http://internationallawnews.posterous.com Most recent posts at International law news posterous.com PeacePalaceLibraryNewshttp://feedburner.google.com Thu, 29 Dec 2011 04:24:15 -0800 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PeacePalaceLibraryNews/~3/AvjnLXihqBM/bloodshed-continues-as-observers-visit-protes http://internationallawnews.posterous.com/bloodshed-continues-as-observers-visit-protes <p> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">December 29, </span> <span style="font-size: 12.0pt; color: #333333;">Arab League monitors were dispatched to three more Syrian hotspots Thursday to ensure government forces were complying with a peace plan. This comes a day after the team was met by crowds of anti-government protesters in the city of Homs.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; color: #333333;"></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; color: #333333;">Source: France 24</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; color: #333333;"></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><a href="http://www.france24.com/en/20111229-syria-arab-league-observers-protests-peace-plan-assad">http://www.france24.com/en/20111229-syria-arab-league-observers-protests-peac...</a></span></p> </p> <p><a href="http://internationallawnews.posterous.com/bloodshed-continues-as-observers-visit-protes">Permalink</a> </p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PeacePalaceLibraryNews/~4/AvjnLXihqBM" height="1" width="1"/> http://posterous.com/images/profile/missing-user-75.png http://posterous.com/users/hdK2oDEzYVGKC Posted by email Posted by email http://internationallawnews.posterous.com/bloodshed-continues-as-observers-visit-protes Thu, 29 Dec 2011 03:07:01 -0800 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PeacePalaceLibraryNews/~3/9bNLBZsYBds/icc-witnesses-can-apply-for-asylum-says-court http://internationallawnews.posterous.com/icc-witnesses-can-apply-for-asylum-says-court <p> <div class="WordSection1"> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">December 29, <span style="color: black;"> An Amsterdam court has ruled that three witnesses from the Democratic Republic of Congo appearing at the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague must be given the right to apply for refugee status in the Netherlands.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; color: black;"></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; color: black;">Source : RNW</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; color: black;"></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><a href="http://www.rnw.nl/english/bulletin/icc-witnesses-can-apply-asylum-says-court">http://www.rnw.nl/english/bulletin/icc-witnesses-can-apply-asylum-says-court</a></span></p> <p><span></span></p> <table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" style="border-collapse: collapse;"> <tr style="height: 135.75pt;"> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; height: 135.75pt;" width="180"> </td> <td valign="bottom" style="padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; height: 135.75pt;" width="19"> <p style="line-height: 115%;"></p> </td> <td valign="bottom" style="padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; height: 135.75pt;" width="227"> <p style="margin-top: 6.0pt; line-height: 13.0pt;"> <span style="font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: black;">Carnegieplein 2<br /> 2517 KJ&nbsp; The Hague, The Netherlands</span></p> <p style="margin-top: 6.0pt; line-height: 10.0pt;"> <span style="font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: black;">T &#43;31 (0)70 302 28 47</span></p> <p style="margin-top: 6.0pt; line-height: 10.0pt;"> <span></span></p> </td> <td valign="bottom" style="padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; height: 135.75pt;" width="19"> <p style="line-height: 115%;"><span style=""><div class='p_embed p_image_embed'> <img alt="Image002" height="55" src="http://getfile3.posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/internationallawnews/Zl3lonxL6crEG2stwdKjYMQmJ90AdPif0bK1sY3jCKna9NuAdRZhCCw102X6/image002.jpg" width="1" /> </div> </span><span style="color: black;"></span></p> <p style="line-height: 115%;"><span></span></p> </td> <td valign="bottom" style="padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; height: 135.75pt;" width="228"> <p style="margin-bottom: 8.0pt; line-height: 13.0pt;"><a href="mailto:thijssen@ppl.nl"><span style="font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #1397B7;"><a href="mailto:h.thijssen@peacepalacelibrary.nl">h.thijssen@peacepalacelibrary.nl</a></span></a><span style="font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #999999;"><br /> </span><a href="http://www.ppl.nl/"><span style="font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #1397B7;">www.peacepalacelibrary.nl</span></a><span style="font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif;"></span></p> </td> </tr> </table> <p><span style=""></span></p> <p></p> </div> <p><div class='p_embed p_image_embed'> <img alt="Image001" height="164" src="http://getfile9.posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/internationallawnews/6ZcTPmDOP4U9ru0LCc0Rv07zfDSzCl8E5dNrc9CDTIQv3jZKeiwkkcV7u3vb/image001.png" width="156" /> </div> </p><p></p><p><div class='p_embed p_image_embed'> <img alt="Image003" height="16" src="http://getfile7.posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/internationallawnews/YwEyptvAis1XX8dXPjVQFFGLHLgUm3qNrDyvMDHhBxjJxY1TfsaR29QICb7W/image003.png" width="16" /> <img alt="Image004" height="16" src="http://getfile0.posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/internationallawnews/DYwJ50S9wSzBZdsWXCzcbHSLcq8opoOqqV550G8k682AHcHpEBEBe5NHkBGa/image004.png" width="16" /> <img alt="Image005" height="16" src="http://getfile3.posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/internationallawnews/3L0KLJsmKrraq1xEr2NkvTxeDGmPf9eufaMnRQIwnFm8JhQFZSB2Ll9GTfzB/image005.png" width="16" /> <img alt="Image006" height="16" src="http://getfile6.posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/internationallawnews/rW9rw849Tafba8ZGafQ8Ne3Fit5GAE2Fey28Erm7rxrG1QqejJJsUZQtSzZe/image006.png" width="16" /> <img