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One aspect of the UN Security Council Resolutions on Libya that has not received much attention is the authorization of maritime interdiction for the purposes of enforcing the arms embargo against Libya. Yet, there are a number of interesting questions that arise in this context. The arms embargo against Libya was established in UN Security [...]
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One of the legal questions that has arisen in the context of the intervention in Libya is the legality of arming the rebel groups fighting the Libyan regime – see for example a recent piece in the Guardian newspaper on this subject. Attention seems to be focussed on whether or not this would amount to [...]
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That is an open-ended question which I got recently. Well, given the grave situation in Libya with its many facets, such a question calls for a somewhat long response; even if time as a variable remains relative. And speaking about time, before getting to the question itself, the response of the international community to the [...]
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Following the questions raised about the discharge of the responsibility to protect by Gentian Zyberi in his recent post on the situation in Libya, and the remarks I previously made on the situation in Egypt and the responsibility of the international community, I would like to draw our readers’ attention to a revealing and insightful [...]
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Charles Ghankay Taylor, the former President of Liberia, was indicted under seal on 7 March 2003 while in office. The indictment was announced on 4 June 2003 on his first trip outside of Liberia. In August 2003 Taylor resigned as president and went into exile in Nigeria. He was transferred to the Special Court for [...]
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Japan has been hit by a devastating earthquake and tsunami resulting in the loss of lives of hundreds of people and material damage. The number of victims is expected to raise. As if that were not enough harm, there seems to be problems with the cooling system of three nuclear power plants and there was [...]
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On 28 February the EU imposed sanctions against Muammar Gaddafi’s regime, implementing resolution 1970 (2011) adopted by the UN’s Security Council on 26 February and imposing additional EU measures. The sanctions include an embargo on arms, ammunition and equipment that could be used for the repression of protesters; an assets freeze; and a visa ban [...]
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