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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.
By Anthony Arend

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Last Entry: February 11, 2009 at 00:45:00

Robert J. Lieber on Israel and Hamas

Posted on January 01, 2009
Professor Robert J. LieberMy friend and Georgetown colleague, Robert J. Lieber, has an extremely thoughtful op ed in today's Washington Post on the conflict between Israel and Hama

Two Detainees Found to be "Enemy Combatants"

Posted on December 31, 2008
Judge Richard J. LeonPhoto: Beverly RezneckFrom SCOTUSblog: U.S. District Judge Richard J. Leon ruled on Tuesday that two Guantanam Bay detainees — nationals of Yemen

Prosecutors Want 147-Year Sentence for "Chuckie" Taylor

Posted on December 29, 2008
Charles McArthur Emmanuel, aka, "Chuckie" Taylor Curt Anderson for the AP is reporting today: U.S. prosecutors want a Miami judge to sentence the son of former Liberian

India and Pakistan

Posted on December 26, 2008
Indian Prime Minister Manmohan SinghThe New York Times is reporting this morning: Pakistan is moving some troops away from its western border with Afghanistan, where the United Sta

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German Warship Stops Somalia Pirate Attack, But Germans Release Pirates

Posted on December 25, 2008
German Warship CNN is reporting:German sailors foiled an attempt by pirates to hijack an Egyptian cargo ship off the coast of Yemen, the German Defense Ministry said.

China Arrests 59 Persons in Tibet for "Rumour Spreading"

Posted on December 24, 2008
Reuters is reporting this evening: Chinese authorities in the restive mountainous region of Tibet have arrested 59 people for spreading rumours and trying to stir up racial hatred

Bush Signs Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act

Posted on December 24, 2008
President Bush Signing H.R. 7311From the White House press release:President George W. Bush signs H.R. 7311, the William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization

OSCE to End Peace Operation in Georgia

Posted on December 22, 2008
OSCE Ministerial CouncilThe New York Times reports:The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe announced Monday that it would end its 16-year mission in Georgia early n

Senate Armed Services Committee Inquiry into the Treatment of Detainees in U.S. Custody

Posted on December 21, 2008
Senators Carl Levin and John McCain of the SenateArmed Services CommitteeIn case you missed it, the Executive Summary of the Senate Armed Services Committee Inquiry into the Treatm

Ambassador Mark P. Lagon on Vulnuerable Minorities

Posted on December 19, 2008
Over at Dipnote, the US Department of States Offical blog, Dr. Mark Lagon writes: As Ambassador-at-Large to combat human trafficking, I have focused on how human beings are degrad

Gates Orders Staff to Develop Plan for Closing Guantanamo

Posted on December 18, 2008
Secretary of Defense Robert Gates with Richard Haas SCOTUSblog is reporting: In a move with a potentially major impact on the federal courts, the Pentagon announced Thursday tha

The Fate of Guantanamo Prisoners, Commentary by Catherine Lotrionte

Posted on December 15, 2008
Catherine LotriontePresident-elect Obama has decided to close Guantanamo. While a number of prisoners have recently been released, many of the remaining ones are considered t

The Need to Watch Bosnia

Posted on December 14, 2008
BosniaThe New York Times reports some troubling news:Thirteen years after the United States brokered the Dayton peace agreement to end the ferocious ethnic war in the former Yugosl

The Price of Slience-- A Human Rights Music Video

Posted on December 13, 2008
As noted in a previous post, on December 11th, the Master of Science in Foreign Service Program of the Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University sponsored a special

Avery Cardinal Dulles: In Memoriam

Posted on December 12, 2008
Avery Cardinal DullesFrom Fordham University's press release:Avery Cardinal Dulles, S.J., the Laurence J. McGinley Professor of Religion and Society at Fordham University since 198

"The Price of Silence": A Conversation on Human Rights, December 11, 2PM at Georgetown University

Posted on December 11, 2008
Eleanor Roosevelt and the Universal Declaration of Human RightsThe Master of Science in Foreign Service Program of the Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University is h

Arar v. Ashcroft: Video of Oral Argument Before Second Circuit

Posted on December 11, 2008
Maher ArarWith a Hat Tip to Bobby Chesney, the oral argument in Arar v. Ashcroft can be found here. As will be recalled-- Second Circuit Court of Appeals heard oral argument in Ar

Obama Meets with National War Powers Commission Members

Posted on December 11, 2008
The New York Times reports: In between interviewing cabinet nominees and announcing health care plans, Mr. Obama met Thursday with the leaders of a commission that has proposed r

Iain Guest on Obama and the UN Human Rights Council

Posted on December 10, 2008
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Five Blackwater Employees Indicted for Manslaughter in Iraq

Posted on December 08, 2008
Nisour Square, the Scene of the ShootingAli Yussef/Agence France-Presse — Getty ImagesThe Justice Department unsealed a 35-count indictment against five Blackwater employees

Supreme Court Grants Cert in al-Marri

Posted on December 05, 2008
Bobby Chesney reports: * Al Marri v. Pucciarelli (08-368) – cert grantedThe Supreme Court has granted cert in connection with the Fourth Circuit’s splintered en banc d

Security Council Adopts Resolution on Somali Pirates

Posted on December 03, 2008
UN Security CouncilThe operative paragraphs of Security Council Resolution 1846 provide:Acting under Chapter VII of the Charter of the United Nations, 1. Reiterates tha

Rwandan Pop Star Convicted by International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda

Posted on December 02, 2008
From the ICTR website:Trial Chamber III composed of Judges Inés Mónica Weinberg de Roca, Florence Rita Arrey and Robert Fremr, on Tuesday 2 December 2008, convicted S

Gaurav Mishra on Citizen Journalism and the Mumbai Attacks

Posted on November 29, 2008
Guarav MishraGuarav Mishra, the Yahoo! Fellow in International Values, Communications, Technology, and Global Internet at Georgetown's Institute for the Study of Diplomacy and MSF

Steve Bainbridge as Ambassador to the Holy See

Posted on November 28, 2008
Steve BainbridgeMy dear friend Steve Bainbrige has an exceptionally thoughtful and detailed post on legal and policy questions that have been raised about the prospects of Obama ap

Something to be Thankful for . . .

Posted on November 27, 2008
From Roger Cohen in New York Times:Give thanks on this day for the law. It’s what stands between the shining city on a hill and the dark side.

Jack Goldsmith on Investigating the Bush Administration

Posted on November 26, 2008
Jack GoldsmithJack Goldsmith has a very thoughtful op ed in today's Washington Post about the prospects of conducting investigations into the Bush Admnistration treatment of detain

Second Circuit Rules that Warrantless Searches Against US Nationals Aboard Can be Permissible

Posted on November 25, 2008
Judge Jose CarbranesThe New York Times reports:The authorities may lawfully conduct searches and electronic surveillance against United States citizens in foreign countries without

Ambassador Mark Lagon Named Executive Director of Polaris Project

Posted on November 25, 2008
From the Polaris Project press release:Polaris Project, a national organization combating human trafficking, has named Ambassador Mark P. Lagon, Director of the Office to Monitor a

Hamdan to be Released to Yemen

Posted on November 25, 2008
Salim HamdanThe New York Times is reporting this morning:The United States military has decided to release a former driver for Osama bin Laden whose trial became a test case for th

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