alt="Image007" height="16" src="http://getfile9.posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/internationallawnews/Cg9tAW0BMwcNSONJBGEu96Q4JiZv0sK5kHkk6URVdw8A24CVL3VIVruP3f2B/image007.png" width="16" /> <div class='p_see_full_gallery'><a href="http://internationallawnews.posterous.com/icc-witnesses-can-apply-for-asylum-says-court">See the full gallery on Posterous</a></div> </div> </p> </p> <p><a href="http://internationallawnews.posterous.com/icc-witnesses-can-apply-for-asylum-says-court">Permalink</a> </p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PeacePalaceLibraryNews/~4/9bNLBZsYBds" height="1" width="1"/> http://posterous.com/images/profile/missing-user-75.png http://posterous.com/users/hdK2oDEzYVGKC Posted by email Posted by email http://internationallawnews.posterous.com/icc-witnesses-can-apply-for-asylum-says-court Thu, 29 Dec 2011 02:29:15 -0800 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PeacePalaceLibraryNews/~3/y1xXQOM_N2g/china-trial-of-veteran-activist-ni-yulan-begi http://internationallawnews.posterous.com/china-trial-of-veteran-activist-ni-yulan-begi <p> <div class="WordSection1"> <p><span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;">December 29, </span> <span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;">A former lawyer and veteran activist left disabled by police mistreatment has gone on trial in Beijing, the third dissident in a week to be prosecuted as <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/china" title="More from guardian.co.uk on China"> China</a> continues its crackdown to deter popular uprisings like the ones that shook the Arab world.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Source: The Guardian</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/dec/29/china-trial-activist-ni-yulan</span></p> <p><span></span></p> <table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" style="border-collapse: collapse;"> <tr style="height: 135.75pt;"> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; height: 135.75pt;" width="180"> </td> <td valign="bottom" style="padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; height: 135.75pt;" width="19"> <p style="line-height: 115%;"></p> </td> <td valign="bottom" style="padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; height: 135.75pt;" width="227"> <p style="margin-top: 6.0pt; line-height: 13.0pt;"> <span style="font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: black;">Carnegieplein 2<br /> 2517 KJ&nbsp; The Hague, The Netherlands</span></p> <p style="margin-top: 6.0pt; line-height: 10.0pt;"> <span style="font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: black;">T &#43;31 (0)70 302 28 47</span></p> <p style="margin-top: 6.0pt; line-height: 10.0pt;"> <span></span></p> </td> <td valign="bottom" style="padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; height: 135.75pt;" width="19"> <p style="line-height: 115%;"><span style=""><div class='p_embed p_image_embed'> <img alt="Image002" height="55" src="http://getfile1.posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/internationallawnews/H3aREFDouw43MohlNdxQuQQDjj8P452hPf2SqmT765ObMeOAlEoeBQk9Mhj3/image002.jpg" width="1" /> </div> </span><span style="color: black;"></span></p> <p style="line-height: 115%;"><span></span></p> </td> <td valign="bottom" style="padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; height: 135.75pt;" width="228"> <p style="margin-bottom: 8.0pt; line-height: 13.0pt;"><a href="mailto:thijssen@ppl.nl"><span style="font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #1397B7;"><a href="mailto:h.thijssen@peacepalacelibrary.nl">h.thijssen@peacepalacelibrary.nl</a></span></a><span style="font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #999999;"><br /> </span><a href="http://www.ppl.nl/"><span style="font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #1397B7;">www.peacepalacelibrary.nl</span></a><span style="font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif;"></span></p> </td> </tr> </table> <p><span style=""></span></p> <p></p> </div> <p><div class='p_embed p_image_embed'> <img alt="Image001" height="164" src="http://getfile7.posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/internationallawnews/N0OSr3OhR9IJtmOlkL9jjl3Gb3roluOp4vdI0e0aaRy6peFg9P13v38xCrGg/image001.png" width="156" /> </div> </p><p></p><p><div class='p_embed p_image_embed'> <img alt="Image003" height="16" src="http://getfile5.posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/internationallawnews/j7SuhMdRWrwfWerhcOAghEAvRAD7Vl44nX00YzL1vmpTgNeBxEXW3krqwiDq/image003.png" width="16" /> <img alt="Image004" height="16" src="http://getfile8.posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/internationallawnews/cFmOFVBAXHZYjAsrgVzA0Wd0PhqEFqIqsyAVJjlduzt6m7eQGDtFwA2HqZoA/image004.png" width="16" /> <img alt="Image005" height="16" src="http://getfile1.posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/internationallawnews/8SXaVLoQ67l2BxszVvYziFOxd6xzDfpR5dPz3Odgjd5cy62vfIkB9Gdk4tYC/image005.png" width="16" /> <img alt="Image006" height="16" src="http://getfile5.posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/internationallawnews/RnON8LfNNOkVj9u71B14mtC8gpracErd886VEB55P6r32qjG1mnjE12UIG3M/image006.png" width="16" /> <img alt="Image007" height="16" src="http://getfile8.posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/internationallawnews/sChgFZp9pezjcLWou1DG8p7Sf5Uqv49MKrTxknzsTV0LebtRleyTT0AASmke/image007.png" width="16" /> <div class='p_see_full_gallery'><a href="http://internationallawnews.posterous.com/china-trial-of-veteran-activist-ni-yulan-begi">See the full gallery on Posterous</a></div> </div> </p> </p> <p><a href="http://internationallawnews.posterous.com/china-trial-of-veteran-activist-ni-yulan-begi">Permalink</a> </p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PeacePalaceLibraryNews/~4/y1xXQOM_N2g" height="1" width="1"/> http://posterous.com/images/profile/missing-user-75.png http://posterous.com/users/hdK2oDEzYVGKC Posted by email Posted by email http://internationallawnews.posterous.com/china-trial-of-veteran-activist-ni-yulan-begi Wed, 21 Dec 2011 07:06:00 -0800 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PeacePalaceLibraryNews/~3/1GcjkxA8RXw/egypt-prosecute-sexual-assaults-on-protesters http://internationallawnews.posterous.com/egypt-prosecute-sexual-assaults-on-protesters <p> <div class="WordSection1"> <p><span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">21 December , </span><span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">There is an escalating pattern of physical attacks by Egyptian military and police officers against women and male protesters, journalists, and activists in Cairo, some of which are sexual in nature, Human Rights Watch said today. News reports and images of protestors in Cairo being stripped, beaten, and dragged through the street in the past several days are just the latest incidents.