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24 Feb 2010, 5:42 am by Julian Ku
by Julian Ku The invaluable “Turtle Bay” Blog points me to this recent Gallup poll on the U.S. public’s view of the United Nations. [read post]
14 Jul 2010, 7:44 am by Julian Ku
by Julian Ku The much-awaited ICJ advisory opinion on Kosovo will be released on July 22 at 3 p.m (local Hague time): On Thursday 22 July 2010, the International Court of Justice (ICJ), the principal judicial organ of the United Nations, will deliver its Advisory Opinion on the question of the Accordance with International Law of the Unilateral Declaration of Independence by the Provisional Institutions of Self-Government of Kosovo (request for advisory opinion). [read post]
1 Sep 2011, 3:45 am by Julian Ku
by Julian Ku David Kaye has an interesting compromise proposal on what to do with Qaddafi. [read post]
25 May 2010, 8:03 am by Julian Ku
by Julian Ku Professor Gabriel Wilner Sad news from the University of Georgia: Gabriel Michael Wilner, a University law professor and executive director of International, Comparative and Graduate Legal Studies, died unexpectedly at his home Friday. [read post]
30 Mar 2010, 9:35 pm by Julian Ku
by Julian Ku This is just the first round of a potentially huge investor-state arbitration claim filed by Chevron against Ecuador. $700 million now, but up to $27 billion later. [read post]
2 Nov 2009, 8:54 am
by Julian Ku Maher Arar, a Canadian who was detained by the U.S. and the subject of an “extraordinary rendition” to Syria, has lost his bid to maintain his lawsuit in U.S. courts. [read post]
31 Aug 2010, 9:01 pm by Julian Ku
by Julian Ku Our friends at the University of Goettingen in Germany have recently published another issue of the Goettingen Journal of International Law. [read post]
1 May 2012, 9:55 pm by Julian Ku
by Julian Ku As far as I can tell, the NY state court reached the right conclusion by rejecting former IMF Chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn’s claim for immunity under customary international law. [read post]
7 Oct 2009, 3:38 am
by Julian Ku Anne Bayefsky of the Hudson Institute suggests that the U.S. is endorsing a less than robust view of the right to free expression in a recent Human Rights Council resolution sponsored by the U.S. [read post]
25 Sep 2009, 12:30 am
by Julian Ku I’ve only been vaguely aware of the ongoing battle between Chevron and Ecuador. [read post]
19 Feb 2010, 1:39 am by Julian Ku
by Julian Ku One small followup on Sarah Cleveland’s articulation of an “Obama-Clinton” approach to international law. [read post]
23 Sep 2009, 9:27 am
by Julian Ku I know you have all missed my blogging about international trade law. [read post]
23 Aug 2011, 7:08 am by Julian Ku
by Julian Ku Reacting to the still-imminent fall of the Gaddafi regime in Libya, U.S. presidential candidate (and likely future president if you believe these polls) Mitt Romney has called for the extradition of the mastermind of Lockerbie bombing, Abdelbaset Mohmed Ali al-Megrahi, to the United States. [read post]
11 May 2010, 9:01 pm by Julian Ku
by Julian Ku I’m sorry, but I still find the argument that the Arizona Immigration Law violates the International Convention on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination deeply unpersuasive. [read post]
4 Mar 2010, 6:50 pm by Julian Ku
by Julian Ku UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown announced (h/t Jurist) proposals to circumscribe the applicability of Britain’s universal jurisdiction law. [read post]
28 Apr 2010, 10:10 am by Julian Ku
by Julian Ku The reaction of key countries to the recent Sudan elections electing Sudan’s President al-Bashir are in. [read post]
25 Sep 2009, 5:42 am
by Julian Ku Ed Whelan notes (in his typically colorful way) that State Department Legal Advisor Harold Koh has been implementing one of President Obama’s signing statements with respect to meeting with designated state sponsors of terrorism at U.N. meetings. [read post]
9 Mar 2010, 9:00 pm by Julian Ku
by Julian Ku Amid the war of words between Germans and Greeks over a possible Greek bailout, the Deputy Prime Minister of Greece has accused the Germans of stealing “the Greek gold that was in the Bank of Greece, they took away the Greek money and they never gave it back…”  This was part of the reason why Greeks (presumably the ones now boycotting German goods) are not exactly feeling grateful to Germany for possibly bailing out their troubled public… [read post]