International Organizations

ICC Prosecutor Seeks Adjournment of Provisional Trial Date in Prosecutor v. Uhuru Muigai Kenyatta (December 12, 2013)

Author: 
Steven Arrigg Koh

On December 12, 2013, the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court filed an application requesting the adjournm

ICSID Tribunal Rules For Disqualification of Arbitrator in Burlington v. Ecuador (December 13, 2013)

Author: 
Adom Malcolm Cooper

In Burlington v.

United Nations Mission Reports on Use of Chemical Weapons in Syria (December 12, 2013)

Author: 
Steven Arrigg Koh

On December 12, 2013, the United Nations Mission to Investigate Allegations of the Use of Chemical Weapons in the Syrian Arab Republic issued a

Transparency International Unveils 2013 Corruption Perceptions Index 2013 (December 3, 2013)

Author: 
Adom Malcolm Cooper

On December 3, 2013, Transparency International released its 2013 Corruption Perceptions Index, which ranks countries and territories base

PS5+1 Sign a Joint Plan of Action With Iran To End Economic Sanctions in Exchange for a Freeze of Iran’s Nuclear Programs (November 24, 2013)

Author: 
Adom Malcolm Cooper

On November 24, 2013, Iran signed a Joint Plan of Action with six nations in Geneva’s Palace of Nations that brings a freez

UN Security Council Resolution 2123: Renewing Mandate of European Union Stabilization Force (EUFOR ALTHEA) in Bosnia and Herzegovina (November 12, 2013)

Author: 
Adom Malcolm Cooper

On November 12, 2013, acting under Chapter VII, the Security Council issued Resolution 2123 in which it reaffir

Saudi Arabia Rejects Security Council Seat (November 13, 2013)

Author: 
Adom Malcolm Cooper

On November 13, 2013, Saudi Arabia officially rejected a seat on the United Nati

UN Security Council Resolution 2125 on Piracy in Somalia (November 18, 2013)

Author: 
Adom Malcolm Cooper

On November 18, 2013, the United Nations Security Council, acting under Chapter VII, condemned all acts of piracy committed at sea off the coast of Somalia and called upon Somali authorities “to pa

Inter-American Commission on Human Rights Denounces Dominican Court Ruling Depriving Haitian Descendants of Citizenship (October 8, 2013)

Author: 
Steven Arrigg Koh

The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights expressed deep concern over a recent ruling

UN General Assembly Elects Fourteen Members to UN Human Rights Council (November 12, 2013)

Author: 
Adom Malcolm Cooper

On November 12, 2013, the United Nations General Assembly elected fourteen countries to serve on the United Nations Human Rights Council, including Algeria, China, Cuba, France Maldives, Mexico, Mo