easier for a member of Congress to bluster than to commit to specific language (and perforce, specific limits) on what exactly she thinks we should be doing about ISIL. There is nothing that quite focuses the mind like text on a piece of paper, and a pen to sign one’s own name to...
25 Apr The Violations of Sovereignty and the Right to Self-Determination in Rojava and Ukraine
...US and Turkey rely on the same international law framework whilst one supported the Kurds militarily in their fight against ISIS and the other tried to eliminate the material basis of the Kurds’ right to self-determination? Contrasting Responses from the International Community The sovereignty of Syria and Iraq is frequently violated by Turkey’s drones and aircraft leading to the killing and displacement of Kurdish civilians and refugees of a UN registered camp in the Kurdistan Region. Recently on 17 April 2022, Turkey launched further aerial and ground intervention against the Kurdistan Workers Party...02 May Weekly News Wrap: Monday, May 2, 2016
...a serious crisis with neighboring Russia, a report commissioned by the Finnish government said on Friday. French and U.S. jets destroyed an Islamic State site in Iraq used by the hardline Sunni Muslim insurgents to build large quantities of bombs and vehicles for suicide attacks, the French Defense Ministry said on Sunday. A German government official denied on Sunday a magazine report which said Berlin might end its unconditional support for Israel due to Chancellor Angela Merkel’s increasing frustration with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s policies. Americas U.S.-led coalition drones struck...