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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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Contractors for Africa
Posted on February 13, 2008Photo-- LUIS LIWANAG/AFP/Getty ImagesThe Foreign Policy Blog reports: The White House quietly revealed this week that the United States is cutting $193 million in funding fo
Justice Scalia on Physical Interrogation
Posted on February 12, 2008Justice Scalia, Bob Child/The Associated PressIn case you missed this, the BBC reports: Justice Antonin Scalia told the BBC that "smacking someone in the face" could b
Towards a More Standardized Rule of Compensation?
Posted on February 11, 2008ExxonMobil and Venezuela--under the leadership of Hugo Chavez--have been pushing forward greater standardization of the rule of compensation through their most recent business di
Military Prosecutors Reportedly Seeking the Death Penalty for 6 Detainees
Posted on February 10, 2008Khalid Shaikh MohammedMonday's New York Times is reporting: Military prosecutors have decided to seek the death penalty for six Guantánamo detainees who are to be charged w
Report: Russia ?ditching Cold War pacts?
Posted on February 07, 2008Russian President Putin and US President Bush sign SORT, better known as the Moscow Treaty, in 2002. (Public domain – US Federal Govt)The International Institute for St
Japan Resumes Whaling
Posted on February 06, 2008Minke WhaleThe AP is reporting this morning:Japan has resumed its annual whale hunt in waters near Antarctica now that anti-whaling a
Iran Bans Public Executions and the Publication of Photos and Footage of Executions
Posted on February 06, 2008Ayatollah Mahmoud Hashemi ShahroudiThe Guardian reports:Iran's judiciary chief moved to curb the increasingly common spectacle of public executions yesterday by banning the practic
White House Admits Waterboarding
Posted on February 06, 2008It is a sad day for America. The White House officially acknowledged that the United States has waterboarding three detainees-- Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Abu Zubaydah and Abd al-Ra
Security Council Calls for Action in Chad, Cease Fire Reported
Posted on February 05, 2008Chad's President, Idriss DerbyIn case you missed this, the President of the United Nations Security Council issued the following statement on Monday: “The Security Council e
Global Incident Map.com
Posted on February 04, 2008Our friend and collegue, Bob Beck, brings the GlobalIncidentmap.com to our attention. Bob writes:This fascinating website features a World Map that displa
Fighting in Chad
Posted on February 03, 2008Ndjamena, ChadPhoto-- Sonia Rolley/Agence France-Presse — Getty ImagesIn case you missed this, the situation in Chad has been worsening the past two days. Monday's New York T
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon: "The killing must stop"
Posted on February 01, 2008Ban Ki-moon and Kofi AnnanReuters reports this morning:U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, in Kenya to give clout to diplomatic efforts to end a month of post-poll turmoil, urged
Second Kenyan Opposition Leader Killed; France Calls for Security Council Action
Posted on February 01, 2008The New York Times is reporting this morning:A second Kenyan opposition lawmaker was shot dead on Thursday, and riots immediately exploded in opposition strongholds, putting the co
Mukasey on Waterboarding
Posted on January 31, 2008Michael MukaseyYesterday, Attorney General Michael Mukasey testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee, and, not suprisingly, was repeatedly question about whether waterboardin
US Envoy: Kenyan Violence is Ethnic Cleansing
Posted on January 30, 2008Kenyan men from the Luo tribe armed withmachetes and rocks enforce a makeshift roadblock AP Photo / Ben Curtis The situation in Kenya continues to deteriorate. In
Colombia Ratifies the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty
Posted on January 30, 2008Ambassador Rosso Jose Serrano Cadena,Colombian Perm. Rep. to the CTBTOOur friend and colleague Doug Shaw posts over at Nuks On a Blog: Earthtimes reports this morning that Colombi
Mugabe Were, Kenyan Opposition Leader, Killed
Posted on January 29, 2008Photo-- Jon Hrusa/European Pressphoto AgencyThe New York Times is reporting very sad news:Mugabe Were, a freshman parliamentarian, could have been one of the keys to unlocking Keny
Invoking State Secrets Claims
Posted on January 29, 2008SOURCE: Robert Chesney, George Washington Law Review| The Washington Post - January 29, 2008Tuesday's Washington Post reports:The U.S. government has been increasing its use of the
Gordon Brown on Re-Imagining the International System
Posted on January 29, 2008Gordon BrownYou might have missed this-- On the January 20th, British Prime Minster Gordon Brown delivered at speech at the Chamber of Commerce in Delhi. In the speech, Brown
Violence Continues to Spread Kenya
Posted on January 28, 2008Kofi Annan and Kenyan President KibakiThe Washington Post reports:The toll from five days of fighting between rival tribal gangs across western Kenya rose to at least 85 Monday, as
Wolfowitz Appointed Chair of the International Security Advisory Board
Posted on January 25, 2008Paul WolfowitzThe State Department issued the following press release Thursday:The Department of State is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Paul Wolfowitz as the Chairman
Steven Bradbury Re-nominated to be Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Legal Counsel
Posted on January 24, 2008Steven BradburyThis is most unfortunate. The New York Times reports:President Bush on Wednesday renominated Steven G. Bradbury to be an assistant attorney general in a move certai
Mark Vlasic on International Justice
Posted on January 22, 2008Mark VlasicIn case you missed it, Institute for International Law & Politics Senior Fellow Mark Vlasic was recently interviewed about war crimes and international justice on Bl
Were the Killings in Kenya Planned?
Posted on January 21, 2008Map- New York TimesToday's New York Times reports:At first the violence seemed as spontaneous as it was shocking, with machete-wielding mobs hacking people to death and burning wom
Martin Luther King on a "Career of Humanity"
Posted on January 20, 2008Nearly a half-century ago, the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. told a group of students--Whatever career you may choose for yourself -- doctor, lawyer, teacher -- let me propose a
"The Commander in Chief at the Lowest Ebb"
Posted on January 20, 2008Justice Robert JacksonOur Georgetown Law Center colleague Marty Lederman and his former OLC colleague, David Barron, have been working on two articles dealing with the
Tom Ridge: "Waterboarding is Torture"
Posted on January 19, 2008Tom RidgeIn case you missed this, the AP reports:The first secretary of homeland security says waterboarding is torture. “There’s just no doubt in my mind — under
Rwandan MPs: ?Genocide Ideology? Still Taught in Schools
Posted on January 18, 2008The BBC reports that Rwanda’s education minister is under fire from MPs who accuse the government of failing to eliminate the teaching of “genocide ideology” in R
CIA Says Pakistani Tribal Leader Baitullah Mehsud Behind Bhutto's Death
Posted on January 18, 2008Baitullah MehsudThe AP is reporting this morning:The CIA believes a Pakistani tribal leader's network was behind the assassination of former Pakistan Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto,
More Violence In Kenya
Posted on January 17, 2008Simon Maina/Agence France-Presse--Getty ImagesThe New York Times reports:Opposition protests resumed in Kenya on Wednesday, and as many people here feared, violence erupted across
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