15 April 2013
The SHARES Project closely follows and collects news items that are linked to the issue of shared responsibility. This is our ‘SHARES News Items Overview: 1-15 April 2013′ consisting of a summary of recent news relating to shared responsibility. (more…)
14 April 2013
Former Pakistani President Musharraf admitted that his government had agreed to CIA drone strikes in the country. This was the first acknowledgement by a Pakistani official that the Pakistani government has approved such strikes. Musharraf caveated that he signed off on strikes ‘only on a few occasions, when a target was absolutely isolated and no chance of collateral damage.’ The admission diverges from the statements of most past and present Pakistani officials, who have said they oppose the strikes as a violation of Pakistan’s sovereignty.
Source: CNN | Ex-Pakistani President Musharraf admits secret deal with U.S. on drone strikes
14 April 2013
The Journal of International Dispute Settlement has published a collection of papers on Procedural Aspects of Shared Responsibility in International Adjudication that was written in the context of the SHARES project online here. The collection of papers is published in: 4(2) Journal of International Dispute Settlement (2013) and contains contributions written by:
André Nollkaemper (Introduction: Procedural Aspects of Shared Responsibility in International Adjudication); Martins Paparinskis (Procedural Aspects of Shared Responsibility in the International Court of Justice); Lorand Bartels (Procedural Aspects of Shared Responsibility in the WTO Dispute Settlement System); Freya Baetens (Procedural Issues Relating to Shared Responsibility in Arbitral Proceedings); Maarten Den Heijer (Procedural Aspects of Shared Responsibility in the European Court of Human Rights); and Ilias Plakokefalos (Shared Responsibility Aspects of the Dispute Settlement Procedures in the Law of the Sea Convention).
Source : Journal of international Dispute Settlement | Advance Access articles
14 April 2013
A Chinese statement issued during a visit by US Secretary of State John Kerry said the nuclear issue was the ‘shared responsibility of all parties’. North Korea has recently threatened nuclear attacks, and is feared to be preparing a missile launch. China and the US vowed to work together to persuade North Korea to give up its nuclear programme and to settle tensions through dialogue. John Kerry said that the US and China were able ‘to underscore our joint commitment to the denuclearisation of the Korean peninsula in a peaceful manner’.
14 April 2013
Officials and witnesses say eleven children have been killed in a NATO air strike in the Shigal district, in the Kunar province in eastern Afghanistan. The strikes were called in to support a major operation by US and Afghan government forces targeting senior Taliban commanders and a local weapons cache. The NATO-led International Security Assistant Force (ISAF) said: ‘The air support was called in by coalition forces – not Afghans’. A statement issued on behalf of President Karzai strongly condemned the NATO attack, and ‘military operations in residential areas that cause civilian deaths’.
Source: BBC | Afghan children 'killed by Nato air strike in Shigal'