Trial Chamber maintains stay of proceedings in Lubanga Case

On 3 September, the Trial Chamber I of the ICC rendered a decision in which it rejected the Prosecutors application to lift the stay of proceedings in the case The Prosecutor v. Thomas Lubanga Dyilo (we reported on this case earlier). The Court had imposed the stay of proceedings on 13 June this year based on [...]

International Law Weekend 2008

Every year, the American branch of the International Law Association in cooperation with other organizations, organizes the so-called “International Law Weekend“. It is an event consisting of panels, receptions and the Branch’s annual meeting. This year’s event, which will take place on October 16-18, has the overall theme “The United States and International Law: Legal [...]

Should the Prosecutor of the International Criminial Court be removed from office?

Over the past weeks, criticism has been raised regarding the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, the Argentinean Luis Moreno-Ocampo. This criticism has not only involved his handling of the complaint against him for his dismissal of a media adviser, who made a complaint against Moreno-Ocampo of sexual misconduct with a South African female journalist. [...]

Arctic Sovereignty Symposium – Southwestern Law School, Oct. 3, 2008

Thanks to Austen Parrish for drawing our attention to the following event: On Friday, October 3, 2008, Southwestern Law School in Los Angeles, California is hosting a symposium on Arctic Sovereignty – titled Arctic Sovereignty: Cold Facts, Hot Issues. Drawing on Southwestern’s strong ties with Canada, this one-day symposium will bring together leading legal figures [...]

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