The Use of Force in International Law Author: Edited by Tom Ruys, Olivier Corten, and Alexandra Hofer ISBN: 9780198784364 Binding: Paperback Publication Date: 17 July 2018 Price: $64.99 Description The international law on the use of force is one of the oldest branches of international law. It is an area …
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13 de junio del 2018: Asamblea General de Naciones Unidas convocada para discutir la dramática situación en Gaza 13 de junio del 2018: Asamblea General de Naciones Unidas convocada para discutir la dramática situación en Gaza Este próximo 13 de junio está convocada una reunión urgente de la Asamblea General …
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El veto norteamericano a un proyecto de resolución del Consejo de Seguridad sobre la urgente necesidad de proteger a civiles palestinos: breves apuntes El veto norteamericano a un proyecto de resolución del Consejo de Seguridad sobre la urgente necesidad de proteger a civiles palestinos: breves apuntes El pasado 1ero de …
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Lost Between Law Enforcement and Active Hostilities: A First Glance at the Israeli Supreme Court Judgment on the Use of Lethal Force During the Gaza Border Demonstrations In response to the ongoing violent clashes between the Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) and Palestinian protesters during the so-called ‘March of Return’ along …
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Protection of civilians in Palestine: UN Security Council fails to adopt a resolution (due to US veto) Protection of civilians in Palestine: UN Security Council fails to adopt a resolution (due to US veto) On June 1st, the UN Security Council voted a draft resolution presented by Kuwait concerning the …
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The Right to Life in Armed Conflict Author: Ian Park ISBN: 9780198821380 Binding: Hardcover Publication Date: 22 April 2018 Price: $105.00 Description Disagreement reigns amongst academics, practitioners, and politicians, as to whether human rights have a place in armed conflicts, especially in extra-territorial operations, with many fearing that an application …
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The US’s New Nuclear Posture Review: Blurring the Lines of Anticipatory Self-Defense by Yulia Ioffe and Olga Bozhenko [Yulia Ioffe is a DPhil (PhD) candidate and a tutor in Public International Law at University of Oxford and Olga Bozhenko is an LL.M student in International Litigation (Public International Law) at Institute …
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The ICC and Israel: Prosecuting the Punitive Demolition of Palestinian Homes by Elvina Pothelet [Elvina Pothelet is a Visiting Researcher at the Harvard Law School and a Ph.D. candidate at the University of Geneva.] Last Friday, a car-ramming attack in the West Bank killed two Israeli soldiers and injured two …
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Active Hostilities and International Law Limits to Trump’s Executive Order on Guantanamo In his State of the Union speech on January 30, 2018, U.S. President Donald Trump announced his signing of a new executive order aimed at keeping open the U.S. detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, as well as …
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An International Use of Force in Salisbury? In the afternoon of Sunday, 4 March, Mr Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia were found slumped on a park bench in Salisbury. Mr Skripal is a former Russian agent convicted of espionage for the West, exchanged in a spy swap and brought …
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The Pardon of Fujimori: Amnesties and Remedies Before the Inter-American Court of Human Rights by Carlos Lopez [Carlos Lopez is a Senior Legal Adviser at the International Commission of Jurists.] The “humanitarian pardon and grace” granted by Peruvian President Kuczynski to former President Fujimori on the eve of Christmas 2017 has spurred …
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Security Council Resolutions as Evidence of Customary International Law In 2012 the International Law Commission began to address one of the last major uncodified areas of public international law: how norms of customary law (CIL) are to be identified. The exercise at the ILC has not been an easy one. …
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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