International Law in Brief

UN General Assembly Adopts Resolution on Human Rights in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (December 18, 2014)

Author: 
Amy Morello

On December 18, 2014 the UN General Assembly adopted a resol

UN General Assembly Adopts the United Nations Convention on Transparency in Treaty-based Investor-State Arbitration (December 10, 2014)

Author: 
Amy Morello

On December 10, 2014 the UN General Assembly adopted the United Nations Convention on Transparency

UN Temporarily Suspends Payments from Iraqi Oil Exports to Kuwaiti Compensation Fund (December 18, 2014)

Author: 
Caitlin Behles

On December 18, 2014, the Governing Council of the United Nations Compensation Commission—which was established “to process claims and pay compensa

CJEU Rules Draft Agreement for EU Accession to the European Convention on Human Rights Incompatible with EU Law (December 18, 2014)

Author: 
Caitlin Behles

On December 18, 2014, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU)

Court of Justice of the European Union Rules an Organism Incapable of Developing into a Human Being is not an Embryo (December 18, 2014)

Author: 
Caitlin Behles

On December 18, 2014, the Court of Justice of the European Union (the Court)

Court of Justice of the European Union Rules Obesity Can Constitute a Disability (December 18, 2014)

Author: 
Caitlin Behles

On December 18, 2014, the Court of Justice of the European Union (the Court)

Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals Appeals Chamber Partially Affirms Conviction of Ngirabatware (December 18, 2014)

Author: 
Caitlin Behles

On December 18, 2014, the Appeals Chamber of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals (Appeals Chamber) delivered its first

U.S. and Cuba Agree to Normalize Relations (December 17, 2014)

Author: 
Amy Morello

On December 17, 2014 the United States and Cuba agreed to begin restoring diplomatic and economic ties that have been severed since January 1961.

UN Secretary-General Releases Report on Children and Armed Conflict in South Sudan (December 11, 2014)

Author: 
Caitlin Behles

On December 11, 2014, the United Nations Secretary-General released a report on chil

European Court of Human Rights Rules Delaying Access to Lawyers in Police Questioning did not Violate Suspects’ Rights (December 16, 2014)

Author: 
Marina Barakatt

On December 16, 2014, the European Court of Human Rights (the Court) ruled in Ibrahim and Others