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Lubanga's Release by ICC Trial Chamber I: Good News or Bad News for International Criminal Justice?

Friday, July 16, 2010

As many of you probably have heard by now, Trial Chamber I of the International Criminal Court has ordered the release of Thomas Lubanga Dyilo in an oral hearing following a decision last week imposing an unconditional stay on the proceedings of the case. Mr. Lubanga is a Congolese warlord who was put on trial [...]

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Latest News on Conflict Minerals – Victory in U.S. Congress

Friday, July 16, 2010

After writing about Congo’s conflict minerals and NGOs such as the Enough! Project‘s efforts to alert public opinion, good news recently came out of the United States Congress. From the Enough! Project’s website: Today, Congo activists, U.S. consumers, and the people of Congo won an incredible victory against long odds. Congress passed the Wall Street [...]

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Sri Lanka vs. UN: 1 – 0

Friday, July 9, 2010

As international lawyers, we are made well aware from the beginning that the “international rule of law” that we work and hope for is a fragile and imperfect concept, constantly challenged by realpolitik and the Westphalian State-centric international system. The current situation in Sri Lanka is a testament to the difficulty of establishing that international [...]

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