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Comment RSSTwenty-years ago– on August 2, 1990– Iraq invaded Kuwait. Undoubtedly, Saddam Hussein expected nothing more than a desultory, toothless response from the international community– especially the United Nations. Such had been the case since the founding of the Organization in 1945. With the exception of its response to North Korean’s invasion of the South in 1950, the United Nations had …
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August 2, 2010 # 12:05 am # Armed Conflict, Foreign Policy, Human Rights, International Law, International Organizations # No CommentConvention on Cluster Munitions enters into force today, August 1, 2010
August 1, 2010 # 3:29 pm # Armed Conflict, Foreign Policy, Human Rights, International Law, International Organizations # No CommentA step in the right direction . . . .The Voice of America reports:
A landmark treaty banning cluster bombs became binding international law Sunday.
The Convention on Cluster Munitions prohibits signatory countries from using, producing or transferring the weapons, which scatter hundreds of small bomblets over a wide area.
The scattered ordnance can remain armed for years and often wounds civilians long …
Sudan to monitor movements of UN-AU peacekeepers: A potential violation of Security Council resolutions
August 1, 2010 # 3:09 pm # Armed Conflict, Foreign Policy, Human Rights, International Law, International Organizations # No CommentThe BBC reports:
Sudan says it has instructed UN peacekeepers in Darfur to inform Khartoum of all their travel plans.
Government spokesman Rabie Abdelati told the Reuters news agency that the UN had failed to keep the peace at refugee camps in the western region.
Peacekeepers will now have their bags searched at airports, and will have to inform the Sudanese government before …
