Use of Force, and International Humanitarian Law

The Situation in Darfur: Prosecutor's Application under Article 58(7) of the Rome Statute

On February 27, 2007, the Office of the Prosecutor (Prosecutor) at the International Criminal Court (ICC) applied to the Pre-Trial Chamber I (Chamber) for summonses to appear against Ahmad Muhammad Harun, Sudan's former Minister of State for the Interior, and Ali Kushayb, a Janjaweed leader in West Darfur.[1] The Application contend

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Kevin Jon Heller
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ICC Confirms Charges against DRC Militia Leader

On January 29, 2007, the International Criminal Court (ICC) Pretrial Chamber I (Chamber) issued its confirmation of charges decision in the case of Prosecutor v.

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Jason Morgan-Foster
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Six-Party Talks Produce Action Plan on North Korean Nuclear Disarmament

On February 13, 2007, the governments taking part in the fifth round of the Six-Party Talks concerning nuclear disarmament of North Korea released an action plan designed to lead to the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula (February 13 Action Plan).[1] China, Japan, Russia, South Korea, the United States, and North Korea (formally called the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, or DPRK) agreed to specific initial actions and timetables that support the obje

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Christopher J. Le Mon
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Outcome of the Sixth Review Conference of the Biological Weapons Convention, November-December 2006

Introduction

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David P. Fidler
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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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Chia Lehnardt
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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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Stephen Tully
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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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Michael P. Scharf & Michael A. Newton
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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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Scott Lyons
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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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John Cerone
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Security Council Resolution 1718 on North Korea's Nuclear Test

On October 14, 2006, the United Nations Security Council unanimously adopted resolution 1718 (2006), reacting to the announcement on October 9, 2006, by North Korea (the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, or DPRK) that it had conducted an underground nuclear weapon test.

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Andreas L. Paulus and Jörn Müller
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