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¿Cómo funciona una misión de Observación? El 9 de marzo de 2016 y tras el acuerdo de paz firmado entre el Gobierno de Colombia y las FARC, el Consejo de Seguridad estableció una misión política, en la que se integraba un mecanismo compuesto por observadores internacionales no armados que tenían …

The European Convention on Human Rights: the Draft Copenhagen Declaration and the Threat to the European Court by Roisin Pillay [Róisín Pillay is Director of the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) Europe Programme.]  The European Court of Human Rights is once more facing a political challenge to its role, in …

Greening Argentina’s G20 Presidency Mar 2, 2018 Guy Edwards WASHINGTON DC – Cuando la Argentina asumió oficialmente la presidencia por un año del G-20 en diciembre, la agenda del presidente Mauricio Macri no incluía el cambio climático como una máxima prioridad. A diferencia de las presidencias anteriores del G-20, que …

Foreign Office Certificates and Diplomatic Immunity in the Assange Affair The Assange saga continues with recent decisions in the English Courts upholding the warrant for Julian Assange’s arrest. Dapo’s recent post on Ecuador’s purported appointment of Julian Assange as one of its diplomats to the UK considered the position on …

Security Council Resolutions as Evidence of Customary International Law In 2012 the International Law Commission began to address one of the last major uncodified areas of public international law: how norms of customary law (CIL) are to be identified.  The exercise at the ILC has not been an easy one.  …

El espacio, última frontera de Pekín Desde el lanzamiento del Sputnik soviético el 4 de octubre de 1957, las grandes potencias han ansiado controlar el espacio extraterrestre. Lo que a priori fue concebido como una estrategia para conseguir la ventaja en el frío enfrentamiento entre los dos bloques durante el …

The IACtHR Advisory Opinion: one step forward or two steps back for LGBTI rights in Costa Rica? On 9th January 2018, the IACtHR issued Advisory Opinion No. 24 on gender identity, equality and non-discrimination for same-sex couples, a ground-breaking decision for the advancement of LGBTI rights in the Americas. However, the …

The Rise of Environmental Law in International Dispute Resolution: Inter-American Court of Human Rights issues Landmark Advisory Opinion on Environment and Human Rights The Inter-American Court’s Advisory Opinion on Environment and Human Rights, released on 7 February 2018 (in Spanish only) (for brevity “AO”), is the latest and potentially most …

Human Rights and the Protection of the Environment: The Advisory Opinion of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights On 7 February 2018, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (the Court, IACtHR) issued the much awaited advisory opinion (A/O) concerning the obligations of States Parties to the American Convention on Human …

Semana 8 – 19 al 25 de febrero de 2018 La OEA pide a Maduro que cancele las elecciones presidenciales de abril La OEA pide a Maduro que cancele las elecciones presidenciales de abril La Organización de Estados Americanos (OEA) retomó este viernes la presión contra el Gobierno de Nicolás …

The European Court of Human Rights’ View of the Draft Copenhagen Declaration The draft Copenhagen Declaration has already triggered some debate at this blog. So far the tone has been highly critical. Donald and Leach denounce the Declaration as essentially a tool for institutionalizing undue political pressure on the European …

Cold War II Feb 23, 2018 Richard N. Haass A quarter-century after the end of the Cold War, the world unexpectedly finds itself in a second one. This state of affairs was anything but inevitable, and it is in neither side’s interest to escalate tensions further. NEW YORK – The …