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Having entertained the thought that it might be able to get away with a 22-page report without one single word on the situation of the Palestinian population in the occupied Palestinian territories (Gaza Strip, West Bank and the illegally annexed East Jerusalem), the Human Rights Council of the UN Universal Periodic Review (UPR) has just [...]
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A recent appointment by the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) promises a more focused strategy on the prosecution of gender-based violence at the supranational level. Last week, ICC Prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo named Professor Catherine A MacKinnon as his Special Advisor on Gender Crimes. The appointment, announced on November 26, signals an intensified commitment [...]
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We are pleased to welcome guest blogger Amy Senier from the litigation and international disputes departments of Foley Hoag LLP in Boston, Massachusetts. Amy Senier is an associate in the litigation and international disputes departments of Foley Hoag LLP in Boston, Massachusetts. She received her Master’s in Law and Diplomacy from The Fletcher School at [...]
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For the second time since its creation, the African Union Peace and Security Council (PSC) will be holding a retreat between the 4th and 5th of December 2008 in Livingstone, Zambia. The first retreat, which aimed at revising the rules of procedure of the PSC, was held last year in Senegal. The theme of the [...]
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The European University Viadrina in Frankfurt/Oder, Germany, will offer a new program called “Protection of the Individual under International Law in times of peace and war — LL.M. in International Human Rights and Humanitarian Law”. Interestingly, the working language of the program is English which unfortunately cannot be taken for granted in all LL.M. programs [...]
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A jury sitting before a federal court in San Francisco yesterday found in favour of the international oil conglomerate Chevron in a case relating to a ten year old incident at one of Chevron’s oil platforms off the Nigerian coast. During a standoff between local villagers from the Ilaje tribe and Nigerian government soldiers, during [...]
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