Blogs Archive

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E.g., 06/2025

Inter-American Court of Human Rights Rules El Salvador Violated Convention by Failing to Apply Presumption of Innocence (December 18, 2015)
December 31, 2015

On December 18, 2015, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (Court) published its decision (...

United Nations Security Council Adopts Peace Resolution for Syria (December 18, 2015)
December 31, 2015

On December 18, 2015, the United Nations Security Council adopted a resolution focused on a...

Australia Prevails at Permanent Court of Arbitration on Jurisdiction Against Phillip Morris in Tobacco Dispute (December 17, 2015)
December 31, 2015

On December 17, 2015, a tribunal at the Permanent Court of Arbitration dismissed the case of Phillip Morris against Australia, which had arisen under the bilateral investment treaty (BIT) of...

International Court of Justice Decides Costa Rica–Nicaragua Cases (December 16, 2015)
December 31, 2015

On December 16, 2015, the International Court of Justice (Court) issued its decision in the joined cases concerning...

ICTY Appeals Chamber Orders Retrial of Jovica Stanišić and Franko Simatović (December 15, 2015)
December 31, 2015

On December 15, 2015, the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) Appeal’s Chamber...

Paris Climate Agreement is Signed (December 12, 2015)
December 31, 2015

On December 12, 2015, the UN Secretary-General issued a press statement characterizing the...

European Court of Human Rights Rules Switzerland Not Required to Recognize Marriage of Fourteen Year Old (December 8, 2015)
December 31, 2015

On December 8, 2015, the European Court of Human Rights (Court) ruled in Z.H. and R.H. v. Switzerland that...

European Court of Human Rights Rules Russia’s System for Mobile Communications Surveillance Violates European Convention (December 4, 2015)
December 31, 2015

On December 4, 2015, the European Court of Human Rights ruled in Zakharov v....