Foreign Policy and International Law

U.S. President Obama Certifies That U.S. Troops in Mali Are Free From ICC Jurisdiction (January 31, 2014)

Author: 
Adom Malcolm Cooper

On January 31, 2014, U.S. President Barack Obama issued a memorandum certifying that U.S.

UN Security Council Adopts Resolution 2133 on Ransom Payments to Terrorists (January 27, 2014)

Author: 
Adom Malcolm Cooper

On January 27, 2014, the United Nations Security Council adopted a resolution calling on member

The United Nations Compensation Commission Pays $1.03 Billion to Kuwait for Iraqi Invasion (January 23, 2014)

Author: 
Adom Malcolm Cooper

On January 23, 2014, the United Nations Compensation Commission (UNCC) issued $1.03 billion USD in damage claims to the Government of Kuwait arising out of the 1990 Iraqi invasion.

United Kingdom Outlines its Position on Humanitarian Intervention and Responsibility to Protect (January 14, 2014)

Author: 
Emily MacKenzie

On January 14, 2014, the British Foreign and Commonwealth Office submitted an official

U.S. Supreme Court Refused To Stay Execution of Mexican National (January 22, 2014)

Author: 
Adom Malcolm Cooper

On January 22, 2014, the U.S.

UN Security Council Resolution 2132 on Hostilities in South Sudan (December 24, 2013)

Author: 
Adom Malcolm Cooper

On December 24, 2013, the United Nations Security Council, acting under Chapter VII of the UN Charter, issued

IACHR Condemns Forced Transfer of Djamel Ameziane from Guantanamo (December 19, 2013)

Author: 
Steven Arrigg Koh

On December 19, 2013, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) condemned the forced trans

Supreme Court of the United States Hears Oral Arguments on Hague Convention Abduction Case (December 16, 2013)

Author: 
Adom Malcolm Cooper

On December 11, 2013, the Supreme Court of the United States heard oral arguments in Lozano v.

U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit Rejects Guantanamo Detainee’s Challenge to Continued Confinement (December 3, 2013)

Author: 
Adom Malcolm Cooper

In Ali v.

PS5+1 Sign a Joint Plan of Action With Iran To End Economic Sanctions in Exchange for a Freeze of Iran’s Nuclear Programs (November 24, 2013)

Author: 
Adom Malcolm Cooper

On November 24, 2013, Iran signed a Joint Plan of Action with six nations in Geneva’s Palace of Nations that brings a freez