</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">&nbsp;</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Source: Human Rights Watch </span></p> <p><span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">&nbsp;</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">&nbsp;</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.hrw.org/news/2011/12/21/egypt-prosecute-sexual-assaults-protesters">http://www.hrw.org/news/2011/12/21/egypt-prosecute-sexual-assaults-protesters</a></span></p> <p><span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">&nbsp;</span></p> <p><span>&nbsp;</span></p> <p><span style="">&nbsp;</span></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> </div> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><div class='p_embed p_image_embed'> <img alt="Image003" height="16" src="http://getfile3.posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/internationallawnews/cyxi9Ots4bDbmOQiwaIamQdkxMLZ9Bq7Lkr2k4cfGDQtZeU9HeBuzlCtUSiJ/image003.png" width="16" /> <img alt="Image004" height="16" src="http://getfile6.posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/internationallawnews/dwBjLLUcTrIS2ocbKIcdsVXALMkg2KhjvMN8IpKn1BpySzBv8X5ZSbMaAjdU/image004.png" width="16" /> <img alt="Image005" height="16" src="http://getfile9.posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/internationallawnews/exgw7B8mvv0yRoGDdy3BETIPBiW0tymHFLVPJBbJ2gEqNJQ80rk7Yp8uZyBV/image005.png" width="16" /> <img alt="Image006" height="16" src="http://getfile3.posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/internationallawnews/biRGRwODFwaNFvLVhVEKxhJMHXdpQwi6vgffrrnlmgz3hArwQbX1nLMzybVi/image006.png" width="16" /> <img alt="Image007" height="16" src="http://getfile7.posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/internationallawnews/cKdvEupzsE9xbhstiwoJM0Jrx65HZJjsNbZj31gcpdL5TxCBCIbgCEEMZFWL/image007.png" width="16" /> <div class='p_see_full_gallery'><a href="http://internationallawnews.posterous.com/egypt-prosecute-sexual-assaults-on-protesters">See the full gallery on Posterous</a></div> </div> </p> </p> <p><a href="http://internationallawnews.posterous.com/egypt-prosecute-sexual-assaults-on-protesters">Permalink</a> </p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PeacePalaceLibraryNews/~4/1GcjkxA8RXw" height="1" width="1"/> http://internationallawnews.posterous.com/egypt-prosecute-sexual-assaults-on-protesters Wed, 21 Dec 2011 06:10:38 -0800 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PeacePalaceLibraryNews/~3/u9fUffDLCoA/usaid-launches-womens-participation-program http://internationallawnews.posterous.com/usaid-launches-womens-participation-program <p> <div class="WordSection1"> <p style="line-height: 19.2pt;"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Georgia,serif; color: black;">Nearly 60 stakeholders representing international organizations, local NGOs, Embassies and government entities gathered together to launch the Women’s Participation Program funded by the US Agency for International Development (USAID).</span></p> <p><span></span></p> <p><span>Sources: News.Az</span></p> <p><span></span></p> <p><span><a href="http://www.news.az/articles/society/51390">http://www.news.az/articles/society/51390</a></span></p> <p><span></span></p> <p><span></span></p> <p><span></span></p> <p><span></span></p> <table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" style="border-collapse: collapse;"> <tr style="height: 135.75pt;"> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; height: 135.75pt;" width="180"> </td> <td valign="bottom" style="padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; height: 135.75pt;" width="19"> <p style="line-height: 115%;"></p> </td> <td valign="bottom" style="padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; height: 135.75pt;" width="227"> <p style="margin-top: 6.0pt; line-height: 13.0pt;"> <span style="font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: black;">Carnegieplein 2<br /> 2517 KJ&nbsp; The Hague, The Netherlands</span></p> <p style="margin-top: 6.0pt; line-height: 10.0pt;"> <span style="font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: black;">T &#43;31 (0)70 302 28 31</span></p> <p style="margin-top: 6.0pt; line-height: 10.0pt;"> <span></span></p> </td> <td valign="bottom" style="padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; height: 135.75pt;" width="19"> <p style="line-height: 115%;"><span style=""><div class='p_embed p_image_embed'> <img alt="Image002" height="55" src="http://getfile1.posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/internationallawnews/ASKhEWX7PPsiXnBp41zTRazYBewyvIlOIyHdK3edFHJGpFKEq32Jbqpx0cR3/image002.jpg" width="1" /> </div> </span><span style="color: black;"></span></p> <p style="line-height: 115%;"><span></span></p> </td> <td valign="bottom" style="padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; height: 135.75pt;" width="228"> <p style="margin-bottom: 8.0pt; line-height: 13.0pt;"><a href="mailto:c.alihusain@ppl.nl"><span style="font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #1397B7;"><a href="mailto:c.alihusain@peacepalacelibrary.nl">c.alihusain@peacepalacelibrary.nl</a></span></a><span style="font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #999999;"><br /> </span><a href="http://www.ppl.nl/"><span style="font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #1397B7;">www.peacepalacelibrary.nl</span></a><span