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Comment RSSIn case you missed this, the Taipei Times reports the latest effort by China to reiterate its claim to the South China Sea:
An op-ed in the Chinese-language editions of People’s Daily and Global Times says there are no international waters in the South China Sea and that China should act with strength to repel US interference in …
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November 29, 2011 # 10:04 am # Foreign Policy, International Law, International Organizations # One CommentHolocaust survivors seek U.S. legislation to sue French rail company, SNCF
November 27, 2011 # 12:53 pm # Armed Conflict, Foreign Policy, Human Rights, International Law, International Organizations, Supreme Court # No CommentTBD reports:
Holocaust survivors will urge a House committee to pass a bill that would allow survivors to pursue legal action against the French rail company responsible for transporting tens of thousands of Jews and other prisoners to Nazi death camps.
“What the French did during the war was excessively criminal,” said Holocaust survivor Leo Bretholz.
In 1942, Bretholz was …
Video: MSFS Student Sarah Moran on Georgetown’s Generations for Peace Fellows
October 27, 2011 # 2:17 pm # Armed Conflict, Education, Foreign Policy, Human Rights, International Law, International Organizations # No CommentHaysel Hernandez-Holzhsu, (MSFS ‘13) writes:
Georgetown’s Generations for Peace Fellows shared the experiences of their summer research during a brown bag lunch with Master of Science in Foreign Service staff, students and practitioners in the field on October 19. Under the guidance of Post-Doctoral Fellow Dr. Sarah Hillyer, Sarah Moran (MSFS ’12), Meeghan Zahorsky (MA in …
Antonio Cassesse: In Memoriam
October 23, 2011 # 10:37 pm # Armed Conflict, Education, Foreign Policy, Human Rights, International Law, International Organizations # No CommentThe New York Times reports:
Antonio Cassese, a prominent Italian jurist who helped found two international war-crimes tribunals and who was often described as the chief architect of modern international criminal justice, died early Saturday at his home in Florence, Italy. He was 74.
His death came after a long battle with cancer, his wife, Sylvia, said.
In books, law …
Video:Former FBI Agent Ali Soufan on Enhanced Interrogation
October 20, 2011 # 6:03 pm # Armed Conflict, Foreign Policy, Human Rights, Intelligence, International Law, International Organizations # No CommentThe Colbert Report
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Well said– both with respect to “enhanced interrogation” and the action against al-Awlaki.
Judge Reggie Walton rules members of Congress do not have standing to sue Obama over US military actions in Libya
October 20, 2011 # 4:22 pm # Armed Conflict, Foreign Policy, Human Rights, International Law, Supreme Court # No CommentFrom the Blog of LegalTimes:
A federal judge in Washington has dismissed a suit challenging the Obama administration’s legal justification for military action against targets in Libya.
The suit, filed by a bipartisan group of congressmen in June in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, sought a ruling that the U.S. military strikes are unconstitutional without …
Supreme Court agrees to hear question of corporate liability under the Alien Tort Statute
October 17, 2011 # 4:05 pm # Armed Conflict, Foreign Policy, Human Rights, International Law, International Organizations, Supreme Court # No CommentEarlier today, the US Supreme Court granted a writ of certiorari in Kiobel v. Royal Dutch Petroleum. As will be recalled from a previous post, in September of 2010, a divided panel of the Second Circuit held that corporate liability did not exist under the Alien Tort Statute. In similar cases, the D.C Circuit (John Doe VIII v. Exxon Mobil), …
Pentagon creates new website for Military Commissions
October 2, 2011 # 12:21 pm # Armed Conflict, Foreign Policy, Human Rights, Intelligence, International Law, International Organizations, Supreme Court # No CommentThe Department of Defense has created a new website for information on military commissions. Information can be found on Cases, Facilities/Services, Victim/Witness Assistance, Legal Resources, News/Media Services.
(HT: Bobby Chesney)
