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Comment on Update on the Extraterritorial Application of Human Rights Treaties by Duncan French

Duncan French — Tue, 21 May 2013 09:01:19 +0000

As a non-specialist in ECHR law, this has really struck me how far a particular regime can get bogged down in its own intricate jurisprudence without taking a step back and considering the wider picture. This is, of course, not a new problem, but certainly with the ongoing arbitration of The Republic of Mauritius v. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland under UNCLOS – there is once again an opportunity to reflect on disparities in approach between human rights and other areas of law.

Comment on The Peremptory Right of Women to Life: Why El Salvador Should Authorise Abortion for Women Who Face a Substantial Risk of Death by Anton’s Weekly International Law Digest, Vol. 4, No. 1 (21 May 2013) | Anton's Weekly International Law Digest

Tue, 21 May 2013 04:42:39 +0000

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Comment on Prosecution of Former Nazi Camp Guards: About Restoring Society’s Trust in Law and Participation in a Criminal Enterprise by Anton’s Weekly International Law Digest, Vol. 4, No. 1 (21 May 2013) | Anton's Weekly International Law Digest

Tue, 21 May 2013 04:41:38 +0000

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Comment on Prosecution of Former Nazi Camp Guards: About Restoring Society’s Trust in Law and Participation in a Criminal Enterprise by Jordan

Jordan — Mon, 20 May 2013 20:23:40 +0000

Prosecution and conviction reaffirm normative validity and the “rule of law” — a serious problem in the United States because the United States has never prosecuted an alleged Nazi war criminal or other foreign war criminal in a U.S. federal district court and, shamefully and in violation of its obligation aut dedere aut judicare, the U.S. has at times denaturalized and deported (not extradited as in the rare case like Demjanjuk) alleged Nazi war criminals.
And then there are the alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity (e.g., secret detention) from the Bush-Cheney administration, with a large number of persons who are reeasonably accused of having authorized or abetted such crimes(including Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld, Rice, Gonzales). The Obama Administration has simply refused to prosecute any such high-level persons or the memo writers in the Department of Justice who, like memo writers from the German Ministry of Justice, facilitated international crimes (see United States v. Altstoetter). see, e.g., http://ssrn.com/abstract=1989099
In these matters, there should be no age discrimination.

Comment on Call for Papers: Wisconsin International Law Journal Annual Symposium, April 4-5, 2014 by Simon Herman

Simon Herman — Mon, 20 May 2013 13:01:52 +0000

This is correct, Mr. Levi, you were brought back to the gruesome times of gender oppression, during which men all over the world cower in fear of the female academic overlords.
In this horrific age, about 10% of full professorships in the UK are held by women, 19% in Germany, 12% in the Netherlands, and unbelievable 25% in the US, not to speak of other parts of the world. Truly, we live in times of egregious injustice towards men.

Comment on Bolivia Institutes Proceedings Against Chile Before the ICJ by Alicia Köppen

Alicia Köppen — Sat, 18 May 2013 16:36:13 +0000

This interesting German article (http://www.juwiss.de/bolivien-will-wieder-meer/) written by Sebastian Tho Pesch contains a reference to the Pulp Mills Case as a precedent of the ICJ dealing with a contractual obligation to negotiate.

Comment on Court between A Rock and a Hard Place: Comoros Refers Israel’s Raid on Gaza Flotilla to the ICC by Is this the Nicaragua moment of the ICC? Plus a note on jurisdiction | Public International law

Sat, 18 May 2013 04:58:03 +0000

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Comment on Court between A Rock and a Hard Place: Comoros Refers Israel’s Raid on Gaza Flotilla to the ICC by MAY 16, 2013 – MIDDLE EAST UPDATES…! : Jewish Federation of CNY

MAY 16, 2013 – MIDDLE EAST UPDATES…! : Jewish Federation of CNY — Fri, 17 May 2013 14:40:19 +0000

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Comment on Call for Papers: Wisconsin International Law Journal Annual Symposium, April 4-5, 2014 by Jacob Levi

Jacob Levi — Thu, 16 May 2013 18:36:50 +0000

I am absolutely astonished by this call for papers! A Symposium made just for women scholars! This can only mean that men scholars are excluded from it unless they decide to go through a sex-change operation…
Are we still in the XXIst century or were we all sent back to the time when people were discriminated against because of their gender. This cannot even be called positive discrimination, given that most Law Schools in the USA, Latin America or Europe have more young female scholars than male ones… This is pure old-fashioned sexism! But given that’s in favor of women, even a distinguished blog like EJIL talk advertises it!

Comment on Court between A Rock and a Hard Place: Comoros Refers Israel’s Raid on Gaza Flotilla to the ICC by Dov Jacobs

Dov Jacobs — Thu, 16 May 2013 15:34:08 +0000

Ntumba,

Saying that the Ivory Coast situation is the result of the exercise of proprio motu powers by the Prosecutor is not “too simplistic”, it’s just legally accurate. The fact that political considerations played a role (like in any other referral) is another debate.