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13 Jul

...2012. The appeals have not begun. A few other trials are ongoing or set to begin. Even by the low standards of international tribunals, this performance should raise an eyebrow. It occurred to me yesterday that another criminal-justice system recently celebrated its 10th anniversary: the United States military commissions at Guantanamo Bay, which President Bush created by executive order on November 13, 2001. The commission system is vastly less complicated than the ICC — it builds on a long tradition of American military tribunals, it is run solely by one...
13.07.12 | |

07 Mar

The NYU Journal of International Law and Politics is partnering once again with Opinio Juris for an online symposium. The symposium will correspond with the simultaneous release this week of our Vol. 44, No. 2 issue, featuring a ground-breaking piece by Professor James Hathaway, a world-renowned leader in refugee studies and director of Michigan’s refugee law program, and Jason Pobjoy, a Ph.D. candidate in Law at Gonville and Caius College, University of Cambridge and a visiting doctoral researcher at NYU. The article, Queer Cases Make Bad Law, serves...
07.03.12 | |

08 Dec

(Update: On a more serious note, Stuart Benjamin at Volokh discusses whether Gingrich saying he would appoint Bolton as Secretary of State violated any law, as has been argued around the blogosphere; Benjamin says no law violated.) One of my Business Associations students asked me what a “black swan event” is – I think she read it in a Wall Street Journal article. The following is a “cascading” black swan event: Newt Gingrich becomes the Republican candidate in 2012. Newt Gingrich wins presidency in 2012. Newt Gingrich somehow recalls impetuous...
08.12.11 | |

09 Oct

...very limited knowledge of the Rome Statute, the practices and procedures of the Court and its jurisprudence’ despite having a LL.M degree in International Criminal Law. The Gambia’s Raymond Claudius Sock, a Judge of the Supreme Court of The Gambia since 2012 and a former Acting Chief Justice and former Minister of Justice and Attorney-General was deemed only formally qualified because ‘based on his answers … [he] has very limited knowledge of the Rome Statute and the jurisprudence of the International Criminal Court’. It is interesting to note that Sock...
09.10.20 | |

02 Dec

...and Miquelon; Ghana/Côte d’Ivoire; 2012 Nicaragua v. Colombia), exercise of jurisdiction (Bangladesh v. Myanmar; Bangladesh v. India), admissibility (2016 Nicaragua v. Colombia; Ghana/Côte d’Ivoire) and even in the merits (mainly concerning the establish of entitlements, Ghana/Côte d’Ivoire; Nicaragua v. Honduras). In 2012 Nicaragua v. Colombia, the ICJ created an additional part, neither belonging to admissibility nor the merits, to address this issue. In Somalia and Kenya, the present case, the ICJ highlighted in the jurisdiction (at [90-97]), admissibility (at [137-142]) and merits (at [189]) stages that the absence of the...
02.12.21 | |

18 Jul

...raped, and tortured civilians in Bucha.  The UN requires its mediators to address SVC. Other international actors should ensure that they too impose this requirement. The UN’s 2012 ‘Guidance for Mediators: Addressing Conflict-Related Sexual Violence in Ceasefire and Peace Agreements’ (2012 Guidance for Mediators) can be used to ensure that sexual violence is addressed. Its key principles include a commitment to raise sexual violence with conflict parties and ensure that they make firm commitments to stop SVC.   Indirect military or intelligence support provided by external actors should include risk mitigation...
18.07.22 | |

16 Nov

...the Memoranda of Understanding (‘MOUs’) with Nauru and PNG expressly stipulate that the niceties of international legal obligations are not a mandatory part of the arrangements made. The regime is one that Australia hopes will comply in practice with the international legal obligations owed to Convention refugees. Under its domestic law, however, there is no longer any obligation that this be the case. In fact Nauru has now enacted the Refugees Convention Act 2012 and it has amended its Immigration Regulations 2000 to create a special ‘Australian Regional Processing’ visa...
16.11.12 | |

24 Dec

[Jelia Sane is studying for the English Bar at City University, London. She holds an LLM in Public International Law from University College London and has previously interned at the ICC, the Centre for Justice and International Law, and the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia.] The unanimous acquittal and subsequent release of Mathieu Ngudjolo Chui by Trial Chamber II of the International Criminal Court (ICC) on 18 December 2012 was a shock and disappointment to those following the work of the Court and development of international criminal justice....
24.12.12 | |

30 Nov

of a master’s or J.D. degree by the beginning of the Fellowship (Summer – Fall 2012) or be currently enrolled in a Ph.D. program. Applicants must also have at least two years of work experience in public policy-related fields. The Application for the Fulbright Public Policy Fellowship opened on November 4, 2011. Applicants must complete and submit the Fulbright U.S. Student Application including the supplemental Fulbright Public Policy Fellowship section by February 1, 2012. Departure for assignments will begin in Summer – Fall 2012. To access an application go here....
30.11.11 | |

09 Jul

...Shavit stated: "Israel is a lawful country that does not enforce its laws." In June 2012, Dan Halutz, former chief of staff of the Israeli Army, also said that the Netanyahu government isn't serious about stopping settler violence, stating: "If we wanted, we could catch them [settlers who are attacking Palestinians] and when we want to, we will." In March 2012, the Guardian newspaper reported that senior European Union officials had drafted a confidential report concluding that Jewish settlers are engaged in a systematic and growing campaign of violence against...
09.07.14 | |

06 Aug

Following up on Julian’s post below, Uganda has announced that the ICC has agreed not to prosecute the five LRA leaders, including Joseph Kony, as long as the final agreement reached between the government and the LRA does not “condone impunity.” Interestingly, Uganda also claims that it only initiated peace talks with the LRA because it could not find a partner in the international community to help it arrest Kony and the other leaders: Kagoda said: “We approached an international peace keeping force to arrest Kony and his commanders but...
06.08.06 | |

22 Feb

...in the High Court of Uganda while those accused of lesser crimes would face the northern Uganda traditional justice system know as Mato OPut. Uganda’s government seems to believe that it can get the ICC arrest warrants withdrawn against key LRA leaders. As its minister of state for defense says: “First of all it is Uganda which approached the ICC to help in getting Kony and his commanders because Uganda could not reach Kony because he was outside Uganda’s jurisdiction. We are hoping that if Kony and his commanders decided...
22.02.08 | |