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22 Dec Call for Papers: Jus Post Bellum at Leiden
My friends at Leiden — my alma mater — have asked me to post the following call for papers: Call for Papers for the Jus Post Bellum Project Launch Conference The Jus Post Bellum Project at the Grotius Centre for International Legal Studies at Leiden University has issued a call for papers for the Project’s launch conference. The conference, entitled “‘Jus-Post-Bellum’: Mapping the normative foundations,” will be held May 31 to June 1, 2012, in The Hague. The organizers describe the Project as follows: The proper ending of conflict and...
20 May Pandemic of Hunger Symposium: Population Transfers and the Civilian Toll of Starvation as a Method of Warfare in Syria and South Sudan
...conflict “on food security can be direct, such as displacement from land, livestock grazing areas, and fishing grounds” and further by stressing that “food insecurity can be drivers of forced displacement”. This contribution explores the extent to which the phenomena of starvation and attendant population transfers have been used as a deliberate military strategy in both Syria and South Sudan. The use of starvation to effect population transfers Syria In early 2012, and as the Syrian conflict steadily progressed, non-State actors began proliferating with the benefit of external support. Insurgent...
18 Apr Symposium on International Conflict and Security Law: A Research Handbook – The Extra-Legal Foundations of International Conflict and Security Law: the Importance of Identifying Globally Protected Goods and Collective Interests
...Peremptory Norms of the International Community”, in European Journal of International Law, Volume 23, Issue 3, pp. 837-861). It seems clear that, in spite of their importance to assess the legitimacy of international law, there is no single and widespread definition of what these values are (on international “common goods”, see Cafaggio, F. and D. D. Caron, “Global Public Goods amidst a Plurality of Legal Orders: A Symposium”, in European Journal of International Law, Volume 23, Issue 3, 2012, pp. 643-649, as well as Shaffer, G. “International Law and Global...17 Feb American Bar Association’s 7th Annual Homeland Security Law Institute
[Vince Vitowsky has asked me to post this announcement from Joe D. Whitley about an upcoming ABA two-day event that might interest readers.] Thursday, March 22, 2012-Friday, March 23, 2012 Capital Hilton 1001 16th Street NW Washington, District of Columbia, United States 20036 As Program Chair and Vice-Chair of the American Bar Association’s Administrative Law and Regulatory Practice Section, I would like to invite you to attend the 7th Annual Homeland Security Law Institute. We are honored to have with us this year Former U.S. Attorney General Michael Mukasey, Former...03 May Is Libya “Able” to Prosecute Saif and Al-Senussi?
...government official was present at the meeting. By the same token, however, the militia’s willingness to allow a government official to be present at the interview also does not mean that it will be willing to hand Saif over to the NTC for trial. Expect the OTP to focus on that issue in its response to the motion. Al-Senussi’s case is even more interesting. The motion treats his extradition from Mauritania as little more than a fait accompli (para.30): On 17 March 2012 Mr Al-Senussi was arrested in Mauritania. The...16 Nov MJIL Symposium: The Pacific Solution Mark II: Responsibility Shifting in International Refugee Law
...its Expert Panel in August 2012. In order to do so it was necessary to amend the Migration Act 1958 (‘Migration Act’) to remove the protections which the High Court relied upon in M70 to invalidate the declaration concerning Malaysia. In my view the amendments to the Migration Act effected by passage of the Migration Legislation Amendment (Regional Processing and Other Measures) Act 2012 (‘Act’), and the subsequent transfer of putative refugees from Australia to Nauru, place Australia at risk of violation of the Refugee Convention. Before outlining my core...
24 Jul Judge Mindua’s Separate Opinion in Al Hassan: International Humanitarian Law and the Right to Political, Legal and Cultural Self-Determination
...questions. The opinion is notably different in emphasis from the majority Trial Judgment and Judge Akane and Judge Prost’s Separate Opinions. The trial and the majority Trial Judgment focused on Ansar Dine/AQIM’s system of governance during their occupation of Timbuktu in 2012; many of the charges depended on the characterisation of their rules and punishments as war crimes or crimes against humanity that, the Prosecution argued, had a disproportionate effect on women. As a result, the trial and judgment had to grapple with the criteria for legitimate domestic law and...07 Aug Emerging Voices: Limits to R2P–Lessons from the Arab Spring Conflicts
...would inevitably be crafted under R2P. In contrast to Libya, the Security Council explicitly avoided R2P language in its early communications on Syria. Its March 2012 press statement called upon the parties to work with the international community, which hints at, but ultimately avoids any reference to R2P’s Second Pillar. In its May 2012 press statement, the Council condemned the Syrian government for attacking civilians without any mention of the state’s responsibility and effectively closed the discussion by reiterating the principle of sovereignty. R2P language finally emerged in Council communications...
29 Sep Gender Persecution Again a Focus for ICC in the Said Trial
...on alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity committed in 2012 and beyond. Mr Said is alleged to have participated in the Seleka uprising of 2012, an organisation which formed to overthrow the then President François Bozizé who had held power since 2003. Achieving a coup in March 2013, Seleka appointed their leader, Michael Djotodia, as President of CAR. From then until January 2014, incessant fighting ensued between pro-Seleka and pro-Bozizé forces. A thorough account of the conflict can be found from paragraph 6 in the Warrant of Arrest for...15 Oct Don’t Cry for the World’s Greatest Sovereign Deadbeat
...commercial court in Accra has refused Argentina’s effort to lift an injunction preventing ARA Libertad from leaving Ghana, holding that Argentina’s bonds waived applicable sovereign immunity defenses. Indeed, most courts seem to have agreed that Argentina has indeed waived its immunity defenses. Here is an excerpt of their waiver, as described in a recent U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit decision: (E.M. Ltd. V. Republic of Argentina (2d Cir. Aug. 20, 2012) To the extent the Republic [of Argentina] or any of its revenues, assets or properties shall...