Africa

Fishing in Troubled Waters - Somalia’s Maritime Zones and the Case for Reinterpretation

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16
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9
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Thilo Neumann and Tim Rene Salomon
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Epilogue to Hotel Rwanda

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15
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32
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Gregory Townsend
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African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights – Response to the Situation in Libya

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15
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20
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Anna Dolidze
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Rwanda’s Gacaca Courts: Implications for International Criminal Law and Transitional Justice

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15
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17
Author: 
Shannon E. Powers
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Recognition of the Libyan National Transitional Council

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15
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16
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Stefan Talmon
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ECOWAS Court Judgment in Habré v. Senegal Complicates Prosecution in the Name of Africa

Introduction

A complex international legal battle has been fought for more than a decade about holding former Chadian President Hissène Habré, dubbed the "African Pinochet" by human rights organizations, accountable for international crimes. In the latest development, the Court of Justice of the Economic Community of Western African States ("ECOWAS Court") issued a decision in favor of Habré that might derail efforts to have Habré tried on behalf of the African Union ("AU") in Senegal, where he currently resides.

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15
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4
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Jan Arno Hessbruegge
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Suppressing Somali Piracy – Next Steps

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This Insight reports further efforts to suppress piracy off the coast of Somalia since Agora: Piracy Prosecutions—Countering Piracy off Somalia: International Law and International Institutions was prepared for the July 2010 issue of the American Journal of International Law.[1]

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14
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39
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J. Ashley Roach
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The UN Mapping Report Documenting Serious Crimes in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

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14
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38
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Cecile Aptel
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Kiobel v. Royal Dutch Petroleum: Another Round in the Fight Over Corporate Liability Under the Alien Tort Statute

 

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14
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31
Author: 
Chimène I. Keitner
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