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Exploring International Law 
A blog by the Institute for International Law and Politics which provides commentary and analysis at the intersection of international law and politics.
Post Frequency: 10/day Last Entry: February 11, 2009 at 00:45:00 Recent Entries: 371
By Anthony Arend
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August 2, 1990-- A World Away
Posted on August 02, 2008George Herbert Walker Bush at the UN The world changed on August 2, 1990. It was on that day that Iraqi forces under the command of Saddam Hussein launched what turned out to
Bringing Heads of State to Trial
Posted on August 01, 2008Mark VlasicInstitute for International Law & Politics Senior Fellow, Mark Vlasic, has an excellent op ed in today's San Francisco Chronicle entitled "The End of Impunity.&
Bipartisan Group of Senators Introduce Resolution on Olympic Truce
Posted on July 31, 2008Senator Russ FeingoldFrom the press release from Senator Russ Feingold's office:A bipartisan group of U.S. Senators is urging the international community to use the worl
Radovan Karadzic Heads to the Hague
Posted on July 29, 2008Radovan KaradzicReuters is reporting this evening:War crimes suspect Radovan Karadzic, arrested last week after 11 years on the run, is leaving Serbia and will soon be in the cus
More War Crime Arrests in Serbia?
Posted on July 27, 2008Serbian Prime Minister Mirko CvetkovicReuters is reporting this morning: The arrest of Bosnian Serb war crimes suspect Radovan Karadzic showed Belgrade's willingness to recognize
Seminar on International Humanitarian Law and the 'War on Terror'
Posted on July 26, 2008Claude Bruderlein, Harvard UniversityFrom Bobby Chesney over at National Security Advisors: upcoming event: Humanitarian Law & Policy Forum: IHL and the "Global War on Te
Heavily Redacted OLC Memo on Interrogation Techniques
Posted on July 25, 2008Jay BybeeAt the same time the infamous Bybee Memorandum on interrogation was written, another OLC memo was also authored under Bybee's name. This memo reportedly provided the CIA l
Ban Ki-Moon Names Navanethem Pillay UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
Posted on July 25, 2008Navanethem PillayTo follow up on a previous post-- the New York Times reports: The United Nations secretary general named a South African judge, Navanethem Pillay, as the next high
John Walcott Awarded First I.F. Stone Medal for Journalistic Independence
Posted on July 24, 2008John WalcottA seasoned journalist, John Walcott has been an adjunct professor in the Master of Science in Foreign Service Program at Georgetown University for years. Yesterday, the
Hamdan's Military Commission Trial
Posted on July 23, 2008Salim HamdanSCOTUSblog will be providing links to the converage of the military commssion trial of Salim Hamdan.
al-Bashir Seeks Public Support
Posted on July 23, 2008Omar Hassan al-BashirThis is very strange. The New York Times reports: Omar Hassan al-Bashir, the president of Sudan who has been accused of genocide, is not especially well known
We Don't Torture- The British May Not Believe It (re-post)
Posted on July 22, 2008British Foreign Secretary David MilibandReuters is reporting:Britain should no longer rely on assurances by the United States that it does not torture terrorism suspects, an influe
Blog Problems
Posted on July 22, 2008My apologies for a recent blog problem. For some reason, the last couple of posts seem to have been lost in cyberspace. I will seek to rectify the problem as soon as possible.
Navanethem Pillay May be Named UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
Posted on July 18, 2008Navanethem PillayThe New York Times reports:The United Nations secretary general, Ban Ki-moon, is planning to nominate a South African judge, Navanethem Pillay, to succeed Louise A
Ashcroft Refused to Promote John Yoo to Assistant Attorney General
Posted on July 17, 2008John AshcroftThe Washington Post reports today: Then-Attorney General John D. Ashcroft offered the White House a list of five candidates to lead the Justice Department Office of Le
Fourth Circuit Rules in al-Marri Case that President Has Authority to Detain Indefinitely
Posted on July 15, 2008Ali al-MarriThe New York Times reports:President Bush has the legal power to order the indefinite military detentions of civilians captured in the United States, the federal appeal
ICC Prosecutor Formally Requests Arrest Warrant for al-Bashir
Posted on July 14, 2008Luis Moreno-OcampoFrom the ICC press release: ICC Prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo has presented evidence today showing that Sudanese President, Omar Hassan Ahmad AL BASHIR committed
Staged Protest in Sudan and More Criticism of a Possible Arrest Warrant for al-Bashir
Posted on July 13, 2008Sudan's President Omar Hassan al-BashirA previous post reported on a potential ICC arrest warrant against Sudan's president, Omar Hassan al-Bashir. Today, the New York Times report
President Signs FISA Amendments Act of 2008
Posted on July 11, 2008The President signed H.R. 6304, the FISA Amendments Act of 2008 today. Here are the President's remarks from the White House website: THE PRESIDENT: Thank you. Welcome to the
ICC Prosecutor Reported to Seek Arrest Warrant for Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir
Posted on July 10, 2008Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-BashirFriday's Washington Post is reporting:The chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court will seek an arrest warrant Monday for Sudane
7 Peacekeepers Killed in Darfur
Posted on July 09, 2008The AP is reporting:About 200 gunmen on horseback and in SUVs launched a brazen attack on international peacekeepers in Darfur, killing seven in the deadliest strike against the un
Post-Boumediene Habeas Hearings
Posted on July 08, 2008Judge Thomas F. HoganFrom SCOTUSblog:On Tuesday, the first federal court hearing on habeas cases in the wake of the Supreme Court’s June 12 decision in Boumediene v. Bush (0
National War Powers Commission Report: Initial Thoughts
Posted on July 08, 2008Commission Co-Chairs, James Baker and Warren ChristopherPhoto-- Brendan HoffmanThe National War Powers Commission issued its Report today in a briefing on Capitol Hill (video). As
What We Learned from the Chinese
Posted on July 06, 2008Tim Weiner, the author of Legacy of Ashes, has a sobering commentary in today's New York Times. Discussing the historic use of brainwashing and other interrogation techniques, Wein
Louise Arbour and Human Rights
Posted on July 05, 2008Louise Arbour Fabrice Coffrini/Agence France-Presse — Gett
In Search of the Declaration of Independence
Posted on July 04, 2008On Independence Day, Ted Widmer of Brown University has an interesting op ed in the New York Times on the various copies of the Declaration of Independence and efforts to find &quo
Who's Afraid of Boumediene?
Posted on July 02, 2008Anthony Kennedy-- A Justice to Fear?Apparently David Rivkin and Lee Casey. They have an op-ed in today's Wall Street Journal in which they make the following assertion:The Supreme
Robert J. Lieber on "Declinism"
Posted on July 01, 2008Professor Robert J. LieberMy friend and colleague, Robert J. Lieber, has a provocative article in the summer issue of The World Affairs Journal. The article, entitled "Falling
Opinion in Parhat v. Gates
Posted on June 30, 2008E Barrett Prettyman CourthouseAs a previous post noted, on June 20th, the DC Circuit Court of Appeals overturned the decision of the Combatant Status Review Tribunal in Parhat v. G
Do Detainees Held In Afghanistan Have a Right to Petition for Habeas?
Posted on June 29, 2008Bagram airbase, AfghanistanToday's Washington Post reports on the new legal challenges to government detentions (HT: Neal Sonnett): Jawed Ahmad, a driver and assistant for report
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