Blogs Archive

E.g., 04/2025

E.g., 04/2025

U.S. Appellate Court Voids Judgment Against Palestine for Lack of Jurisdiction (August 31, 2016)
September 15, 2016

On August 31, 2016, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals overruled a $650...

UN Secretary-General and OPCW Issue Joint Report on Uses of Chemical Weapons in Syria (August 24, 2016)
September 15, 2016

On August 24, 2016, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) submitted their third...

European Court of Human Rights Rules Deterioration of Security Situation in Iraq Entails Real Risk for Asylum Applicants if Returned (August 23, 2016)
September 15, 2016

On August 23, 2016, the European Court of Human Rights ruled in J.K. and...

Al-Mahdi Enters ICC's First Guilty Plea, Admitting to Destruction of Cultural Property in Mali (August 22, 2016)
September 14, 2016

On August 22, 2016, Ahmad Al-Faqi Al Madhi admitted guilt at the start of his trial at the...

Inter-American Court of Human Rights Rules Against Peru in Case of Forced Disappearance (August 17, 2016)
August 26, 2016

On August 17, 2016, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights published Roca and others v. Peru, a ruling (...

Swiss Federal Tribunal Rules Israel Must Pay Iran in Dispute over Eliat-Ashkelon Pipeline (August 12, 2016)
August 26, 2016

On August 12, 2016, the Swiss Federal Tribunal ordered Israel to pay $1.1 billion to Iran in a decades-old dispute relating to the Eliat-Ashkelon Pipeline. According to a...

UN Security Council Approves Additional Peacekeepers for South Sudan (August 12, 2016)
August 26, 2016

On August 12, 2016, the United Nations Security Council adopted a resolution approving the deployment of an additional 4,...

U.S. Government Releases Guidance on Capture and Kill Operations Against Terrorist Targets Outside of the United States and Areas of Active Hostilities (August 6, 2016)
August 26, 2016

On August 6, 2016, the United States released a redacted version of the ...