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International Law and the Prosecution of Medics in Bahrain Sarah Fulton is International Legal Officer at REDRESS. The trial and sentencing of 20 medical professionals in Bahrain in the past two weeks has again turned the spotlight on the small Gulf Kingdom’s unfinished ‘Arab Spring’ and the repressive methods used …

The Bin Laden Killing: Clarifying the Normative Framework(s) Governing the ‘War on Terror’? Alon Margalit is Research Associate, Hotung Programme for Law, Human Rights and Peace Building in the Middle East, School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London. The author wishes to thank the editors of EJIL:Talk! for …

LINEAMIENTOS DE POLÍTICA EXTERIOR ARGENTINA: DISCURSO PRONUNCIADO POR EL CANCILLER HÉCTOR TIMERMAN EN OCASIÓN DE LA CELEBRACIÓN DEL DÍA DEL DIPLOMÁTICO Este mediodía, en el Salón Libertador del Palacio San Martín, el Canciller argentino, Héctor Timerman, junto a las más altas autoridades de la Cancillería de nuestro país, presidió la …

DEUDA PÚBLICA Y PRESUPUESTO 2012 RESUMEN CONTINUACIÓN DEUDA PÚBLICA Y PRESUPUESTO 2012 Por Héctor GIULIANO (22.9.11). El Proyecto de Ley de Presupuesto 2012 – que el Poder Ejecutivo acaba de remitir al Congreso y sobre el que todavía no se dispone de información completa – permite constatar, en principio, tres …

Diez años de la Carta Democrática Interamericana Hace diez años, 34 países de las Américas firmaron la Carta Democrática Interamericana, que ha sido útil como instrumento anti golpes de Estado pero que no ha servido como mecanismo de prevención o de condena de prácticas autoritarias. La próxima Cumbre UE-Latinoamérica, que …

Palestine’s Application for UN Membership The official application submitted by Palestine for UN membership is now available here, UN Doc. S/2011/592 (h/t Diane Marie Amann). It is of interest not the least because it has been carefully drafted and with the benefit of substantial legal advice. Note, first, how Mahmoud Abbas …

A Tale of Two Closures: Comments on the Palmer Report Concerning the May 2010 Flotilla IncidentTamar Feldman is an attorney and director of the Legal Department at Gisha – Legal Center for Freedom of Movement. She would like to convey her deepest gratitude to Sari Bashi and Yoni Eshpar for …

Palestine’s Rocky Path to the United NationsEurope Needs to Step in Where the United States Has Failed September 19, 2011 Robert Blecher Summary: With his credibility on the line, Mahmoud Abbas has no choice but go through with an ill-conceived plan to petition the UN for Palestinian statehood. The United States …

Clarifying the Principle of Complementarity: the ICC Confirms Admissibility of Case Despite Investigation by KenyaChris Stephen is an associate at Volterra Fietta practising public international law. He previously worked as judicial assistant to Lord Hope of Craighead and Lord Mance in the House of Lords (now the UK Supreme Court). …

Argentina será accionista del Banco del Sur La Cámara de Diputados aprobó este miércoles el ingreso de Argentina al Banco del Sur, el organismo de crédito supranacional que desarrolla el bloque UNASUR para asistencia económica mutua entre sus miembros. El país formará parte del organismo y hará un aporte inicial …

The Palmer Report on the Mavi Marmara Incident and the Legality of Israel’s Blockade of the Gaza StripOverall, the Palmer Report is of high quality and merits close attention. I would strongly urge those interested to read, at the least, the very concise summary of its findings at pages 1-6, …

By IAN MOUNT Buenos Aires ARGENTINA may seem like one of the last countries on earth to offer lessons for dealing with economic malaise. Once the eighth-largest economy in the world, it steadily slid through the 20th century, thanks to decades of repressive dictatorships and inconsistent market experiments. This ended …