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5 Jun 2010, 6:05 am
by Julian Ku The Gaza Flotilla raid has launched an unbelievable amount of public commentary related to public international law because so much of the debate is framed around the legality of Israel’s raid, its blockade of Gaza, etc. [read post]
8 Oct 2009, 10:49 pm
by Julian Ku This video from Anne Bayefsky of the Human Rights Council meetings on the Goldstone Report is fascinating (though I am not on board with her over-the-top attack on Goldstone personally). [read post]
21 Jan 2011, 2:26 pm
by Julian Ku The U.N. is an amorphous, complex organization with many autonomous parts, as commenters on my post below have noted. [read post]
25 Apr 2010, 9:28 pm
by Julian Ku This is not really a big deal, but it is still annoying when President Obama (or any president) flagrantly breaks his campaign promises with respect to foreign policy matters that are completely within their executive discretion. [read post]
29 Sep 2009, 11:27 pm
by Julian Ku I have to admit I really don’t know for sure, but this WSJ op-ed makes me think this issue is likely to be an important one as the crisis over Iran’s compliance with the Non-Proliferation Treaty comes to a head. [read post]
26 Dec 2011, 7:45 pm
by Julian Ku Big things are afoot in Europe, especially as the United Kingdom inches further and further away from European institutions. [read post]
4 Feb 2011, 9:13 pm
by Julian Ku I'm dashing off to China in a few hours, but I couldn't resist a brief post on the Second Circuit's denial of rehearing on Kiobel v. [read post]
16 Jul 2012, 5:31 pm
by Julian Ku It’s official. [read post]
7 Apr 2010, 7:38 am
by Julian Ku The NYT reports that the Obama Administration has authorized the targeted killing of an American citizen, the radical Muslim cleric Anwar al-Awlaki, The article notes the international law justification for his killing: he is an avowed member of Al Qaeda actively engaged in hostilities against the U.S. [read post]
13 Apr 2010, 9:26 pm
by Julian Ku Christopher Jencks, Chief of the International Law Branch of the Office of the Judge Advocate General, has a pretty compelling defense here of the legality of the U.S. detention and trial of Canadian Omar Khadr for violations of the law of war, despite the fact that Khadr was not quite 16 when he committed his alleged crimes. [read post]
22 Jun 2010, 9:47 pm
by Julian Ku I tread warily into ICJ blogging after my last bizarre brain cramp, but I can’t resist commenting on Roger’s posts (and the comments to his posts by very knowledgeable folks like Paul Stephan and David Kaye) on the new U.S. nominee Joan Donoghue. [read post]
27 Apr 2012, 2:25 pm
by Julian Ku China’s famous human rights activist Chen Guangcheng (who even Christian Bale was beat up when he tried to visit) has somehow managed to escape from his two-year house arrest* and may have made his way to the U.S. [read post]
13 May 2010, 9:22 pm
by Julian Ku The NYT’s Scott Shane notes that “The Obama administration’s decision to authorize the killing by the Central Intelligence Agency of a terrorism suspect who is an American citizen has set off a debate over the legal and political limits of drone missile strikes…. [read post]
24 Sep 2010, 9:28 pm
by Julian Ku One way to build political coalitions for greater use of international law in the U.S. would be to use international law to advance political goals of folks who would otherwise be suspicious of international law. [read post]
5 Mar 2012, 5:49 pm
by Julian Ku I leave it to Ken and others to weigh in on US Attorney General Holder’s speech today at Northwestern. [read post]
4 Apr 2010, 4:31 pm
by Julian Ku Happy Easter, everyone! [read post]
17 Apr 2010, 11:06 am
by Julian Ku I am pretty supportive of Obama Administration’s general approach to Sudan, largely because it reflects a realistic sense of the limits of the U.S. government’s ability to influence matters there as well as the (relative) unimportance of Sudan to the U.S. and to the wider region. [read post]
15 Sep 2010, 1:53 pm
by Julian Ku The conventional wisdom among many international law folks is that the U.S. has (wrongly) embraced American exceptionalism in world affairs, often to the detriment of compliance with international law. [read post]
25 May 2010, 9:07 pm
by Julian Ku I have always thought the Ottawa Convention banning landmines was a nice idea, but somewhat unrealistic. [read post]
12 Apr 2010, 9:24 pm
by Julian Ku Another day, another chance for folks in the UK to make threats about bringing legal action against the Pope during his upcoming September visit to the UK. [read post]
