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  1. The U.S. as Occupying Power Over Portions of Iraq and Relevant Responsibilities Under the Laws of War

    ... control of territory.   II.  Command or Leader Responsibility               Do U.S. military commanders and ... IV recognizes the right of protected persons "if their state of health so requires, [to] receive medical attention and hospital ...

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  2. Improving Inter-State Cooperation for the National Prosecution of International Crimes: Towards a New Treaty?

    ... international community as a whole.” [1] The primary responsibility to prosecute these crimes lies with states. [2] Unlike many ... in criminal matters. Thus, international law in its current state contains detailed treaty provisions on mutual legal assistance for such ...

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  3. The Indus Waters Kishenganga Arbitration (Pakistan v. India)

    ... Pakistan and India on February 18, 2013. [1] The inter-State dispute under the 1960 Indus Waters Treaty (IWT) [2] arises from ... international trade law, investment law and the law of State responsibility, adopting instead the plain meaning of "necessary" to describe ...

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  4. States Parties Approve New Crimes for International Criminal Court

    ... [5] The amendment will enter into force for each State Party one year after the instrument of ratification is deposited or the ... [33] See, e.g., Edoardo Greppi, Chapter 23: State Responsibility for Acts of Aggression Under the United Nations Charter: A ...

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  5. ICC Confirms Charges against DRC Militia Leader

    ... war crime. Article 25(3)(a) provides for individual criminal responsibility for anyone who "[c]ommits - a crime, whether as an individual, ... a crime to go unpunished if carried out on behalf of a non-State army. It therefore concluded that the term "national armed forces" was ...

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  6. Immunity from Prosecution for International Crimes: The Case of Charles Taylor at the Special Court for Sierra Leone

    ... prosecution by the Court though he was the serving Head of State of Liberia at the time criminal proceedings were initiated. This historic ... governmental officials are not absolved of criminal responsibility for serious international crimes. [2]   I. ...

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  7. International Court of Justice Orders United States to Stay Execution of Paraguayan National in Virginia

    ... arose out of the failure by the Commonwealth of Virginia-the state in which Breard was arrested, charged, tried, convicted of homicide and ...   Under the international law of State responsibility, compliance with the internal laws of the Commonwealth of ...

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  8. Closing In On the Khmer Rouge: The Closing Order in Case 002 Before the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia

    ... matter jurisdiction of the ECCC under a host of forms of responsibility.       1. Crimes Against Humanity Crimes against ... The war crimes charges depend on the existence of a state of armed conflict and a nexus between the charged acts and the armed ...

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  9. The Bali Climate Change Conference

    ... and how developed and developing countries should share the responsibility to mitigate climate change by reducing emissions. After noting ... organ of the Security Council could conduct reviews of state progress. United Nations members broadly acknowledge the transboundary ...

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  10. Security Council Resolution on Multinational Interim Force in Haiti

    ... and security, for which the Security Council has the primary responsibility (Article 24(1)).  Some observers have questioned whether, in ... VII (Resolution 232 (1966)).  Former U.S. Secretary of State Dean Acheson and some others argued that the Security Council was ...

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