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New Discussions on UN Human Rights Treaty Monitoring Reform: Using the Momentum while Acknowledging Financial and Political Realities John Morijn, PhD (EUI (Law)) is senior human rights adviser, Dutch Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations and assistant professor of human rights law, University of Groningen, The Netherlands. Views expressed …

  REPUBLIC OF AUSTRIA ET AL. v. ALTMANN CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT No. 03-13. Argued February 25, 2004—Decided June 7, 2004 Upon evidence that certain of her uncle’s valuable art works had either been seized by the Nazis or expropriated by Austria …

  IN THE SUPREME COURT OF NEW ZEALAND SC CIV 19/2004 [2005] NZSC 38 BETWEEN    ATTORNEY-GENERAL Appellant AND    AHMED ZAOUI First Respondent AND    INSPECTOR-GENERAL OF INTELLIGENCE AND SECURITY Second Respondent AND    HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION Intervener Court:    Elias CJ, Gault, Keith, Blanchard and Eichelbaum JJ Counsel: T Arnold QC, Solicitor General, …

  INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE REPORTS OF JUDGMENTS, ADVISORY OPINIONS AND ORDERS REQUEST FOR INTERPRETATION OF THE JUDGMENT OF NOVEMBER 20th, 1950, IN THE ASYLUM CASE (COLOMBIA/PERU) JUDGMENT OF NOVEMBER 27th, 1950    Present: President BASDEVANT ; Vice-President GUERRERO ; Judges ALVAREZ, HACKWORTH, WINIARSKI, DE VISSCHER, Sir Arnold MCNAIR, KLAESTAD, …

  INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE REPORTS OF JUDGMENTS, ADVISORY OPINIONS AND ORDERS HAYA DE LA TORRE CASE (COLOMBIA /PERU) JUDGMENT OF JUNE 13th, 1951 Intervention under Article 63 of the Statute and Article 66 of Rules. —Admissibility of intervention.—Its limits. Jurisdiction based on attitude of Parties.—Manner of carrying out Judgment …

MATTER OF EXTRADITION OF ARTUKOVIC   628 F.Supp. 1370 (1986)  In the Matter of the EXTRADITION OF Andrija ARTUKOVIC. Andrija ARTUKOVIC, Petitioner, v. Richard RISON, Warden, Respondent.  Nos. CV 84-8743-R(B), CV 85-3611-R.  United States District Court, C.D. California.   February 6, 1986.   Robert C. Bonner, U.S. Atty., Robert L. …

EUROPEAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS COURT (CHAMBER) CASE OF ARTICO v. ITALY (Application no. 6694/74) JUDGMENT STRASBOURG 13 May 1980 In the Artico case, The European Court of Human Rights, sitting, in accordance with Article 43 (art. 43) of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms …

INTERNATIONAL COURT OE JUSTICE REPORTS OF JUDGMENTS, ADVISORY OPINIONS AND ORDERS CASE CONCERNING ARMED ACTIVITIES ON THE TERRITORY OF THE CONGO (DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO v. UGANDA) REQUEST FOR THE INDICATION OF PROVISIONAL MEASURES ORDER OF 1 JULY 2000 Present: President GUILLAUME; Judges ODA, BEDJAOUI, RANJEVA, HERCZEGH, FI.EISCHHA.UER, KOROMA. …

Important Cases Against Russia before the European Court Just before the holidays the European Court of Human Rights rendered two important decisions in cases against the Russian Federation. First, a Chamber declared admissible the second interstate application filed by Georgia against Russia (Georgia v. Russia No. 2, App. No. 38263/08, …

COURT OF APPEAL The judges of the Court of Appeal have agreed as follows: I. With regard to the case file No. 16/PID.C.G./2001/PD.DIL, from the Special Panel for Serious Crimes of the Dili District Court, the following entities have appealed to the Court of Appeal: 1st- The Public Prosecution Service, …

U.S. Supreme Court Arkansas v. Tennessee, 246 U.S. 158 (1918) Arkansas v. Tennessee No. 4, Original Argued October 9, 1917 Decided March 4, 1918 246 U.S. 158 I N EQUITY Syllabus When two states of the Union are separated by a navigable stream, their boundary being described as “a line …

ICJ Press Releases Distinguish the ICJ from other International Tribunals In the past couple of months the ICJ has inserted a paragraph at the end of its press releases which seeks to make clear that the ICJ is different from the other newer international tribunals out there. The paragraph can …