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Corte IDH. Caso Fontevecchia y D`Amico Vs. Argentina. Sentencia de 29/11/2011. Serie C No. 238

CORTE INTERAMERICANA DE DERECHOS HUMANOS CASO FONTEVECCHIA Y D’AMICO VS. ARGENTINA SENTENCIA DE 29 DE NOVIEMBRE DE 2011 (Fondo, Reparaciones y Costas) En el caso Fontevecchia y D’Amico, la Corte Interamericana de Derechos Humanos (en adelante “la Corte Interamericana”, “la Corte” o “el Tribunal”), integrada por los siguientes Jueces*: Diego …

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Uganda’s Julia Sebutinde Elected to the International Court of Justice

Uganda’s Julia Sebutinde Elected to the International Court of Justice Yesterday the United Nations General Assembly and the Security Council elected Julia Sebutinde to be a Judge at the International Court of Justice (see UN press release). Readers may recall from an earlier post that the Security Council and General Assembly …

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Tras la cumbre europea, ¿vamos hacia una mayor integración?

Tras la cumbre europea, ¿vamos hacia una mayor integración? El plan de Angela Merkel para salvar el euro, que incluye cesiones de soberanía para lograr el equilibrio presupuestario y sanciones para los que no lo cumplan, fue aprobado por 26 de los 27 Estados miembros en la cumbre de Bruselas, …

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Guía de la Práctica sobre las Reservas a los Tratados (2011)

Texto de la Guía de la Práctica sobre las Reservas a los Tratados, aprobado por la Comisión de Derecho Internacional de las Naciones Unidas en su 63° período de sesiones (2011) A continuación se reproduce el texto de las directrices que componen la Guía de la Práctica sobre las Reservas …

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The Durban Climate Conference: Prospects for a Legally Binding Agreement Post 2012

The Durban Climate Conference: Prospects for a Legally Binding Agreement Post 2012 Lavanya Rajamani is a Professor at the Centre for Policy Research, New Delhi, India. She was previously University Lecturer in Environmental Law, University of Cambridge and Fellow & Director of Studies in Law at Queen’s College, Cambridge. She is …

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Application of the Interim Accord of 13 September 1995 (the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia v. Greece) – 05/12/2011 – Judgment –

5 DECEMBER 2011 JUDGMENT APPLICATION OF THE INTERIM ACCORD OF 13 SEPTEMBER 1995 (THE FORMER YUGOSLAV REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA v. GREECE) Chronology of the procedure I. Introduction Jurisdiction of the Court and admissibility of the Application 23-61 Whether the dispute is excluded from the Court’s jurisdiction under the terms of …

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Next ICC Prosecutor Will be African

Next ICC Prosecutor Will be African The International Criminal Court has announced that the list of candidates for election to be the next Prosecutor of the ICC has been narrowed to two. The elections will be held at the Tenth Session of the Assembly of States Parties to the Statute …

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ESTADOS UNIDOS OTORGÓ EL PLÁCET COMO EMBAJADOR A JORGE ARGÜELLO

ESTADOS UNIDOS OTORGÓ EL PLÁCET COMO EMBAJADOR A JORGE ARGÜELLO La Embajada de los Estados Unidos en Buenos Aires informó a la Cancillería que el Presidente Barack Obama firmó hoy el otorgamiento del plácet de estilo para la designación de Jorge Argüello como Embajador argentino en ese país. La Presidenta …

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Is Libya Under an Obligation to Surrender Saif Gaddafi to the ICC? (Part II) Has the UN Security Council Imposed Different Obligations of Cooperation from the Rome Statute?

Is Libya Under an Obligation to Surrender Saif Gaddafi to the ICC? (Part II) Has the UN Security Council Imposed Different Obligations of Cooperation from the Rome Statute? In a previous post, I dealt with the question whether Libya has an obligation to surrender Saif Al Islam Gaddafi pending any …

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Is Libya Under an Obligation to Surrender Saif Gaddafi to the ICC? Part I (What Does the Rome Statute Say?)

Is Libya Under an Obligation to Surrender Saif Gaddafi to the ICC? Part I (What Does the Rome Statute Say?) Since the capture of Saif Al Islam Gaddafi last week there have been questions asked about whether he ought to be tried in Libya or by the International Court Criminal …

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The Contribution of the International Court of Justice and the Law of the Use of Force

The Contribution of the International Court of Justice and the Law of the Use of Force At the end of October,  I had the pleasure of spending a few days at the UN in New York where I was invited to speak to the annual meeting of the Legal Advisers of Foreign Ministers …

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