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On August 20, 2009 the Washington Post reported that the US administration was making progress in resettling detainees from Guantanamo Bay. According to the article, six European Union countries – Britain, France, Ireland, Italy, Portugal and Spain – have agreed to receive the inmates. Four EU countries have privately told the US administration that they [...]
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Application of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (Georgia v. Russian Federation) Yesterday, 15 October, the International Court of Justice read during a public sitting its judgment on the request of Georgia to indicate provisional measures with regard to the situation in South-Ossetia. Due to the narrow vote it [...]
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Since last week’s post on Russia’s recognition of South Ossetia and Abkhazia, and our previous coverage of the issue (here, here and here), seemed to have caught the interest of our readers, this week’s “Clip of the Week” will in part try to follow up the reporting. This week’s “Clip of the Week” is an interview conducted [...]
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Today the Russian President Medvedev signed decrees to the effect that the Russian Federation recognizes South Ossetia’s and Abkhazia’s independence (a Kremlin translation of Medvedev’s televised address can be found here). With this the Russian President caused a further deterioration of the already strained relations with the West initially caused by the armed conflict in [...]
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Acting in accordance with the powers conferred upon her by Article 74, paragraph 4, of the Rules of Court, Judge Rosalyn Higgins, President of the International Court of Justice (ICJ), the principal judicial organ of the United Nations, addressed today an urgent communication to the Parties in the proceedings instituted by the Republic of Georgia [...]
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Yesterday, on 14 August, Georgia filed with the Court a 10 page request for the indication of provisional measures. Georgia claimed that “Despite the withdrawal of Georgian armed forces and the unilateral declaration of a ceasefire, Russian military operations continued beyond South Ossetia into territories under Georgian government control”. It seems that the continued military [...]
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Starting from 7 August we have witnessed the start, the escalation of the armed conflict between Georgian and Russian troops, and at 2.00 a.m on 13 August the ceasefire agreement between the Georgian President, Saakashvili, and the Russian President, Medvedev, brokered by the French President, Sarkozy. This post does not concern itself with the legal [...]
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