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5 Jun 2024, 8:10 am by David Bernstein
During the reassessment process, the state transportation agency requested an advisory opinion from DOT concerning whether a person born in Iran to Indian parents is Iranian or Indian for purposes of DBE program participation. [read post]
5 Jun 2024, 3:38 am by Thorsten Bausch (Hoffmann Eitle)
This alone is stunning, particularly in view of the fact that the Rules of Procedure before the Boards of Appeal render it extremely difficult to introduce new facts (e.g. new prior art or entirely new auxiliary requests) on appeal. [read post]
4 Jun 2024, 5:51 am by Melissa Stewart
Significance of the Opinion Advisory opinions are not legally binding, even for the entity or organ requesting them. [read post]
3 Jun 2024, 7:00 am by Gaiane Nuridzhanian
A regional or bilateral treaty or court, while not universal, is still international (Joint Concurring Opinion, para 57). [read post]
This is the second set of hearings within the context of an Advisory Opinion requested on behalf of Chile and Colombia on January 9, 2023. [read post]
28 May 2024, 6:03 am by NBlack
While the ABA’s timing could have been better, this advisory opinion is worth a thorough read. [read post]
26 May 2024, 5:23 am by Just Security
: The Netanyahu and Gallant ICC Arrest Warrant Requests by Amichai Cohen (@amichaic) and Yuval Shany (@yuvalshany1) Timeline of Int’l Criminal Court Arrest Warrant Applications for Gaza War: What Comes Next and How We Got Here by Rebecca Hamilton (@bechamilton), Tess Bridgeman (@bridgewriter) and Ryan Goodman (@rgoodlaw) Nuts & Bolts of Int’l Criminal Court Arrest Warrant Applications for Senior Israeli Officials and Hamas Leaders by Tom Dannenbaum (@tomdannenbaum) The… [read post]
22 May 2024, 10:23 am by David Luban
” (The ICJ, in its 2004 advisory opinion Legal Consequences of the Construction of a Wall in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, ¶141, called it a duty.) [read post]
22 May 2024, 7:30 am by Unknown
Opportunity:Webinar: Living in Displacement in the Climate Emergency: Refugees and Climate Shocks, 30 May 2024 [info]Short pieces:Fixing the plastics problem when delivering urgent aid (The Interpreter Blog, May 2024) [text]Towards the recognition climate migrants: Reflections on the African Guiding Principles on the Rights of All Migrants (RLI Blog, April 2024) [text]Reports:Amicus Brief of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees to the Inter-American Court of Human Rights… [read post]
21 May 2024, 7:21 am by Catherine Amirfar
On December 12, 2022, COSIS requested an advisory opinion from ITLOS regarding States Parties’ specific obligations under UNCLOS, including Part XII, regarding climate change. [read post]
18 May 2024, 11:49 am
 Pix credit hereFor those who may have missed this, οn 8 May 2024, National Human Rights Institutions (NHRIs) from all regions gathered in Geneva for the Annual Conference of the Global Alliance of National Human Rights Institutions (GANHRI), on the role and experiences of NHRIs in addressing Business and Human Rights (BHR), at which they adopted the GANHRI Statement (8 May 2024): Business and Human Rights: The Role and Experiences of NHRI's. [read post]
16 May 2024, 9:05 pm by Anagha Vasudevarao
The rule  expands the scope of Medicaid Advisory Committees, which advise states about medical care and policy decisions. [read post]
15 May 2024, 6:15 am by Kalvis Golde
Guerrero 23-828Issue: Whether the Supreme Court of Guam’s advisory opinion that a Guam abortion law passed in 1990 had been impliedly repealed constitutes a permissible exercise of the “judicial authority” that Congress has vested in that court under 48 U.S.C. [read post]
14 May 2024, 10:15 pm by Ryan Goodman
The false alternate slate of electors was a “critical” part of the Trump-John Eastman conspiracy, according to a federal district court opinion issued in June. [read post]
7 May 2024, 10:45 am by Jillian C. York
She also currently serves on the Advisory Board of the Global Forum on Cyber Expertise. [read post]
6 May 2024, 5:57 am by Jenny Domino
Several decisions have also pushed for more transparency around government takedown requests (Öcalan Isolation, UK Drill Music, policy advisory opinion on Removal of COVID-19 Misinformation). [read post]
5 May 2024, 6:44 pm
Pix credit here The Hong Kong National Security law has attracted a substantial amount of attention outside of HR-SAR (eg here, here), and generated the start of what is likely to be a lively judicial debate (eg here). [read post]
30 Apr 2024, 9:01 pm by Lesley Wexler
In 2004, the International Court of Justice issued its Advisory Opinion on the Legal Consequences of a Wall in the Occupied Palestinian Territory finding that this wall breached international law and, among other measures, ordered compensation for related damages to those harmed in the West Bank and East Jerusalem. [read post]