International Law in Brief

European Court of Human Rights Rules Latvian Refusal to Grant Citizenship to Activist not a Violation of Human Rights (January 13, 2015)

Author: 
Caitlin Behles

On January 13, 2015, the European Court of Human Rights held in Petropavlovskis v.

European Court of Human Rights Rules Removal of Deceased’s Body Tissue without Wife’s Knowledge or Consent Violated European Convention (January 13, 2015)

Author: 
Caitlin Behles

On January 13, 2015, a Section of the European Court of Human Rights (the Court) ruled in Elbert

European Commission’s New Rules make Cross-Border Judgments Automatically Enforceable across European Union (January 12, 2015)

Author: 
Caitlin Behles

On January 10, 2015, new rules from the European Commission entered into force that allow cross-border enforceable judgments in civil and commercial matters to be automatically enforceable across a

IACHR Presents Report on Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women in British Columbia, Canada (January 12, 2015)

Author: 
Caitlin Behles

On January 12, 2015 the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) presented a report

UN Releases Report on War Crimes in the Central African Republic (January 9, 2015)

Author: 
Amy Morello

On January 9, 2015, the UN International Commission of Inquiry on the Central African Republic released a rep

War Crimes Division of Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina Confirms Genocide Indictment (January 8, 2015)

Author: 
Amy Morello

On January 8, 2015, the war crimes division of the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina (the Court) confirmed genocide charges against Dragomir Vasic, Danilo Zoljić, and Radomir Pantić over the executio

Palestine Accedes to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (January 7, 2015)

Author: 
Amy Morello

On January 1, 2015, the Registrar of the International Criminal Court (ICC) received a document from the

U.S. Imposes New Sanctions against the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (January 2, 2015)

Author: 
Caitlin Behles

On January 2, 2015, President Obama signed an Executive Order authorizing the imposition

UN Releases Report on Human Rights and Humanitarian Law in Libya (December 23, 2014)

Author: 
Amy Morello

On December 23, 2014, the UN Human Rights Office and the UN Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) released a joint

British Tribunal Rules Electronic Mass Surveillance Legal (December 5, 2014)

Author: 
Caitlin Behles

On December 5, 2014, the British Investigatory Powers Tribunal (IPT) ruled that U.K.