style="font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif;"></span></p> </td> </tr> </table> <p><span style=""></span></p> <p></p> </div> <p><div class='p_embed p_image_embed'> <img alt="Image001" height="164" src="http://getfile7.posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/internationallawnews/aJ9Yu8IL3T0FwR4z4PMCqPhBjslmCYLyEtgygVQhP4ZqwbWv9rymgENYg38J/image001.png" width="156" /> </div> </p><p></p><p><div class='p_embed p_image_embed'> <img alt="Image003" height="16" src="http://getfile5.posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/internationallawnews/laUYUde3oTh0l7L8rRzHoSr7WQz0ev6uxCIQhZuzVOsV4BrxRnhE4Yz9wfUb/image003.png" width="16" /> <img 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</p> <p><a href="http://internationallawnews.posterous.com/usaid-launches-womens-participation-program">Permalink</a> </p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PeacePalaceLibraryNews/~4/u9fUffDLCoA" height="1" width="1"/> http://internationallawnews.posterous.com/usaid-launches-womens-participation-program Wed, 21 Dec 2011 01:50:47 -0800 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PeacePalaceLibraryNews/~3/QbYdnljxfiY/doubts-increase-over-usefulness-of-new-fiscal http://internationallawnews.posterous.com/doubts-increase-over-usefulness-of-new-fiscal <p> <div class="WordSection1"> <p style="background: white;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; color: windowtext;">December 21, </span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; color: windowtext;">Just a few days into the making of a new intergovernmental treaty on fiscal discipline, serious questions are being raised about whether the slight draft offered to date is either useful or necessary.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">By Honor Mahony</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Source: Euobserver</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><a href="http://euobserver.com/843/114698">http://euobserver.com/843/114698</a></span></p> <p><span></span></p> <table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" style="border-collapse: collapse;"> <tr style="height: 135.75pt;"> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; height: 135.75pt;" width="180"> </td> <td valign="bottom" style="padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; height: 135.75pt;" width="19"> <p style="line-height: 115%;"></p> </td> <td valign="bottom" style="padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; height: 135.75pt;" width="227"> <p style="margin-top: 6.0pt; line-height: 13.0pt;"> <span style="font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: black;">Carnegieplein 2<br /> 2517 KJ&nbsp; The Hague, The Netherlands</span></p> <p style="margin-top: 6.0pt; line-height: 10.0pt;"> <span style="font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: black;">T &#43;31 (0)70 302 28 47</span></p> <p style="margin-top: 6.0pt; line-height: 10.0pt;"> <span></span></p> </td> <td valign="bottom" style="padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; height: 135.75pt;" width="19"> <p style="line-height: 115%;"><span style=""><div class='p_embed p_image_embed'> <img alt="Image002" height="55" src="http://getfile2.posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/internationallawnews/O8kI8agiKviw5mGKRw9lfspeykdmqpQhE9fSLH68DEgrjlIotU7Frh9F68GR/image002.jpg" width="1" /> </div> </span><span style="color: black;"></span></p> <p style="line-height: 115%;"><span></span></p> </td> <td valign="bottom" style="padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; height: 135.75pt;" width="228"> <p style="margin-bottom: 8.0pt; line-height: 13.0pt;"><a href="mailto:thijssen@ppl.nl"><span style="font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #1397B7;"><a href="mailto:h.thijssen@peacepalacelibrary.nl">h.thijssen@peacepalacelibrary.nl</a></span></a><span style="font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #999999;"><br /> </span><a href="http://www.ppl.nl/"><span style="font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #1397B7;">www.peacepalacelibrary.nl</span></a><span style="font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif;"></span></p> </td> </tr> </table> <p><span style=""></span></p> <p></p> </div> <p><div class='p_embed p_image_embed'> <img alt="Image001" height="164" src="http://getfile8.posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/internationallawnews/QIp5BTHrsc1P31Py8farCVJ7gtuRW0YC1ecj80odlmUMVwupXcjqjTPVQ2bq/image001.png" width="156" /> </div> </p><p></p><p><div class='p_embed p_image_embed'> <img alt="Image003" height="16" src="http://getfile6.posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/internationallawnews/6R97evFvMFh0eTa910mAsDFiEdJPT0ocFFVSFjaXpLNzGSHV3u8XpqQ0p044/image003.png" width="16" /> <img 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</p> <p><a href="http://internationallawnews.posterous.com/doubts-increase-over-usefulness-of-new-fiscal">Permalink</a> </p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PeacePalaceLibraryNews/~4/QbYdnljxfiY" height="1" width="1"/> http://posterous.com/images/profile/missing-user-75.png http://posterous.com/users/hdK2oDEzYVGKC Posted by email Posted by email http://internationallawnews.posterous.com/doubts-increase-over-usefulness-of-new-fiscal Wed, 21 Dec 2011 01:45:00 -0800 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PeacePalaceLibraryNews/~3/FVFSsY_79Pg/icc-no-international-investigation-into-gadda http://internationallawnews.posterous.com/icc-no-international-investigation-into-gadda <p> <div class="WordSection1"> <p style="line-height: 19.2pt;"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">21 December - <span style="color: black;">UN war-crimes prosecutors rejected a request to probe the death of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, but said an investigation is possible in the future, CNN said on Wednesday.