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Iceland not responsible for the liabilities of its deposit insurance scheme In a landmark decision, the EFTA Court on 28 January 2013 dismissed all claims brought by the EFTA Surveillance Authority against Iceland in the Icesave case. The Authority had alleged that Iceland had breached its obligations under Directive 94/14/EC …

Cumbre Celac-UE cierra con fuerte interés europeo en Alianza del Pacífico SANTIAGO DE CHILE. AFP. Jefes de Estado y de Gobierno de la Celac y la UE concluyen hoy, en Santiago una cumbre para fortalecer el comercio y las inversiones mutuas, un encuentro marcado por el interés europeo en la …

COMUNICADO DE PRENSA Domingo 27 de enero de 2013. Información para la Prensa N°: 011/13 Memorándum de Entendimiento entre el Gobierno de la República Argentina y el Gobierno de la República Islámica de Irán sobre los temas vinculados al ataque terrorista a la sede de la AMIA en Buenos Aires el …

Líderes de Europa, Latinoamérica y el Caribe Inauguran cumbre en Chile “Estos dos bloque representan un tercio de los países del mundo, 1.100 millones de habitantes y más de un tercio del producto mundial. En consecuencia tenemos una enorme responsabilidad con nuestros países y el mundo”, dijo el anfitrión, Sebastián …

French Military Intervention in Mali: It’s Legal but… Why? Part II: Consent and UNSC Authorisation In the First Part of this comment we have seen that reference to article 51 of the UN Chapter in order to justify Operation Serval, is problematic. We will now discuss the two other legal …

French Military Intervention in Mali: It’s Legal but… Why? Part I Part 1: The Argument of Collective Self-Defense Dr. Theodore Christakis is Professor of International Law at the University Grenoble-Alpes (France). He is Director of the Centre for International Security and European Studies (CESICE) and chairman of the ESIL Interest …

Numerosas ONG rusas obligadas a cerrar Algunas de las ONG más veteranas de Rusia, que operan en el país desde hace más de 20 años, pueden cesar su actividad a partir de febrero debido a la nueva legislación. “En toda nuestra larga trayectoria nunca nos habíamos encontrado en una situación …

France Intervenes in Mali Invoking both SC Resolution 2085 and the Invitation of the Malian Government – Redundancy or Legal Necessity? Vidan Hadzi-Vidanovic is a lawyer in the Registry of the European Court of Human Rights. The views expressed in this contribution are those of the author and do not …

Philippines Initiates Arbitration Against China over South China Seas Dispute Today, the Philippines has initiated arbitral proceedings against China with regard to China’s claims over much of the South China seas. Those Chinese claims have led to serious disputes between China and several of its neighbours in East Asia with those disputes …

Canada and Denmark reach agreement on the Lincoln Sea Boundary Jacques Hartmann is Lecturer in Law, Dundee Law School, Scotland. This graphic is for illustrative purposes only. The solid black line is the boundary agreed in the 1973 treaty. The broken black line is the boundary agreed ad referendum. The …

Canada and Denmark reach agreement on the Lincoln Sea Boundary Jacques Hartmann is Lecturer in Law, Dundee Law School, Scotland. This graphic is for illustrative purposes only. The solid black line is the boundary agreed in the 1973 treaty. The broken black line is the boundary agreed ad referendum. The …

The ECtHR Finds Macedonia Responsible in Connection with Torture by the CIA, but on What Basis? André Nollkaemper is Professor of Public International Law at the Faculty of Law of the University of Amsterdam. He directs the project on ‘Shared Responsibility in International Law’ (SHARES); this piece is cross-posted on …