International Law Prof Blogtag:typepad.com,2003:weblog-16502222009-11-10T11:09:10-05:00A Member of the Law Professor Blogs NetworkTypePadInternationalLawProfBloghttp://feedburner.google.comWill the U.S. Supreme Court Use International and Foreign Law Again?tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0128756ff85c970c2009-11-10T11:09:10-05:002009-11-10T11:09:10-05:00Yesterday, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in a consolidated case regarding whether it is cruel and unusual punishment within the meaning of the Eighth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution to sentence a juvenile to life in prison without...InternationalLaw BloggerInternational Criminal Court Will Investigate Post-Election Violence in Kenyatag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef012875695ec0970c2009-11-09T15:39:43-05:002009-11-09T15:39:43-05:00A news release from the United Nations, concerning a request from the ICC Prosecutor: The Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) has announced that he will ask the tribunal to open an investigation into the deadly post-election violence in...InternationalLaw Blogger20th Anniversary of the Fall of the Berlin Walltag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0120a668edad970b2009-11-09T15:37:07-05:002009-11-09T15:37:07-05:00Today marks the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. For my faculty colleagues teaching international law, this is also a reminder that we'll have to soon start telling our students that there was such a thing as...InternationalLaw BloggerInternational Criminal Court Announces War Crimes Trial of Former Congolese Vice Presidenttag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0128755f8a28970c2009-11-07T07:35:00-05:002009-11-07T07:35:00-05:00The International Criminal Court announced this week that the war crimes trial of Jean-Pierre Bemba Gombo will begin in April 2010. Mr. Bemba, the former Congolese Vice President, faces charges for alleged crimes committed in the Central African Republic (CAR)...InternationalLaw BloggerUN General Assembly President Urges Israel, Palestine to Investigate Human Rights Violationstag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0120a65ed149970b2009-11-06T20:02:37-05:002009-11-06T20:02:37-05:00We've just received the following press release from the United Nations: General Assembly President Ali Treki today urged Israel and the Palestinians to heed the body’s call to conduct credible investigations into charges that both sides were guilty of serious...InternationalLaw BloggerWhy the ICTY Got It Wrong in the Karadžić Appointment of Counsel Decisiontag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0120a65d89fd970b2009-11-06T15:12:04-05:002009-11-07T14:43:58-05:00The following is a guest post by Professor Gregory S. Gordon from the University of North Dakota School of Law: Yesterday, the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia issued its "Decision on Appointment of Counsel and Order on Further...InternationalLaw BloggerWTO Dispute Settlement Body Receives 400th Dispute in 15 Yearstag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0120a65c0c56970b2009-11-06T09:28:39-05:002009-11-06T09:28:39-05:00By the time the WTO Dispute Settlement Body (DSB) celebrates its 15th "birthday" in January, it will have handled more than 400 trade disputes. The DSU came into existence in January 1995, meaning that this January 2010 will mark its...InternationalLaw BloggerInternational Ethics Conference at American Society of International Lawtag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0120a652f83b970b2009-11-05T08:11:00-05:002009-11-04T11:15:56-05:00Each year, the International Legal Theory Interest Group of the American Society of International Law convenes a special conference to consider an important theoretical issue in international law. This year, the conference will focus on the Role of Ethics in...InternationalLaw BloggerBorder arbitration deal between Slovenia and Croatiatag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0120a6a87a2d970c2009-11-04T11:26:28-05:002009-11-04T11:26:28-05:00A border arbitration agreement between Slovenia and Croatia was signed today. Croatia's EU accession talks may now resume. Assuming that the arbitration agreement is ratified by the two countries’ respective national parliament, Croatia will, in all likelihood, become the 28th...InternationalLaw BloggerSlavery in Mauritaniatag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0120a6a83df9970c2009-11-04T10:24:26-05:002009-11-04T10:24:26-05:00We received the following press release from the United