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29 Nov Weekend Roundup: November 23-29, 2014
...legislation. As for our regular bloggers, Julian urged us to get real about the possibilities of an anti-corruption court–he is convinced it would never work. Julian is also convinced that it’s pointless for the US to ratify the Convention on the Rights of the Child. Kevin announced an event on the ICC and Palestine being held at Doughty Street Chambers on Tuesday, December 2nd in London. As always, I wrapped up the news and also posted events and announcements. Many thanks to our guest contributors and have a nice weekend!...21 Sep The Devil and the Apocalypse
...the empire and Israel firing on the people of Palestine and Lebanon…. What we now have to do is define the future of the world. Dawn is breaking out all over. You can see it in Africa and Europe and Latin America and Oceanea. I want to emphasize that optimistic vision. We have to strengthen ourselves, our will to do battle, our awareness. We have to build a new and better world. Venezuela joins that struggle, and that’s why we are threatened…. You know that my personal doctor had to...
17 Jun The Domestic Definitions of the Crime of Genocide: A Dizzying Diversity
...literature only focused on a select number of jurisdictions and generally held that even though there are a few notable examples of changes in domestic criminal legislation, these can be seen as aberrations and the overwhelming majority of states implemented the international definition. However, after conducting a comprehensive review of the domestic criminal laws of 196 countries (all 193 UN Member States and the Holy See, Kosovo, and Palestine) and the Special Administrative Region of Macao, I have found that the differences are actually much more significant than hitherto assumed....
29 Nov Also Not the ICC Arrest Warrants we Were Waiting For: On the Six Warrants in the Libya Situation
[Juliette Rémond Tiedrez is a Legal Researcher at the International Commission of Jurists’ Middle East and North Africa programme.] The views expressed in this post are the author’s alone and do not represent any institutional position on the part of the International Commission of Jurists. On 4 October 2024, Pre-Trial Chamber I of the International Criminal Court (ICC) granted the Office of the Prosecutor’s (OTP) request to unseal six warrants of arrest. These were not the warrants most international criminal law scholars had been waiting for as they relate to...
02 Mar Deterring the Next Invasion: Applying the Accumulation of Events Theory to Cyberspace
...of Events Theory, or Nadelstichtaktik (needle prick). During the 1970s, Israel invoked Nadelstichtaktik to justify its bombardment of Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) strongholds in Lebanon as being in response to a series of small-scale attacks by the PLO. Under Israel’s theory, though each individual act of terrorism by the PLO may not have risen to the level of armed attack triggering an Article 51 right to self-defense, the sum of the combined consequences of the campaign of terrorist attacks crossed that threshold. The primary thrust of this theory is that...20 Aug Weekday News Wrap: Monday, August 20, 2012
...the holy month of Ramadan. IPS reports about the plans of Palestine to ask for non-member observer status at the United Nations September 27th. The Hill reports that Syrian rebel forces are entertaining the idea of joining forces with al-Qaeda. UNICEF is concerned with the increasing number of children being recruited as soldiers in Northern Mali. The New York Times reports that Iraq has been aiding Iran for months in getting around sanctions posed by the United States. Anti-Japanese protests took place in more than 20 Chinese cities on Sunday...19 May Events and Announcements: 19 May 2024
...be hosting two leading UN experts to address the urgent and evolving child rights crisis in the Occupied Palestinian Territories and Israel: Ann Skelton (Chairperson, UN Committee on the Rights of the Child) and Farida Shaheed (UN Special Rapporteur on the right to education). Both the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child and the UN Special Rapporteur on the right to education have engaged extensively with the child rights issues raised by the Israel-Palestine conflict. This seminar is a unique opportunity to get their perspectives on the challenges...