LA CANCILLERIA ARGENTINA CONSIDERA EN LA ONU QUE ES ?A TODAS LUCES INADMISIBLE? LA PROPUESTA ISRAELI DE UN CESE EL FUEGO POR UNAS HORAS Y REITERA LLAMADO PARA DETENER HOSTILIDADES En el debate abierto del Consejo de Seguridad de la ONU que sesiona en Nueva York, el representante de nuestro …

What to do with Captured Pirates As the international community ramps up its fight against rampant piracy off the coast of Somalia, the patrolling naval forces have started to capture pirates. As recently as January 2, 2009, France captured pirates in the Gulf of Aden. Because this is not the …

MALVINAS: LA CANCILLERÍA ARGENTINA RENUEVA RECLAMO AL CUMPLIRSE MAÑANA EL 176 ANIVERSARIO DE LA ILEGÍTIMA OCUPACIÓN BRITÁNICA El 3 de enero de 1833 fuerzas británicas ocuparon las Islas Malvinas, desalojando por la fuerza a sus habitantes y a las autoridades argentinas allí establecidas legítimamente. Este acto de fuerza fue inmediatamente …

COMUNICADO DEL GOBIERNO ARGENTINO El Gobierno argentino expresa su profundo pesar y rechazo por los actos de violencia que una vez más vuelven a enlutar a oriente medio y la franja de Gaza, dejando un trágico saldo de muertos y heridos en la población civil. La Argentina urge a las …

The Two Faces of the Genocide Convention In keeping with Christmas spirit, here’s my next post on the Genocide Convention. Can a state be responsible for genocide? What does that even mean? Aren’t international crimes, in the sage words of the Nuremberg Tribunal, committed by men, not by abstract entities? …

Application NEW Proceedings instituted by the Federal Republic of Germany against the Italian Republic (Germany v. Italy) – Application Instituting Proceedings (1 Mb)Read more … [via International Court of Justice, The Hague, Netherlands]

Immunity and International Criminal Tribunals Earlier this week, the Trial Chamber at International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) hearing the case against Radovan Karadzic issued a decision in which it stated that “According to customary international law, there are some acts for which immunity from prosecution cannot be …

The maritime border dispute between Slovenia and Croatia Tensions have been unfortunately  increasing again in last days between Slovenia and Croatia. Below you can find an excerpt from The Conundrum of the Piran Bay, co-authored by Matej Avbelj and myself, which it is once again extremely actual. Let us hope somebody learns …

ISLAS MALVINAS: RESPALDO DEL MERCOSUR A LA REPÚBLICA ARGENTINA En el marco de la XXXVI Cumbre de Jefes de Estado del MERCOSUR que se lleva a cabo en Costa do Sauípe, Brasil, -donde la Presidenta Cristina Fernández de Kirchner encabeza la delegación argentina acompañada por el canciller Jorge Taiana? los …

60 Years of the Genocide Convention Many thanks to Dapo for inviting me to blog here at EJIL: Talk! – hopefully the blog will turn out to be as successful in the blawgosphere as the EJIL is in print. In the next couple of weeks I intend to write on …

The Application of Human Rights Treaties in Wartime This year the EJIL has been marking the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights by publishing a series of articles on international human rights law. The international human rights movement was birthed in response to the atrocities during the …

UN General Assembly Adopts the Optional Protocol to ICESCR On 10 December the UN General Assembly at its plenary meeting unanimously adopted an Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. The Protocol is undoubtedly a milestone in the history of the universal human rights system. …