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22 Mar Weekday News Wrap: Thursday, March 22, 2012

In a military coup, soldiers have claimed to have overthrown the president of Mali, Amadou Toumani Toure. Libya resists ICC’s custody claims in cases against Seif al-Islam el-Qaddafi and Abdullah Senussi. Al-Qaeda has taken responsibility for dozens of bombings across Iraq, which have killed at least 52, leading up to the Arab League summit in Baghdad. China’s Justice Ministry has ordered all lawyers to pledge their allegiance to the Communist Party. All 15 of the UN Security Council members backed Kofi Annan’s peace plan for crackdown on...

23 Apr Weekday News Wrap: Monday, April 23, 2012

Our own Peter Spiro has penned an op-ed in the NY Times about the upcoming arguments at the Supreme Court about Arizona’s controversial immigration bill, SB-1070. Peter has posted on OJ about it here. Territorial disputes between China and Taiwan, Myanmar, Vietnam, Malaysia and Brunei may escalate based on Chinese development firms jockeying for position in the disputed islands. Despite tensions, China has lauded its friendship with North Korea. The US has criticized this friendship, and accused a Chinese firm of selling components of a missile transporter...

05 Nov Weekday News Wrap: Monday, November 5, 2012

European and Asian leaders are meeting in Laos for the biennial Asia-Europe meeting. Violence between rival militias in Libya underscores the security challenges facing the new government. A grenade attack on a church in Kenya on Sunday is believed to have been the work of a Somali group protesting against Kenya’s involvement in the UN-backed force in Somalia. A new cabinet has been formed in Somalia, includes the country’s first female foreign minister. A federal court in Australia has found S&P liable for misleading and deceptive ratings...

21 Jun Weekday News Wrap: June 21, 2012

The Telegraph asks whether the Rio Summit is destined to fail. If you want to keep up-to-date with the Rio+20 conference, the International Institute for Sustainable Development’s Earth Negotiations Bulletins are a useful starting point. In a statement before the Ways and Means Committee of the United States House of Representatives, Deputy Secretary of State William Burns argued in favour of lifting the Jackson Vanik amendment and extending permanent normal trade relations status to Russia. In Moscow, nuclear talks on Iran have failed to reach a breakthrough....

12 Jun Weekday News Wrap: Tuesday, June 12, 2012

The four staff members of the ICC will remain in a 45-day detention in Libya while investigations into the meetings the staff had with Saif al-Islam Gaddafi are carried out. Al Arabyia reports that Melinda Taylor will be freed if she gives Libyan officials information on the whereabouts of Mohammed Ismail, Gaddafi’s former right-hand man. Former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic has asked for his charges to be dismissed at the ICTY for lack of evidence. Human Rights Watch reports that Syria is committing grave abuses of...

01 Oct Weekday News Wrap: Monday, October 1, 2012

The US Supreme Court begins its new term today and will hear re-argumentation in Kiobel v. Royal Dutch Petroleum. SCOTUS Blog offers insight into what is at stake and for whom in this case. After 10 years’ imprisonment at Guantanamo Bay, Omar Khadr was repatriated to Canada, where he will serve the rest of his sentence. At the UN General Assembly, several leaders of the Muslim world questioned the Western notion of freedom of speech in light of the recent film sparking protests and violence across the...

07 Sep Weekday News Wrap: Friday, September 7, 2012

The International Economic Law and Policy Blog is reporting on a case filed against the WTO in a US District Court seeking a declaration that the “ruling of the Appellate Body of the WTO concerning the Country of Origin Labeling Act is null and void in the United States and throughout the world” on the basis that US law prevails over the WTO Agreements, as stipulated in Section 102(a)(1) of the Uruguay Round Agreements Act. Asian and Pacific leaders are meeting in Vladivostok, Russia, this weekend for...

08 Sep Weekend Roundup: August 25 – September 7, 2012

At the start of the US academic year, Peggy welcomed Stephen Walt’s recommendation, though not his reasons, that wannabe foreign policy wonks study international law, and Roger Alford posted about James Phillips and John Yoo’s analysis of international and comparative law all-stars at the top 16 US law schools. The Republican and Democratic conventions also caught our bloggers’ attention. Julian Ku posted about the strong language in the draft republican platform on protecting American sovereignty and opposing agreements such as UNCLOS, and Peter Spiro doubted whether the idea...

27 Mar Weekday News Wrap: Tuesday, March 27, 2012

Amnesty International reports that fewer nations are applying the death penalty, but that those who do are making more use of it. The increase is particularly noticeable in the Middle East. Amnesty International urges EU states to renew their commitment to examine their involvement in CIA secret flights Associated Press reports that the White House offered key concessions, such as advance notice and limits on the type of targets, to Pakistani intelligence officials to save the CIA’s drone programme The US and Australia are reportedly considering to...

04 Jul Weekday News Wrap: July 4, 2012

In an end to a 7 months standoff, Pakistan has reopened border crossings for US and NATO military supplies after US Secretary of State Clinton issued an apology of the November air strike that accidentally killed 24 Pakistani soldiers. Japan has protested against Russia’s Prime Minister Medvedev visit on Tuesday to the disputed Kuril Islands. A Chinese newspaper is accusing the Philippines of fomenting tension over the South China Sea ahead of an ASEAN meeting later this week. Iran has announced that it has successfully tested medium...

29 May Weekday News Wrap: Tuesday, May 29, 2012

The current ICC Prosecutor, Luis Moreno-Ocampo, has been nominated by FIFA to head an ethics investigation into the organization’s match-fixing and corruption issues. Charles Taylor will be sentenced tomorrow in The Hague. You can watch the sentencing live with links provided on the Court’s website. Also in The Hague tomorrow, the ICC will release the judgment on the Prosecution’s appeal in the Mbarushimana case. As our own Deborah Pearlstein pointed out, the New York Times has an article detailing President Obama’s counterterrorism and targeting strategy in the...

12 Dec Weekday News Wrap: Wednesday, December 12, 2012

Following the EU’s example yesterday, the US has recognized Syria’s opposition as the legitimate representative of the Syrian people and many more world powers are poised to do the same at the “Friends of the Syrian People” conference opens today in Morocco. Human Rights Watch has a report of the Syrian government using incendiary bombs on at least four occasions since mid-November in civilian areas. North Korea has successfully launched a rocket. The UN Secretary-General has condemned the test. The US has defended its low-key approach to...