Archivo de Etiquetas: Court

Two Women Nominated to Replace Retiring US and Chinese Judges on the International Court of Justice The International Court of Justice (ICJ) has announed in recent weeks that Judges Shi Juiyong and Thomas Buergenthal will be retiring from the Court (see here and here). Judge Shi is a Chinese national and …

Press Release 2010/18 NEW Territorial and Maritime Dispute (Nicaragua v. Colombia) – Territorial and Maritime Dispute (Nicaragua v. Colombia) – The Republic of Honduras requests permission to intervene in the proceedings (72 Kb)Read more … [via International Court of Justice, The Hague, Netherlands]

‘Is torture ever justified?’: The European Court of Human Rights decision in Gäfgen v Germany Natasha Simonsen is a Rhodes Scholar at the University of Oxford. Previously, she worked as a consultant for UNICEF and has interned with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in Pakistan. Earlier this month, the Grand Chamber …

This publication contains summaries of judgments, advisory opinions and orders of a substantive nature issued by the International Court of Justice, the principal judicial organ of the United Nations, from 1 January 2003 to 31 December 2007. It is the continuation of three earlier volumes on the same subject (ST/LEG/SER.F/1 …

Application NEW Proceedings instituted by Australia against Japan – Application instituting proceedings (1 Mb)Read more … [via International Court of Justice, The Hague, Netherlands]

The ICC and the Crime of Aggression: The Consent Problem and the Security Council Issue The first conference to the review the Statute of the International Criminal Court opens next week in Kampala Uganda. The major proposal to be considered at the conference will be proposals to amend the Statute so as …

Order of 12 May 2010 NEW Certain questions concerning diplomatic relations (Honduras v. Brazil) – Order of 12 May 2010 (42 Kb)Read more … [via International Court of Justice, The Hague, Netherlands]

Request for Advisory Opinion Judgment No.2867 of the Administrative Tribunal of the International Labour Organization upon a Complaint Filed against the International Fund for Agricultural Development (Request for Advisory Opinion) – Request for Advisory Opinion (778 Kb)Read more … [via International Court of Justice, The Hague, Netherlands]

Judgment of 20 April 2010 NEW Pulp Mills on the River Uruguay (Argentina v. Uruguay) – Judgment of 20 April 2010 (656 Kb)Read more … Pulp Mills on the River Uruguay (Argentina v. Uruguay) The Court finds that Uruguay has breached its procedural obligations to co-operate with Argentina and the …

Press Release 2010/7 NEW Pulp Mills on the River Uruguay (Argentina v. Uruguay) – Pulp Mills on the River Uruguay (Argentina v. Uruguay) – Court to deliver its Judgment on Tuesday 20 April 2010 at 3 p.m. (66 Kb)Read more … [via International Court of Justice, The Hague, Netherlands]

Press Release 2010/4 NEW Territorial and Maritime Dispute (Nicaragua v. Colombia) – Territorial and Maritime Dispute (Nicaragua v. Colombia) – Costa Rica requests permission to intervene in the proceedings (72 Kb)Read more … [via International Court of Justice, The Hague, Netherlands]

Why the Falklands Dispute Will (Probably) Never Go to Court Our readers are surely aware of the reemergence of the Falklands dispute on the international stage, provoked by the UK’s decision to allow oil exploration in the waters of the Islands, and the possibility that the oil deposits may be …