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20 Oct Ending Book Famine and Vaccine Inequality: What a South African Court’s Decision on Copyright Law has to do with COVID-19 Vaccine Access
...distribute and acquire vaccines on their own, freed from the effective control of big IP rights holding pharmaceutical companies. This is important, because as the research by the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) in Southern Africa, Nepal, Palestine/Israel, Thailand and Colombia has shown, COVID-19 vaccine access remains highly unequal. Much of the world remains unvaccinated while a small number of countries are now in a position to give “booster shots” despite the WHO’s condemnation. Important as universal vaccine access is it is crucial to understand the broader impacts of a...
27 Oct Fifth Annual Symposium on Pop Culture and International Law: ‘War Never Changes’ – Fallout, Restraint and the Enduring Nature of Warfare
...Taiwan. There is increasing pushback against the hype of AI, where the explosion of the value of AI and military tech companies is fuelling a business model that will need a ‘major war’ to make a profit. Investment signs point to the AI hype bubble soon bursting that will perhaps deflate continued efforts to seek a return from military investment in AI. Leaving aside companies selling us the end of the world, tech companies are intimately involved in armed conflict. Whether from using Palestine as a ‘laboratory’ for Israel to...18 May Qatar v UAE: Uncharted Territory at the ICJ
...Qatar refutes the interpretation of Article 22 of CERD, i.e. that there is a linear progression in terms of dispute resolution. Qatar also asserts that the argument of contradictory outcomes is speculative, and the UAE misunderstands the role of the CERD committee or a conciliation commission, in that no decision will be legally binding. (See 8 May hearings verbatim record, p. 17 – 36) A few points to highlight: The complaint by Qatar before the CERD Committee was the first inter-state communication filed by a state at CERD. Palestine has...20 Sep Weekday News Wrap: Thursday, September 20, 2012
...fiscal crisis if foreign aid is not restored and if Israel does not ease its restrictions in the occupied West Bank. In other Palestine-related news, William Schabas points to the letter by several prominent international (criminal) law scholars addressed to the Assembly of States Parties (ASP) of the International Criminal Court urging the ASP to consider the Palestinian statehood question at its upcoming meeting in November. The African Union-led force has assumed command over troops hunting Joseph Kony and other rebel leaders of the Lord’s Resistance Army in Uganda, but...
07 Apr The Growing Imperative to Recognize and Codify Gender Apartheid: Demonstrating the Need and Responding to Critics (Part II)
...efforts, including efforts to criminalize gender apartheid under national jurisdictions and collaborating normative development, including through soft law approaches. Legal proceedings also offer an opportunity to both build recognition of the crime as well as deliver justice for gender-based violations and crimes, including at the ICC and ICJ. The International Criminal Court’s (‘ICC’) announcement on the application for arrest warrants for senior members of the Taliban for gender-based persecution and any subsequent proceedings could help to draw significant attention to the ongoing institutionalized system of gender apartheid under the Taliban-controlled...
21 Nov Regarding (Pictures of) the Pain of Others: Photographic Images of Conflict-Related Deaths under International Law
...interests, and I will briefly discuss how breaches of digital dignity in conflict-related deaths could be framed as war crimes under the Rome Statute. Finally, a short disclaimer is necessary before delving deeper into the analysis. The reasoning presented in this blogpost may seem in contrast with discussions around the censorship of certain images and content (see the “all eyes on Rafah” trend, or HRW’s report on Meta’s censorship of pro-Palestine content). While acknowledging the importance of the debate against censorship, it is essential to note that media outlets play...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....13 Nov Small Sovereign Archipelago Seeks New, Elevated Homeland
...residents of Malé, the world’s most densely populated town where more than 100,000 people cram into 2 square kilometers (see the photo above). Nasheed’s solution? Find new land to relocate the population: “We can do nothing to stop climate change on our own and so we have to buy land elsewhere. It’s an insurance policy for the worst possible outcome. After all, the Israelis [began by buying] land in Palestine,” said Nasheed . . . The president, a human rights activist who swept to power in elections last month after...