International Law in Brief

Permanent Court of Arbitration Tribunal Rules That Former Settlement Agreements Protected Chevron From Paying Ecuador $19 Billion Fine for Polluting the Amazon Basin Region

Author: 
Kathleen Doty

A tribunal convened at the Permanent Court of Arbitration ruled that former settlement agreements protected Chevron from paying to Ecuador a $19 billion fine for polluting the Amazon basin region. 

ICSID Panel Issues Partial Ruling in ConocoPhillips Petrozuata B.V. et al v. Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela

Author: 
Kathleen Doty

The ICSID Arbitral Tribunal issued a partial ruling in the dispute between ConocoPhillips and Venezuela regarding the latter's 2007 taking of ConocoPhillips oil assets located in the country.

Second Circuit Rules in Balintulo et al. v. Daimler AG et al. that the Supreme Court’s Decision in Kiobel bars ATS Claims Against Ford, Daimler, and IBM

Author: 
Kathleen Doty

The Second Circuit held that the U.S. Supreme Court's June 2013 decision in Kiobel v.

International Court of Justice Removes Aerial Herbicide Spraying (Ecuador v. Colombia) From Court’s List

Author: 
Kathleen Doty

The International Court of Justice has removed from the Court's List the case brought by Ecuador against Colombia on March 31 2008, regarding a dispute concerning "Colombia's aerial spraying of tox

U.S. Signs Arms Trade Treaty

Author: 
Kathleen Doty

The United States has become the ninety-first country to sign the Arms Trade Treaty.  In his remarks at the signing ceremony, Secretary Kerry stated that the treaty strengthens U.S.

Court of Justice of the European Union Rules in Leyla Ecem Demirkan v. Bundesrepublik Deutschland That Turkish Nationals Do Not Have the Right to Enter the Territory of an EU Member State Without a Visa in Order to Obtain Services

Author: 
Kathleen Doty

The Court of Justice of the European Union has ruled that, according to the press release, "Turkish nationals do not have the right to enter the territory of an EU Member State without a visa in or

The Appeals Chamber of the Special Court for Sierra Leone Unanimously Upholds Conviction of Former Liberian President Charles Taylor

Author: 
Kathleen Doty

The Appeals Chamber of the Special Court for Sierra Leone (SCSL) has unanimously upheld the conviction of former Liberian President Charles Taylor on eleven counts of war crimes and crimes against

Special Chamber of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) upholds defense motion for disqualification of Judge Frederik Harhoff in Prosecutor v. Šešelj (September 3, 2013)

Author: 
Oscar

A special Chamber convened by order of the Vice-President of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) has, by two to one, upheld a defense motion for disqualification of

African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights Resolution 234 on the Right to Nationality (April 23, 2013)

The African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights adopted Resolution 234 concerning the right to nationality.

The Domestic Workers Convention Enters into Force (September 5, 2013)

Author: 
Kathleen Doty

The International Labour Organization's (ILO) Domestic Workers Convention came into force on September 5, 2013.