</span></span></p> <p style="line-height: 19.2pt;"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: black;">By Ria Novosti</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Source: Eurasia review</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">&nbsp;</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.eurasiareview.com/21122011-icc-no-international-investigation-into-gaddafis-death-for-now/">http://www.eurasiareview.com/21122011-icc-no-international-investigation-into-gaddafis-death-for-now/</a></span></p> <p><span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">&nbsp;</span></p> <p><span>&nbsp;</span></p> <p><span>&nbsp;</span></p> <p><span>&nbsp;</span></p> <p><span style="">&nbsp;</span></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> </div> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><div class='p_embed p_image_embed'> <img alt="Image003" height="16" 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class='p_see_full_gallery'><a href="http://internationallawnews.posterous.com/icc-no-international-investigation-into-gadda">See the full gallery on Posterous</a></div> </div> </p> </p> <p><a href="http://internationallawnews.posterous.com/icc-no-international-investigation-into-gadda">Permalink</a> </p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PeacePalaceLibraryNews/~4/FVFSsY_79Pg" height="1" width="1"/> http://internationallawnews.posterous.com/icc-no-international-investigation-into-gadda Fri, 16 Dec 2011 01:45:39 -0800 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PeacePalaceLibraryNews/~3/BtdIWgoIcKo/kyrgyzstan-whos-gonna-rescue-the-victims-of-e http://internationallawnews.posterous.com/kyrgyzstan-whos-gonna-rescue-the-victims-of-e <p> <p><span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">16 December, the France-based Association of “Human rights in the Central Asia” has received a huge amount of complaints filed by citizens of <strong><span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Kyrgyzstan</span></strong> of <strong><span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Uzbek</span></strong> ethnic origin, reporting all kinds of violation of their rights committed by the law enforcement and investigative bodies. </span></p> <p><span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;"></span></p> <p><span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Source: Ferghana News Information Agency</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;"></span></p> <p><span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;"><a href="http://enews.fergananews.com/article.php?id=2733">http://enews.fergananews.com/article.php?id=2733</a></span></p> </p> <p><a href="http://internationallawnews.posterous.com/kyrgyzstan-whos-gonna-rescue-the-victims-of-e">Permalink</a> </p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PeacePalaceLibraryNews/~4/BtdIWgoIcKo" height="1" width="1"/> http://internationallawnews.posterous.com/kyrgyzstan-whos-gonna-rescue-the-victims-of-e Fri, 16 Dec 2011 01:38:17 -0800 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PeacePalaceLibraryNews/~3/PGgjIWarf0I/no-immunity-for-sitting-presidents-icc-rules http://internationallawnews.posterous.com/no-immunity-for-sitting-presidents-icc-rules <p> <p><span>December 16, There is no immunity for sitting Presidents in international law as far as international crimes are concerned, the ICC ruled earlier this week in a quiet but historic decision which also trashed the African Union resolutions on the matter.</span></p> <p><span></span></p> <p><span>By Nzau Musau</span></p> <p><span></span></p> <p><span>Source: allAfrica.com</span></p> <p><span></span></p> <p><span><a href="http://allafrica.com/stories/201112160090.html">http://allafrica.com/stories/201112160090.html</a></span></p> </p> <p><a href="http://internationallawnews.posterous.com/no-immunity-for-sitting-presidents-icc-rules">Permalink</a> </p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PeacePalaceLibraryNews/~4/PGgjIWarf0I" height="1" width="1"/> http://internationallawnews.posterous.com/no-immunity-for-sitting-presidents-icc-rules Fri, 16 Dec 2011 01:30:56 -0800 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PeacePalaceLibraryNews/~3/phBK48sHJ6U/us-committed-to-combat-intolerance-and-discri http://internationallawnews.posterous.com/us-committed-to-combat-intolerance-and-discri <p> <p style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">16 December 2011, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton today said the United States is committed to combat intolerance and discrimination based on religion or belief. She emphasized that restricting the practice of anyone's faith is a threat to the human rights of all individuals. She said communities of faith are not confined by geopolitical borders. </span></p> <p style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">By M. Fabulous</span></p> <p style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Source: Newsblaze</span><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: Arial,sans-serif;"></span></p> <p><span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;"><a href="http://newsblaze.com/story/20111215152133mina.nb/topstory.html">http://newsblaze.com/story/20111215152133mina.nb/topstory.html</a></span></p> </p> <p><a href="http://internationallawnews.posterous.com/us-committed-to-combat-intolerance-and-discri">Permalink</a> </p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PeacePalaceLibraryNews/~4/phBK48sHJ6U" height="1" width="1"/> http://internationallawnews.posterous.com/us-committed-to-combat-intolerance-and-discri Thu, 15 Dec 2011 08:56:35 -0800 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PeacePalaceLibraryNews/~3/KbbL2PYgtGA/an-agenda-for-nato-russia-cooperation-on-nonp http://internationallawnews.posterous.com/an-agenda-for-nato-russia-cooperation-on-nonp <p> <div class="WordSection1"> <p><span>December 15, The media has a tendency to highlight any possible difference of view between NATO and Russia and to recall the old Cold War saying that, &#8220;What is bad for Washington is good for Moscow.&#8221; This framing is both untrue and counterproductive. In today&#8217;s world and even more so in the future, Russia and NATO members will have ever more reasons to cooperate on economic and security issues.