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01 May Weekday News Wrap: Tuesday, May 1, 2012

...the speech on OJ. European leaders are threatening not to attend games in Ukraine, which is co-hosting the Euro 2012 football championship with Poland, if opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko is not released. An Argentine envoy to the UK urged the British foreign minister to “give peace a chance” regarding the Falkland Islands. Soldiers of the Democratic Republic of the Congo clashed yesterday with forces loyal to General Bosco Ntaganda, who is wanted by the International Criminal Court for allegedly committing war crimes. Samoa will become a member of the World...

29 Sep Weekend Roundup: September 22-28, 2012

...over, despite the April 3, 2012 update by the OTP. Another guest post, by Polina Levina and Kaveri Vaid, argued that the allegations of torture in a recent Human Rights Watch report qualify as war crimes under the Rome Statute, and are thus relevant for the OTP’s preliminary investigation into the situation in Afghanistan. Our journal symposia are also back after the Northern Hemisphere summer break. The Harvard International Law Journal kicked off with a symposium on “The Democratic Coup d’Etat“, an article by Ozan Varol. The article argues that...

19 Jul Weekday News Wrap: Thursday, July 19, 2012

...arrested this morning in Hungary. The American Civil Liberties Union and the Center for Constitutional Rights have filed a lawsuit against the US Government regarding the deaths of Anwar al-Awlaki, Samir Khan and Abdulrahman Al-Awlaki, three American citizens killed in Yemen drone strikes last fall. As Kevin Jon Heller has pointed out and analyzed on Opinio Juris, Mali has asked the ICC to investigate atrocities that have been going on there since January 2012. China has strengthened its ties to Africa by promising $20 billion in loans over the next...

20 Jul Weekday News Wrap: Friday, July 20, 2012

...in the Hariri case before the Special Tribunal for Lebanon. Afghanistan and Pakistan have plans to resume talks on Afghanistan’s peace process. China has condemned Russia for firing on and detaining dozens of Chinese fisherman who had entered Russia’s exclusive economic zone. As we’ve posted on before, the ICC will open an investigation into the violence since January 2012 in Mali. Mark Kersten at Justice in Conflict offers some preliminary analysis as does Professor Schabas at his blog, PhD Studies in Human Rights. Charles Taylor has appealed his conviction and...

12 Dec 2012 ASIL Annual Meeting: Confronting Complexity

...otherwise hear. Among others, we hope to bring in people from other fields – science, technology, entrepreneurship, philanthropy, etc. – who might broaden our understandings of what’s possible. We are already working on some exciting speakers for the Annual Meeting (stay tuned), and if successful, we hope this will become an ongoing ASIL feature. We welcome your thoughts on good candidates. The Annual Meeting will be held March 28-31, 2012 at the Fairmont Hotel in Washington, DC. Registration is here. We hope you’re getting excited for it. We certainly are!...

05 Jan Holiday Roundup: December 22, 2012 – January 4, 2013

...suggestion that Palestine could limit an ICC referral to the situation in the West Bank, Kevin advanced legal and political arguments against the notion that a self-referral could be geographically limited. Further on the ICC, Jelia Sane contributed a guest post reflecting on the Court’s first acquittal. The end of 2012 inspired Chris to look towards future areas of (international) law in 2013 and beyond, focusing in particular on the need for regulation to deal with the impact of technological change, such as flying cars and 3D printing. Ken has...

09 Jul Weekday News Wrap: Monday, July 9, 2012

Survivors of the 1995 Srebrenica massacre re-enacted their escape in Bosnia this weekend ahead of Ratko Mladic’s trial, which resumed today at the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia in The Hague. Tomorrow, the International Criminal Court will deliver the sentence and reparations order for Thomas Lubanga Dyilo, convicted March 14, 2012 of conscripting and enlisting child soldiers and using them to participate in hostilities. Reuters offers an analysis showing that the crisis in Syria reflects the limitations of Turkish power. Additionally in Syria news, amid President Al-Assad leveling...

23 Mar LJIL Symposium: The Debate Continues at ASIL on March 30, 2012!

We hope you enjoyed this first Opinio Juris/LJIL Online Symposium. For those who want to prolong these debates in real life, while waiting for the next online symposium, the Leiden Journal of International Law (LJIL) will celebrate its 25th anniversary on 30 March 2012 during the American Society of International Law’s Annual Meeting. The journal will host a casual roundtable discussion featuring two articles in its latest and forthcoming issues, followed by Q&A and a cocktail reception. Here’s the programme: Introduction by LJIL editors-in-chief, Leiden Law Professor Larissa van den...

23 May Weekday News Wrap: Wednesday, May 23, 2012

...to decide if prisoners retain the right to vote. More context can be found at EJIL Talk. Human Rights Watch reports that Saudi Arabia is the only participating country of the 2012 Olympics that has not yet affirmed whether women will be allowed to participate in the games. Egypt is electing a new President today. As was the case a few years ago, there is once again a diplomatic dimension to the Eurovision Song Contest with Iran recalling its ambassador from Azerbaijan over claims that the organizers of the contest...

28 Dec Weekday News Wrap: Friday, December 28, 2012

...vessel to the South China Sea, to the objections of the Philippines. Unsurprisingly, the NRA has vowed to continue fighting the Arms Trade Treaty. Israel has approved yet another 1,200 settlements around Jerusalem, bringing the total to 5,500 new settlements in the past week. The chief of Pakistan’s Taliban has said that the group will negotiate but not disarm. Foreign Policy offers a nice look back at the year with their most popular stories of 2012 and turning to 2013, they feature 10 conflicts to watch in the coming year....

09 Nov Weekday News Wrap: Friday, November 9, 2012

The International Court of Justice will deliver its judgment in Territorial and Maritime Dispute (Nicaragua v. Colombia) on Monday, November 19, 2012 at 3:00 p.m. (Hague time). The European Court of Human Rights upheld the German judgment that placed a ban on the use of holocaust images in a PETA animal-rights campaign poster. Human Rights Watch published a report on migrant women living in Belgium who fear deportation if they report domestic abuse. Despite warnings from the US and Israel, the Palestinian Authority has circulated a draft of a UN...