International Courts and Tribunals

International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea Announces the Death of Judge Soji Yamamoto (September 19, 2013)

Author: 
Kathleen A. Doty

Click here for press release (approximately 1 page)

Caribbean Court of Justice Delivers Judgment in Shanique Myrie v. The State of Barbados (October 4, 2013)

Author: 
Kathleen A. Doty

Click here for Judgment (approximately 60 pages); click

The Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court Adopts Code of Conduct for the Office of the Prosecutor

Author: 
Kathleen Doty

The Office of the Prosecutor (OTP) of the International Criminal Court (ICC) has adopted a Code of Conduct for the OTP.  The Code sets "minimum standards of conduct applicable to all Members of the

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit Affirms District Court Finding in Blue Ridge Investments v. Republic of Argentina That Argentina Had Waived Its Immunity

Author: 
Kathleen Doty

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Permanent Court of Arbitration Tribunal Rules That Former Settlement Agreements Protected Chevron From Paying Ecuador $19 Billion Fine for Polluting the Amazon Basin Region

Author: 
Kathleen Doty

A tribunal convened at the Permanent Court of Arbitration ruled that former settlement agreements protected Chevron from paying to Ecuador a $19 billion fine for polluting the Amazon basin region. 

ICSID Panel Issues Partial Ruling in ConocoPhillips Petrozuata B.V. et al v. Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela

Author: 
Kathleen Doty

The ICSID Arbitral Tribunal issued a partial ruling in the dispute between ConocoPhillips and Venezuela regarding the latter's 2007 taking of ConocoPhillips oil assets located in the country.

Second Circuit Rules in Balintulo et al. v. Daimler AG et al. that the Supreme Court’s Decision in Kiobel bars ATS Claims Against Ford, Daimler, and IBM

Author: 
Kathleen Doty

The Second Circuit held that the U.S. Supreme Court's June 2013 decision in Kiobel v.

International Court of Justice Removes Aerial Herbicide Spraying (Ecuador v. Colombia) From Court’s List

Author: 
Kathleen Doty

The International Court of Justice has removed from the Court's List the case brought by Ecuador against Colombia on March 31 2008, regarding a dispute concerning "Colombia's aerial spraying of tox

Court of Justice of the European Union Rules in Leyla Ecem Demirkan v. Bundesrepublik Deutschland That Turkish Nationals Do Not Have the Right to Enter the Territory of an EU Member State Without a Visa in Order to Obtain Services

Author: 
Kathleen Doty

The Court of Justice of the European Union has ruled that, according to the press release, "Turkish nationals do not have the right to enter the territory of an EU Member State without a visa in or

The Appeals Chamber of the Special Court for Sierra Leone Unanimously Upholds Conviction of Former Liberian President Charles Taylor

Author: 
Kathleen Doty

The Appeals Chamber of the Special Court for Sierra Leone (SCSL) has unanimously upheld the conviction of former Liberian President Charles Taylor on eleven counts of war crimes and crimes against