Archivo de Etiquetas: Africa

APPLICABILITY OF THE OBLIGATION TO ARBITRATE UNDER SECTION 21 OF THE UNITED NATIONS HEADQUARTERS AGREEMENT OF 26 JUNE 1947   Headquarters Agreement between the United Nations and the United States of America — Dispute settlement clause — Existence of a dispute — Alleged breach of treaty — Significance of behaviour …

U.S. Supreme Court The Antelope, 23 U.S. 10 Wheat. 66 66 (1825) The Antelope 23 U.S. (10 Wheat.) 66 APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF GEORGIA Syllabus The African slave trade is contrary to the law of nature, but is not prohibited by the positive law of nations. Although the …

UNITED STATES v. ALVAREZ-MACHAIN, 504 U.S. 655 (1992) 504 U.S. 655 UNITED STATES, PETITIONER v. HUMBERTO ALVAREZ-MACHAIN CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT No. 91-712 Argued April 1, 1992 Decided June 15, 1992 Respondent, a citizen and resident of Mexico, was forcibly kidnaped from …

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF JUDICATURE COURT OF APPEAL (CIVIL DIVISION) ON APPEAL FROM THE HON MR JUSTICE MANCE (Now The Rt Hon Lord Justice Mance) Royal Courts of Justice Strand, London, WC2A 2LL Thursday 2nd November 2000 B e f o r e : LORD JUSTICE ROBERT WALKER LORD …

Before: Judge Laity Kama, Presiding Judge Lennart Aspegren Judge Navanethem Pillay Registry: Mr. Agwu U. Okali Decision of: 2 September 1998 THE PROSECUTOR VERSUS JEAN-PAUL AKAYESU Case No. ICTR-96-4-T JUDGEMENT The Office of the Prosecutor: Mr. Pierre-Richard Prosper Counsel for the Accused: Mr. Nicolas Tiangaye Mr. Patrice Monthe 1. INTRODUCTION …

Palestine, Statehood and the Challenges of Representation Guy Goodwin-Gill is a Senior Research Fellow at All Souls College, Oxford and Professor of International Refugee Law, University of Oxford. Previously, he was Professor of Asylum Law at the University of Amsterdam and Legal Adviser in the Office of United Nations High Commissioner …

COMUNICADOS CONJUNTOS DE LOS PRESIDENTES DE LOS ESTADOS PARTES Y ESTADOS ASOCIADOS DEL MERCOSUR – CUMBRE MONTEVIDEO 2011 Comunicado Conjunto de los Presidentes de los Estados Partes del MERCOSUR Las Presidentas de la República Argentina, Cristina Fernández de Kirchner y de la República Federativa del Brasil, Dilma Vana Rousseff, y …

HIGH COURT OF AUSTRALIA  GLEESON CJ, McHUGH, GUMMOW, KIRBY, HAYNE, CALLINAN AND HEYDON JJ AHMED ALI AL-KATEB APPELLANT AND PHILIPPA GODWIN, DEPUTY SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF IMMIGRATION AND MULTICULTURAL AND INDIGENOUS AFFAIRS & ORS RESPONDENTS Al-Kateb v Godwin [2004] HCA 37  6 August 2004  A253/2003 ORDER 1. Appeal dismissed. 2. The …

INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE YEAR 1992 26 June 1992 CASE CONCERNING CERTAIN PHOSPHATE LANDS IN NAURU (NAURU v. AUSTRALIA) PRELIMINARY OBJECTIONS Jurisdiction of the Court and admissibility. Declaration of acceptance of compulsory jurisdiction excluding “any dispute in regard to which the Parties thereto have agreed or shall agree to have …

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 …

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 …

Acuerdo de Copenhague Los Jefes de Estado, Jefes de Gobierno, Ministros y otros jefes de las siguientes delegaciones presentes en la Conferencia de las Naciones Unidas sobre el Cambio Climático de 2009, en Copenhague1: Albania, Alemania, Argelia, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Belarús, Bélgica, Benin, Bhután, Bosnia y Herzegovina, Botswana, …