News archive: July 2014

24 July 2014

Book on public-private partnerships and international responsibility published

Lisa Clarke has recently published Public-Private Partnerships and Responsibility under International Law: A Global Health Perspective at Routledge. (more…)

Source: Routledge | Public-Private Partnerships and Responsibility under International Law: A Global Health Perspective | Lisa Clarke | 2014

24 July 2014

Dutch District Court holds the Netherlands responsible for more than 300 Srebrenica deaths

On 16 July 2014, the District Court of The Hague hold that the state of the Netherlands is responsible regarding the death of about 300 men, who were killed subsequent to their eviction from a compound near Srebrenica where Dutch peacekeepers of UNPROFOR (Dutchbat) were posted in 1995.

The case against the Netherlands was brought by the relatives of ten victims and the association ‘Mothers of Srebrenica’. This association has earlier brought claims against the United Nations before Dutch courts and the European Court of Human Rights, which have been rejected on the ground of immunity of the UN.

See here for the judgment in English.

See here for a SHARES blog written on this decision.

Source: Rechtspraak | Press Release | The Netherlands liable for deportation of more than three hundred men in Srebrenica | The Hague | 16-7-2014

15 July 2014

SHARES News Items Overview: 16 June 2014-15 July 2014

This is our News Items Overview of 16 June 2014-15 July 2014, a summary of recent news relating to shared responsibility. (more…)

11 July 2014

UK: probable that British chemicals were used for Syria’s chemical weapons programme

On 9 July, the United Kingdom stated that is was probable that chemicals that were legally exported to Syria by British firms in the 1980s had been used for Syria’s chemical weapons programme. In a written statement to parliament, Foreign Secretary William Hague said that ‘from the information we hold, we judge it likely that these chemical exports by UK companies were subsequently used by Syria in their programs to produce nerve agents, including sarin’. (more…)

Source: The New York Times | UK Says Likely That Syria Used British Chemicals to Make Sarin Gas

10 July 2014

Italy and EU discuss sharing responsibility for boat migrants

In a meeting with EU interior ministers in Milan on 8 July, Italy and other European Union states discussed sharing responsibility for rescuing migrants from North Africa, who cross the Mediterranean Sea in packed boats. According to the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR), this year over 63,000 migrants have arrived in Italy by sea, and more than 500 have died in their attempt to make the dangerous sea crossing. (more…)

Source: Reuters | Italy in talks with EU to share responsibility for boat migrants

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