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04 Feb Olive Oil Update – Prices on the Rise
...just as they were blossoming. Summer brought a prolonged drought. By December, which should be the height of the 2012/13 harvest, the Spanish crop was coming in at just 44 percent of the year before. The harvest has been better elsewhere, but … Spain so dominates the world market that no one else can really make up the loss. Tunisia is trying. The fifth largest producer and fourth largest exporter, its production is expected to rise by 27 percent in the 2012-13 season. California will also have a good year....15 Jan Guest Post: Dodge–Is Torture an “Official Act”? Reflections on Jones v. United Kingdom
[ William S. Dodge is The Honorable Roger J. Traynor 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 a variety of immunities matters. The views expressed here are his own and do not necessarily reflect the views of the State Department or of the United States.] In Jones v. United Kingdom, a chamber...23 Aug Guest Post: Do drones cause fewer civilian casualties than traditional combat?
...and 2012 battles with Hamas in Gaza, the 1999 Russian war with Chechen rebels, and the final stages of the struggle between Sri Lanka and the LTTE (Tamil Tigers) all killed more civilians than combatants, in some cases substantially more. Although the U.S. has not caused civilian casualties at rates that high, there have been memorable examples of civilian casualties in each of the recent conflicts in which we have been involved, and those casualties were caused by all kinds of weapons systems. The 1991 Gulf War had the Al-Firdos...09 Jul Managing Intractable Conflicts: Lessons from Moldova and Cyprus
...I contributed a chapter focusing on Moldova. (Long-time readers of this blog may have read my analyses–such as this post–concerning the Transnistrian conflict.) In preparation of the report, we met in June 2012 in Istanbul and in Northern Cyprus with policy experts and representatives of various parties. In September 2012 we reconvened and had meetings and interviews in Chisinau (Moldova’s capital) and in Transnistria. The final report, Managing Intractable Conflicts: Lessons from Moldova and Cyprus, was recently published by GPoT and is available as a .pdf via this link. ...19 Dec Zero Dark Thirty
Today marked the limited release in the United States of the already much heralded new film on the United States’ hunt for Osama bin Laden. I have not yet seen the film and won’t comment on it until I do. But I do want to at least pass along this remarkable open letter issued today by 1 Republican and 2 Democratic Senators regarding the film’s depiction of torture. December 19, 2012 Mr. Michael Lynton Chairman and CEO Sony Pictures Entertainment 10202 W. Washington Blvd. Culver City, CA 90232-3195 Dear Mr....
29 Sep On the Anvil: The Netherlands v. Syrian Arab Republic at the International Court of Justice?
...genuine attempts at negotiation, which had failed, prior to approaching the court. In the Judgment of 20 July 2012 in Questions Relating to the Obligation to Prosecute or Extradite (Belgium v. Senegal) – dealing squarely with CAT – the ICJ examined the next step specific to this convention, arbitration. The court held that two requests for arbitration made by Belgium that were ignored by Senegal would fulfill the criteria for failure to “organize the arbitration”. Therefore, it is not necessary that the arbitration actually has to be undertaken – but...04 Nov Bodansky: Letter from the Barcelona Climate Change Talks
...or finance until Congress has first enacted legislation. The Copenhagen negotiating process has two tracks: one to negotiate amendments to the Kyoto Protocol, including a second round of emissions targets for developed (“Annex B”) countries, addressing the period after 2012, when the Kyoto Protocol’s first commitment period ends (a negotiating track that doesn’t include the United States, since it is not a party to Kyoto); the other to reach a comprehensive outcome under the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), including mitigation commitments by developed countries and actions by...
05 May Reflections on the Nomination of Macky Sall for the Position of United Nations Secretary-General
[ Hakim Nkengurutse is a PhD candidate in Public Law at CY Cergy Paris University. He is affiliated with the Centre for Legal and Political Philosophy (CY) and the Chair for Public and Comparative Law (Humboldt University of Berlin).] On 2 March 2026, the permanent representative of the Republic of Burundi at the United Nations (UN) notified both the Presidents of the 80th session of the UN General Assembly (UNGA) and the UN Security Council (UNSC) for the month of March, of his country’s decision to nominate...
22 Dec East Africa Should Back Justice for South Sudan: Neighboring Countries Should Support Hybrid Court
...the pillars of the draft East African Community Protocol on Good Governance is access to justice. Further, the EAC Conflict Management Act of 2012 created a panel that, among other duties, promotes the peaceful resolution of conflicts. This law requires member states to co-ordinate post-conflict management. The framework provides an opportunity for EAC members to support accountability for abuses in South Sudan as an effort to quell retaliation resulting from unadressed injustices. The 2017-2012 EAC priorities such as promoting regional security and good governance and regional economic cooperation can benefit...04 Feb AJIL Symposium: Can the ECOWAS Court Revive Regionalism Through Human Rights?
...not a constant position of the ECCJ, at least not before the RADDHO case in 2012. The Court successively granted access in 2010 (SERAP Education and Environment cases), refused access in 2011 (Makpror, Gbagbo, and Others v Côte d’Ivoire; CDD v Niger), and granted access again in 2012 (RADDHO v Senegal). Where it granted access, the Court did so on the basis of actio popularis and/or public interest. Refusal of access was reasoned by the fact that the Complainant was not personally aggrieved and lacked authority to represent the ‘people’....