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26 Nov Weekday News Wrap: Monday, November 26, 2012
The 18th session of the Conference of the Parties of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change kicks off today in Doha, Qatar, for a last ditch effort to negotiate new emission reductions before the current ones expire at the end of the year. The Guardian has an article about what to expect. The BBC has an article about Mahmoud Abbas’ (non-)role in the recent Gaza conflict and the impact thereof on the upcoming UN vote on observer status for Palestine. Abbas has called on Britain to support the Palestinian...
16 Dec Gaza, Genocide, and the UN General Assembly (Part 2)
...would ‘illogically…prohibit all parties owed an obligation from reacting to the most serious and systematic violations of peremptory norms that international law has recognised as being most grave’. In the case of atrocity crimes, including genocide, it is argued that collective sanctions is a proportionate measure. Conclusion The UNGA is to be commended for taking the leading role in coordinating member state action since 7th October 2023. But the UNGA could do more to protect lives on the ground by recognising the continuation of genocide in Palestine and acting accordingly....28 Sep Weekday News Wrap: Friday, September 28, 2012
According to a Kenyan military spokesman, Kenyan forces have captured the Somali port city of Kismayo, a bastion for Al-Shabbab fighters. At the UN General Assembly, China’s foreign minister accused Japan of stealing the disputed Senkaku/Diaoyu islands. Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas has said he will seek a vote on an upgraded status for Palestine to non-member state, like The Vatican, from the UN General Assembly. At the UN, Tunisia’s President has called for the creation of an International Constitutional Court with the power to declare domestic laws unconstitutional when they...10 Dec Weekday News Wrap: Monday, December 10, 2012
...Peace Prize in Oslo, but not without criticism. Israel’s ambassador to the US has told in an interview to Fox News that Israel will respond if Syrian chemical weapons fall in the hands of Israel’s enemies, such as Hezbollah. Critics of US Ambassador to the UN, Susan Rice, argue that she is protecting Rwanda by not criticizing its role in the eastern DRC. ASIL has published an Insight into the legal implications of the UN General Assembly vote on Palestine. Beijing tightens rules against anti-China protests as Tibetan self-immolations rise....
14 Jun Options for a Peace Settlement in Ukraine: Option Paper VII – Multilevel Peace Agreement Design: Dealing with Geopolitical Support
...1031 1995; Indonesia-East Timor, UNSCR 1236 1999); (c) create a primary geopolitical commitment to the settlement terms (e.g. Israel/Palestine, UNSCR 242 1967); (d) address and establish a global consensus regarding how implementation challenges to the agreement should be dealt with by the parties to the conflict when difficulties arise between conflict parties (e.g. Cote D’Ivoire, UNSC Resolution 1721 2006). In Ukraine, given that Russia is a permanent member of the UN Security Council and therefore has a veto, it is not possible for the Security Council to play an external...
26 Jun Old Doubts, New Doubts: Evaluating Digital Open Source Imagery in the Courtroom
...(ICC) will issue its long-awaited judgement in the case of Al Hassan. This judgement ought to give some much-needed insight into how the Court will evaluate some of the newer forms of evidence and expertise that were presented at trial, including digital reconstructions, forensic image analysis, and evidence on the geolocation of digital open-source information. These newer forms of evidence can be expected to be increasingly seen in international criminal trials going forward; recently, Prosecutor Karim Khan noted his office’s use of “authenticated audio, photo and video material” within his...27 Nov Radical Islam and the Egyptian Elections
...Despite the fact that there arguably has never been a truly free Arab democracy in 1,500 years, we may be on the cusp of a nascent move toward democracy in the region. There are encouraging signs of democracy’s progress in Iraq, Afghanistan, Lebanon, Palestine, and Egypt. One wonders if we are witnessing an inchoate Arab democracy movement that will revolutionize politics in the Middle East. The rosiest vision is that democracy will flower there much as it did with the Polish Solidarity movement in the early 1980s, which in a...
09 Feb When the Host Turns Hostile: Moving UN Headquarters to Save Multilateralism?
...prospect remains, for now, remote. By contrast, temporary relocation of key functions fits comfortably within existing practice. The General Assembly already has discretion over where to convene particular sessions and summits, as demonstrated in 1988 when it decided (Res 43/49) to hold plenary meetings on the question of Palestine at the United Nations Office at Geneva after the host State refused a visa to Yasser Arafat. Special or emergency sessions have likewise been convened in Geneva, as was done for the ‘Geneva 2000’ special session. More recently, in August 2025, several...19 May The Right to Health in the Occupied Palestinian Territory during the COVID-19 Pandemic
...Authority and Hamas, as the de facto authority in the Gaza Strip, are to cooperate with Israel to tackle the COVID-19 pandemic. The State of Palestine fully retains its obligations under the ICESCR, including with regard to the right to health, in areas where it exercises authority. As highlighted by the ESCR Committee, States should prioritize “minimum core obligations imposed by the Covenant” and “adopt appropriate regulatory measures to ensure that healthcare resources in both the public and the private sectors are mobilized and shared among the whole population to ensure a comprehensive, coordinated health-care response...26 Nov Rafah Crossing
Palestine moved one step closer to peace with the opening of the Rafah crossing to Egypt. With no international airport open, the Rafah checkpoint is the international gateway into Gaza. President Abbas was celebrating yesterday at the opening ceremony: “I think every Palestinian now has his passport ready in his pocket. Let them come to cross at this terminal whenever they want.” Or as one border crosser put it, “Today is a day of happiness for every Palestinian, the suffering is coming to an end…” The most prophetic words came...