Territorial Disputes

Is Bagram the New Guantánamo? Habeas Corpus and Maqaleh v. Gates

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13
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8
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Kal Raustiala
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Ten Years After the War in Kosovo: International Law, Kosovo and the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia

Introduction

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13
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7
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Linda Strite Murnane
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Legality of Veto to NATO Accession: Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia Sues Greece before the ICJ

Introduction

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12
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26
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Markos Karavias & Antonios Tzanakopoulos
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Kosovo's Declaration of Independence: Self-Determination, Secession and Recognition

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12
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2
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Christopher J. Borgen
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Russia's Claim in the Arctic and the Vexing Issue of Ridges in UNCLOS

On August 2, 2007, Russian explorers in a submersible planted their national flag on the seabed below the North Pole in symbolic support of Russia's 2001 claim relating to its extended continental shelf. This claim was first made on December 20, 2001 in the context of Russia's submission to the UN Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf (CLCS) in accordance with Article 76(8) of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS).

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11
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27
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Marc Benitah
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The ICJ Awards Sovereignty over Four Caribbean Sea Islands to Honduras and Fixes a Single Maritime Boundary between Nicaragua and Honduras

In a 94-page judgment issued October 8, 2007, the International Court of Justice (ICJ or Court) found unanimously that Honduras, not Nicaragua, has sovereignty over four disputed islands in the Caribbean Sea.

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11
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26
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Pieter Bekker and Ana Stanic
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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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11
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2
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Pieter H.F. Bekker
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The Maritime Labour Convention, 2006 Consolidates Seafarers' Labour Instruments

The Maritime Labour Convention, 2006 was adopted by the 94th International Labour Conference at a maritime session in Geneva in February 2006.

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10
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23
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Doumbia-Henry, Devlin & McConnell
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Some Proportionality Issues Raised by Israel's Use of Armed Force in Lebanon

Introduction

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10
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20
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Frederic L. Kirgis
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