Nations: While noting the significant steps that have been taken in Mauritania to tackle slavery, an independent United Nations human rights expert today called for a comprehensive strategy to put an...InternationalLaw BloggerAll European Union Member States Have Agreed to Lisbon Treatytag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0120a650505f970b2009-11-03T16:04:49-05:002009-11-04T10:25:27-05:00Czech President Vaclav Klaus signed the Lisbon Treaty today, clearing the way for the new constitution for Europe to take effect. The document has already been accepted by all the other 26 EU Member States. The next step will be...InternationalLaw BloggerRadovan Karadzic makes first appearance in ICTYtag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0120a64e96d2970b2009-11-03T09:06:10-05:002009-11-03T09:06:10-05:00In an update to one of our blog posts last week, Radovan Karadzic, the former commander of the Bosnian-Serb forces during the war in Bosnia in the 1990s, made his first appearance before the International Criminal Tribunal for the former...InternationalLaw BloggerHamid Karzai Elected President of Afghanistan After Challenger Withdrawstag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0120a64e8c90970b2009-11-03T08:51:27-05:002009-11-03T08:51:27-05:00Abdullah Abdullah, the challenger to Afghan President Hamid Karzai, withdrew as a candidate from the presidential election run-off in Afghanistan. President Karzai was then declared the winner by default under Afghan law. U.S. President Barack Obama called President Karzai to...InternationalLaw BloggerU.S. Removes HIV Exclusiontag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0120a6985486970c2009-10-30T22:03:17-04:002009-10-30T22:03:17-04:00The United States has removed HIV as a ground of excludability from the United States. Click here to read the Federal Register Notice. (mew)InternationalLaw BloggerAgreement on the “legal guarantee” to be offered to the Czech Republic on the EU Lisbon Treatytag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0120a63dcc85970b2009-10-30T12:14:03-04:002009-10-30T12:14:03-04:00The blackmail tactic employed by Eurosceptic Czech President Klaus proved effective to the extent that EU leaders of the 27 Members States agreed yesterday that the Lisbon Treaty will be enriched by a new Protocol coming in addition to the...InternationalLaw BloggerBreakthrough Reported in Hondurastag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0120a63d3dae970b2009-10-30T09:05:45-04:002009-10-30T09:05:45-04:00Following our story from yesterday about the new case filed by Honduras at the International Court of Justice, we have just received this news from the U.S. State Department: Breakthrough in Honduras Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Islamabad, Pakistan...InternationalLaw BloggerHonduras Brings Suit Against Brazil at ICJ for Unlawful Interferencetag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0120a63b5ea4970b2009-10-29T20:28:45-04:002009-10-29T20:28:45-04:00Yesterday, Honduras filed an application instituting proceedings at the International Court of Justice against Brazil alleging that Brazil is unlawfully interfering in matters that are essentially within the domestic jurisdiction of Honduras. More specifically, Honduras alleges that Brazil has been...InternationalLaw BloggerICJ President to Address United Nationstag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0120a6802fff970c2009-10-28T11:37:45-04:002009-10-28T11:37:45-04:00The International Court of Justice (ICJ) has announced that its President, H. E. Judge Hisashi Owada, will present the Report of the Court for the period from 1 August 2008 to 31 July 2009 to the United Nations General Assembly...InternationalLaw BloggerChurch of Scientology Found Guilty of Fraud in Francetag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0120a67f99a8970c2009-10-28T09:01:05-04:002009-10-28T09:01:05-04:00The Wall Street Journal reports this morning that a French court has found the Church of Scientology guilty of fraud and fined it 600,000 Euros ($890,000). The WSJ cites the plaintiff's lawyer (Olivier Morice) as saying that the ruling marks...InternationalLaw BloggerSpecial Court for Sierra Leone Issues Its Final Judgments from Freetowntag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0120a67eeb1f970c2009-10-28T02:54:00-04:002009-10-28T02:54:00-04:00We received the following press release from the United Nations concerning the last judgment to be handed down the by Special Court for Sierra Leone in the nation of Sierra Leone. The trial of Charles Taylor continues, but in the...InternationalLaw Blogger