ASIL Insights




Accountability of Private Security Contractors under International and Domestic Law

ICSID Annulment Committee Rules on the Relationship between Customary and Treaty Exceptions on Necessity in Situations of Financial Crisis

The UN Security Council Marks Seventh Anniversary of Resolution 1325 on Women, Peace and Security with Open Debate

Canadian-made Drugs for Rwanda: The First Application of the WTO Waiver on Patents and Medicines

Russia's Claim in the Arctic and the Vexing Issue of Ridges in UNCLOS

The ICJ Awards Sovereignty over Four Caribbean Sea Islands to Honduras and Fixes a Single Maritime Boundary between Nicaragua and Honduras

The UN General Assembly adopts the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples

Counterinsurgency, Rule of Law Operations, and International Law

WTO Panel decision in Brazil - Tyres supports safeguarding environmental values

Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act: Supreme Court Upholds New York City Action for Tax Liens against UN Missions

European Court of Human Rights Expands Privacy Protections: Copland v. United Kingdom

German Constitutional Court Rules on Necessity in Argentine Bondholder Case

Russia Suspends CFE Treaty Participation

International Convention for the Suppression of Acts of Nuclear Terrorism Enters into Force

The ICTR transfers Michel Bagaragaza to the Netherlands for Trial

The United States and the 1982 Law of the Sea Treaty

The Bush Administration and Democrats Reach a Bipartisan Deal on Trade Policy

The Seventh Circuit Again Finds Jurisdiction for Private Remedies for Violations of Article 36 of the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations

U.S. Supreme Court, Greenhouse Gas Regulation and Foreign Policy Considerations

The Chemical Weapons Convention After Ten Years: Successes and Future Challenges

Australian Detainee Pleads Guilty before the First Military Commission

U.S. Supreme Court Decides Forum Non Conveniens Case

World Court finds Serbia Responsible for Breaches of Genocide Convention, but Not Liable for Committing Genocide

D.C. Circuit Upholds Constitutionality of Military Commissions Act Withdrawal of Federal Habeas Jurisdiction for Guantanamo Detainees

The Situation in Darfur: Prosecutor's Application under Article 58(7) of the Rome Statute

ICC Confirms Charges against DRC Militia Leader

Six-Party Talks Produce Action Plan on North Korean Nuclear Disarmament

Indonesia's Decision to Withhold Influenza Virus Samples from the World Health Organization: Implications for International Law

Outcome of the Sixth Review Conference of the Biological Weapons Convention, November-December 2006

Double Interim Relief Denial in Argentina-Uruguay Pulp Mill Dispute before the World Court

European Court Rules on UN and EU Terrorist Suspect Blacklists