International Criminal Law, Corruption, and Law Enforcement

Suppressing Somali Piracy – Next Steps

Introduction

This Insight reports further efforts to suppress piracy off the coast of Somalia since Agora: Piracy Prosecutions—Countering Piracy off Somalia: International Law and International Institutions was prepared for the July 2010 issue of the American Journal of International Law.[1]

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14
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39
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J. Ashley Roach
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The UN Mapping Report Documenting Serious Crimes in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

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14
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38
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Cecile Aptel
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Closing In On the Khmer Rouge: The Closing Order in Case 002 Before the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia

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14
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32
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Beth Van Schaack
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Kiobel v. Royal Dutch Petroleum: Another Round in the Fight Over Corporate Liability Under the Alien Tort Statute

 

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14
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31
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Chimène I. Keitner
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Australian Court Permits Damages Claim for Torture by former Guantánamo Bay Detainee to Proceed

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14
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28
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Dr. Stephen Tully
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States Parties Approve New Crimes for International Criminal Court

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14
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16
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David Scheffer
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Samantar v. Yousuf: Foreign Official Immunity Under Common Law

Introduction

The recent Supreme Court decision in Samantar v. Yousuf[1] definitively resolved one major question about the immunities of foreign government officials from civil suits in U.S. courts; at the same time, it left several others wide open. It thereby guaranteed that the source, scope, and certainty of such immunities will continue to be litigated energetically. This Insight explores some of the questions that will likely figure prominently in that litigation.

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15
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David P. Stewart
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The Writ Stops Here: No Habeas for Prisoners Held by U.S. Forces in Afghanistan

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14
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13
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Faiza Patel
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The First Review Conference of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court

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14
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11
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David Kaye
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The ICC Appeals Chamber Decision on the Warrant of Arrest in Prosecutor v. Bashir

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14
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4
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Saira Mohamed
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