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October 27, 2009 # 9:47 pm # Armed Conflict, Foreign Policy, Human Rights, International Law, International Organizations, Supreme Court # No CommentRadovan Karadzic’s phone taps
October 27, 2009 # 9:18 pm # Armed Conflict, Foreign Policy, Human Rights, International Law, International Organizations # No CommentFrom his the Karadzic trial at the International Criminal Tribunal for Yugoslavia, the Times reports:
Radovan Karadzic showed his contempt for international justice by shunning his own trial again yesterday, but the chilling threats he made before Europe’s worst atrocities since the Second World War still echoed around the UN courtroom.
Judges in The Hague refused to let Dr …
Video: State Department releases 2009 Report on International Religious Freedom
October 26, 2009 # 10:13 pm # Foreign Policy, Human Rights, International Law # No CommentHere is the full 2009 Report on International Religious Freedom. The text of the press conference follows below:
SECRETARY CLINTON: Hello, everybody. How are you? Am I up?
MR. KELLY: Yes, you are.
SECRETARY CLINTON: Oh, there’s no like, opening band or anything? (Laughter.) Hello, Matt.
QUESTION: Hello.
SECRETARY CLINTON: Well, good afternoon, everyone. I feel honored to be here today to announce the publication …
Video: UN Special Representative John Ruggie on efforts to end human rights violations by corporations in areas of conflict
October 25, 2009 # 1:28 pm # Armed Conflict, Foreign Policy, Human Rights, International Law, International Organizations # No CommentDr. John G. Ruggie is the Special Representative of the Secretary‐General on Human Rights and Transnational Corporations and other Business Enterprises. Last week, he announced efforts by a group of states to address the problem of corporate involvement in human rights violations in areas of conflict. The UN News Centre reports:
With the worst abuses of human rights by corporations …
“Pirate Radio” and the Law of the Sea– Video and Analysis
October 25, 2009 # 12:06 pm # International Law # No CommentWhen I teach the law of the sea, we always spend some time discussing the heinous crimes that are prohibited on the high seas. Some of them are quite familiar– piracy, slave trade, narcotics trafficking. But there is one outlawed activity that is normally not so familiar to the students– pirate broadcast. Article 109 of the 1982 Convention on the …
Video: Afghan, Pakistani and Indian ambassadors unite against terrorism
October 24, 2009 # 3:33 pm # Armed Conflict, Foreign Policy, International Law # No CommentEmbedded video from <a href=”http://www.cnn.com/video” mce_href=”http://www.cnn.com/video”>CNN Video</a>
Georgetown’s “new” Institute for Law, Science and Global Security
October 24, 2009 # 2:01 pm # Armed Conflict, Foreign Policy, Human Rights, Intelligence, International Law, International Organizations, Supreme Court # No CommentTHIS is an exciting new development! The Institute for International Law and Politics has just changed its name to the Institute for Law, Science and Global Security. In many respects, this name change reflects the direction in which the Institute has been moving for the past year or so. But it also reflects a desire to emphasize the increasing importance …
African Bishops to corrupt Catholic African politicians: “repent, or quit the public arena”
October 24, 2009 # 11:16 am # Armed Conflict, Foreign Policy, Human Rights # No CommentThe New York Times reports:
Declaring that Africa needed more “saints” in public life, African bishops issued a strong statement on Friday calling on corrupt Catholic politicians on that continent to “repent” or leave office.They did not name names, but two of Africa’s most prominent Catholic leaders are President Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe, whose repressive policies and ruling elite are seen …
