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25 Jan Wrap Up Discussion II
...by the negotiating history. . Indeed, the draft text of Article 2 under consideration by the Commission on Human Rights in 1950 would have required that states ensure ICCPR rights to everyone “within its jurisdiction.” The United States, however, proposed the addition of the requirement that the individual also be “within its territory.” Eleanor Roosevelt, the U.S. representative and then-Chairman of the Commission emphasized that the United States was “particularly anxious” that it not assume any extra-territorial obligations. She explained that “[t]he purpose of the proposed addition [is] to make...17 May Book Discussion “Outsourcing War and Peace”: A View from Practice
...have seen deeper discussion of the more fundamental issues at play here. Although contractors may appear to be “integrated into combat activities” as Judge Silberman claims in his majority opinion, how truly integrated can contractor personnel be when they are not subject to military command authority with the penal sanctions faced by military members for disobeying, can quit whenever they really don’t like something they’ve been told to do or not do, and ultimately do not enjoy combatant immunity for their otherwise criminal acts? Laura’s discussion would have benefited from...
15 Mar Polish-Lithuanian-Belarusian Border Crisis and Ius ad Bellum Part II
...the above-mentioned principles of international law: Unauthorized intrusion of airspace by aircraft; Unauthorized crossing of borders by the military forces; Extraterritorial enforcement of jurisdiction (for example, the Eichmann case); Unauthorized covert intelligence operations (for example, the “Rainbow Warrior” incident) Any unauthorized intervention in state internal affairs; The principle of territorial integrity also contains a specific rule regarding the border itself: the inviolability of frontiers. The rule has been elaborated in multiple documents, especially in those relating to the European and post-Soviet context such as: the Helsinki Final Act of 1975...19 May Weekly News Wrap: Monday, May 19, 2014
...is considering trade sanctions against the Netherlands because of stickers printed by far-right politician Geert Wilders which display anti-Islam slogans in the colors of the Saudi flag. Russia came under heavy criticism at the WTO from several of its trading partners, who raised sharp questions over whether Moscow – one of the global trade body’s newest members – is indeed adhering to the international trade commitments that it took on less than two years ago. The West should impose tougher sanctions on Russia, which is waging a “hidden war” in...