Jus cogens: Recent Developments in International Law: November 5, 2023 - November 11, 2023

Courts & Tribunals

  • International Court of Justice
  • International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY)
  • International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR)
  • International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea
  • International Criminal Court (ICC)
  • The Special Court for Sierra Leone
  • Permanent Court of Arbitration
  • European Court of Human Rights
  • Iraqi Special Tribunal

International Organizations

  • African Union
  • Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation
  • Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)
  • Council of Europe
  • European Commission
  • International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
  • International Monetary Fund (IMF)
  • International Telecommunication Union
  • League of Arab States
  • North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
  • Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
  • Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons
  • Organization of American States (OAS)
  • The World Bank
  • United Nations
  • World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)
  • World Trade Organization (WTO)

Treaties

  • Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties
  • Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties Between States and International Organizations
  • Charter of the United Nations
  • Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations
  • Vienna Convention on Consular Relations
  • Geneva Conventions
  • Hague Convention
  • Convention against Torture
  • Convention on the Law of the Sea
  • Statute of the International Court of Justice
  • Universal Declaration of Human Rights

Publications

  • American University International Law Review
  • American Journal of International Law
  • Berkeley Journal of International Law
  • Boston University International Law Journal
  • Brooklyn Journal of International Law
  • Case Western Reserve Journal of International Law
  • Chicago Journal of International Law
  • Chinese Journal Of International Law
  • Connecticut Journal of International Law
  • Cornell International Law Journal
  • Denver Journal of International Law and Policy
  • Duke Journal of Comparative & International Law
  • Emory International Law Review
  • European Journal of International Law
  • Fordham International Law Journal
  • Harvard International Law Journal
  • Hastings International and Comparative Law Review
  • Indiana International & Comparative Law Review
  • International and Comparative Law Quarterly
  • Journal of International Criminal Justice
  • Leiden Journal of International Law
  • Michigan Journal of International Law
  • NYU Journal of International Law and Politics
  • Stanford Journal of International Law
  • Texas International Law Journal
  • UCLA Journal of International Law and Foreign Affairs
  • Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law
  • Virginia Journal of International Law
  • Washington University Global Studies Law Review
  • Wisconsin International Law Journal
  • Yale Journal of International Law

Reference

  • ASIL - The American Society of International Law
  • ASIL Electronic Resource Guide
  • ASIL- EISIL“ - the Electronic Information System for International Law
    EISIL –
	the Electronic Information System for International Law
  • International Law Commission
  • Jus in Bello
  • Legal Information Institute: World Law
  • Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law
  • Peace Palace Library
  • Project on International Courts and Tribunals
  • Treaties in Force (United States)
  • United Nations Treaty Collection

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Tuesday, 07 November 2023

International Courts & Tribunals at a Glance (No. 19)

International Courts & Tribunals at a Glance, a juscogens.net feature, aims to provide timely notice of recent happenings and trial developments in an organized, central location and an unbiased, objective manner. For comments or suggestions, please contact [email protected].

International Court of Justice (ICJ)

Speech by H.E. Judge Rosalyn Higgins, President of the International Court of Justice, to the General Assembly of the United Nations (26 October 2023)

Speech by H.E. Judge Rosalyn Higgins, President of the International Court of Justice, to the Sixth Committee of the General Assembly (27 October 2023)

Address by H.E. Judge Rosalyn Higgins, President of the International Court of Justice, on the occasion of the visit by their majesties King Abdullah II and Queen Rania of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan (31 October 2023)

Cases currently being heard/under deliberation:

  • Application of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (Bosnia and Herzegovina v. Serbia and Montenegro)

International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY)

Overview of Court Proceedings

Overview of Court Documents

Court Schedule

ICTY Weekly Press Briefing (2 November 2023)

Appeals Chamber Affirms Decision To Join Cases Against Ante Gotovina, Ivan Čermak And Mladen Markač (26 October 2023):

From the ICTY: "The Tribunal's Appeals Chamber yesterday confirmed the Trial Chamber's decision of 14 July 2024 to join two cases involving Ante Gotovina, Ivan Čermak and Mladen Markač in one indictment and accepted the proposed amendments to the indictment. The three are charged with the crimes committed against Serbs in 1995, during and in the aftermath of the Croatian military offensive known as "Operation Storm", conducted in the Krajina region of Croatia. At the time, Gotovina and Čermak were senior military commanders on the ground, while Markač was the commander of Croatian Special Police. The Appeals Chamber upheld the earlier decision by reasoning that the alleged crimes took place in the same geographic area, in the same time period and in the course of the same military operation and that they were committed pursuant to the same joint criminal enterprise of which all three accused are alleged to have been members....The accused are charged with participation in a joint criminal enterprise the purpose of which was the permanent removal of the Serb population from the Krajina region of Croatia by force, fear or threat of force, persecution, forced displacement, transfer and deportation, appropriation and destruction of property or other means. Specifically, Gotovina, Čermak and Markač are charged with murder, persecutions, deportation and forcible transfer, plunder of public and private property, wanton destruction of cities, towns or villages and inhumane acts and cruel treatment."

