Territorial Disputes

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International Law in Brief

Russia Signs Integration Treaty with South Ossetia (March 18, 2015)

Author: 
Monica Moyo

On March 18, 2015, Russian President Vladimir Putin and President of the Republic of South Ossetia Leonid Tibilov signed the Agreement between the Russian Federation and the Republic of South Osset

Cyprus v. Turkey: Just Satisfaction and Acts of Aggression

On 12 May 2014, The Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR or Grand Chamber) published its judgment in the just satisfaction phase of Cyprus v. Turkey.[1] Just satisfaction (Article 41) refers to monetary damages awarded as a result of violations of the European Convention on Human Rights.

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18
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18
Author: 
Anthony Lott
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Human Rights
International Courts and Tribunals
Territorial Disputes
Use of Force, and International Humanitarian Law

World Court Rejects Jurisdiction in 1999 Aerial Incident Case brought by Pakistan against India

On June 21, 2000, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) ruled (14-2) that it lacks jurisdiction to adjudicate the dispute brought by Pakistan against India in September 1999. The Court, which is the principal judicial organ of the United Nations entrusted with settling legal disputes between sovereign States, consists of 15 judges elected to nine-year terms by the UN General Assembly and Security Council, together with two judges ad hoc appointed especially for the case by Pakistan and India. The ICJ has its seat at the Peace Palace in The Hague, the Netherlands.
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Volume: 
5
Issue: 
8
Author: 
Pieter H.F. Bekker
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Asia
International Courts and Tribunals
Territorial Disputes
Transnational Litigation, Arbitration, and Dispute Resolution

Armed Force in Iraq

            Relying on U.N. Security Council Resolution 1441 (2002) and on the sovereign authority of the United States to use force in assuring its own national security, President Bush has said that the United States and its allies will use armed force to disarm Iraq if Saddam Hussein and his sons do not leave Iraq within a 48-hour deadline.
 
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Volume: 
8
Issue: 
5
Author: 
Frederic L. Kirgis
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International Organizations
Legal Theory
Middle East and North Africa
Territorial Disputes
Transnational Litigation, Arbitration, and Dispute Resolution
Use of Force, and International Humanitarian Law