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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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It's a Small World . . .
Posted on May 31, 2008Marty LedermanWhile my wife, Tracy, and I were walking the streets of Florence last weekend, together with Catherine Lotrionte and Amit Yoran, we ran into Marty Lederman and
Military Commissions in Turmoil
Posted on May 30, 2008Omar KhadrIn case you missed these sad tales(HT: Neal Sonnett)-- the AP reported yesterday:A U.S. military judge at Guantanamo Bay who once acknowledged facing Pentagon criticism o
More Piracy Off the Coast of Somalia
Posted on May 29, 2008CNN is reporting:Two cargo ships have been hijacked in the Gulf of Aden between Yemen and Somalia, a Kenyan maritime official said Thursday. "The ill-fated vessels under cap
Paul Clement to Teach at Georgetown University Law Center
Posted on May 29, 2008Paul D. ClementThis is excellent news! From the press release:Georgetown University Law Center Dean T. Alexander Aleinikoff is pleased to announce that outgoing U.S. Solicitor Gene
On Kosovo: Graffiti in Florence
Posted on May 28, 2008A number of previous posts (here, here and here, for example) have discussed the legal questions surrounding Kosovo's unilateral declaration of independence. When we arrived in Fl
Amnesty International Releases 2008 Human Rights Report
Posted on May 28, 2008Irene Kahn, Secretary GeneralAmnesty InternationalAmnesty International has just released its 2008 State of the World's Human Rights Report. In a summary, the
Failing to Reguate the Biotech Trade
Posted on May 27, 2008Reuters is reporting:The world is failing in efforts to control an international biotec
IAEA Report Says Iran Withholding Information
Posted on May 26, 2008Iranian Nuclear Facility in NatanzThe BBC reports: The UN nuclear watchdog has said it believes Iran is still withholding information on its nuclear programme. In a report, th
FARC Leader Reported to be Dead
Posted on May 25, 2008Manuel Marulanda Velez in 2000. CNN is reporting:The leader of Colombia's largest leftist rebel group is dead, a spokesman for the nation's defense ministry said Satu
Mukasey on National Security Lawyers
Posted on May 24, 2008Michael MukaseyAttorney General Michael Mukasey was the graduation speaker at Boston College Law School on Friday (H.T.: Neal Sonnet.). In his address , he made what seems to be a
No Torture. No Exceptions.
Posted on May 23, 2008With a hat tip to Sandy Levinson over at Balkinization, I note that Scott Horton is involved with a campaign entitled "No Torture. No Exceptions." From its we
Canadian Supreme Court Rules in Khadr
Posted on May 23, 2008Omar KhadrNeal Sonnett reports:The Supreme Court of Canada issued its Opinion in the Khadr case today, holding that Canada is "bound by the principles of fundamental justice a
Blogging from Florence
Posted on May 23, 2008Villa Le Balze, Fiesole, ItalyApologies for the blogging hiatus! I have been on the road. For the next three weeks, Christopher Joyner, Catherine Lotrionte, and I will be directing
Myanmar Agrees to Certain Forms of Aid
Posted on May 19, 2008The New York Times is reporting this evening: Myanmar agreed Monday to let its Southeast Asian neighbors help coordinate foreign relief assistance for cyclone victims, bending some
Afghan Student Claims Torture
Posted on May 18, 2008Sayed Parwez KambakhshThe BBC reports: An Afghan student journalist who was sentenced to death for blasphemy has told an appeals court that he confessed after being tortured.
Pressuring the Junta in Myanmar
Posted on May 17, 2008The New York Times is reporting: International pressure on the ruling military junta in Myanmar continued to grow over the weekend as a senior United Nations envoy was due to
Solicitor General Paul Clement to Step Down
Posted on May 16, 2008Paul D. ClementFrom the Justice Department press release:Today, the Department of Justice announced that Solicitor General Paul D. Clement will end his current service to the Depar
Gates on Iran
Posted on May 15, 2008Secretary of Defense Robert GatesThe Washington Post is reporting: The United States should construct a combination of incentives and pressure to engage Iran, and may have misse
Charges Dropped Against Detainee Mohammed al-Qahtani
Posted on May 13, 2008Susan J. CrawfordThe AP is reporting: The Pentagon has dropped charges against a Saudi at Guantanamo who was alleged to have been the so-called "20th hijacker" in the Se
Judge to Review Possible Disclosure of Yoo Memo from 2002
Posted on May 13, 2008U.S. District Judge Alvin K. HellersteinIn case you missed this-- the Washington Post reported: U.S. District Judge Alvin K. Hellerstein of the Southern District of New York said
The Military Commission Problem
Posted on May 11, 2008Brig. Gen. Thomas HartmannThe ruling by Military Commission judge Captain Keith Allred disqualifying General Thomas Hartmann as the Legal Advisor in the Hamdan case has been widely
Google Rejects Human Rights Proposals
Posted on May 10, 2008Sergey BrinRobert Murray brings this story in Computerworld to our attention: Google's shareholders, following the advice of the board, voted down two proposals on Thursday that w
"Music for Myanmar" Cyclone Benefit Concert
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Mutilations in Senegal
Posted on May 08, 2008Map-- BBCThe BBC is reporting: Armed men have cut off the left ears of 16 villagers harvesting cashew nuts in Senegal's rebel-hit Casamance region. "They tied our hands bef
Ambassador Mark Lagon's Talk to the American Society of International Law
Posted on May 08, 2008Ambassador Mark P. LagonAmbassador Mark P. Lagon, Director of the Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons at the United States Department of State, spoke at a luncheon
Myanmar Pressured by International Community to Accept Humanitarian Assistance
Posted on May 08, 2008Myanmar News Agency, via Agence France-Presse — Getty ImagesThe New York Times reports:As hungry, shivering survivors waited among the dead for help after a huge cyclone in
Humanitarian Assistance Arriving in Myanmar
Posted on May 06, 2008Red Cross Workers in YangonMyanmar News Agency, via Agence France-Presse — Getty ImagesThe New York Times reports this afternoon:The death toll from a powerful cyclone that s
Victor Cha on China and the Olympics
Posted on May 05, 2008My friend and Georgetown colleague, Victor Cha, has an article in the Summer 2008 issue of the Washington Quarterly entitled, "Bejing's Olympic-Sized Catch-22." This arti
Myanmar Devastation
Posted on May 05, 2008Map-- The New York TimesThe New York Times is now reporting:The death toll from the devastating cyclone in Myanmar over the weekend escalated to nearly 4,000 people on Monday, with
Cyclone Hits Myanmar
Posted on May 04, 2008Yangon, Myanmar Hla Hla Htay/Agence France-Presse — Getty ImagesReuters is reporting:A cyclone killed more than 350 people in military-ruled Myanmar, ripping thr
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