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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 …

How to Qualify the Armed Conflict in Libya?A colleague and I are currently working on an article on the qualification or classification of armed conflicts in modern IHL. The ongoing developments in Libya bring out a specific difficulty in the process of qualification which we see as problems of state …

Al-Skeini and Al-Jedda in StrasbourgI’ve posted on SSRN an article which will be published in the EJIL next year on Al-Skeini and Al-Jedda before the European Court of Human Rights. The pre-print draft will be available on SSRN until the article comes out in the Journal. The abstract is below, …

El origen y las causas de las insurrecciones populares, el rol de Estados Unidos, Israel y Europa, el papel clave de los medios de comunicación: impactos mundiales y repercusiones en América Latina. Coloquio internacional8 y 9 de septiembre Entrada libre y gratuitaCupos limitados 9.00 hs a 17.00 hsInscripción y programa …

UNASUR: RESOLUCIÓN DEL CONSEJO DE MINISTRAS Y MINISTROS DE RELACIONES EXTERIORES SOBRE LA CREACIÓN DE UN CONSEJO ELECTORAL RESOLUCION DEL CONSEJO DE MINISTRAS Y MINISTROS DE RELACIONES EXTERIORES SOBRE LA CREACION DE UN CONSEJO ELECTORAL DE LA UNASUR EI Consejo de Ministras y Ministros de Relaciones Exteriores de la Unión …

President Obama Creates US Atrocities Prevention BoardEarlier this month, US President Barrack Obama directed the National Security Advisor to create an Atrocities Prevention Board which will be tasked with co-ordinating the US government’s policies on the prevention of mass atrocities and genocide. In addition, the President also launced a US interagency …

DDHH – ONU. Hacia una nueva Convención Internacional: la de las personas mayores. Derechos de los adultos mayores. Hacia un convención internacional. La cuestión de la igualdad formal y la igualdad sustantiva. Invitado especial Dr. Víctor Abramovich * El Instituto de Políticas Públicas de Derechos Humanos es un organismo del …

POR UNANIMIDAD, LA ALADI DESIGNÓ A CARLOS “CHACHO” ÁLVAREZ COMO SECRETARIO GENERAL “Coincidimos por primera vez en que el crecimiento económico y la abundancia, tanto por una cuestión moral y ética como de mercado, no tienen sentido si no contribuyen a satisfacer las necesidades de los más vulnerables”, afirmó este …

Darryl Robinson on Self-Referrals: Is the International Criminal Court Really a Court of Last Resort?The Journal of International Criminal Justice has recently published a very interesting article by Darryl Robinson titled “The Controversy over Territorial State Referrals and Reflections on ICL Discourse“. In the article, Darryl takes issue with those who …