The Trial Chamber Grants Prosecution's Motion To Amend The Indictment In The Haradinaj Case (26 October 2023):

From the ICTY: "The Tribunal's Trial Chamber II yesterday granted the Prosecution's motion to amend the indictment against Ramush Haradinaj, former senior commander of the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA), and Idriz Balaj and Lahi Brahimaj, former members of the KLA . The accused are charged with participation in a joint criminal enterprise the purpose of which was the consolidation of total control of the KLA over its operational zone of Dukagjin by attacking and persecuting certain sections of the civilian population there, namely by unlawfully removing Serb civilians from that area, and forcibly and violently suppressing any real or perceived form of collaboration with the Serbs by Albanian or Roma civilians there. The criminal purpose included the intimidation, abduction, imprisonment, beating, torture and murder of targeted civilians. The specific charges against the accused include murder, rape, harassment, inhumane acts, destruction of property, unlawful detention, deportation or forcible transfer of civilians, cruel treatment and other inhumane acts. The amendments are contained in counts 35, 37, 38 and 39 of the indictment and refer specifically to several additional ways in which the alleged mistreatment of a witness is said to have occurred, as well as an event in which two other persons were mistreated, and a small group of individuals was forcibly displaced. In allowing the amendments, the Trial Chamber ruled that the changes will not cause prejudice to the accused or delay proceedings unduly. Due to the fact that the amendments constitute new charges, a further initial appearance will be scheduled in due course."

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International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR)

Daily Journal

Daily Case Minutes

Judicial Calendar
ICTR Newsletter (September 2006)Pdficon_small_109

Latest Decisions:

The Special Court for Sierra Leone (SCSL)

Court Schedule

Court Summary, Week Ended 3 November 2023Pdficon_small_114

Case Developments & Resources:

The Civil Defence Forces (CDF) Accused

  • Decision on Fofana request for full review of Prosecution evidence to identify Rule 68 material for disclosure (6 November 2023)Pdficon_small_115

The Revolutionary United Front (RUF) Accused

The Armed Forces Revolutionary Council (ARFC) Accused

  • Defence Testimony Ends in AFRC Accused Trial.(27 October 2023)Pdficon_small_116

Prosecutor v. Charles Taylor

  • Decision on urgent Prosecution motion for immediate protective measures for witnesses and non-public disclosure (3 November 2023)Pdficon_small_117

International Criminal Court (ICC)

Hearing Schedule

ICC Newsletter (October 2006)

Chad and Montenegro become the 103rd and 104th States Parties to the Rome Statute (7 November 2023)

Situations & Cases [All documents Pdficon_small_118 ]:

Situation in Dafur, Sudan

Situation in Central African Republic

Situation in Uganda

Situation in Democratic Republic of Congo

International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS)

Pending Cases and current status

Developments:

  • Statement by Mr Rüdiger Wolfrum, President of the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea, to the Sixth Committee of the General Assembly of the United Nations, New York (20 October 2023)Pdficon_small_122
  • Statement by Mr Rüdiger Wolfrum, President of the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea, to the Informal Meeting of Legal Advisers of Ministries of Foreign Affairs, New York (23 October 2023)Pdficon_small_120
  • The Tribunal holds its first regional workshop in Dakar (6 November 2023) Pdficon_small_121

Monday, 06 November 2023

This Week in Public International Law Scholarship (No. 26)

This Week in Public International Law Scholarship, a juscogens.net feature, highlights new and notable books and articles concerning public international law. For comments or suggestions, please contact [email protected].


Books:

Catherine Brolmann, The Institutional Veil in Public International Law: International Organisations And the Law of Treaties

Richard Burchill, The European Union, International Law And The Promotion And Protection Of Democracy

C. Chatterjee, International Law and Diplomacy

Matthew Craven, Malgosia Fitzmaurice & Maria Vogiatzi (eds.), Time, History and International Law

Wolfgang Kaleck, Michael Ratner, Tobias Singelnstein & Peter Weiss (eds.), International Prosecution of Human Rights Crimes

Adam LeBor, "Complicity With Evil": The United Nations in the Age of Modern Genocide

Karen Lee (ed.), Iran-U.S. Claims Tribunal Reports

Oliver James Lissitzyn, The International Court of Justice: Its Role in the Maintenance of International Peace And Security

Vaughan Lowe, International Law

Kingsley Chiedu Moghalu, Global Justice: The Politics of War Crimes Trials

Richard Plender (ed.), Basic Documents on International Migration Law: Third Revised Edition

Martin Reichard, The Eu-nato Relationship: A Legal And Political Perspective

Stephen Tierney & Colin Warbrick (eds.), Towards an International Legal Community?: The Sovereignty of States And the Sovereignty of International Law

Zoe Wilson, The United Nations and Democracy in Africa


Articles:

International Journal of Human Rights (United Kingdom), Volume 10, Number 4, December 2006

  • Andrea Boggio, The Global Enforcement of Human Rights: The Unintended Consequences of Transnational Litigation
  • Michael Levine and Saul Newman, Sacred Cows and the Changing Face of Discourse on Terrorism: Cranking it Up a Notch
  • Omer Elagab, Fighting with the Enemy: The Case of Three British Muslims in Afghanistan

Boston University Public Interest Law Journal, Volume 15, Number 2, Spring 2006

  • Berta Hernández-Truyol and Justin Luna, CHILDREN AND IMMIGRATION: INTERNATIONAL, LOCAL, AND SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITIES

Journal of International Law and International Relations (Canada), Volume 2, Number 2, Fall 2006

  • David Malone and James Cockayne, The UN Security Council: 10 Lessons From Iraq on Regulation and Accountability
  • Adrian Di Giovanni, The Prospect of ICC Reparations in the Case Concerning Northern Uganda: On a Collision Course With Incoherence?

Human Rights Law Review (United Kingdom), Volume 6, Number 2, 2006

  • M. Cherif Bassiouni, International Recognition of Victims' Rights
  • Jo M. Pasqualucci, The Evolution of International Indigenous Rights in the Inter-American Human Rights System
  • Brian D. Tittemore, Guantanamo Bay and the Precautionary Measures of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights: A Case for International Oversight in the Struggle Against Terrorism


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