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16 Jun Weekend Roundup: June 9 – 15, 2012

This week on Opinio Juris, we launched our first Readers’ Survey. Your input is valued so we hope you will find a spare ten minutes to complete yours if you have not yet done so. If you want, you can enter your e-mail address in the draw to win a $100 Amazon gift voucher. In our regular posts this week, Kevin Jon Heller asked about publishing etiquette when reviewing a journal essay that has already been published as a substantial blog post. Many readers offered their views in...

24 Sep Weekday News Wrap: Monday, September 24, 2012

Leaders of Sudan and South Sudan met late Sunday to discuss borders and oil exports peace negotiations between the two countries have not yet finalized, with a breakthrough in security negotiations not yet reached. Syria’s internal opposition met in Damascus amid airstrikes calling for a cessation of hostilities. A day after China called off celebrations on the 40th anniversary of Japanese-Chinese relations, it has sent three ships to patrol the waters around the Senkaku/Diaoyu Islands in the East China Sea. Despite protests, experts say that military conflict...

05 Jun Weekday News Wrap: Tuesday, June 5, 2012

More today about targeted killing, to complement our book symposia: The US’ targeting of senior al-Qaeda leaders is straining relations with Pakistan, and Pakistan has condemned the most recent US drone strikes. Foreign Policy offers a look at the top Pakistani diplomat charged with renewing a good rapport with the US. The G7 will hold emergency talks about the Eurozone today. Talks between Sudan and South Sudan have begun, but not before the fighting has caused 35,000 refugees to flee from Sudan to South Sudan. The UN...

15 Nov Weekday News Wrap: Thursday, November 15, 2012

Israel has hammered the Gaza Strip in a series of airstrikes, one of which has killed Hamas’ military commander Ahmad Jabari. The United Nations Population Fund has declared contraception and family planning to be a human right having a positive effect on economic development. Unlike France, the United States has stopped short of recognizing Syria’s opposition coalition. Nigerian lawmakers have passed a bill criminalizing same-sex marriage. The International Monetary Fund is prepared to offer funds to assist in recovery in Tunisia, a country reeling from last year’s...

20 Dec Weekday News Wrap: Thursday, December 20, 2012

Al Qaeda has staged a comeback in Syria, posing a dilemma for the opposition fighting to remove President Bashar al-Assad and making the West balk at military backing for the revolt. The United Nations Security Council members, except for the United States, have condemned Israel’s latest plans to construct thousands of settlement homes in the West Bank and East Jerusalem. The UN Security Council also strongly condemned the ongoing attacks and atrocities carried out by the Lord’s Resistance Army and urged that the UN regional strategy designed...

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...

27 Nov Weekday News Wrap: Tuesday, November 27, 2012

Australia will abstain in the upcoming UN vote on whether to grant non-member state status to Palestine. The body of Yasser Arafat will be exhumed in Ramallah today, to determine whether his death was the result of polonium poisoning. Ehud Barak, Israel’s Minister of Defence, has announced his retirement from politics. A map of China on new Chinese passports is controversial with its neighbours as it incorporates disputed areas in the South China Sea. Several neighbours are refusing to stamp the passports or are stamping them with...

25 Jun Weekday News Wrap: June 25, 2012

Mohamed Morsi, the candidate of the Muslim Brotherhood, is declared the winner in the Egyptian Presidential Election. Turkey has invoked article 4 of the NATO Charter to arrange consultations on its response after Syria shot down a Turkish fighter plane. Turkish warplanes have been busy this weekend, carrying out nine air strikes on PKK targets in Northern Iraq. Additionally, 33 members of the Syrian army are said to have defected to Turkey. The Paraguayan President was impeached on Friday. In response to this “parliamentary coup“, various neighbouring...

12 Nov Weekday News Wrap: Monday, November 12, 2012

The EU has welcomed progress made late last week by the International Civil Aviation Organization on a the regulation of global aviation greenhouse gas emissions. Syrian opposition groups have agreed to unite and have chosen Moaz al-Khatib as their leader. Spillovers of the conflict have meanwhile affected Israeli presence in the Golan Heights. At an emergency ECOWAS summit, West African leaders have agreed to send a military force to Mali to combat Islamist militants. Russia will join an international investigation to determine the cause of death of...

31 Aug Weekday News Wrap: Friday, August 31, 2012

France and the United Kingdom reported at the Security Council that all options are on the table regarding Syria. Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced yesterday that he will speak on Iran at the UN General Assembly in a speech next month. An IAEA report has indicated that Iran has increased its stockpiles of enriched uranium and has doubled its centrifuges. Approximately 80% of the internally displaced persons from a camp in North Darfur have returned to the camp after recent violence in the area. Foreign Policy...

24 Jul Weekday News Wrap: Tuesday, July 24, 2012

Syria has rejected the bid from the Arab League offering an exit for President Al-Assad. Syria has warned of a chemical attack on invaders, according to Al Jazeera. Reuters reports that the West has warned Syria about their use. Foreign Policy analyzes the origin of the confusion surrounding whether and how Syria has threatened to use these weapons. Foreign Policy also offers a context piece entitled The Fog of Civil War, giving more insight into the complicated ongoing conflict. World markets have plummeted amid Eurozone fears, though...

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...