International Law in Brief

D.C. Circuit Rules on Guantanamo Detainees’ Challenge to Force-feeding (February 11, 2014)

Author: 
Steven Arrigg Koh

On February 11, 2014, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C.

Special Tribunal for Lebanon Trial Chamber Joins Merhi Case with Ayyash et al. Case (February 11, 2014)

Author: 
Steven Arrigg Koh

On February 11, 2014, the Trial Chamber of the Special Tribunal for Lebanon ruled orally that the case against Hassan Habib Merhi should be joined with the case against Salim Jamil Ayyash, Mustafa

ICTR Appeals Chamber Delivers Judgment in Multi-Accused Case (February 11, 2014)

Author: 
Steven Arrigg Koh

On February 11, 2014, the Appeals Chamber of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda delivered its judgment in The Prosecutor v.

ICC Opens Investigation into Central African Republic (February 7, 2014)

Author: 
Adom Malcolm Cooper

On February 7, 2014, the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, Fatou Bensouda, announced in a statement released both in

ICC Released Draft OTP Policy Paper on Sexual and Gender Based Crimes (February 7, 2014)

Author: 
Adom Malcolm Cooper

On February 7, 2014, the Office of the Prosecutor (OTP) of the International Criminal Court published a DRAF

European Council Amends Reasons for Tunisian Restrictive Measures (January 31, 2014)

Author: 
Emily MacKenzie

On January 31, 2014, the European Council published a Decision and

ICTY Appeals Chamber Delivers Judgment in Prosecutor v. Vlastimir Đorđević Case (January 27, 2014)

Author: 
Steven Arrigg Koh

On January 27, 2014, the Appeals Chamber of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia delivered its judgment

French Court Begins Hearing Trial of Former Rwandan Intelligence Chief (February 4, 2014)

Author: 
Emily MacKenzie

On February 4, 2014, the cour d’assises in Paris began hearing the trial of Pascal Simbikangwa, the former Chief of Intelligence in Rwanda.

ICTY Office of the Prosecutor Files Motion for Reconsideration in Prosecutor v. Perišić Case (February 3, 2014)

Author: 
Steven Arrigg Koh

On February 3, 2014, the ICTY Office of the Prosecutor filed a motion before the Appeals Ch

UN Committee on the Rights of the Child Releases Report on the Holy See, Finding Child Abuse (January 31, 2014)

Author: 
Adom Malcolm Cooper

On January 31, 2014, the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) released a