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28 Jan Centering Survivors: The Imperative for Inclusive Justice in Crimes Against Humanity Treaty Negotiations
...our work were not there for a variety of reasons, including resources, sanctions, travel restrictions, and the limitations on non-ECOSOC-accredited civil society. Our perspectives matter because the world’s understanding of crimes against humanity is not confined to narrow legal frameworks or isolated examples over time. Rather, it has evolved through the lived experiences of victims, survivors, and affected communities. Our lives and experiences populate the understanding of these crimes that shock the conscience of humanity. However, we remain on the margins of such processes. One of us, Metra, is from...20 Nov Binding on All States All of the Time
...international organizations, participation in 200 cases at the ICJ and PCIJ, in thousands of cases in human rights courts, in mediation, negotiation, and arbitration over ever possible right or claim relevant to states—and all in terms of international law. And these officials know there are sanctions for violating international law. If you were to ask the proverbial man on the street whether he has human rights or his country has inviolable national borders—most would say yes and know these are legal rights from beyond the state itself. One of the...06 Oct Upcoming Event on UN Accountability
...redress and compensation for victims of international wrongs. The keynote address will be given by Professor Philip Alston on The Strengths and Weaknesses of External Accountability. The program will end with a book launch of the Research Handbook on UN Sanctions and International Law, edited by Professor Larissa van den Herik. We would welcome participants interested in the subject. After the event, a group will go to the opening panel of ILW at the NYC Bar Association. For the complete program, and to RSVP please see the webpage here. ...16 Apr Weekday News Wrap: Monday, April 16, 2012
...by Mothers of Srebrenica. The US and the Philippines have started their annual military exercises, involving 7000 troops, close to the disputes South China Sea waters. Australia has decided to lift financial sanctions and travel bans against more than 200 officials in Myanmar. Hearings in the tobacco giants’ High Court case challenging the legality of Australia’s plain packaging legislation will start tomorrow. In a move welcomed by the US and the IMF, China widened the trading band of the Yuan. On the first day of trading in this broader band,...08 May Important New Book on the Limits of International Criminal Law
...truth commissions, legislative reparations, and (what will no doubt be the most controversial aspect of the book) collective civil sanctions. Mark knows that I do not agree with everything in the book. That said, Atrocity, Punishment, and International Law is a must-read for all international law scholars and practitioners. International criminal tribunals have reproduced almost virally over the past two decades, from the ICTY to the ICC to the various hybrid courts. It is thus critical to question, as Mark does, whether those institutions are capable of fulfilling their central...01 Mar YJIL Online Symposium: First Response to Michael Glennon
...with the UN Charter framework, I am led to the conclusion that aggression cannot be defined as a crime under international law at this time. But this should not be too troubling. The Security Council continues to have the authority under Article 39 to find that a state has committed an act of aggression. And the Council continues to have the authority to impose sanctions on the offending state. And it should not be forgotten that individuals can be held personally accountable for war crimes, crimes against humanity, and genocide....06 May Michael Kearney on the Palestinian Declaration
...under customary international law, and many are widely recognised as being subject to universal jurisdiction. There is an obligation upon all states to enact effective penal sanctions in domestic law and an obligation to search for and to try or extradite persons suspected of grave breaches on the basis of universal jurisdiction, regardless of the nationality of the perpetrator.’ (Al-Haq, para 33) The grave breaches of the Geneva Conventions documented in the Goldstone Report are alleged to constitute war crimes and possibly crimes against humanity. The UN General Assembly resolution...
02 Sep We Need to Talk About Genocide
...reaches 40. This means that many Israelis, if not themselves suspected of criminal acts, are potential sources of information regarding events in Gaza and the West Bank – whether a bomb dropped on a café, or tank and rifle fire directed at Palestinians seeking food or medical assistance. Israelis, understandably, want and like to travel – whether to Australia, Canada, the United Kingdom, Africa, Europe or Latin America. If governments were serious about sanctions and about their international duty to prevent and to punish genocide and to bring an end...23 Nov Melbourne Journal of International Law, Vol. 11-1: Opinio Juris Online Symposium
...symposium. Our first contributor is Ramesh Thakur, Distinguished Fellow at the Centre for International Governance Innovation, and Professor of Political Science at the University of Waterloo, Canada. Professor Thakur’s article, ‘ Law, Legitimacy and United Nations’, identifies a gap between law and legitimacy in the practice of the United Nations and posits that this is a serious challenge to the authority of the organisation. Thakur detects this ‘ legitimacy deficit ’ with respect to a number of areas. He points to the difficulties with international sanctions regimes, the concerns regarding...
23 Oct Compliance Symposium: The Role of the United Nations Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict
...of parties to conflict committing grave violations against children; The establishment of a monitoring and reporting mechanism on the so called six grave violations against children (Recruitment and use of children, rape and other forms of sexual violence, killing and maiming, abductions, attacks on schools and hospitals, denial of humanitarian assistance); The creation of the Security Council Working Group on Children and Armed Conflict; The endorsement of action plans, UN contracts with parties to conflict to halt and prevent violations and The adoption or mere threat of sanctions against parties...