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06 Mar Travellers’ Surveillance: Why the UN Should Stop Supporting the Surveillance of Travellers in the Name of Countering Terrorism
...of systematic human rights abuses”, including Sudan, subject to UN Security Council sanctions, as well as Azerbaijan, the DRC, Ethiopia, Guatemala, Kazakhstan, Mali, Nigeria, Sri Lanka, Tajikistan and Vietnam, as noted in the UN Special Rapporteur’s position paper. As such it looks the UN CT Travel programme is falling short of the requirements of the UN Human Rights Due Diligence Policy. Specifically, in the context of border security, the consequences of the travellers’ data surveillance supported by the UN CT Travel programme can be serious and wide-ranging, affecting the right...11 Feb Ahmadinejad on the Cartoon Controversy
For Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad it’s all about Israel. The cartoons were not an act of freedom, they were a desperate act of hostages. This week Ahmadinejad used the cartoon controversy to blame the United States and Europe for “being hostages of the Zionists.” He then criticized the double-standard of the freedom to insult the prophet while imposing criminal sanctions on those who deny the Holocaust. “I ask everybody in the world not to let a group of Zionists who failed in Palestine … to insult the prophet. Now in...23 Nov Talking or Taking? The US-Iranian Dispute over Diplomatic Property
...the awards pile up in the United States, Iran is signaling that its legal system can do the same thing. Now, I would not suggest there’s any moral equivalence in the sorts of suits for which sovereign immunity is being waived by U.S. courts and Alikhani’s complaint (he was detained for 105 days following his arrest in a sting operation involving the purchase of oil-field equipment in Florida for shipment to Libya allegedly in violation of U.S. sanctions). But, as a structural matter, once the United States decides to allow...12 Dec Supreme Court Takes Review of Arizona’s SB 1070 (But Why?)
...immigration-related agenda (though obviously the right side has a federalism-related one). On the other hand, the Court probably felt warmed up on the issue after the Whiting decision last term, in which it upheld a narrower AZ law relating to e-Verify and employer sanctions. The Court would probably have had to get to this at some point, so why not establish some certainty now. And a majority is probably not on board with the Ninth Circuit’s decision here, which enjoined all key parts of the law. This will be a...02 Apr The Use of Statutory Construction in Defining Torture
Here is a key excerpt from pages 36-39 of the March 2003 “Torture” Memorandum: Section 2340 defines the act of torture as an: act committed by a person acting under the color of law specifically intended to inflict severe physical or mental pain or suffering (other than pain or suffering incidental to lawful sanctions) upon another person within his custody or physical control…. The key statutory phrase in the definition of torture is the statement that acts amount to torture if they cause “severe physical or mental pain or suffering.”...09 Mar Events and Announcements: 9 March 2025
...Boğaziçi University Faculty of Law is holding a conference on “Justice and Reconstruction in Post-Conflict Societies”, scheduled for 5 and 6 July 2025 in Istanbul. The conference will critically explore the role of international law in shaping post-conflict transitions, with a focus on security, economic recovery, refugee returns, constitutional processes, sanctions, environmental justice, maritime disputes, and international courts. The deadline for abstract submissions is 27 April 2025. A limited number of funding opportunities are available. For further details on the call for papers, submission guidelines and important dates, please visit...11 Apr Weekday News Wrap: Wednesday, April 11, 2012
...Syria. Foreign Policy outlines the options for Syria, in case the plan does not succeed. According to its Foreign Minister, William Hague, the UK may seek a Security Council decision referring Assad to the ICC. In a Reuter’s exclusive, China’s ZTE trading firm had planned on selling $10.5 million (€8 millon) worth of embargoed computing equipment to Iran, shedding some light on how Iran is able to get American tech products despite sanctions. The Philippine Navy is in a standoff with Chinese ships. Colombia’s foreign minister reports that Venezuelan President...
07 Oct Rethinking International Law After Gaza Symposium: Palestine at the ICJ – International Law v The “Rules Based Order”
...fact and in effect if not intention, support the status quo of violence and oppression? Will the Global South, or “the rest” (of “the West and the rest”), stand up concretely for one of its own, or simply continue, literally, to carry on business as usual beneath a façade of performative rhetoric and ineffectual diplomatic gestures? And if the latter, is it fear of repercussions — for example, sanctions from the U.S — or simply naked self-interest that negates effective action? International law is legitimate insofar as it is fairly...18 May Witness Tampering and Obstruction of Justice in International Arbitration
...respect to the subject matter thereof,… as if the subject matter of the arbitration were pending before a superior court of this state in a civil action…. (b) The arbitrator or arbitrators themselves shall have power, in addition to the power of determining the merits of the arbitration, to enforce the rights, remedies, procedures, duties, liabilities, and obligations of discovery by the imposition of the same terms, conditions, consequences, liabilities, sanctions, and penalties as can be or may be imposed in like circumstances in a civil action by a superior...