International Law in Brief

UN Security Council Condemns Islamic State Attacks in Syria (May 24, 2016)

Author: 
Aldo Perez

On May 24, 2016, the United Nations Security Council condemned the May 23 terrorist attacks by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) in the Syrian coastal cities of Jableh and Tartous.

U.S. Lifts Arms Ban on Vietnam (May 23, 2016)

Author: 
Catherina Valenzuela-Bock

On May 23, 2016, President Barack Obama announced that the U.S. will fully lift the arms embargo on Vietnam.

U.S. Senate Passes Bill Allowing Suits Against Saudi Arabia for 9/11 Attacks (May 17, 2016)

Author: 
Catherina Valenzuela-Bock

On May 17, 2016, the United States Senate passed a bill allowing family members of 9/11 victims to sue Sa

European Court of Human Rights Rules Fines for Hungarian MPs Violate Freedom of Expression (May 17, 2016)

Author: 
Catherina Valenzuela-Bock

On May 17, 2016, the European Court of Human Rights ruled that Hungary violated the f

First Treaty on IUU Fishing to Enter into Force (May 16, 2016)

Author: 
Catherina Valenzuela-Bock

On May 16, 2016, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations announced that the Port State

Swedish Court Sentences Man for Role in Rwanda Genocide (May 16, 2016)

Author: 
Catherina Valenzuela-Bock

On May 16, 2016, the Stockholm District Court sentenced a sixty-one-year-old man to life in prison for his participation in the Rwandan genocide.

UN Committee Against Torture Concludes Israel Used Excessive Force (May 13, 2016)

Author: 
Saiena Shafiezadeh

On May 13, 2016, The United Nations Committee Against Torture (CAT) released

Indian Supreme Court Upholds Criminal Defamation Laws (May 13, 2016)

Author: 
Saiena Shafiezadeh

On May 13, 2016, the Supreme Court of India upheld in Subramaniam Swamy v.

UN Security Council Adopts Resolution Condemning Attacks on Medical Facilities and Personnel (May 3, 2016)

Author: 
Douglas Cantwell

On May 3, 2016, the United Nations Security Council adopted Resolution 2286 condemning attacks on m

European Court of Human Rights Rules that Prolonged Detention of Somali Asylum Seeker by Malta Violated Convention’s Prohibitions on Ill-Treatment (May 3, 2016)

Author: 
Douglas Cantwell

On May 3, 2016, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) issued its