International Courts and Tribunals

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Tribunal Finds Italy Violated UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (April 10, 2019)

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Caitlin Behles

On April 10, 2019, the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea issued its

The Chagos Advisory Opinion and the Decolonization of Mauritius

In Legal Consequences of the Separation of the Chagos Archipelago from Mauritius in 1965,[1] the International Court of Justice (ICJ) delivered its Advisory Opinion on the two questions posed in the UN General Assembly's request.[2] First, had Mauritius' decolonization been completed when it gained independence in 1968, after  the excision of the Chagos Archipelago?

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Topic 1
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23
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2
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Stephen Allen
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ICC Pre-Trial Chamber Rejects Opening an Investigation in Afghanistan (April 12, 2019)

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Caitlin Behles

On April 12, 2019, Pre-Trial Chamber II of the International Criminal Court (ICC) unanimously rejected the Prosecut

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UN Appeals Chamber Increases Sentence in Karadžić Case to Life Imprisonment (March 20, 2019)

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Caitlin Behles

On March 20, 2019, the Appeals Chamber of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals set aside Radovan Karadžić’s prior sentence of forty years and

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International Law in Brief

International Court of Justice Rules It has Jurisdiction to Hear Iran’s Case Against the U.S. (February 13, 2019)

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Caitlin Behles

On February 13, 2019, the International Court of Justice ruled in Certain Iranian Asse

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International Law in Brief

European Court of Human Rights Orders Russia to Pay Damages to Georgian Nationals for Human Rights Violations (January 31, 2019)

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Caitlin Behles

On January 31, 2019, in the just satisfaction case of Georgia v.