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Archivo de Etiquetas: Security Council

Immunity and International Criminal Tribunals

Immunity and International Criminal Tribunals Earlier this week, the Trial Chamber at International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) hearing the case against Radovan Karadzic issued a decision in which it stated that “According to customary international law, there are some acts for which immunity from prosecution cannot be …

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Election of judges to the International Court of Justice

Election of judges to the International Court of Justice Last week, the General Assembly and the Security Council elected five new members of the International Court of Justice (see press release). The elected judges are: Judge Awn Shawkat Al-Khasawneh (Jordan) and Ronny Abraham (France) who were both re-elected. Messrs. Antônio …

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U.N. may want to suspend ICC action on Bashir: Russia

U.N. may want to suspend ICC action on Bashir: Russia UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The U.N. Security Council may want to consider suspending any war crimes indictment of Sudan’s president by the International Criminal Court, Russia’s U.N. ambassador told reporters on Monday. [via Reuters: International News]

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North Korea sells arms to Ethiopia with U.S. OK: NYT

North Korea sells arms to Ethiopia with U.S. OK: NYT NEW YORK (Reuters) – The Bush administration allowed Ethiopia to complete a secret arms purchase from North Korea in an apparent violation of a U.N. Security Council sanctions resolution passed months earlier over its nuclear test, The New York Times …

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