International Law in Brief

Council of Europe Extends Sanctions on Iran for Human Rights Violations (April 12, 2018)

Author: 
Caitlin Behles

On April 12, 2018, the Council of Europe

ICC Appeals Chamber Issues Judgments on Bemba Case (March 8, 2018)

Author: 
Caitlin Behles

On March 8, 2018, the Appeals Chamber of the International Criminal Court (ICC) issued its judgments on the

African Leaders Create Continental Free Trade Area (March 21, 2018)

Author: 
Caitlin Behles

On March 21, 2018, the Assembly of the African Union passed a decision at its Tent

European Court of Human Rights Rules Swiss Courts Not Obligated to Hear Torture Case from Tunisia (March 15, 2018)

Author: 
Caitlin Behles

On March 15, 2018, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) ruled in Naït-Liman v.

Court of Justice of the European Union Rules Arbitration Clause in BIT is Invalid (March 6, 2018)

Author: 
Caitlin Behles

On March 6, 2018, the Court of Justice of the European Union

Turkey Sends Letter to UN Security Council on Justification for Military Intervention in Syria (January 22, 2018)

Author: 
Caitlin Behles

On January 22, 2018, the Permanent Mission of Turkey to the United Nations sent a letter to the UN Security Council laying out its just

African Rights Groups Adopt Joint General Comment on Ending Child Marriage (January 30, 2018)

Author: 
Caitlin Behles

On January 30, 2018, the African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child and the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights adopted their first

Court of Justice of the European Union Finds Poland Violated Pollutant Limits (February 22, 2018)

Author: 
Caitlin Behles

On February 22, 2018, the Court of Justice of the European Union

African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child Rules Mauritania Violated Charter in Slavery Case (December 15, 2017)

Author: 
Caitlin Behles

On December 15, 2017, the African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child (ACERWC) published its

UN Committee on the Rights of the Child Concludes Denmark Violated the Convention on the Rights of the Child (January 25, 2018)

Author: 
Caitlin Behles

On January 25, 2018, the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) issued its