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		<title>Newest elections at the ICC and the ICJ</title>
		<link>http://internationallawobserver.eu/2011/12/15/newest-elections-at-the-icc-and-the-icj/</link>
		<comments>http://internationallawobserver.eu/2011/12/15/newest-elections-at-the-icc-and-the-icj/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Dec 2011 21:37:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gentian Zyberi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Two great international lawyers from Africa, Ms. Fatou Bensuda (Gambia) and Ms. Julia Sebutinde (Uganda), have been elected respectively as Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) and as Judge of the International Court of Justice (ICJ). Both these African women have had a distinguished career in the area of international legal practice (for their [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=internationallawobserver.eu&amp;blog=1127226&amp;post=4367&amp;subd=internationallawobserver&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Palau Plans to Seek ICJ Advisory Opinion on Climate Change</title>
		<link>http://internationallawobserver.eu/2011/09/26/palau-plans-to-seek-icj-advisory-opinion-on-climate-change/</link>
		<comments>http://internationallawobserver.eu/2011/09/26/palau-plans-to-seek-icj-advisory-opinion-on-climate-change/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Sep 2011 07:30:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ole W. Pedersen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Environmental Law]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The UN News Centre reports that the small island state of Palau plans to seek an advisory opinion from the ICJ in relation to climate change. While the exact details of the plan is not yet clear, this is indeed a significant development. The ICJ has on previous occasions ruled that, while states have the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=internationallawobserver.eu&amp;blog=1127226&amp;post=4153&amp;subd=internationallawobserver&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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			<media:title type="html">Ole W. Pedersen</media:title>
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		<title>India Army Major Avtar Singh- Perpetrator of Extrajudicial Killing &#8211; Roaming Free in California</title>
		<link>http://internationallawobserver.eu/2011/05/18/india-army-major-avtar-singh-perpetrator-of-extrajudicial-killing-roaming-free-in-california-by-dr-fozia-lone/</link>
		<comments>http://internationallawobserver.eu/2011/05/18/india-army-major-avtar-singh-perpetrator-of-extrajudicial-killing-roaming-free-in-california-by-dr-fozia-lone/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 May 2011 06:21:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr. Fozia  Lone</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Human Rights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ICC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[International and national law]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[International Courts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[International Criminal Law]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[On 13th May 2011 I read a news item in Kashmiri local newspaper Greater Kashmir captioned ‘File status report on Major Avtar’s Extradition’.  The news stated that Court directed police to file a status report on the progress made in the extradition of Major Avtar Singh, accused in the killing of prominent lawyer and human [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=internationallawobserver.eu&amp;blog=1127226&amp;post=4000&amp;subd=internationallawobserver&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Response to the Request for Provisional Measures in the M/V Louisa Case</title>
		<link>http://internationallawobserver.eu/2010/12/23/response-to-the-request-for-provisional-measures-in-the-mv-louisa-case/</link>
		<comments>http://internationallawobserver.eu/2010/12/23/response-to-the-request-for-provisional-measures-in-the-mv-louisa-case/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Dec 2010 17:27:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Harrison</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[International Courts]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Law of the sea]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have previously reported on this blog (here) on the dispute between Saint Vincent and the Grenadines on the one hand and Spain on the other hand concerning the arrest and detention the M/V Louisa and its tender, the Gemini III.  The International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea gave its order on provisional [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=internationallawobserver.eu&amp;blog=1127226&amp;post=3748&amp;subd=internationallawobserver&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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			<media:title type="html">James Harrison</media:title>
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		<title>Prompt release of research vessels: MV Louisa</title>
		<link>http://internationallawobserver.eu/2010/12/01/prompt-release-of-research-vessels-mv-louisa/</link>
		<comments>http://internationallawobserver.eu/2010/12/01/prompt-release-of-research-vessels-mv-louisa/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Dec 2010 16:39:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Harrison</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[International Courts]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The latest case to come before the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea raises some interesting questions about the availability of prompt release proceedings for vessels arrested for violating laws and regulations in the exclusive economic zone of a coastal state.  The case has been initiated by Saint Vincent and the Grenadines following [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=internationallawobserver.eu&amp;blog=1127226&amp;post=3708&amp;subd=internationallawobserver&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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			<media:title type="html">James Harrison</media:title>
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		<title>Functional Immunity for Defence Counsel</title>
