ASIL Insights - 2009 Archive

International law behind the headlines, informing the press, policy makers, and the public.

Insights By Year:   

The Entering Into Force of the Lisbon Treaty – A European Odyssey
By Dr. Nikolaos Lavranos
December 14, 2009

Who’s Going to Copenhagen?: The Rise of Civil Society in International Treaty-Making
By Anna Spain
December 11, 2009

State of Play: Changing Climate at Copenhagen
By Cymie R. Payne
December 8, 2009

The Khmer Rouge Tribunal Paves the Way for Additional Investigations
By Neha Jain
December 2, 2009

Germany Sues Italy at the International Court of Justice on Foreign Sovereign Immunity – Legal Underpinnings and Implications for U.S. Law
By Ronald J. Bettauer
November 19, 2009

Issues of International Law Interest before the 64th Session of the United Nations General Assembly
By Larry D. Johnson
November 4, 2009

The European Court of Justice Kadi Decision and the Future of UN Counterterrorism Sanctions
By Peter Fromuth
October 30, 2009

Chinese Import Restrictions on Publications and Entertainment Products Found to be WTO Inconsistent
By Brendan McGivern
October 27, 2009

Who can be detained in the "War on Terror"? The Emerging Answer
By Faiza Patel
October 20, 2009

ICTY Special Chamber Decision In the Case Against Florence Hartmann
By Benjamin E. Brockman-Hawe
October 9, 2009

The Goldstone Report
By David Kaye
October 1, 2009

Abyei Arbitration – Final Award
By John R. Crook
September 16, 2009

Wiwa v. Shell: The $15.5 Million Settlement
By Ingrid Wuerth
September 9, 2009

Eritrea-Ethiopia Claims Commission: Damage Awards
By Michael J. Matheson
September 4, 2009

African Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone in Force: What Next for Diego Garcia?
By Peter H. Sand
August 28, 2009

Special Tribunal for Lebanon: The First Orders by the Pre-Trial Judge
By Antonios Tzanakopoulos
August 7, 2009

The UNHCR’S Guidance Note on Refugee Claims Relating to Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity
By Nicole LaViolette
July 30, 2009

Honduras: Coup d’Etat in Constitutional Clothing? - Revision
Spanish Version - Revision
By Doug Cassel
July 29, 2009

Is Bagram the New Guantánamo? Habeas Corpus and Maqaleh v. Gates
By Kal Raustiala
June 18, 2009

Ten Years After the War in Kosovo: International Law, Kosovo and the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia
By Linda Strite Murnane
June 10, 2009

The Torture Memos and Accountability
By Allen S. Weiner
May 15, 2009

The Swine Flu Outbreak and International Law
By David P. Fidler
April 27, 2009

WTO Panel Report on Consistency of Chinese Intellectual Property Standards
By James Mendenhall
April 3, 2009

Foreign Officials and Sovereign Immunity in U.S. Courts
By Curtis A. Bradley
March 17, 2009

International Legal Responses to Piracy off the Coast of Somalia
By Eugene Kontorovich
February 6, 2009

Global Witness v. Afrimex Ltd.: Decision Applying OECD Guidelines on Corporate Responsibility for Human Rights
By Jernej Letnar Cernic
January 23, 2009