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21 Nov 2011, 7:10 am
by Julian Ku I haven’t been following Australia’s new law requiring plain packaging for tobacco products, but I am a bit surprised that Philip Morris has filed a notice of arbitration claiming the law violates Australia’s bilateral investment treaty with Hong Kong. [read post]
22 Sep 2009, 10:00 pm
by Julian Ku I break my self-imposed blog exile to shamelessly promote an event we are hosting at Hofstra this Friday: the first ever all day teaching workshop devoted solely to teaching international law. [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]
18 Sep 2011, 9:10 pm
by Julian Ku International lawyers from outside the U.S. often wonder why exactly the U.S. has yet to join the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea. [read post]
16 Mar 2010, 2:53 pm
by Julian Ku Sure there is some dispute about settlements in East Jerusalem, or something, but here are some international law disputes that really matter. [read post]
2 Apr 2010, 9:25 pm
by Julian Ku I don’t know if I buy this article’s suggestion that the various Catholic Church priest-pedophile scandals amount to a “crime against humanity” under international law, but I do think the Pope’s right to “head of state” immunity under international law is a tough question. [read post]
21 Apr 2010, 9:58 pm
by Julian Ku Although the U.S. is already prosecuting a pirate captured last year in New York, I hadn’t realized the U.S. was going to be trying other pirates in federal court as well. [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]
26 May 2010, 5:42 pm
by Julian Ku Do we have an emerging consensus that the ICC States-Parties should refrain from adding the crime of aggression to the ICC Statute at its upcoming conference in Kampala? [read post]
19 Jul 2010, 3:51 am
by Julian Ku The U.S. [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]
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 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]
14 Jun 2010, 6:10 pm
by Julian Ku Having called her out a few hours ago not knowing she was on her way back from Uganda, I thought I should excerpt Joanna Harrington’s final post on the Review Conference, where she offers another great account of the final negotiations. [read post]
2 May 2012, 7:17 am
by Julian Ku President Obama went to Afghanistan today to sign The U.S. [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]
14 Jul 2011, 8:52 pm
by Julian Ku So I leave the country and the blogosphere for a few months, and what happens? [read post]
23 Nov 2010, 11:51 am
by Julian Ku The stories of the earthquake and then the cholera coming out of Haiti continue to horrify and sadden, if it the global media wasn’t already numb from Haiti stories. [read post]
15 Sep 2010, 5:16 pm
by Julian Ku Georgetown law professor Randy Barnett and Virginia legislator William Howell lay out the case for a new “Repeal Amendment” to 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]
