New Blog

Check out the new blog entitled LieberCode by Professor Jens David Ohlin of Cornell Law School. As the title of the blog indicates, the posts that have been published so far deal with subjects on the laws of war and international criminal law. I might suggest that you take a look at the recent entry [...]

“New” blog on international law

Although it was launched already in late February 2009 I only today noticed that Professor Anthony Clark Arend from Georgtown University established a new blog on international law. According to its own description the blog will contain “[c]ommentary and analysis at the intersection of international law and politics.” Check it out, its well worth it. And of [...]

Piracy off the Horn of Africa Underscores the Need for a Comprehensive Effort on the Part of the International Community to Restore Order in Somalia

Piracy is not a new phenomenon. It has existed for probably as long as sailing itself. While it was largely believed to be something of the past, it has made a notorious comeback in the last decade or so. Piracy is a domestic crime, besides being a crime under the law of nations attracting universal [...]

Guest post: On the occasion of the second anniversary of International Law Observer

On the occasion of the second anniversary of this blog, we are glad to welcome Professor Kevin Jon Heller as a guest contributor. For all those of us who follow the international law related blogosphere, Kevin should be known as a diligent and all-round contributor to the blog Opinio Juris. He is currently a Senior Lecturer at [...]

Welcome to the blogosphere: EJIL:Talk!

A new and interesting blog dedicated to international law has been added to the blogosphere: EJIL:Talk!, the blog of the European Journal of International Law. The blog was launched yesterday with an entry by Ernst-Ulrich Petersmann on “Human Rights, International Economic Law and ‘Constitutional Justice’”. The creators of the blog, with inter alia Professor Joseph [...]

Blog Action Day 2008 launched

International Law Observer is proud to once again support the initiative Blog Action Day. Last year’s event centered around the issue of the environment and International Law Observer contributed with a piece on “Global Environment, International Peace and International Law – Attempts of harmonization“. This year the organizers have chosen “Poverty” as the overarching theme for [...]

Welcome to the Blogosphere: The Invisible College

Today please welcome a new international law blog to the blogosphere: The Invisible College. It is a group blog consisting of the creators of the 1948 blog and The Core. Here is a brief description of the blog: The blog’s title refers to an 1977 article by Oscar Schachter (“The Invisible College of International Lawyers”, [...]

New Blog on legal issues surrounding manned aerospace activities

Today, we at International Law Observer would like to welcome a new Blog to the blogosphere: The Res Communis – A blog on the legal aspects of human activities using aerospace technologies. The blog describes itself in the following terms: [The blog] focuses on legal issues that result from manned aerospace activities. This includes remote sensing, air, and [...]

Blog action day

A new initiative has been started to draw attention to the issue of the environment – the Blog Action Day. It is based on the collaboration of the blogging community and its ability to reach a wider audience. The basic idea is that all participating blogs on 15 October will unite to put the important [...]

New Blog on Criminal Justice and Human Rights

The international law related blogosphere is expanding: the Centre for Criminal Justice and Human Rights of the Faculty of Law, University College Cork in Ireland has started its own Blog. The Centre is relatively young (established in 2006) and sees as its main objectives a contribution on national and international debates on questions concerning the [...]

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