1 September 2011

Don’t Call It a Comeback

The success of the NATO mission in Libya is critically discussed in an op-ed by Kurt Volker on Foreign Policy.

Source: http://www.foreignpolicy.com

1 September 2011

Kenya And Uganda Agree On Joint Security in Migingo

Kenya and Uganda have agreed to deploy a joint security team to controversial Migingo Island. The two countries, which have been claiming ownership of the Island, will deploy 12 police officers each. The agreement was reached on Wednesday following a meeting in Kampala of the countries’ police chiefs. They agreed to adopt Standard Operating Procedures to guide joint security deployment on the island.

Source: http://allafrica.com

2 August 2011

Publication of the SHARES Project Concept Paper

‘Shared Responsibility in International Law: A Concept Paper’, a Research Paper by André Nollkaemper and Dov Jacobs laying out the foundations, scope and ambitions of the SHARES Project, has just been published here on the website. (more…)

27 July 2011

ICJ decision to permit Greece to intervene in Germany v Italy

On 4 July 2011, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) permitted Greece to intervene as a non-party in the Jurisdictional Immunities of the State case (Germany v Italy) under Article 62 of the ICJ Statute. The case concerns a claim by Germany that Italian courts have failed to respect the sovereign immunity of Germany in domestic cases regarding serious violations of international humanitarian law by Germany during World War II. Germany also alleges that Italian courts have breached international law by enforcing the judgment of the Greek courts in the Distomo massacre case in Italy. The Greek request for intervention concerned this latter aspect of the case and was opposed by neither of the two parties. Dapo Akande posted a blog about this decision at EJIL:Talk!.

Link to the decision: (pdf)

25 July 2011

New Book on Accountability for Collective Wrongdoing

A new book on ‘Accountability for Collective Wrongdoing’, edited by Tracy Isaacs and Richard Vernon, has recently been published. More information about the book can be found here.

Source: http://www.cambridge.org