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The Relationship between National Law and International Law in the Report of the Georgia Fact-Finding Mission: Editor’s Note: This post is part of a series discussing the the Report of the Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on the Conflict in Georgia. Other posts in this series include Gazzini, “Criteria for Statehood …

Reflections on self-determination, and the status of Kosovo in light of the Report of the Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on the Conflict in Georgia Zoran Oklopcic is Assistant Professor, Department of Law, Carleton University, Ottawa Editor’s Note: This post is part of a series discussing the the Report of the …

Belgium sues Swizterland in the ICJ in a dispute concerning recognition and enforcement of a civil judgment Last week, Belgium initiated proceedings in the ICJ against Swizterland in a dispute raising issues of private international law and of the relationship between public international law and private international law. The dispute concerns: …

Secretario General de la OEA se reúne con el Presidente Electo de Uruguay El Secretario General de la Organización de los Estados Americanos (OEA), José Miguel Insulza, se entrevistó el miércoles en Montevideo con el Presidente Electo de la República Oriental del Uruguay, José Mujica, y con su Vicepresidente, Danilo …

Más allá de Copenhague: Seguridad y cambio climático AFP/Getty Images La cumbre Copenhague de diciembre de 2009 (COP 15, por sus siglas en inglés) marcará nuevos objetivos y mecanismos, así como mayor financiamiento, aun cuando todavía no se trate de un acuerdo vinculante. Con todo, este encuentro podría quedar resumido …

Misión de la OEA observará elecciones generales en Costa Rica El Secretario General de la Organización de los Estados Americanos (OEA), José Miguel Insulza, y el Representante Permanente de Costa Rica ante el organismo, José Enrique Castillo Barrantes, firmaron un acuerdo para delinear los términos que tendrá la Misión de …

Conclusion of the eighth session of the Assembly of States Parties to the Rome Statute The Assembly of States Parties to the Rome Statute concluded its eighth session on 26 November 2009. Among the more important results of the Assembly was the decision that the much anticipated review conference is …

La crisis de Honduras y el sistema interamericano: el triunfo del realismo sobre los principios El derrocamiento del presidente Manuel Zelaya en Honduras el 28 de junio de 2009 parece marcar el triunfo del realismo sobre los principios en el continente americano. Este suceso está cimbrando al sistema interamericano y …

The Swiss Referendum on the Prohibition of Minarets  Anne Peters is Professor of Public International Law at the University of Basel, a position she has held since 2001. In the academic year 2004/05 she was Dean of the Faculty of Law. Prior to taking up the tenured post she was …

20th Anniversary of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child Today marks the 20th anniversary of the adoption by the UN General Assembly of the Convention on the Rights of the Child. The Convention has become the most widely ratified treaty after the Geneva Conventions of 1949 (which …

ICC Prosecutor Seeks Permission to Investigate Kenyan Crimes Against Humanity Lionel Nichols is a research student in the Faculty of Law, University of Oxford. He is an executive member of the Oxford Transitional Justice Research Group and has prevously interned at the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia and the Special …

U.N. Relocates Foreign Staff in Afghanistan The temporary move after an attack last week was a signal of pressure on U.N. operations in the region. [via NYT > World]