International Law in Brief

Court of Appeals of Port-au-Prince Rules on Statute of Limitations for Crimes Against Humanity Charges Against Jean-Claude Duvalier (February 20, 2014)

Author: 
Steven Arrigg Koh

On February 20, 2014, the Court of Appeals of Port-au-Prince ruled

ICTY Trial Chamber Dismisses Goran Hadžić’s Motion for Acquittal (February 20, 2014)

Author: 
Steven Arrigg Koh

On February 20, 2014, Trial Chamber II of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia dismissed Goran Hadžić’s motion for acquittal on specific charges contained within counts 2 t

The Supreme Court of the United Kingdom Rules on Return of Asylum Seekers to Responsible Country under Dublin II (February 19, 2014)

Author: 
Emily MacKenzie

On February 19, 2014, the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom (the Court) allowed four asylum seekers’ appeals in R (on the application of EM (Eritrea)) v.

IACHR Presents Report on Rights of Children to a Family (February 19, 2014)

Author: 
Steven Arrigg Koh

On February 19, 2014, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights presented a report

German Court Sentences Former Rwandan Mayor for Role in Genocide (February 18, 2014)

Author: 
Emily MacKenzie

On February 18, 2014, the High Regional Court of Frankfurt sentenced Onesphore Rwabukombe, a mayor in Northern Rwanda during the 1994 genocide, to fourteen years in prison for his role in the 1994

United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights Releases Reports on Human Rights Abuses in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (February 17, 2014)

Author: 
Adom Malcolm Cooper

On February 17, 2014, the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights released a 

European Council Suspends Zimbabwean Restrictive Measures (February 17, 2014)

Author: 
Emily MacKenzie

The European Council, by decision and implementing

Court of Justice of the European Union Rules that Arbitral Tribunal Can Refer Questions for Preliminary Ruling (February 13, 2014)

Author: 
Emily MacKenzie

On February 13, 2014, the Eighth Chamber of the Court of Justice of the European Union (the Court) issued an

IACHR Rapporteurship on the Rights of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans, and Intersex Persons Becomes Fully Operational (February 1, 2014)

Author: 
Steven Arrigg Koh

On February 1, 2014, the Rapporteurship on the Rights of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Persons of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights became fully operational.  According to

Prosecutors for Guantanamo Bay Military Commission Add Conspiracy to Charge Against Detainee (February 10, 2014)

Author: 
Adom Malcolm Cooper

On February 10, 2014, prosecutors for the military commission trials at Guantanamo Bay added a