</span></p> <p><span>By Pierre Goldschmidt</span></p> <p><span></span></p> <p><span>Source : Carnegie Endowment for International Peace</span></p> <p><span></span></p> <p><span><a href="http://www.carnegieendowment.org/2011/12/14/agenda-for-nato-russia-cooperation-on-nonproliferation/88pe">http://www.carnegieendowment.org/2011/12/14/agenda-for-nato-russia-cooperatio...</a></span></p> <table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" style="border-collapse: collapse;"> <tr style="height: 131.25pt;"> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; height: 131.25pt;" width="176"> </td> <td valign="bottom" style="padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; height: 131.25pt;" width="19"> <p style="line-height: 115%;"></p> </td> <td valign="bottom" style="padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; height: 131.25pt;" width="153"> <p style="margin-top: 6.0pt; line-height: 13.0pt;"> <span style="font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: black;">Carnegieplein 2<br /> 2517 KJ&nbsp; Den Haag</span></p> <p style="margin-top: 6.0pt; line-height: 10.0pt;"> <span style="font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: black;">T &#43;31 (0)70 302 41 23</span></p> <p style="margin-top: 6.0pt; line-height: 10.0pt;"> </p> </td> <td valign="bottom" style="padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; height: 131.25pt;" width="19"> <p style="line-height: 115%;"><span style=""><div class='p_embed p_image_embed'> <img alt="Image002" height="55" src="http://getfile5.posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/internationallawnews/ehhwx3Gt3gD36ZRvixJvhndjDMGBXZ0YCnd8UdMWdh9WFrowDjUvIHJhu6A9/image002.jpg" width="1" /> </div> </span><span style="color: black;"></span></p> <p style="line-height: 115%;"><span></span></p> </td> <td valign="bottom" style="padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; height: 131.25pt;" width="228"> <p style="margin-bottom: 8.0pt; line-height: 12.0pt;"> <a href="mailto:i.kost@ppl.nl"><span style="font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #1397B7;"><a href="mailto:i.kost@peacepalacelibrary.nl">i.kost@peacepalacelibrary.nl</a></span></a><span style="font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #999999;"><br /> </span><a href="http://www.ppl.nl/"><span style="font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #1397B7;">www.peacepalacelibrary.nl</span></a><span style="font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif;"></span></p> </td> </tr> </table> <p><span style=""></span></p> <p><span></span></p> </div> <p></p><p><div class='p_embed p_image_embed'> <img alt="Image003" height="16" src="http://getfile9.posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/internationallawnews/K3EW3n16J6nEM58Y2UztphQKNjnB7aPVDrW800tKFHk2hnlwYjwFYVz9yBGP/image003.png" width="16" /> <img alt="Image004" height="16" src="http://getfile3.posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/internationallawnews/BKU20wdPsA2quVvdmdXldwQlQ5vUXSEzvpADVOrkk4zN8TNFaCDgHUgXngq8/image004.png" width="16" /> <img alt="Image005" height="16" src="http://getfile6.posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/internationallawnews/po5Y0AYqYYAiixavuPBJNYL7B56fM1463fgelnujYXYevv9pSm6XKgZFFBD9/image005.png" width="16" /> <img alt="Image006" height="16" src="http://getfile9.posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/internationallawnews/TMyDE98QT8C4ek4buoFsqAbsTxTd74euhX8Sv8QkcoYmCjtf2kJYi0ZXW6Fi/image006.png" width="16" /> <img alt="Image007" height="16" src="http://getfile2.posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/internationallawnews/gE56jNdlxLgcyCyYOyncHA1R0nGS7ynS3U5qz68ZhGzxdR3Kf2vj94jDUoHX/image007.png" width="16" /> <img alt="Image008" height="164" src="http://getfile5.posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/internationallawnews/y2eOl8zak0qOb3wJa2F90y0SGwDOrgYlRVQduqtkADpNBEwAjzrRP3OzC2FR/image008.png" width="156" /> <div class='p_see_full_gallery'><a href="http://internationallawnews.posterous.com/an-agenda-for-nato-russia-cooperation-on-nonp">See the full gallery on Posterous</a></div> </div> </p> </p> <p><a href="http://internationallawnews.posterous.com/an-agenda-for-nato-russia-cooperation-on-nonp">Permalink</a> </p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PeacePalaceLibraryNews/~4/KbbL2PYgtGA" height="1" width="1"/> http://posterous.com/images/profile/missing-user-75.png http://posterous.com/users/hd250NO9hIHbA ikost ikost ikost http://internationallawnews.posterous.com/an-agenda-for-nato-russia-cooperation-on-nonp Thu, 15 Dec 2011 02:48:26 -0800 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PeacePalaceLibraryNews/~3/oNUw4Phu_mc/chevrons-crude-oil-spill-in-brazil-prompts-10 http://internationallawnews.posterous.com/chevrons-crude-oil-spill-in-brazil-prompts-10 <p> <p style="margin-bottom: 12.75pt; line-height: 19.2pt;"> <span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">December 15, <span style="color: #333333;">A Brazilian lawsuit that seeks to halt Transocean Ltd. (RIG) and Chevron Corp. (CVX) operations after an oil spill would reduce the country’s offshore drilling at a time when it wants to double output in ten years. </span></span></p> <p><cite><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #6F6F6F;">By Peter Millard and Adriana Brasileiro</span></cite></p> <p><cite><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #6F6F6F;"></span></cite></p> <p><cite><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #6F6F6F;">Source : Bloomberg</span></cite></p> <p><cite><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #6F6F6F; font-style: normal;"><a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-12-15/chevron-s-oil-spill-in-brazil-prompts-10-6-billion-lawsuit.html">http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-12-15/chevron-s-oil-spill-in-brazil-prompt...</a></span></cite></p> </p> <p><a href="http://internationallawnews.posterous.com/chevrons-crude-oil-spill-in-brazil-prompts-10">Permalink</a> </p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PeacePalaceLibraryNews/~4/oNUw4Phu_mc" height="1" width="1"/> http://posterous.com/images/profile/missing-user-75.png http://posterous.com/users/hd250NO9hIHbA ikost ikost ikost http://internationallawnews.posterous.com/chevrons-crude-oil-spill-in-brazil-prompts-10 Thu, 15 Dec 2011 01:22:15 -0800 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PeacePalaceLibraryNews/~3/4UKtTrrQLt0/angola-new-oil-and-banking-legislation http://internationallawnews.posterous.com/angola-new-oil-and-banking-legislation <p> <p style="background: yellow;"><span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">December 15, Foreign oil companies operating in Sub Saharan Africa's second largest oil producer, Angola, will have the next two years to get to grips with new legislation governing their financial transactions.