Outcome of the Sixth Review Conference of the Biological Weapons Convention, November-December 2006
Introduction
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Use of Force, and International Humanitarian Law
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 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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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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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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A Conundrum Posed by U.S. Anti-Terrorism Policy
Thirty years ago this month, a Cuban airliner blew up in mid-air, killing all 73 people aboard.
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Acts of Non-State Armed Groups and the Law Governing Armed Conflict
The recent conflict in Lebanon and Northern Israel, occurring between a state and a non-state armed opposition group on the territory of a state that has not itself taken up arms, raises distinct challenges for interpretation of international law related to armed conflict.
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