Mark Kersten has a very interesting post up over at his blog Justice in Conflict, titled “Why the ICC Should Think Twice before Investigating Conflicts with Roots Before 2002.” In it, he reflects on the temporal limits of the International Criminal Court’s jurisdiction, and more specifically on the consequences of the ICC’s involvement in conflicts that [...]
I had no plans in particular to continue writing about Judge Richard Goldstone’s Washington Post op-ed from last Friday, but this article in Haaretz from Israeli academic Shlomo Avineri, “Israel was wrong to boycott the Goldstone Probe,” was too interesting not to share. Considering the amount of jubilation coming from the Israeli media and Israel [...]
In the days following the UN Security Council’s resolution referring Libya to the International Criminal Court, one major player has been notably silent: the African Union. The UNSC resolution, without naming names, cites “hostility and violence against the civilian population made from the highest level of the LIbyan government.” Although, as Dov Jacobs of Spreading [...]
Wednesday, February 23, 2011
It has been very difficult to stay away from either my Twitter feed, my RSS feeds, or any other information media as what is going on in the Arab world in general and lately in Libya in particular has been astounding and frightening at the same time. Although busy with work, I have been trying [...]
Tuesday, December 21, 2010
Those pesky American neo-cons have done it again! As Peter Spiro writes over at Opinio Juris, the oh-so-very-conservative think tank the Heritage Foundation has published a new “report,” or rather “pamphlet” – to use the term adequately used by Peter Spiro – on American Sovereignty and why it is important. The Report is presented on [...]
As one journalist states – and I agree – “…the United States of America has the moral duty and legal obligation to go after each and every one of those involved in the illegal acts of butchery in Afghanistan and Iraq, following up and holding them responsible for the consequences of these acts and holding [...]
Sunday, September 19, 2010
It’s no secret that the majority of sexual abuse claims regarding the Catholic Church have failed to be investigated by either legal authorities or the Church itself, but the Pope’s recent trip to the UK has spurned a debate of, shall we say, almighty proportions. In a letter to the Catholics of Ireland dated 19 [...]
Wednesday, August 18, 2010
These days, I’m a little overwhelmed with my work at the CICC and my LLM dissertation that is due in two weeks. So instead of giving you a full-fledged entry tonight, I thought of doing a little blog review. I’ve been reading a lot of interesting stuff lately, and for lack of reflecting on an [...]
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Last week, the International Court of Justice delivered its advisory opinion (PDF file) on the legality of Kosovo’s declaration of independence. It considered that Kosovo’s declaration of independence was not illegal but did not go as far as officially recognizing Kosovo’s independence in a positive manner. This caused a lot of confusion for many people [...]
A few days after the International Court of Justice has delivered its advisory opinion on Kosovo’s independence its website is still not operating normally. The situation is seen by many as an important precedent for people seeking independence. While many media have seen the judgement as the ICJ giving the green light to independence of [...]
