Archivo de Etiquetas: International Law

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 …

“The City and the City” and Public International Law The City and the City. It is, at its core, a novel about jurisdiction, and its setting is one of Miéville’s most fascinating creations. Miéville himself is no stranger to international law, being the author of Between Equal Rights: A Marxist …

The 100th Anniversary of the Peace Palace Today marks the 100th anniversary of the Peace Palace, which houses the International Court of Justice in the Hague. The Peace Palace also houses the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA), the Hague Academy of International Law and the Peace Palace Library. The idea …

Democratic Statehood in International Law In the book Democratic Statehood in International Law, I develop an argument that state creation is a political process of overcoming a competing claim to territorial integrity. The emergence of a new state is not an automatic or factual occurrence upon meeting the statehood criteria. …

Does Use of Chemical Weapons Justify Intervention in Syria? Over the last few days, various media outlets have reported that the US, UK and other countries believe that the Syrian government has used chemical weapons in the Syrian conflict (see BBC report). Apparently, there is not yet conclusive evidence of this …

Scottish Independence: Political Rhetoric and Legal Realities The recent publication of Professors Crawford and Boyle’s opinion on the international law aspects of Scottish independence is an event not because it says anything new – most commentators (including the present writer) come to the same conclusions – but because it puts …

France Intervenes in Mali Invoking both SC Resolution 2085 and the Invitation of the Malian Government – Redundancy or Legal Necessity? Vidan Hadzi-Vidanovic is a lawyer in the Registry of the European Court of Human Rights. The views expressed in this contribution are those of the author and do not …

Canada and Denmark reach agreement on the Lincoln Sea Boundary Jacques Hartmann is Lecturer in Law, Dundee Law School, Scotland. This graphic is for illustrative purposes only. The solid black line is the boundary agreed in the 1973 treaty. The broken black line is the boundary agreed ad referendum. The …