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Qaddafi’s Fate Under Discussion: the International Community’s Responsibility in Question

Wednesday, July 27, 2011

I had been meaning to write a series of posts on the travails of R2P and the situation in Libya a few months ago. Although I had announced that I would be writing on these issues, I regrettably never found the time to write anything publishable. Time is as ever short as it has been [...]

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Blog Review: Issues and Discussions Surrounding Resolution 1970 (2011) & the ICC Involvement in Libya

Monday, February 28, 2011

The unanimous adoption of UN Security Council Resolution 1970 last Saturday, which imposes sanctions on the Gaddafi regime and refers the situation in Libya since 15 February 2011 to the International Criminal Court has generated quite a debate and discussion in the international law blogosphere. I myself wrote a commentary of the Resolution yesterday, but I [...]

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International Law Confronted with a Bloodbath: Responsibility to Protect in Libya

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 [...]

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The War Against Rape

Monday, January 3, 2011

This is a post to praise UN Security Council Resolution 1960, passed on December 16 2010, which constitutes a step further to stop sexual assaults against women. It finally allows public shaming of armed groups who have been proven to sexually abuse women. It also spells out instructions to end the practice and avoid future [...]

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The UN and this brave new world.

Sunday, September 26, 2010

“Despite all criticism, the UN remains the world’s premier supranational forum. As such, it may be the best hope for tackling global issues,” suggested the Carnegie Council in 2006. Four years later, these words are still true, but it’s becoming increasingly common to hear the UN described as “weak” and “irrelevant”. However, considering the antiquated [...]

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Putting Article 16 of the Rome Statute to Good Use?

Tuesday, July 13, 2010

I had a “discussion” this morning on Twitter with Jon Hutson, of the Enough! Project I wrote about a few days ago, concerning peace in Sudan and Darfur following an article he posted. Although the discussion was necessarily limited by the format of Twitter (no more than a 140 characters per message), I thought it raised interesting [...]

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