International Law in Brief

U.S. Ambassador Asserts National Self-Defense Under International Law in Benghazi Suspect Case (June 17, 2014)

Author: 
Nicole R. Tuttle

On June 17, 2014, the U.S. Ambassador, Samantha Power, wrote a letter to the U.N.

European Court of Human Rights Decides Martínez v Spain (June 12, 2014)

Author: 
Emily MacKenzie

On June 12, 2014, the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights (the Court) decided Fernández Martínez

Pre-Trial Chamber I of the ICC Commits Former President of Côte d’Ivoire, to Trial (June 12, 2014)

Author: 
Emily MacKenzie

On June 12, 2014, Pre-Trial Chamber I of the International Criminal Court confirmed, by majority, the charges against Laurent Gbagbo,

International Protocol Launched Aimed to End Sexual Violence in Conflict (June, 11, 2014)

Author: 
Nicole R. Tuttle

International Labour Organization Adopts Legally Binding Protocol to Eliminate Forced Labor (June, 11, 2014)

Author: 
Nicole R. Tuttle

On June 11, 2014, the International Labour Organization adopted a legally binding P

Arbitral Tribunal Denies Jurisdiction in Achmea B.V. v. The Slovak Republic (May 20, 2014)

Author: 
Emily MacKenzie

On May 20, 2014, an arbitral tribunal (the Tribunal) convened under the terms of a bilateral investment treaty between the Kingdom of the Netherlands and the Czech and Slovak Republic (the Treaty),

Pre-Trial Chamber II of the ICC Commits Bosco Ntaganda to Trial (June 9, 2014)

Author: 
Emily MacKenzie

On June 9, 2014, Pre-Trial Chamber II of the International Criminal Court (the Court) unanimously

Prosecutor of the ICC Publishes Policy Paper on Sexual and Gender-Based Crimes (June 5, 2014)

Author: 
Emily MacKenzie

On June 5, 2014, the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, Fatou Bensouda, p

U.N. General Assembly Adopts Resolution Recognizing Right of Internally Displaced Refuges from Georgia’s Abkhazia, Tskhinvali Regions to Return Home (June 5, 2014)

Author: 
Nicole R. Tuttle

On June 5, 2014, the General Assembly adopted Resolution 68/274 (draft only), which “[r]ecognizes the right of return of all int

U.S. Supreme Court Rules in Bond v. United States (June 2, 2014)

Author: 
Steven Arrigg Koh

On June 2, 2014, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Bond v.