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ICTY President Criticizes Serbian-Organized UN Debate

The president of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) has criticized a scheduled Serbian-organized UN debate on the tribunal, saying it “poses questions in terms of...

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France ‘to Buy US Drones’

In the midst of France’s Operation Serval in Mali, Paris is considering buying US-made unarmed surveillance drones to boost its military capabilities, a source from the defence ministry told AFP on...

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Google’s Collision Course with Member States

European Union regulators have taken their first step to making good on their recent threat to take “repressive action” against Google by summer. Following last month’s final meeting between Google and...

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NATO Manual Offers 95 Rules for Cyber Warfare

The effort to create a legal framework for cyber warfare has taken a giant leap with the creation by international legal scholars of 95 “black-letter rules” set forth in a manual designed for...

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The UN Should Put North Korea in the Dock at The Hague

North Korea’s threat to launch a pre-emptive nuclear strike on the US need not be taken seriously – yet. But it has the bomb (in fact 12, by reliable estimate) and ballistic missiles, and it will take...

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ICTY Ruling in Prlic & Others Case on 29 May

The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) will hand down its ruling in the case Prlic & others on 29 May, Nika Pinter, counsel for one of the indictees, General Slobodan...

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Egypt Court Rules on Mubarak Release

An Egyptian court has ruled that ex-President Hosni Mubarak should no longer be held over the killings of protesters during the revolution that toppled him. However, he will remain in custody as he...

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At UN, Rwanda Blocks Role for Criminal Court

UNITED NATIONS: Rwanda won a behind-the-scenes battle Monday to keep the U.N. Security Council from recommending any role for the International Criminal Court in solving conflicts, violence and human...

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US Torture of Prisoners is ‘Indisputable’, Independent Report Finds

An independent examination of the US rendition programme after 9/11 has concluded that it is “indisputable” that America tortured prisoners, and that the country’s highest officials were responsible. A...

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US: Ban Fully Autonomous Weapons

(Washington, DC) – Temporary US restrictions on lethal fully autonomous weapons should be strengthened and made permanent. Fully autonomous weapons, sometimes called “killer robots,” would be able to...

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United Nations Security Council Statement on Syria

Yesterday, August 3, The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) issued a presidential statement in which it for the first time condemned the mass human rights abuses and use of force by the Syrian...

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International Financial Law

International Financial Law is a framework of rules, standards and practices that govern international financial markets and transactions. The objective of this framework is to create international...

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Settlement of International Disputes

Disputes are inextricably linked to international relations. Increasingly these disputes are no longer just primarily between states but also between states and other parties like international...

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International Court of Justice

The International Court of Justice was established in 1945 by the Charter of the United Nations as the principal judicial organ (Art. 7, UN Charter). Its role in the fulfillment of the purposes of the...

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International Arbitration

International Commercial Arbitration is a method of private dispute resolution whereby the parties to an international business contract agree to have their disputes resolved by one or more private...

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Shabtai Rosenne Memorial Lecture

On Thursday, 24 November the first Shabtai Rosenne Memorial Lecture, delivered by Professor Malcolm N. Shaw Q.C., Senior Fellow at the Lauterpacht Centre for International Law at the University of...

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The International Criminal Court Delivers Judgment on Child Soldiers

On Wednesday 14 March, Trial Chamber I of the International Criminal Court (ICC) delivered the Court’s first verdict. In a unanimous decision the three judges convicted Thomas Lubanga Dyilo of the war...

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Judgment in the Trial of Former Liberian President Charles Taylor

On Thursday 26 April, Trial Chamber II of the Special Court for Sierra Leone (SCSL) delivered its verdict in the case against Charles Taylor, former president of Liberia. Taylor was found criminally...

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The African Union and the International Criminal Court

The handling of the ICC arrest warrant against the Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir continues to create major problems for the African Union. The planned attendance by Al-Bashir of the 19th AU Summit...

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Permanent Court of Arbitration

The Permanent Court of Arbitration is an intergovernmental organization with 116 member states. Established in 1899 to facilitate arbitration and other forms of dispute resolution between states, the...

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