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13 May Guest Post: Official Act Immunity-Keeping the Questions Straight
[ William S. Dodge is Professor of Law and Associate Dean for Research at the University of California, Hastings College of the Law. From August 2011 to July 2012, he served as Counselor on International Law to the Legal Adviser at the U.S. Department of State, where he worked on the amicus brief of the United States to the Fourth Circuit in Yousuf v. Samantar. The views expressed here are his own and do not necessarily reflect the views of the State Department or of the United States.] In Yousuf...19 Dec Bali High?
[Dan Bodansky is the Associate Dean for Faculty Development and Emily and Ernest Woodruff Chair in International Law at the University of Georgia Law School and a leading expert on climate change regulation. He participated in the Bali meeting and contributed this report to Opinio Juris.] Only in the context of the climate negotiations could Bali be considered a “breakthrough,” as the press is reporting. In the past year, concerns about climate change have led to Nobel prizes, Academy Awards, and changes in governments; but the UNFCCC...28 Oct Chevron and the Rise of Arbitral Power: An Introduction by Michael D. Goldhaber
...in Lago Agrio. The unique willingness of arbitrators to check the power of a foreign judiciary came into sharp relief on Jan. 25, 2012, when the Chevron v. Ecuador tribunal issued interim orders that the Republic (including its courts) take all measures at its disposal to suspend enforcement of the judgment. The very next morning, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit vacated a worldwide injunction against enforcement of that same judgment by the Ecuadorian plaintiffs. In a striking choice of words, the Second Circuit declined to serve...29 Oct Chevron and the Rise of Arbitral Power: A Comment by Christoph Schreuer
...State under international law, whether the organ exercises legislative, executive, judicial or any other functions, …” [2] Abaclat et al. v. Argentina, Decision on Juridiction, 4 August 2011, para. 588. [3] Deutsche Bank v. Sri Lanka, Award, 31 October 2012, paras. 478, 479. [4] J. Paulsson, Enclaves of Justice, TDM Vol.4, issue 5, September 2007. [5] Urbaser v. Argentina, Decision on Jurisdiction, 19 December 2012, para. 202. [6] Siag v. Egypt, Award, 1 June 2009, paras. 454, 455; Meerapfel v. Central African Republic, Award, 12 May 2011, paras. 327, 328....02 Jul 2013 U.S. Digest Now Available
...Digests covering 1989 through 2012 are also available on the State Department’s website. The Digest is edited by the Office of the Legal Adviser. The Digest traces its history back to an 1877 treatise by John Cadwalader, which was followed by multi-volume encyclopedias covering selected areas of international law. The Digest later came to be known to many as “Whiteman’s” after Marjorie Whiteman, the editor from 1963-1971. Beginning in 1973, the Office of the Legal Adviser published the Digest on an annual basis, changing its focus to documentation current to...21 Aug Call for Papers: Forces Without Borders
Our friends at the Cornell International Law Journal have asked me to post the following call for papers. The conference looks great; I’m disappointed that it starts the last day of my summer teaching obligations. The Cornell International Law Journal is pleased to announce its 2012 symposium, Forces Without Borders: Non-State Actors in a Changing Middle East, February 17th–18th, 2012 at Cornell Law School. Non-state forces have driven many of the recent historic events in the Middle East and North Africa. Our symposium will examine the legal status and significance...15 Jul Chemical weapons in Syria – German and Belgian companies complicit?
...and in terms of an EU sanctions they required formal approval before they could be exported. Isopropanol has been on the list since 2013 and diethylamine has been there since 2012. The organisations’ complaint therefore pertains to possible criminal violation of EU Regulation 36/2012 concerning controls on the sale, supply, transfer, or export to Syria, either in a direct manner or in an indirect manner. In the case of the German and Belgium respectively, approval should be obtained from the Federal Office of Economics and Export Control and the Flemish...28 Oct The International Law Commission’s 65th Session (2013)
...reduce the risk of disasters, including international agreements and instruments (such as the 2005 Hyogo Framework for Action), regional court decisions (such as the European Court of Human Rights decisions in Öneryildiz v. Turkey and Budayeva and Others v. Russia), and numerous national laws on prevention, preparation, and mitigation. Fourth, the Commission began its initial discussion of the topic “identification of customary international law,” which was added to the current program of work in 2012. The discussion at the 65th session was general in nature, but revealed that the Commission...28 Jun Was the Expert Letter on Palestine Buried by the President of the ASP?
On 7 August 2012, in response to Moreno-Ocampo’s decision not to accept Palestine’s ad hoc acceptance of the ICC’s jurisdiction, Bill Schabas and John Dugard submitted a letter — signed by 30 leading ICL experts — to the Assembly of States Parties asking it to place the issue of Palestine’s statehood on the agenda of its November 2012 session. The ASP never did, for reasons that were not clear at the time. The situation may now be clearer. According to a new article by John Dugard in the Journal of...