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  1. The Special Criminal Court in the Central African Republic

    ... decisions. [15] Jurisdiction and Criminal Responsibility The SCC’s subject-matter jurisdiction is broad. ... the Rome Statute’s rules on individual criminal responsibility and superior responsibility, as these had not been incorporated ... to provide infrastructure, but the total collapse of state institutions in CAR has forced foreign donors to step in and refurbish ...

    04/22/2019 - 11:48am

  2. Unlawful Blockades as Crimes Against Humanity

    ... international humanitarian law (IHL) focuses on states' responsibility. It prohibits deliberate starvation as a war tactic in ... Additional Protocol II leaves it subject to the consent of state(s) concerned and does not mandate such obligation in NIACs [5] ...

    04/22/2019 - 11:48am

  3. Legality of Intervention in Syria in Response to Chemical Weapon Attacks

    ... force against the territorial integrity" of any other member state. [1] It goes on to say, in Article 51, that the Charter does not ... of the Security Council have not so far agreed. Responsibility to Protect Given general agreement that purely formal ...

    04/22/2019 - 11:44am

  4. The Security Council and the Intervention Brigade: Some Legal Issues

    ... "to carry out targeted offensive operations . . . with the responsibility of neutralizing armed groups." [3] The role of the Brigade is ... objective of reducing the threat posed by armed groups on state authority and civilian security in eastern DRC and to make space for ...

    04/22/2019 - 11:44am

  5. Genocide and War Crimes in National Courts: the Conviction of Rios Montt in Guatemala and its Aftermath

    ... the Rios Montt trial, the first time that a former head of state had been convicted of genocide in a national court. The Trial and ... the army's overall strategy, and second, he had command responsibility: he knew about the crimes, had the authority and ability to stop ...

    04/22/2019 - 11:43am

  6. China’s White Paper on the Arctic: Legal Status Under International law

    ... In its WP, China claims it is a "near Arctic state." The meaning of this claim is ambiguous, given that it does not have any ... that as an emerging global power, China arguably assumes its responsibility to contribute to the governance of the Arctic. [16] In this ...

    04/22/2019 - 11:23am

  7. The African Union, the International Criminal Court, and the International Court of Justice: At the Fault Lines of International Accountability

    ... legal opinion relates to the immunities of sitting heads of state before the International Criminal Court (ICC).  This is a period of ... is a penultimate criminal court that determines individual responsibility for international crimes, while the latter adjudicates disputes ...

    08/22/2018 - 11:10am

  8. Inter-American Court of Human Rights’ Advisory Opinion on the Environment and Human Rights

    ... if pollution can travel across the border, so can legal responsibility. This  Insight  reviews briefly the background of the ... Republic of Colombiaasked the Court to clarify the scope of state responsibility for environmental harm under the American Convention on ...

    05/10/2018 - 11:55am

  9. Veil Bans in the European Court of Human Rights

    ... the exercise of one’s religion can be limited by the state in the interest of public safety; for the protection of public order, ... rights law, diversity and inclusion, and corporate social responsibility. [1] The Netherlands, Germany, Austria, ...

    12/12/2017 - 4:56pm

  10. Ghana and Côte d’Ivoire Receive a Strict-Equidistance Boundary

    ... are solely those of the authors. Errors are the authors' responsibility. [1] Case Concerning Delimitation of the ... the territorial sea and other maritime zones of each coastal state is measured. [3] This transfer apparently was motivated by ...

    10/13/2017 - 12:24pm