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1 Feb 2012, 9:44 am
by Julian Ku Be careful what you wish for: The leaders at the African Union (AU) summit in Addis Ababa asked the chairperson of the pan-African body to consider moving the case of Sudanese president Omer Hassan al-Bashir before the International Court of Justice (ICJ) for an opinion … Today the Xinhua news agency reported that the AU leaders affirmed that the ICC has no legal powers to remove the immunity that international law grants to state officials who are not parties… [read post]
28 Mar 2010, 9:09 pm
by Julian Ku Fascinating inside baseball piece on the Obama Administration’s internal debate over war on terrorism policy. [read post]
14 Feb 2010, 12:01 am
by Julian Ku The UN special tribunal to investigate the murder of Lebanese leader Rafik Hariri seemed like a good idea at the time it was established, back in 2005. [read post]
27 Sep 2011, 6:18 am
by Julian Ku Former IMF Chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn has asserted immunity under international law from the lawsuit filed by Nafissatou Diallo, the maid who is accusing him of sexually attacking her. [read post]
28 Aug 2012, 9:18 pm
by Julian Ku It is a draft platform, but these parts of the 2012 GOP Platform are certainly interesting. [read post]
5 Mar 2010, 12:09 am
by Julian Ku Wow! [read post]
23 Aug 2011, 2:32 am
by Julian Ku Professor Sam Estreicher of NYU has an interesting and provocative new take on the “so-called proportionality principle” in the law of armed conflict that was recently published by the Chicago Journal of International Law. [read post]
11 Oct 2011, 5:44 pm
by Julian Ku Interesting story out of Charlotte, N.C. about the family of Samir Khan, one of the U.S. citizens killed in the drone attack on Awlaki last week. [read post]
15 May 2010, 9:51 pm
by Julian Ku Well, it’s a good thing he already has another job lined up, although I agree with Kevin (!) [read post]
20 Nov 2011, 5:28 pm
by Julian Ku Reports are a little uncertain, but it sounds like Libya will not comply with the ICC Prosecutors’ arrest warrant and turn over Muammar Qaddafi’s son Seif al-Islam el-Qaddafi. [read post]
20 Jun 2010, 9:18 pm
by Julian Ku I don’t know what to make of this report about a controversial device used to repel teenagers and children by using a high-pitched frequency only young people can hear. [read post]
29 Mar 2012, 12:35 pm
by Julian Ku Over at EJIL Talk! [read post]
25 Apr 2010, 8:07 am
by Julian Ku I still think there is no chance of this happening, but Christopher Hitchens offers this narrative of how and why he is pushing for legal action against the Vatican, or maybe at least a deposition of the Pope himself. [read post]
12 Sep 2011, 1:24 pm
by Julian Ku Apparently, Sen. [read post]
26 Apr 2010, 9:31 pm
by Julian Ku What should South Korea do if it confirms the responsibility of North Korea for the sinking of a South Korean naval vessel? [read post]
11 May 2012, 9:27 am
by Julian Ku My friend at the American Enterprise Institute, Michael Rubin, offers a fairly convincing critique of the effectiveness and efficiency of the U.S. [read post]
16 May 2010, 5:32 am
by Julian Ku I seriously doubt it, but Richard Sher, a former Department of Justice official in the Office of Special Investigations, thinks Goldstone’s apartheid-era past justifies denying Goldstone a visa to the U.S. [read post]
6 Mar 2012, 5:19 pm
by Julian Ku David French and Jay Sekulow respond to Bruce Ackerman’s legal argument about the use of force against Iran with a factual claim: Iran has already attacked the U.S. [read post]
6 Sep 2011, 9:50 pm
by Julian Ku Since neither state has accepted the compulsory jurisdiction of the ICJ, I am curious how this report could possible be accurate: A senior Iranian diplomat said that Tehran has filed a lawsuit against Russia after the latter backed out of delivering anti-aircraft S-300 missile system to the Islamic Republic, Tehran’s Fars news agency reported on Tuesday. [read post]
2 Apr 2010, 3:51 am
by Julian Ku This is probably just posturing, but it would be a rather dramatic turn of events if the IWC ended up a casualty of the vociferous Australian campaign against Japanese whaling. [read post]
