Blogs Archive

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E.g., 11/2024

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 ...

Preliminary UN Investigations Find Government of South Sudan Committed Widespread Violations Against Country’s Population (August 4, 2016)
August 19, 2016

On August 4, 2016, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein, said in a...

In San Jose Action Statement, Central and North American States Vow to Strengthen Protection of Refugees (August 4, 2016)
August 19, 2016

On August 4, 2016, nine Central and North American states released the...

North Korea Fires Ballistic Missile into Waters off Japan (August 3, 2016)
August 19, 2016

On August 3, 2016, North Korea fired an intermediate range ballistic missile into Japan’s exclusive economic zone (...