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Duality of government in Côte d’Ivoire

January 4, 2011

 Dr. Jean d’Aspremont is Associate Professor of International Law and Senior Research Fellow of the Amsterdam Center for International Law at the University of Amsterdam. He is  also Guest Professor of International Humanitarian Law at the University of Louvain in Belgium and Senior Editor of the Leiden Journal of International Law. The current distressful situation in Côte d’Ivoire is pitting two warring factions against one another, each of them claiming to be the legitimate authority entitled to act and speak on behalf of the State. Such a duality of government is, regrettably, far from being unprecedented and raises some legal issues which are not unknown to international lawyers. A sketch of the facts The eligibility of Alassane Ouattara – President of the Rally of the Republicans (RDR) whose popular support lies mainly in the north of the country, former Prime Minister of Côte d'Ivoire and a former IMF managing director – to run for office has been a bone of contention in the political scene in Côte…

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Geoffrey Robertson Responds on the Statehood of the Vatican

October 13, 2010

Yesterday Geoffrey Robertson QC responded to two earlier posts of mine (see here and here) in which I discussed the statehood of the Vatican and the question whether the Pope was immune from arrest (as a head of State) during his recent visit to the UK. His response was posted as a comment to my post but given its significance I have decided…

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Questioning the Statehood of the Vatican

September 15, 2010

The Pope will begin a State visit to the UK on Thursday Sept 16. In anticipation of this event, some are using the occasion to highlight the tragedy concerning the sexual abuse of children by catholic priests around the world and the failure of the catholic church to deal with this scandal appropriately. As was discussed on this blog earlier…

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Kosovo Advisory Opinion Preview

July 14, 2010

Editor's Note: This is a featured post. Newer posts, including those in our online symposium on The Constitutionalization of International Law, appear below The ICJ has now officially announced that it will deliver its advisory opinion in the Kosovo case on 22 July. This essay/post is intended to serve as a preview of…

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Why the Falklands Dispute Will (Probably) Never Go to Court

February 25, 2010

Our readers are surely aware of the reemergence of the Falklands dispute on the international stage, provoked by the UK’s decision to allow oil exploration in the waters of the Islands, and the possibility that the oil deposits may be quite significant. Over at Opinio Juris, Julian Ku suggests that the UK and Argentina…

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