</span></p> <p class="reporter" style="background: yellow;"><span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">By </span><span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Kissy Agyeman-Togobo</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif;"></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif;"></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Source : All Africa</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif;"><a href="http://allafrica.com/stories/201112131637.html">http://allafrica.com/stories/201112131637.html</a></span></p> </p> <p><a href="http://internationallawnews.posterous.com/angola-new-oil-and-banking-legislation">Permalink</a> </p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PeacePalaceLibraryNews/~4/4UKtTrrQLt0" height="1" width="1"/> http://posterous.com/images/profile/missing-user-75.png http://posterous.com/users/hd250NO9hIHbA ikost ikost ikost http://internationallawnews.posterous.com/angola-new-oil-and-banking-legislation Thu, 15 Dec 2011 00:41:34 -0800 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PeacePalaceLibraryNews/~3/xqMQ53FADM8/israeli-action-against-iran-the-need-for-grea http://internationallawnews.posterous.com/israeli-action-against-iran-the-need-for-grea <p> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">December 15, The media accounts of Israel's public musings of whether it should attack Iran never discuss the legality of such an attack. There are never any discussions of the role of the UN and the Security Council in authorizing an act of aggression. Seldom is there any analysis of the law of humanitarian armed conflict or just war theory. The term &quot;existential threat&quot; is thrown out as if this term, whatever it means, justifies an attack on a sovereign nation. In effect, the media reports the story as if it is legal, permissible and natural for Israel to attack Iran's nuclear facilities. </span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">This is not the case.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">By Bryan Bullock</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif;"></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Source : Jurist</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif;"><a href="http://jurist.org/sidebar/2011/12/bryan-bullock-iran-israel.php">http://jurist.org/sidebar/2011/12/bryan-bullock-iran-israel.php</a></span></p> </p> <p><a href="http://internationallawnews.posterous.com/israeli-action-against-iran-the-need-for-grea">Permalink</a> </p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PeacePalaceLibraryNews/~4/xqMQ53FADM8" height="1" width="1"/> http://posterous.com/images/profile/missing-user-75.png http://posterous.com/users/hd250NO9hIHbA ikost ikost ikost http://internationallawnews.posterous.com/israeli-action-against-iran-the-need-for-grea Thu, 15 Dec 2011 00:36:21 -0800 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PeacePalaceLibraryNews/~3/G6ZG4FsV6uw/judicial-reliance-on-foreign-law http://internationallawnews.posterous.com/judicial-reliance-on-foreign-law <p> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">December 15, Testimony before the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Committee on the Judiciary, United States House of Representatives.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">December 14.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">By Andrew Grossman</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif;"></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Source : &nbsp;The Heritage Foundation </span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.heritage.org/research/testimony/2011/12/judicial-reliance-on-foreign-law">http://www.heritage.org/research/testimony/2011/12/judicial-reliance-on-forei...</a></span></p> </p> <p><a href="http://internationallawnews.posterous.com/judicial-reliance-on-foreign-law">Permalink</a> </p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PeacePalaceLibraryNews/~4/G6ZG4FsV6uw" height="1" width="1"/> http://posterous.com/images/profile/missing-user-75.png http://posterous.com/users/hd250NO9hIHbA ikost ikost ikost http://internationallawnews.posterous.com/judicial-reliance-on-foreign-law Wed, 14 Dec 2011 06:34:54 -0800 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PeacePalaceLibraryNews/~3/o5dQV8jjpLw/rush-for-land-a-wake-up-call-for-poorer-count http://internationallawnews.posterous.com/rush-for-land-a-wake-up-call-for-poorer-count <p> <p><span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">December 14, </span> <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Population growth, the increasing consumption of a global elite, and an international legal system skewed in favour of largescale investors are fuelling a worldwide rush for land that is unfolding faster than previously thought and is likely to continue, according to the largest study of international land deals to date.</span></p> <p style=""><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">By Claire Provost </span></p> <p style=""><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Source : Guardian</span></p> <p style=""><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/global-development/2011/dec/14/rush-for-land-gobal-south?newsfeed=true">http://www.guardian.co.uk/global-development/2011/dec/14/rush-for-land-gobal-...