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The Goettingen Journal of International Law (GoJIL), founded in 2007, is currently seeking submissions for its 5th International Law Essay Competition. GoJIL is an e-journal of legal scholarship focusing on International Law. It is the first student-run German International Law journal published exclusively in English. The journal is available online and free of charge. If [...]
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TITLE OF ESSAY : HUMAN RIGHTS AND THE ENVIRONMENT – A VIEW FROM THE EUROPEAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS AUTHOR OF ESSAY: SALMA YUSUF BASED ON A PAPER PUBLISHED AT UNITED KINGDOM ENVIRONMENTAL LAW ASSOCIATION EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The paper is set within the context of the emerging discourse on environmental security and sustainable development. It [...]
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Greetings to fellow members of the international legal community representing the diverse jurisdictions and legal systems of the world! It is both a pleasure and a privilege to be welcomed to the distinguished Panel of Authors of the Editorial Team at the International Law Observer. Thank you, Dominik Zimmerman, Editor-in-Chief of the International Law Observer, [...]
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Dr. Chantal Meloni (researcher in international criminal law at the University of Milan, and an Alexander Von Humboldt scholar at the University of Berlin, who was based in Gaza during 2010 at the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR)), and Dr. Gianni Tognoni (Secretary-General to the Permanent Peoples’ Tribunal, residing in the Lelio Basso Foundation, [...]
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Human Rights Watch (HRW) released a new report, on 5 February 2012, that exposes the ways in which Israel controls immigration and nationality in the occupied Palestinian territory (OPT) through the population registry, which it established in September 1967. The first census conducted upon its establishment resulted in the exclusion of at least 270,000 individuals. [...]
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The new issue of the Goettingen Journal of International Law is out now. In Vol. 3 No. 3 (2011) the GoJIL pays tribute to the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia and dedicates a GoJIL Focus to its legacy. Furthermore, the issue contains two articles about current developments in international law and an article discussing the [...]
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In the past couple of years, we have regularly reported on the Max Planck Encyclopedia of Public International Law, the leading reference work in international law which is being prepared under the general editorship of Professor Rüdiger Wolfrum of the Max Planck Institute in Heidelberg, Germany. The Max Planck Encyclopedia has been available for some [...]
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www.mpepil.com The August 2011 update adds 95 new articles. Highlights include new overview articles on Law of the Sea, International Economic Law, and State Immunity, as well as several articles on aspects of the international financial system such as Debt Crisis, Monetary Unions and Monetary Zones, and the Bank for International Settlements . There will [...]
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On May 19th, the May update to MPEPIL went live, with 46 new articles added – taking the total number of articles to 1,294. Highlights of the uploaded included articles on Compliance, Amnesties, International Administration of Territory, and Gay Rights. The next upload is set for August 2011. Thanks to Nik Speller for drawing my attention to [...]
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Cambridge University Press has announced the launch of a new academic journal titled ‘Transnational Environmental Law’. Submissions are sought for the first issue which is to be published in 2012. The blurb from CUP reads: Transnational Environmental Law (TEL) is a peer-reviewed journal for the study of environmental law and governance beyond the state. It [...]
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Our readers might be interested in the fact that a new publisher, Torkel Opsahl Academic EPublisher (TOAEP), has been established that will focus on publications in international criminal and international humanitarian law. Here is a short description. We are delighted to announce that the Torkel Opsahl Academic EPublisher (TOAEP) has been established and is now operational: http://www.fichl.org/toaep/. [...]
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The Indian Journal of International Economic Law (IJIEL) has published its number 3(2) and has made this edition available online (you can find a copy here), a special issue on the interface between space law and international economic law. This volume has tried to examine some of the many fascinating international economic and financial law issues [...]
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Since the start of January 2011 the law yearbooks from Oxford University Press, previously available only in print, have become available online as well. This includes all volumes since 1996 but not the most recent ones which only published in December 2010. To launch this initiative we are making all of this content freely available [...]
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The Max Planck Encyclopedia of Public International Law has been updated with 41 new articles, and an additional 37 existing articles have also been updated. These updates include new articles in subject categories of the Use of Force and International Humanitarian Law. New articles of note include Refugees, International Law of Cooperation, and Cyber Warfare. A revised [...]
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Last week, OUP uploaded 40 new articles to the Encyclopedia. Two of the articles in particular exemplify the way the Encyclopedia’s content addresses the international law aspects of topical issues in international affairs. The Lockerbie Cases article explains the ICJ proceedings and the criminal trial which saw the conviction of Abdelbaset Ali Al Megrhai whose [...]
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The Oxford Reports on International Law, which is a collection of case law reports from international law courts around the world, was updated this week and now includes 3,000 cases! When OUP launched the service, back in September 2008, it had 785 cases – an increase of 2,215 cases in just under 2 years. The Oxford Reports [...]
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OUP has performed another update of the Max Planck Encyclopedia of Public International Law, adding another 61 articles to the online edition. Here is a short description of the last update: The May 2010 upload of new articles includes 13 entries from the International economic law and relations subject area. Highlights include articles on State [...]
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2010 SIEL/CUP Prize for an Essay in International Economic Law A prize has been established by the Society of International Economic Law and Cambridge University Press for the best essay submitted on any topic in any field of international economic law. The competition is open to all current undergraduate and graduate students and those who [...]
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Recent releases of European-based international law journals include International and Comparative Law Quarterly Vol. 59(1) 2010, which includes a piece by Prof. Trevor Hartley on libel tourism, European Public Law Vol. 16(1) 2010, and as noted by Dominik, Vol. 20(4) of European Journal of International, which, in addition to debates on the codification of the [...]
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The editorial of the most recent edition of the European Journal of International Law (vol. 20, no. 4) contains an interesting piece on the attempt to prosecute Professor Joseph Weiler, editor in chief of the EJIL and editor of the Globallawbooks.org and EuropeanLawBooks.org, in France for refusing to remove a book review written by a distinguished [...]
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OUP has uploaded another 106 articles to the online edition of the Max Planck Encyclopedia of Public International Law. Here is a description of the last round of uploads: Following the January 2010 update, 106 new articles have been added, including 23 new articles on Regional Organizations, bringing the total for this category to 102. [...]
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Book review: Gentian Zyberi, The Humanitarian Face of the International Court of Justice: Its Contribution to Interpreting and Developing International Human Rights and Humanitarian Law Rules and Principles, School of Human Rights Research Series, Volume 26, Antwerp: Intersentia, 2008. – xiii, 523 pp. This monograph is one of the first on the contribution of the [...]
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Al-Haq, a Palestinian NGO based in the West Bank, has recently published a paper authored by Michael Kearney and Stijn Denayer on “Issues Arising from the Palestinian Authority’s Submission of a Declaration to the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court under Article 12(3) of the Rome Statute” (a matter we have previously covered here). The [...]
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The Goettingen Journal of International Law (GoJIL) just released its third issue with which the Journal completes the first Volume. The contents is the following: Articles Marco Benatar: The Use of Cyber Force: Need for Legal Justification? Marie-José Domestici-Met: Humanitarian Assistance Looking for a Legal Regime Allowing its Delivery to Those in Need Under any Circumstances Jiaxiang [...]
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