Derecho Internacional Público – dipublico.org Cátedra I de Derecho Internacional Público de la Facultad de Derecho y Ciencias Políticas de la Universidad Católica de La Plata – Argentina

The undersigned Plenipotentiaries, in the name of their respective Governments: (Here follow the names of Plenipotentiaries)Whereas the use in war of asphyxiating, poisonous or other gases, and of all analogous liquids materials or devices, has been justly condemned by the general opinion of the civilized world; andWhereas the prohibition of …

concluded at Geneva on 12 September 1923 Albania, Germany, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, the British Empire (with the Union of South Africa, New Zealand, India and the Irish Free State), Bulgaria, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Denmark, Spain, Finland, France, Greece, Haiti, Honduras, Hungary, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxemburg, Monaco, Panama, …

Desafíos para la política exterior europea en 2011. Después de la crisis 2010 ha sido un año turbulento para la política exterior de la Unión Europea. El Tratado de Lisboa no ha logrado alcanzar los prometidos avances en materia de cooperación al desarrollo e influencia europea, sino todo lo contrario. …

The High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina: A Requiem for LegalityDr Miroslav Baros is Senior Lecturer in Law at Sheffield Hallam University, UK. Introduction  ‘The Order further confirms that any proceeding instituted before any Court… which challenges [my] decisions sanctioning individuals …enacted by  me,  will be inadmissible, unless… I expressly give …

Proposed Amendments to UK’s Universal Jurisdiction LawsSome months ago we noted that the UK’s coalition government was planning to introduce legislation that would restrict the application of universal jurisdiction in the UK. The government was not proposing to restrict the scope of jurisdiction of UK courts over universal jurisdiction offences but to …

Opinión del Secretario Ejecutivo de la CIDH, Santiago Canton, publicado hoy, 9 de diciembre de 2010, en el semanario Búsqueda de Uruguay. Los derechos fundamentales inderogables no pueden ser anulados bajo ninguna circunstancia: tampoco por medio de consultas populares Por Santiago A. Canton, Secretario Ejecutivo de la Comisión Interamericana de …

The UN Secretary General’s Report on his Mission of Good Offices in CyprusThe UN’s patience with Cyprus, divided since 1974, is beginning to run out. The Greek and Turkish Cypriot leaders have made little progress over reunification in the last two years of negotiations. Ban Ki-moon, the UN Secretary General, …

Declive y caída de Europa: La lucha contra la irrelevancia global El Tratado de Lisboa celebra su primer aniversario. Mientras Bruselas ha estado centrada en debates internos de carácter institucional, el equilibrio de poder mundial se ha alejado de Europa. Europe’s Decline and Fall: the struggle against global irrelevance (Profile …

ICJ Diallo Merits JudgmentToday the ICJ delivered its merits judgment in the case concerning Ahmadou Sadio Diallo (Republic of Guinea v. Democratic Republic of the Congo). The Court found that in carrying out the arrest, detention and expulsion of Mr. Diallo in 1995-1996, the DRC violated his fundamental rights under …