</a></span></p> </p> <p><a href="http://internationallawnews.posterous.com/rush-for-land-a-wake-up-call-for-poorer-count">Permalink</a> </p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PeacePalaceLibraryNews/~4/o5dQV8jjpLw" height="1" width="1"/> http://posterous.com/images/profile/missing-user-75.png http://posterous.com/users/hd250NO9hIHbA ikost ikost ikost http://internationallawnews.posterous.com/rush-for-land-a-wake-up-call-for-poorer-count Wed, 14 Dec 2011 06:30:26 -0800 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PeacePalaceLibraryNews/~3/Va7mcfvTcxU/unified-world-demands-unified-laws http://internationallawnews.posterous.com/unified-world-demands-unified-laws <p> <p class="text"><span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">December 14, <span style="color: black;">A directive recently published by the Russian Ministry of Finances says that from 2012, all of the country&#8217;s public companies must switch to the International Financial Reporting Standards to report on their financial affairs.</span></span></p> <p style="margin-top: 3.75pt;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">By </span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: black;"><a href="http://english.ruvr.ru/by_author/45225325/index.html"><span style="color: black; text-decoration: none;">Chernitsa Polina</span></a></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif;"></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Source : Voice of Russia</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">http://english.ruvr.ru/2011/12/13/62169719.html</span></p> </p> <p><a href="http://internationallawnews.posterous.com/unified-world-demands-unified-laws">Permalink</a> </p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PeacePalaceLibraryNews/~4/Va7mcfvTcxU" height="1" width="1"/> http://posterous.com/images/profile/missing-user-75.png http://posterous.com/users/hd250NO9hIHbA ikost ikost ikost http://internationallawnews.posterous.com/unified-world-demands-unified-laws Wed, 14 Dec 2011 06:29:33 -0800 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PeacePalaceLibraryNews/~3/YawBhM-3aMk/harvard-sells-out-free-speech-to-islamic-supr http://internationallawnews.posterous.com/harvard-sells-out-free-speech-to-islamic-supr <p> <p style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">December 14, Harvard University has dropped courses on economics taught by a Hindu professor, Subramanian Swamy, president of the Janata Party of India and a former Union Cabinet minister&#8212;not because they were poorly taught, or because Swamy advocated discredited economic theories (such as, say, socialism), but because he wrote an editorial last summer that Muslims find offensive</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">By Pamela geller</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif;"></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Source : Human Events</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=48136">http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=48136</a></span></p> </p> <p><a href="http://internationallawnews.posterous.com/harvard-sells-out-free-speech-to-islamic-supr">Permalink</a> </p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PeacePalaceLibraryNews/~4/YawBhM-3aMk" height="1" width="1"/> http://posterous.com/images/profile/missing-user-75.png http://posterous.com/users/hd250NO9hIHbA ikost ikost ikost http://internationallawnews.posterous.com/harvard-sells-out-free-speech-to-islamic-supr Wed, 14 Dec 2011 04:03:53 -0800 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PeacePalaceLibraryNews/~3/RLmRQNaRAoY/explainer-irans-threat-to-blockade-the-strait http://internationallawnews.posterous.com/explainer-irans-threat-to-blockade-the-strait <p> <p style="line-height: 16.5pt;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">December 14, A </span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">hard-line Iranian newspaper considered to speak for Iran's supreme leader has come out in support of closing the Strait of Hormuz in the Persian Gulf, the world's most important oil shipping lane, as punishment against countries that have sanctioned Tehran over its suspect nuclear program.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif;"></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Source : Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.rferl.org/content/iran_strait_of_hormuz/24421087.html">http://www.rferl.org/content/iran_strait_of_hormuz/24421087.html</a></span></p> </p> <p><a href="http://internationallawnews.posterous.com/explainer-irans-threat-to-blockade-the-strait">Permalink</a> </p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PeacePalaceLibraryNews/~4/RLmRQNaRAoY" height="1" width="1"/> http://posterous.com/images/profile/missing-user-75.png http://posterous.com/users/hd250NO9hIHbA ikost ikost ikost http://internationallawnews.posterous.com/explainer-irans-threat-to-blockade-the-strait Wed, 14 Dec 2011 03:59:29 -0800 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PeacePalaceLibraryNews/~3/7pHGtHli0ew/international-groups-want-off-internet-name-e http://internationallawnews.posterous.com/international-groups-want-off-internet-name-e <p> <p style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">December 14, </span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">The United Nations, the International Monetary Fund and 26 other international organizations are pressing the keepers of the Internet to prevent addresses like &quot;.un&quot; or &quot;.imf&quot; from being taken by cybersquatters in an upcoming expansion of domain names.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">(Reporting by Diane Bartz, editing by Matthew Lewis)</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif;"></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Source : Reuters</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/12/13/us-internet-names-idUSTRE7BC2KZ20111213">http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/12/13/us-internet-names-idUSTRE7BC2KZ2011...</a></span></p> </p> <p><a href="http://internationallawnews.posterous.com/international-groups-want-off-internet-name-e">Permalink</a> </p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PeacePalaceLibraryNews/~4/7pHGtHli0ew" height="1" width="1"/> http://posterous.com/images/profile/missing-user-75.png http://posterous.com/users/hd250NO9hIHbA ikost ikost ikost http://internationallawnews.posterous.com/international-groups-want-off-internet-name-e