PLATAFORMA CONTINENTAL ARGENTINA: FINALIZÓ CON ÉXITO LA CAMPAÑA DEL BUQUE A.R.A. PUERTO DESEADO Finalizó el pasado 28 de enero exitosamente la parte operativa de la Campaña COPLA 2008-2009, realizada por el Buque ARA Puerto Deseado, en el marco de las tareas que está realizando la Comisión Nacional del Límite Exterior …

One step forward, two steps backward: The ICJ interprets Mexico’s Request for Interpretation of Avena and other Mexican Nationals On 19 January 2009, the International Court of Justice formally declined to interpret its judgment in the Case of Avena and Certain Other Mexican Nationals (Avena), which dealt, as did its …

TAIANA, EN ROMA, REITERÓ EL PEDIDO PARA REFORMAR EL CONSEJO DE SEGURIDAD DE LAS NACIONES UNIDAS El canciller argentino Jorge Taiana participó hoy en Roma, Palacio de la Farnesina -sede del Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores de la República de Italia- de la Reunión del Grupo ?Unidos para el Consenso? junto …

Judgment of 3 February 2009 NEW Maritime Delimitation in the Black Sea (Romania v. Ukraine) – (3 Mb)Read more … [via International Court of Justice, The Hague, Netherlands]

Falklands’ new dawn: islanders plan future around 18bn barrels of oil Drills ready but prospective barons face environmental – and Argentinian – obstacles Early evening chatter in the Victory bar in Port Stanley used to touch on squid hauls and cruise liner schedules. Now, as the locals sip on imported …

President Obama and International Law Over on Jurist, Mary Ellen O’Connell has an interesting piece on the role that President Obama might have in restoring US faith in international law. O’Connell argues that the decline in US respect for international law is primarily attributable to Hans Morgenthau, his realist approach …

International Criminal Court starts first war crimes trial Today the trial of Thomas Lubanga at the International Criminal Court (ICC) will (finally) begin. After much confusion and delay inter alia regarding the issue of disclosure of evidence from the prosecutor to the defence/judges of the court (we reported earlier here, here and …

New judges at the International Criminal Court At the seventh session of the Assembly of States Parties to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, which opened on 19th January at the UN Headquarters in New York, six members of the ICC were elected (see press release). 1. SHAHABUDDEEN, …

New database on regional trade agreements The website of the WTO has opened the doors to a new database on regional trade agreements. The database, which can be searched by country, region, legal provision, date of notification or entry into force of the regional trade agreement, contains all the notifications, …

EL NUEVO EMBAJADOR DE COLOMBIA SE PRESENTÓ ANTE EL CANCILLER TAIANA El canciller Jorge Taiana recibió esta tarde en su despacho al nuevo embajador de la República de Colombia ante nuestro país, Álvaro Eduardo García Jiménez, quien le hizo entrega de las copias de cartas credenciales que lo acreditan como …

LA ARGENTINA ?DEPLORA? ENERGICAMENTE EL ATAQUE ISRAELÍ A LAS OFICINAS DE LA ONU EN GAZA El Gobierno argentino deplora en los términos más enérgicos el reciente ataque israelí a las oficinas de la Agencia de Naciones Unidas para los Refugiados de Palestina en el Medio Oriente (UNRWA) y un hospital …

UN Human Rights Council condemns the Israeli attacks against the Gaza Strip On 12 January 2009, the Human Rights Council adopted a resolution on the human rights situation in the Gaza strip. The Resolution is entitled “The Grave Violations of Human Rights in the Occupied Palestinian Territory particularly due to …