International Law in Brief

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

U.S. Supreme Court Rules Terrorism Victims Cannot Seize Antiquities in Foreign Sovereign Immunities Case (February 21, 2018)

Author: 
Caitlin Behles

On February 21, 2018, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Rubin v. Islamic Republic of Iran that U.S.

Panel Rules China’s Chicken Duties Still Violating WTO Obligations (January 18, 2018)

Author: 
Caitlin Behles

On January 18, 2018, a World Trade Organization (WTO) compliance panel issued its report on “China — Anti-Dumpi

IACHR Issues Report on Human Rights Situation in Venezuela (February 12, 2018)

Author: 
Caitlin Behles

On February 12, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) published a report on the human rights situation in Venezuela, entitled “

Poland Enacts Law Prohibiting Blaming Poland for Assisting in Holocaust (February 7, 2018)

Author: 
Caitlin Behles

On February 7, 2018, Polish President Andrzej Duda signed legislation that pro

ICJ Rules on Maritime and Land Boundaries Between Nicaragua and Costa Rica (February 2, 2018)

Author: 
Caitlin Behles

On February 2, 2018, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) ruled in joined cases Mar

Court of Arbitration for Sport Overturns Ban on 28 Russian Athletes (February 1, 2018)

Author: 
Caitlin Behles

On February 1, 2018, the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) overturned the Internat