Archivo de Etiquetas: International Law

President Trump Could (and Might Actually) Unilaterally Recognize Jerusalem as the Capital of Israel by Julian Ku As we all continue to digest the stunning election results from last week, I continue to focus on ways in which a President Trump could use his substantial powers over foreign affairs in …

Singh: Vernacular Nations: Westphalia and the Many Lives of States in Asia Prabhakar Singh ([email protected]) teaches at the O P Jindal Global University, Sonipat, Haryana. Postcolonial Asia offers at least seven types of states and nations. In their somewhat uncritical pursuit of total nationalism, territorial Asian states compete with their …

La Asamblea de los Estados Partes en el Estatuto de Roma (que establece desde 1998 la Corte Penal Internacional – CPI) se reúne desde el pasado Lunes 8 hasta el próximo 17 de diciembre en la sede de las Naciones Unidas en Nueva York (ver documento oficial ). En su …

Recognition of States in International Law: For Sale News reports indicate that former Guatemalan president Alfonso Portillo (pictured left) recently pleaded guilty in federal court in New York to accepting $2.5 million in bribes from Taiwanese officials in exchange for assurances of continued diplomatic recognition during his tenure in office …

Sense and Nonsense of Territorial Referendums in Ukraine, and Why the 16 March Referendum in Crimea Does Not Justify Crimea’s Alteration of Territorial Status under International Law Yesterday, on 15 April 2014, Ukrainian interim president Turtschinov considered to hold, simultaneously with the presidential elections, a referendum on regional competences in …

U.S. Says Iran’s Pick for U.N. Envoy Won’t Get a Visa WASHINGTON — The Obama administration on Friday said it would bar an Iranian diplomat nominated as United Nations ambassador from entering the country, in a rebuke to Iran at a time when the United States is engaged in delicate …

The Use of ‘Do it Yourself’ Barrel Bombs under International Law Among the continuing horrors reported from Syria, it is the use of certain weapons that time and again makes the headlines. While the use of chemical weapons led to an important response from the international community, in recent months …

CRC Concluding Observations on the Holy See The UN Committee on the Rights of the Child released today its concluding observations on the second periodic report of the Holy See. The report is making waves in the media because of the Committee’s very strong condemnation of the inadequacy of the …

OUP Debate Map on “Disputes in the South and East China Seas” Readers interested in the territorial and maritime boundary disputes between China and her neighbours in the South and East China Seas will welcome the creation by Oxford University Press of a “Debate Map” on the topic. The  “Debate Map” is …

La Federación Interamericana de Abogados fue fundada, en la ocasión del Octavo Congreso Científico Americano (Washington, 1940; véase supra, Apéndice A, núm. 23), por un grupo de abogados, delegados a la Sección de Derecho Internacional, Derecho Público y Jurisprudencia de dicho Congreso y nacionales de trece países del ‘Continente. La …

La Junta Interamericana del Café fue constituida en cumplimiento del Artículo IX del Convenio Interamericano del Café, concertado el 28 de noviembre de 1940 por quince naciones americanas (Brasil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Ecuador, El Salvador, Estados Unidos de América, Guatemala, Haití, Honduras, México, Nicaragua, Perú, República Dominicana, Venezuela) como …

Celebrada por invitación del Gobierno de Chile y bajo los auspicios del Comité Interamericano de Iniciativas en Materia de Seguridad Social (véase infra, Apéndice B, núm. 70). Países representados: Veintiún países del Continente enviaron delegados a la Primera Conferencia Interamericana de Seguridad Social, en la cual participaron también una delegación …