Blogs Archive

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European Court of Human Rights Rules Croatia Must Provide Defendant Convicted In Absentia of War Crimes Sufficient Possibility for Retrial (February 12, 2015)
February 20, 2015

On February 12, 2015, in a Chamber judgment, the European Court of Human Rights (the Court) ruled...

Security Council Adopts Resolution Targeting Sources of Financing for ISIL (February 12, 2015)
February 20, 2015

On February 12, 2015, the United Nations Security Council, acting under Chapter VII of the U.N. Charter, adopted a...

ICTR Prosecutor Releases Manual on Referral of International Criminal Cases to National Courts (February 11, 2015)
February 20, 2015

On February 11, 2015, the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) released a...

African Union Adopts a Special Declaration on Illicit Financial Flows (January 30, 2015)
February 20, 2015

On January 30–31, 2015, the African Union adopted, among other documents, a...

U.K. Court Rules Deportation of Persons with Serious Medical Conditions Not a Breach of Human Rights Law (January 30, 2015)
February 20, 2015

On January 30, 2015, the England and Wales Court of Appeal issued a judgment in GS, EO, GM, & Others v....

Australian Court Rules Detention of Sri Lankan Asylum Seekers at Sea Legal (January 28, 2015)
February 20, 2015

On January 28, 2015, the High Court of Australia issued a judgment in CPCF v. Minister for Immigration and...

British Investigatory Powers Tribunal Rules Prior Intelligence Sharing Arrangements Between U.S. and U.K. Illegal (February 6, 2015)
February 12, 2015

On February 6, 2015, the U.K.’s Investigatory Powers Tribunal issued a second judgment in Liberty and Others v...

U.S. to Destroy Chemical Weapons in Compliance with 1997 Chemical Weapons Convention (February 4, 2015)
February 12, 2015

To meet its obligations under the 1997 Convention on the Prohibition of the Development,...