		<link>http://internationallawobserver.eu/2010/10/10/functional-immunity-of-defence-counsel/</link>
		<comments>http://internationallawobserver.eu/2010/10/10/functional-immunity-of-defence-counsel/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 10 Oct 2010 12:37:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gentian Zyberi</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Ad hoc tribunals]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[On 6 October 2010 the ICTR Appeals Chamber  released its decision on the request of Aloys Ntabakuze regarding the arrest of his lead counsel, Peter Erlinder. Erlinder was arrested on 28 May 2010 in Kigali, Rwanda, on charges of ‘genocide denial’. At the time of arrest Erlinder was in Rwanda on reasons unrelated to his [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=internationallawobserver.eu&amp;blog=1127226&amp;post=3607&amp;subd=internationallawobserver&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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			<media:title type="html">Gentian</media:title>
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		<title>Will the Supreme Court start citing the ICJ?</title>
		<link>http://internationallawobserver.eu/2010/08/11/will-the-supreme-court-start-citing-the-icj/</link>
		<comments>http://internationallawobserver.eu/2010/08/11/will-the-supreme-court-start-citing-the-icj/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Aug 2010 07:22:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dominik Zimmermann</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Clip of the Week]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yes, if we are to believe David Andrews, former legal advisor to the US state department and member of the US national group at the Permanent Court of Arbitration. If you want to see more on this, check out this weeks Clip of the Week, which is taken from an ASIL reception honoring Joan E. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=internationallawobserver.eu&amp;blog=1127226&amp;post=3514&amp;subd=internationallawobserver&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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			<media:title type="html">Dominik Zimmermann</media:title>
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		<title>Book Review: Solon Solomon, The Justiciability of International Disputes – The Advisory Opinion of Israel’s Security Fence as a Case Study</title>
		<link>http://internationallawobserver.eu/2010/08/03/book-review-solon-solomon-the-justiciability-of-international-disputes-%e2%80%93-the-advisory-opinion-of-israel%e2%80%99s-security-fence-as-a-case-study-jerusalem-wolf-legal-publishers-2009-isbn/</link>
		<comments>http://internationallawobserver.eu/2010/08/03/book-review-solon-solomon-the-justiciability-of-international-disputes-%e2%80%93-the-advisory-opinion-of-israel%e2%80%99s-security-fence-as-a-case-study-jerusalem-wolf-legal-publishers-2009-isbn/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Aug 2010 07:03:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr. Fozia  Lone</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Book review]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[International Humanitarian Law]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[International terrorism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Middle East Crisis]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Solon Solomon, The Justiciability of International Disputes – The Advisory Opinion of Israel’s Security Fence as a Case Study (Jerusalem: Wolf Legal Publishers, 2009) ISBN: 978-90-5850-437-1 By Dr. Fozia Nazir Lone Assistant Professor, City University of Hong Kong, fnlone@cityu.edu.hk Solon Solomon, in this book presents a comprehensive legal description on the justiciability of international disputes. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=internationallawobserver.eu&amp;blog=1127226&amp;post=3477&amp;subd=internationallawobserver&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Joan Donoghue to replace Judge Buergenthal at the ICJ</title>
		<link>http://internationallawobserver.eu/2010/06/17/joan-donoghue-to-replace-judge-buergenthal-on-the-icj/</link>
		<comments>http://internationallawobserver.eu/2010/06/17/joan-donoghue-to-replace-judge-buergenthal-on-the-icj/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jun 2010 07:53:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dominik Zimmermann</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[ICJ]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Our friends over at Opinio Juris report that Joan Donoghue, Principle Deputy Legal Advisor of the State Department, has been nominated by the US national group of the PCA to replace Judge Buergenthal on the ICJ. If this report is true, and Opinio Juris refers to &#8220;reliable sources&#8221;, the nomination would be somewhat of a [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=internationallawobserver.eu&amp;blog=1127226&amp;post=3364&amp;subd=internationallawobserver&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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			<media:title type="html">Dominik Zimmermann</media:title>
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		<title>It&#8217;s official: Judge Thomas Buergenthal will resign from the ICJ</title>
		<link>http://internationallawobserver.eu/2010/06/10/its-official-judge-thomas-buergenthal-will-resign-from-the-icj/</link>
		<comments>http://internationallawobserver.eu/2010/06/10/its-official-judge-thomas-buergenthal-will-resign-from-the-icj/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jun 2010 21:18:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dominik Zimmermann</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We have heard it before but today the ICJ confirmed that Judge Buergenthal will resign from the ICJ. Judge Buergenthal has been a member of the ICJ since March 2000 and was re-elected to serve a nine-year term beginning in February 2006. He was at the time of his election the first judge of US [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=internationallawobserver.eu&amp;blog=1127226&amp;post=3346&amp;subd=internationallawobserver&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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			<media:title type="html">Dominik Zimmermann</media:title>
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