TAIANA EN QATAR: SATISFECHO POR RESULTADOS DE LA CUMBRE CON PAÍSES ÁRABES Y POR “APOYO AL RECLAMO ARGENTINO POR MALVINAS” “Los ánimos están muy positivos, con una gran presencia de Jefes de Estado y de Gobierno de ambas regiones, lo que muestra un interés importante. Esto ya es de por …

TAIANA: “EN LA REUNIÓN DEL G20 LA ARGENTINA PROPONDRÁ LA REFORMA DEL SISTEMA FINANCIERO GLOBAL, POLÍTICAS DE ESTÍMULO A LA DEMANDA Y CRÉDITOS SIN CONDICIONAMIENTOS DE LOS ORGANISMOS INTERNACIONALES” “Hay muchas propuestas argentinas para la reunión del G20 en Londres. De lo que se trata es de coordinar posiciones y …

CONSEJO DE DERECHOS HUMANOS DE LA ONU APROBÓ POR UNANIMIDAD UN PROYECTO PRESENTADO POR LA ARGENTINA PARA UTILIZAR LA GENÉTICA FORENSE CONTRA LA IMPUNIDAD En la reunión del Consejo de Derechos Humanos de la ONU que sesionó anoche en Ginebra, Suiza, fue aprobada por unanimidad la resolución impulsada por nuestro …

Domestic Enforcement of Decisions of International Tribunals I am at the American Society of International Law’s Annual Meeting and attended a panel on the domestic enforcement of decisions of international tribunals.  The panelists, which included distinguished presenters Professors Lori Fisler Damrosch of Columbia University and Andreas Paulus of Gottingen, spoke …

EL CANCILLER TAIANA INFORMÓ HOY A SENADORES ACERCA DE LA PRESENTACION ARGENTINA DE LA PLATAFORMA CONTINENTAL El canciller Jorge Taiana recibió hoy en el Palacio San Martín a los integrantes de la Comisión de Relaciones Exteriores del Senado de la Nación, a fin de informarles acerca de la presentación que …

Thoughts on the Human Rights Council’s 10th Session The UN Human Rights Council’s 10th Regular Session is currently coming to a close. As usual, the various reports available make for fascinating and frustrating reading, not least because of the design of the OCHR’s website, which could charitably be described as …

Would the addition of a Genocide Charge to the Bashir Arrest Warrant Change the Position on Immunity? The Pre-Trial Chamber of the ICC issued an arrest warrant for Sudanese President Omar Bashir only with respect to war crimes and crimes against humanity and rejected the Prosecutor’s request for a charge …

TAIANA INUAGURA MAÑANA EN BUENOS AIRES ENCUENTRO INTERNACIONAL SOBRE TRATA DE PERSONAS El canciller Jorge Taiana, junto al ministro de Justicia, Seguridad y Derechos Humanos, Aníbal Fernández y el secretario general adjunto de la Organización de Estados Americanos (OEA), Albert Ramdim, inaugurarán mañana a las 9:00 la II Reunión de …

Distinctions between the Legal Position of ICC Parties and Non-Parties Regarding Aggression The International Criminal Court (ICC) recently released the latest report of the Special Working Group (of the Assembly of States Parties) on the Crime of Aggression.  Art. 5 of the ICC Statute includes the crime of aggression as one of the crimes within …

Request for Advisory Opinion Accordance with International Law of the Unilateral Declaration of Independence by the Provisional Institutions of Self-Government of Kosovo (Request for Advisory Opinion) – Introductory Note (including the structure of the dossier) (62 Kb)Read more … [via International Court of Justice, The Hague, Netherlands]

ICC Issues Arrest Warrant for Bashir, but Rejects the Genocide Charge (Updated) Today the International Criminal Court issues an arrest warrant for Omar al Bashir, the serving President of Sudan, for crimes against humanity and war crimes in Darfur. (The decision is now available here). The news were expected after …

Arctic ownership and the US approach to the law of the sea Could the question of “Arctic ownership” push the US to sign the United Nations Law of the Sea Convention? As we have reported earlier, and as frequently reported in the media (see e.g. this latest article at tampabay.com), …