Blogs Archive

E.g., 04/2025

E.g., 04/2025

U.S. Federal Appeals Court Allows Abu Ghraib Torture Suit to Move Forward (October 21, 2016)
October 31, 2016

On October 21, 2016, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit...

CJEU Rules Websites May Have Legitimate Interest in Storing User Data to Protect Against Cyberattacks (October 19, 2016)
October 31, 2016

On October 19, 2016, the Court of Justice of the European Union...

Nearly 200 Countries Adopt the Kigali Amendment to the Montreal Protocol, Phasing out HFCs (October 15, 2016)
October 21, 2016

On October 15, 2016, almost 200 countries endorsed the Kigali Amendment to the...

UN General Assembly Selects António Guterres as New Secretary-General (October 13, 2016)
October 21, 2016

On October 13, 2016, the United Nations General Assembly appointed António Guterres of Portugal as the next Secretary-General of the United Nations. According to the...

UN Security Council Passes Resolution Expanding the Mandate of the UN Mission in Haiti After Hurricane (October 13, 2016)
October 21, 2016

On October 13, 2016, the United Nations Security Council unanimously adopted a resolution...

UN Security Council Issues Resolution on Migrant Smuggling off the Coast of Libya (October 6, 2016)
October 21, 2016

On October 6, 2016, the United Nations Security Council passed Resolution 2312  in response to “...

CJEU Rules that Italy Violated EU Law by Not Guaranteeing Compensation for Victims of Cross-Border Violent Crime (October 11, 2016)
October 21, 2016

On October 11, 2016, the Court of Justice of the European Union...

ICJ Rejects Jurisdiction in Marshall Islands Nuclear Disarmament Cases (October 5, 2016).
October 21, 2016

On October 5, 2016, the International Court of Justice ruled that it did not have jurisdiction over three separate but substantively similar cases between the Marshall Islands and...