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04 Jun

...Summit documents: Growth and responsibility in the world economy (38 pages, PDF) vargold German high court upholds police ban on G8 summit protest Anti-G8 demonstration violence in Rostock: questions and contradictions vargold The Dilemma of G8 Protest (June 6, 2007) Although the mobilization of activists at the 2007 Heiligendamm G8 summit gave "unprecedented" media exposure to the social justice movement, it had the unfortunate side effect of lending attention and legitimacy to the group of eight major industrial nations. Jens Martens of Global Policy Forum argues that, in making such...
04.06.07 | |

25 Jun

Jens David Ohlin Going back to our previous discussion regarding complementarity, if there is really such little control over the Zintan rebels by the NTC, then there's an interesting argument that the Libyan government is not able to prosecute Saif because they do not have custody of him. Kevin Jon Heller Jens, I completely agree. But what is ironic is that the OTP is unlikely to raise the argument with the PTC, because it supports -- or at least did under LMO -- Libya's admissibility challenge. It will be up...
25.06.12 | |

04 Oct

...and violate human rights law. Under the ECHR, it is hard to see how derogating from Article 2 would be strictly required by the exigencies of the situation, which you describe as stable prior to the government attack. Under the ICCPR, ACHR, and ACHPR the initial attack seems like an arbitrary deprivation of life. On a related note, I would recommend Eliav Lieblich, Internal Jus Ad Bellum https://ssrn.com/abstract=2663954 Very best, Adil Jens David Ohlin Adil, can you clarify this sentence?: "But when the LOAC fails to prohibit arbitrary deprivations of...
04.10.16 | |

07 Dec

Kate Cronin-Furman Oh, interesting point about Eichmann. Even if that argument worked, though, it would only apply to events (now) on the territory of South Sudan. So I remain puzzled about the investigation regarding Kordofan, Nuba Mountains, and Blue Nile. It seems like they would have to be anticipating a Security Council referral, right? Jens David Ohlin I think the Eichmann argument is particularly strong with regard to allegations of genocide. Although Eichmann is often read as a universal jurisdiction case, for me it is really a passive personality jurisdiction...
07.12.11 | |

17 Jul

...final project conference on ‘Jus Post Bellumand the Justice of Peace’ on 29-30 September 2016 in The Hague. Submissions should include an abstract of no more than 300 words and be accompanied by a CV. Submissions must be written in English and sent to j.m.iverson@law.leidenuniv.nl no later than 5 August 2016. Draft papers should be submitted by 15 September 2016. Announcements TDM 2 (2016) Latin America Special (Vol. 1): Prepared by guest editors Dr. Ignacio Torterola and Quinn Smith, this special addresses the various challenges and changes at work in...
17.07.16 | |

05 Jun

[John C. Dehn is a nonresident senior fellow in West Point’s Center for the Rule of Law. The views presented here are his personal views.] This post is part of the Targeted Killings Book Symposium. Other posts in this series can be found in the related posts below. Let me first congratulate Claire Finkelstein, Jens Ohlin, and Andy Altman for compiling wonderfully diverse thoughts on an intellectually rich topic. My only regret is that circumstances prevented me from contributing to it despite an invitation to do so. Colonel Maxwell’s chapter...
05.06.12 | |

24 Mar

...here. In his comments, Thomas Weigend agreed with James’ diagnosis of the contradictions in the law of complicity in international criminal law, but disagreed with the proposal to do away with the different modes of liability and shift the emphasis instead to the sentencing stage. James’ response can be found here. Finally, Jens Ohlin strongly disagreed with the unitary theory and defended the importance of the distinction between principals and accessories. James’ response can be found here. For those of you who want to continue the discussion, the Leiden Journal...
24.03.12 | |

23 Jul

I’m delighted to announce the publication of two new essays. The first is “The Use and Abuse of Analogy in IHL,” which is a chapter in Jens’s edited book for CUP, “Theoretical Boundaries of Armed Conflict and Human Rights.” I’m very proud of the essay — and all of the contributions to the book are excellent. The second publication is my article “Radical Complementarity,” which has just appeared in the Journal of International Criminal Justice. Here is the abstract: In March 2015, a domestic court in Côte d’Ivoire sentenced Simone...
23.07.16 | |

13 Dec

...wrote her article, ISIS did not yet exist — and the US and other states had not started attacking ISIS in Syria. It is not surprising, therefore, that Deeks is now relying on the international response to ISIS to argue, in the words of a new post at Lawfare, that “the ‘unwilling or unable’ test is starting to seem less controversial and better settled as doctrine.” There is no question that the US believes the “unwilling or unable” test is consistent with Art. 51. As Jens noted a few months...
13.12.14 | |

13 Dec

Looking back at the week that was, Opinio Juris bloggers covered a number of news-related issues. Several provided commentary on the release of the US Senate’s Torture Report. Prior to its release, Kevin expressed disbelief at a post by ACLU Director Anthony Romero urging blanket amnesty for those responsible for torture, and as soon as it became available, Jens announced the report’s availability and his first thoughts here, before discussing what we really fight about when we talk about torture here. Deborah examined the question of prosecution in response to...
13.12.14 | |

22 Sep

The United States continues to launch airstrikes against ISIS. Not only is it unclear if the airstrikes are working to dislodge ISIS from its territory, but recent press reports suggest that ISIS is not even the most important threat facing U.S. interests. The New York Times quotes Director of National Intelligence James Clapper as saying that the militant group Khorasan poses as much threat to the United States as ISIS: Some American officials and national security experts said the intense focus on the Islamic State had distorted the...
22.09.14 | |

20 Sep

...restricting academic freedom after it “un-invited” Sri Lankan NGOs from an international conference on the enforcement of human rights in the Asia-Pacific. Peter asked if ISIL fighters can be stripped of their passports, and remarked that the AUMF basis for an ISIL intervention looks likely to stick. More on ISIL came from Jens who discussed the issue of ransom and material support for terrorism. Finally, Kristen explained why the Security Council’s decision to take up the issue of Ebola is significant. As always, Jessica wrapped up the news and listed...
20.09.14 | |