Outcome of the Sixth Review Conference of the Biological Weapons Convention, November-December 2006
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Human Rights
Double Interim Relief Denial in Argentina-Uruguay Pulp Mill Dispute before the World Court
On January 23, 2007, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) rejected Uruguay's request for "provisional measures" against Argentina "a form of injunctive relief"aimed at putting an immediate end to blockades of bridges and roads connecting Argentina and Uruguay by Argentine citizens protesting the construction of a disputed pulp mill project on the Uruguayan side of the border. The project is the subject of the Pulp Mills Case (Argentina v.
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European Court Rules on UN and EU Terrorist Suspect Blacklists
In a number of recent judgements, the European Court of First Instance (CFI) has considered actions seeking annulment of two European Community measures adopted pursuant to different counter-terrorism regimes established by the United Nations Security Council. A Community Regulation transposing the sanctions regime created by Security Council Resolution 1267 (1999) into Community law and directly linked to the list maintained by the UN Sanctions Committee has only been subjected to limited review.
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Australian Inquiry into Corporate Responsibility for Complicity in Efforts to Manipulate Humanitarian Exceptions to Security Council Sanctions Regimes
In September 2005, the UN Independent Inquiry Committee ('IIC' or 'Volcker Inquiry
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The Iraqi High Tribunal's Dujail Trial Opinion
From October 2005 to July 2006, Saddam Hussein and seven co-defendants were tried for crimes against humanity in the first of several planned trials before the Iraqi High Tribunal (IHT) -- a judicial institution originally created by the Iraqi Interim Governing Council on December 10, 2003, and later approved by the democratically elected Iraqi National Assembly on August 11, 2005.
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German Criminal Complaint Against Donald Rumsfeld and Others
On November 14, 2006, a criminal complaint[1] was filed in a German court against senior U.S. officials, including former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, former CIA Director George Tenet, high ranking military officers, and several former government lawyers alleging torture and war crimes at Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq and the Guantanamo Bay Prison Camp.
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The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals Decides Medellin's Consular Convention Case
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The European Court of Justice Approves Lawsuits By The European Community Against Cigarette Companies In U.S. Courts
On September 12, 2006, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) sanctioned the decision of the European Community (EC) and member states to bring actions for damages against certain cigarette manufacturers in United States courts. The decision grew out of the companies' unsuccessful attempt to have the European Court of First Instance preclude any such lawsuits.
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The Military Commissions Act of 2006: Examining the Relationship between the International Law of Armed Conflict and US Law
In Hamdan v.
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International Law and North Korean Nuclear Testing
The October 9, 2006 announcement by North Korea (the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, or DPRK) that it had successfully conducted an underground test of a nuclear weapon raises questions about the status of such testing under international law.[1] This Insight examines the international legal norms that could apply to su
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