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13 Apr Weekday News Wrap: Friday, April 13, 2012

China will begin delivering oil ships to Iran in May, two months ahead of a European ban on tankers carrying Iranian crude. Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi said in an op-ed that Iran hopes for dialogue and trust from all sides going forward in nuclear talks and that it will be a process, not an event. The Guardian has an article on the legality of a military strike on Iran, featuring Alan Dershowitz, Anthony D’Amato, Bruce Ackerman and Opinio Juris‘ own Kevin Heller. The UN Security...

16 Oct Weekday News Wrap: Tuesday, October 16, 2012

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton assumed responsibility for last month’s deadly attack on the U.S. diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya. Commentary on this move from PrawfsBlawg can be found here and Foreign Policy analysis, here. The International Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia begins trying its last suspect, Goran Hadzic, today. Also on the ICTY docket today, Radovan Karadzic has begun his defense by denying the charges and instead saying he should be rewarded for reducing suffering. According to the OIC’s Secretary General, Western opposition has made...

27 Dec Weekday News Wrap: Thursday, December 27, 2012

The Commander of Syria’s Military Policy has announced his defection from the regime over YouTube. Meanwhile, Special Envoy Brahimi will travel to Russia on Saturday for talks on the situation in Syria, after Syrian representatives had discussions at the Russian Foreign Ministry earlier today. Russia’s Upper House has unanimously approved the ban on adoptions to the US, in retaliation for the US Magnitsky Act. Russia’s president Vladimir Putin is set to sign the bill into law. Reuters details how this move will make children the victims. With...

15 May Weekday News Wrap: Tuesday, May 15, 2012

Based on a study released yesterday from the World Wildlife Foundation (WWF), overconsumption is threatening the earth’s resources and the health of the planet. The full report is here and more from WWF about the report is here. The Prosecutor of the ICC has sought new warrants in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) as well as filed new charges against Bosco Ntaganda, already wanted by the Court (ICC statement). In other news of the DRC, the UN reports that villagers in the Bunyiakiri district of...

23 Jul Weekday News Wrap: Monday, July 23, 2012

The Syrian army has launched fierce attacks against rebel forces, who had made a stronghold in Damascus. Fighting has also spread to Aleppo. The UN has extended its monitoring mission in Syria another 30 days. The Arab League has called for Syrian President Assad to resign and has offered Assad and his family a safe exit from Syria. Turkey has sent a battery of ground-to-air missiles to its border with Syria. China will formerly garrison the disputed South China Sea, a move that will likely increase tensions...

26 Apr Weekday News Wrap: Thursday, April 26, 2012

The Special Court for Sierra Leone gave its verdict today in the Charles Taylor case. The Court found Taylor criminally responsible for aiding and abetting on all 11 counts in the indictment. The Court found that the prosecution failed to prove individual criminal responsibility (no effective control over the RUF) and joint criminal enterprise. Sentencing is scheduled for May 30th. Our Kevin Jon Heller has preliminary thoughts here and the blog IntLawGrrls will be running a series of posts about the decision; you can find more information...

14 Apr Weekend Roundup: April 7-13, 2012

This week on Opinio Juris, Chris Borgen drew our attention to a NY Times op-ed explaining the surprising reason why in the grand bargain dividing the top posts at the World Bank and the IMF between the US and Europe, the US ended up with the World Bank rather than the IMF. Kevin Heller posted the abstract of his response in a mini-symposium of the Texas International Law Journal on Karl Chang’s article arguing that the law of neutrality provides the legal framework for the US conflict with...

03 Oct Weekday News Wrap: Wednesday, October 3, 2012

Georgia’s President Mikhal Saakashvili has conceded defeated in Monday’s parliamentary elections. Benjamin Netanyahu appears to have softened his stance on military action against Iran, allowing more space for sanctions to take effect until at least mid-2013. The territorial dispute over the Senkaku/Diaoyu islands is blamed for the decision of major Chinese banks to pull out of the IMF and World Bank Annual Meetings that are scheduled to take place in Tokyo next week. Ralls Corp, a company owned by two Chinese nationals, has sued President Obama after...

19 Nov Weekday News Wrap: Monday, November 19, 2012

Ban Ki-moon has called for a ceasefire in Gaza. Another Israeli air strike early on Monday morning has increased the death toll to 85 Palestinians and three Israelis. IntLawGrrls reports that James Stewart has been elected as the new ICC Deputy Prosecutor On Friday, the ICTY Appeals Chamber issued its judgment in Gotovina and Markac. Over at EJIL:Talk!, Marko Milanovic issues a scathing critique. The US is looking to shift climate change action away from the UNFCCC towards the Major Economies Forum which brings together states responsible...

29 Aug Weekday News Wrap: Wednesday, August 29, 2012

French authorities have opened up a murder inquiry into the death of Yasser Arafat in 2004 at a Paris hospital, following allegations earlier this year that he may have died of polonium poisoning. India’s Supreme Court has upheld the death penalty for Ajmal Kasab, the Pakistani national convicted for the 2008 Mumbai terrorist attacks. A Pakistani newspaper has reported that Al Qaeda recruited two Somali students of Dutch nationality while in Karachi, to carry out terrorist attacks in The Hague. Local New Zealand media are reporting that...

26 Sep Weekday News Wrap: Wednesday, September 26, 2012

Two explosions have occurred near Syrian military headquarters in Damascus. Hours before these two explosions, a Qatari emir said that Arabs must intervene in Syria in the absence of Security Council action. Foreign Policy offers an insight into a report about the torture tactics used by the government of Syria and their effects on children–sometimes with the children being the victims of the torture themselves. On the sidelines of the UN General Assembly meeting in New York, the Chinese and Japanese Foreign Ministers have held a meeting...