ICJ to Give Advisory Opinion on the Legality of Kosovo`s Independence Yesterday, the UN General Assembly by 77 votes in favor, 6 votes against and 74 Member States abstaining backed Serbia’s proposal to submit the question of the legality of Kosovo’s independence to the International Court of Justice (ICJ).  According …

The Israeli Supreme Court denies the occupied Palestinian population the right to leave their country In another worrying judgment generated by the Israeli HCJ, the Court upholds that the occupying power can restrict the basic human right to leave one’s country and the freedom of movement (Article 12 of the …

Africa’s evolving Human Rights Architecture This is a summary of a report produced by: Centre for Conflict Resolution, University of Cape Town (UCT) after a two day seminar held from 28-29 June 2007 at Vineyard Hotel in Cape Town. The paper discusses the effectiveness of Africa’s human rights institutions. It …

El coste humano de la guerra en Georgia La destrucción en gran escala de bienes, la existencia de artefactos no detonados y la preocupación incesante por la seguridad han impedido a decenas de miles de personas regresar a sus hogares tras el conflicto entre Georgia y Rusia que tuvo lugar …

ONU: EL CONSEJO DE DERECHOS HUMANOS APRUEBÓ POR CONSENSO UNA RESOLUCIÓN ARGENTINA SOBRE EL DERECHO A LA VERDAD Por iniciativa argentina, el 24 de septiembre el Consejo de Derechos Humanos de las Naciones Unidas aprobó por consenso, y con el copatrocinio de 54 países, una nueva resolución sobre el derecho …

Conference on the role of supreme courts in an internationalizing world The Hague Institute for the Internationalization of Law (HIIL) organizes a two-day conference on ‘The changing role of the highest courts in an internationalizing world’. The conference will take place on 23 and 24 October 2008 in the Peace …

The International Criminal Court decides on confirmation of charges against Congolese “warlords” On Friday 26 September the International Criminal Court issued the decision on the confirmation of charges in the case of “The Prosecutor v. Germain Katanga and Mathieu Ngudjolo Chui”. The two militia leaders Katanga and Ngudjolo Chui are …

70th Anniversary of the Infamous Munich Agreement The Munich Agreement (Münchner Abkommen) concluded at Munich, September 29, 1938, between Germany (Adolf Hitler), Great Britain (Neville Chamberlain), France (Edouard Daladier) and Italy (Benito Mussolini) has become one of the most controversial international treaties signed in the twentieth century. It raised endless …

New Council of Europe human rights memorandum confirms that UK immigration detention system violates human rights The Commissioner for Human Rights of the Council of Europe, Thomas Hammarberg has published his memorandum on the UK asylum and immigration system with a number of notable conclusions and recommendations. Amongst many other …

EL VATICANO OTORGÓ EL PLÁCET A JUAN PABLO CAFIERO PARA SER EMBAJADOR ANTE LA SANTA SEDE La Cancillería argentina informa que este mediodía el Nuncio Apostólico en la Argentina, Adriano Bernardini, le comunicó oficialmente al Secretario de Culto de la Nación, Guillermo Oliveri, que el Vaticano otorgó el plácet de …

International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda sentences former Rwandan prosecutor to life imprisonment Yesterday, the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) sentenced Siméon Nchamihigo to life in prison for acts committed during the Rwanda genocide in 1994 (see press release). The third Trial Chamber of the Tribunal found him guilty of …

TAIANA EN LA ONU: ?REANUDAR EL DIÁLOGO POR MALVINAS CON EL REINO UNIDO REQUIERE DE LA COMUNIDAD INTERNACIONAL? Luego del discurso de la Presidenta de la Nación, Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, en la sede de las Naciones Unidas, el canciller Jorge Taiana aseguró que ?evidentemente la lucha diplomática por recuperar …