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24 May Events and Announcements: May 24, 2015
...Bar” and suggest improvements. This event will be chaired by Karim Khan QC with keynote speaker, Judge Jean-Pierre Cot (ITLOS). Discussants include Dr Arman Sarvarian (University of Surrey) and José María Alonso (Baker & McKenzie – Madrid). Download the Event Flyer here. Calls for Papers Call for Papers – International Organisations and the Rule of Law: Perils and Promise, Victoria University of Wellington Faculty of Law, New Zealand, 7-8 December 2015. This workshop will take a fresh look at the resources that international law possesses to ensure that international organisations...04 Mar Yet Another Defense Attorney Attacked by the Bush Administration
...for the Bush Administration, as its similar treatment of Jose Padilla indicates.) Major Mori has criticized the new charge, arguing that the crime of materially supporting terrorism is being applied ex post facto because it is not part of the law of war and was only added to the military commissions’ jurisdiction in 2006: “David has been charged with only one offence – material support of terrorism. “The material support charge has never existed in the laws of war. “It was created in October 2006. “The U.S. is applying this...31 Mar Text of Conversation with Secretary Rice
Here is the full text of the conversation between Secretary Rice, Justice O’Connor, Jose Alvarez, and Judge Higgins at the annual meeting of the ASIL....27 Jul Weekend Roundup: July 20-26, 2013
This week on Opinio Juris, we teamed up with the American Journal of International Law to bring you a discussion on the two lead articles in their latest issue. Jose Alvarez, the co-editor in chief of the AJIL, explained their decision to run this online symposium, and discussed what ties both articles together, despite their differences. First up was Leila Sadat’s article, Crimes Against Humanity in the Modern Age, summarized here. In his comment, Darryl Robinson traced the history of academic discourse on the policy element and highlighted the most...06 Aug Medellin Executed
The State of Texas carried out its execution of Jose Ernesto Medellin late Tuesday night. It did so following the Supreme Court’s denial of a stay, 5-4. The split is unsurprising, with the majority focused (accurately I suspect) on the fact that a legislative fix was unlikely, and reading DOJ’s silence on the stay request as consistent with a larger pattern of Executive hostility to the ICJ ruling itself. In terms of dissents, Justice Stevens moved from concurring in the original Medellin decision to dissenting on this one, having wanted...
07 Oct Rethinking International Law After Gaza: A Symposium and a Call to Action
...of Abi-Saab and Bassiouni, or Anghie and Gathii. In an interview with Omar Kamel and me, Abi-Saab explained that, despite international law’s palpable shortcomings, he was committed to reforming it from within. The same is true of Anghie, Gathii, and many TWAIL scholars who speak of the importance of populating international legal spaces with heterodox scholarship that counters the progressive narrative of standard textbooks. José-Manuel Barreto’s contribution is of that variety. As he argues, colonial genocides and land appropriation are common in European history, and provide the inspiration behind Israeli...29 Mar Opening Event at the ASIL
Any of us who have lived long enough know those rare moments when you are part of an event that is unusually special. I had that strong sense today as I watched the opening ceremony of the ASIL annual meeting. It featured Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice, ICJ Judge Rosalyn Higgins, retired Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, Gwen Iffil and ASIL President Jose Alvarez. All five shared the stage to discuss current events in the world today. The substance of the conversation was rather predictable, the tone was friendly,...15 Sep Fifth Annual Junior Faculty Forum for International Law
...Forum’s founding convenors—Dino Kritsiotis, Professor of Public International Law in the University of Nottingham; Anne Orford, Michael D. Kirby Professor of International Law in the University of Melbourne and J.H.H. Weiler, President of the European University Institute and University Professor at NYU School of Law—who shall be joined by guest convenors Benedict Kingsbury, Murray and Ida Becker Professor of Law at NYU School of Law, and José E. Alvarez, Herbert and Rose Rubin Professor of International Law at NYU School of Law, both of whom currently serve as the Editors-in-Chief...15 Apr Events and Announcements: April 15, 2019
...the following lecture to the Lecture Series of the United Nations Audiovisual Library of International Law (AVL) website: Mr. Juan José Ruda Santolaria on “Reflections on international organizations, fora or groups at the international level: the implications of international juridical personality” (in Spanish). The Audiovisual Library is also available as a podcast, which can be accessed through the preinstalled applications in Apple or Google devices, through Soundcloud or through the podcast application of your preference by searching “Audiovisual Library of International Law”. Today, 15 April 2019 is the tax filing...23 Jul Will Texas Stop Medellin’s Execution? Nope.
As Texas stays on track to execute Jose Medellin on August 5, it is worth shifting our attention back to Texas. I’ve always thought the ideal solution to the ICJ-Vienna Convention conundrum is for each individual state to independently comply with the ICJ’s judgment. Although I think the ICJ’s interpretation of the Vienna Convention is not entirely persuasive, I think that it deserves some respect. I don’t think it deserves so much respect such that it should alter domestic lawmaking norms, though, which is why I am with Justice Stevens’...