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A case of negative regional complementarity? Giving the African Court of Justice and Human Rights Jurisdiction over International Crimes Max du Plessis, Visiting Fellow at the Oxford Institute for Ethics, Law and Armed Conflict.  He is an Associate Professor, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban; Senior Research Associate, International Crime in Africa Programme, …

ICC Delivers Its First Judgment: The Lubanga Case and Classification of Conflicts in Situations of Occupation On Wednesday, the International Criminal Court delivered its first ever judgment. The Trial Chamber in the Lubanga Case delivered a judgment of over 600 pages by which it convicted Thomas Lubanga of the war crime …

Baker v. Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration), [1999] 2 S.C.R. 817 Mavis Baker Appellant v. Minister of Citizenship and Immigration Respondent and The Canadian Council of Churches, the Canadian Foundation for Children, Youth and the Law, the Defence for Children International-Canada, the Canadian Council for Refugees, and the Charter …

INTERNATIONAL COURT OF 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) JUDGMENT OF 19 DECEMBER 2005 Situation in the Great Lakes region — Task of the Court. * Issue of consent. The DRC …

INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE CASE CONCERNING TERRITORIAL AND MARITIME DISPUTE BETWEEN NICARAGUA AND HONDURAS IN THE CARIBBEAN SEA (NICARAGUA v. HONDURAS) – 8 October 2007 JUDGMENT PRESENT: PRESIDENT Higgins; VICE-PRESIDENT Al-Khasawneh; JUDGES Ranjeva, Shi, Koroma, Parra-Aranguren, Buergenthal, Owada, Simma, Tomka, Abraham, Keith, Sepulveda-Amor, Bennouna, Skotnikov; JUDGES AD HOC Torres Bernardez, …

INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE 1988 20 December General List No. 74 CASE CONCERNING BORDER AND TRANSBORDER ARMED ACTIONS 20 December 1988 (NICARAGUA v. HONDURAS) JURISDICTION OF THE COURT AND ADMISSIBILITY OF THE APPLICATION Jurisdiction of the Court, burden ofproof— Intention of the Parties. Charter of Organization ofAmerican States — Pact …

ARGENTINE — CHILE FRONTIER CASE [1] PARTIES: Argentine, Chile COMPROMIS: Agreement of 1st April, 1965 [2] ARBITRATOR: Elizabeth II, Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland [3] AWARD: 9 December, 1966 REPORT OF THE COURT OF ARBITRATION: 24 November, 1966 Delimitation of certain portions of the …

Before: Judge Laity Kama, Presiding Judge Lennart Aspegren Judge Navanethem Pillay Registry: Mr. Agwu U. Okali Decision of: 2 September 1998 THE PROSECUTOR VERSUS JEAN-PAUL AKAYESU Case No. ICTR-96-4-T JUDGEMENT The Office of the Prosecutor: Mr. Pierre-Richard Prosper Counsel for the Accused: Mr. Nicolas Tiangaye Mr. Patrice Monthe 1. INTRODUCTION …

Palestine, Statehood and the Challenges of Representation Guy Goodwin-Gill is a Senior Research Fellow at All Souls College, Oxford and Professor of International Refugee Law, University of Oxford. Previously, he was Professor of Asylum Law at the University of Amsterdam and Legal Adviser in the Office of United Nations High Commissioner …

HIGH COURT OF AUSTRALIA  GLEESON CJ, McHUGH, GUMMOW, KIRBY, HAYNE, CALLINAN AND HEYDON JJ AHMED ALI AL-KATEB APPELLANT AND PHILIPPA GODWIN, DEPUTY SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF IMMIGRATION AND MULTICULTURAL AND INDIGENOUS AFFAIRS & ORS RESPONDENTS Al-Kateb v Godwin [2004] HCA 37  6 August 2004  A253/2003 ORDER 1. Appeal dismissed. 2. The …

ABD AL NASSER AL AZIZ ABD AL AZIZ ABD AL AFFO ET AL v. COMMANDER OF I.D.F. FORCES IN THE WEST BANK H.C. 785/87 ABD AL AZIZ ABD ALRACHMAN UDE RAFIA ET AL v. COMMANDER OF I.D.F. FORCES IN THE GAZA STRIP H.C. 845/87 J’MAL SHAATI HINDI v. COMMANDER OF …

INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE YEAR 1978 19 December 1978 AEGEAN SEA CONTINENTAL SHELF CASE (GREECE v. TURKEY) JURISDICTION OF THE COURT Pursuit of negotiations during judicial proceedings no impediment to exercise of jurisdiction—Existence of legal dispute. Jurisdiction of the Court—Question of applicability of 1928 General Act for Pacific Settlement of …