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The Torture Memos and Accountability
... liability for the responsible officials and some issues of state responsibility of the United States under international law. The Memos ...
10/15/2014 - 11:50am
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British Prevention of Terrorism Act 2005
... to "Immigration and Asylum," granted the UK Secretary of State for the Home Department (the Home Secretary) legal authority to certify ... entirely to the judiciary; others stressed the executive's responsibility to protect the nation's security. In the end, the PTA has been ...
10/15/2014 - 11:50am
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The Lockerbie Trial Verdict
... important finding in the judgment had to do with Libya's responsibility for the bombing. The court stated: "The clear inference which we ... New England School of Law. He served as counsel to the U.S. State Department's Counter-Terrorism Bureau during the Pan Am 103 investigation ...
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ICTY Special Chamber Decision In the Case Against Florence Hartmann
... Muslims in Srebrenica, established âthat the Serbian State had authority over its accomplices in Bosnia,â [5] and were ... judges âfor the sole purpose of shielding Serbia from responsibility before another UN court.â [6] An Order in Lieu ...
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Case Concerning Armed Activities on the Territory of the Congo: The ICJ Finds Uganda Acted Unlawfully and Orders Reparations
... affirmed that the principle of non-intervention prohibits a State ?to intervene, directly or indirectly, with or without armed force, in ... in general international law that a State which bears responsibility for an internationally wrongful act is under an obligation to ...
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Belgian Law concerning The Punishment of Grave Breaches of International Humanitarian Law: A Contested Law with Uncontested Objectives
... would not remain unpunished, the then newly established State of Israel adopted implementing legislation to accept claims brought to ... their gratitude to Professor G. Wilner. Any errors are the responsibility of the authors alone. This ASIL Insight was written at the ...
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MH17 and the Missile Threat to Aviation
... preventing recurrences of this tragedy by constraining non-State actors’ access to anti-aircraft missiles. Accountability for MH17 ... there is an important question at the heart of prosecuting responsibility for MH17: On whose authority was the SAM provided (presumably) ...
10/15/2014 - 11:50am
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Internet Governance and International Law: The Controversy Concerning Revision of the International Telecommunication Regulations
... evolved through multi-stakeholder processes in which state and non-state actors collaborated on managing technical and operational ... that âall governments should have an equal role and responsibility for international internet governance[.]â [23] ...
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The Responsibility to Protect Haiti
... norms might be modified by international recognition of the responsibility to protect. Consensual Relief Efforts As early as ... efforts, even with a totally cooperative and consenting state. Legal problems are less significant with a consenting state, as there is ...
10/15/2014 - 11:50am
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The ICTR Appeals Chamber Dismisses the Prosecutor's Appeal to Transfer Michel Bagaragaza for Trial to Norway
... the " gravity of the crimes charged and the level of responsibility of the Accused. " That language was introduced into ICTY ... and that the domestic law of a proposed Referral State must contain similar offences in order to ground an order for transfer ...
10/15/2014 - 11:50am