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Exploring International Law 
A blog by the Institute for International Law and Politics which provides commentary and analysis at the intersection of international law and politics.
Post Frequency: 10/day Last Entry: February 11, 2009 at 00:45:00 Recent Entries: 371
By Anthony Arend
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Catherine Lotrionte to become Associate Director of the Institute for International Law & Politics
Posted on June 29, 2008Professor Catherine LotrionteOn July 1, 2008, Catherine Lotrionte will become the Associate Director of the Institute for International Law & Politics. In this new role,
North Korea Destroys Cooling Tower at Nuclear Plant
Posted on June 27, 2008via Associated Press/AptnThe New York Times is reporting this morning:In a gesture demonstrating its commitment to halt its nuclear weapons program, North Korea blew up the most v
Supreme Court Rules that Indivudals Have the Right to Possess Guns
Posted on June 26, 2008The AP is reporting:The Supreme Court says Americans have a right to own guns for self-defense and hunting, the justices' first major pronouncement on gun rights in U.S. history. T
Opinion in Kennedy v. Louisiana: Child Rape Death Penalty Case
Posted on June 25, 2008The opinon in Kennedy v. Louisiana is now available on the Supreme Court website here.
Supreme Court Rules that Death Penalty is "Cruel and Unusual Punishment" for Child Rape
Posted on June 25, 2008Justice Anthony KennedyFrom the AP:The Supreme Court on Wednesday struck down a law that allows the execution of people convicted of a raping a child. In a 5-4 vote, the court sai
Crimes Against Humanity: The Need for Domestic Legislation
Posted on June 25, 2008Senator Richard DurbinThe previous post reported on yesterday's Senate Judiciary Subcommittee Hearing: From Nuremberg to Darfur: Accountability for Crimes Against Humanity. T
Senate Judiciary Hearing Today: From Nuremberg to Darfur: Accountability for Crimes Against Humanity
Posted on June 24, 2008Olympic Gold Medalist, Joey CheekPresident, Team DarfurAt 10:00 this morning, Senate Judiciary Committee Subcommittee on Human Rights and the Law will holding a hearing enti
DC Circuit Overturns Combatant Status Review Tribunal
Posted on June 23, 2008Chief Circuit Judge David SentelleReuters is reporting this afternoon:A federal appeals court on Monday overturned a U.S. military tribunal's enemy combatant designation for a Chin
Bainbridge on Epstein on Boumediene
Posted on June 23, 2008My friend Steve Bainbridge recently posted a discussion of Richard Epstein's op ed in the New York Times about the Supreme Court decision in Boumediene. Bainbridge notes: Famed li
Agreement Reached on Intelligence Surveillance Legislation
Posted on June 19, 2008Rep. Steny HoyerThe New York Times is reporting this afternoon:After months of wrangling, Democratic and Republican leaders reached a deal Thursday that would re-write the rules fo
Big Brother Goes East: Sweden's New Surveillance Law
Posted on June 19, 2008The BBC is reporting: Sweden's parliament has approved controversial new laws allowing authorities to spy on cross-border e-mail and telephone traffic. The country's intellige
Omar Khadr's Attorney: Lt. Cmdr. William C. Kuebler
Posted on June 19, 2008Lt. Cmdr. William C. KueblerWilliam Glaberson has an excellent article in today's New York Times on Lt. Cmdr. William C. Kuebler, the Navy JAG Officer assigned to defend detainee O
Colonel Morris Davis on Interrogation and the Defense Department
Posted on June 17, 2008Colonel Morris DavisThe Senate Armed Services Committee held a hearing today on "the origins of aggressive interrogation techniques." The witnesses included Alberto Mora,
Security Council Calls Upon Sudan to Cooperate with the ICC
Posted on June 16, 2008In the wake of ICC Prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo’s recent briefing of the UN Security Council, the President of the Council released this statement earlier today: “
Victor Cha on the Olympics and Political Change in China
Posted on June 16, 2008Victor ChaMy friend and Georgetown colleague, Victor Cha, has an excellent op ed in yesterday's Los Angeles Times on the impact of the Olympics on China. Cha notes:Political change
Bainbridge on Boumediene
Posted on June 13, 2008Stephen BainbridgeIn the wake of the Boumediene decision yesterday, my friend Steve Bainbridge raises an important question. He notes: One legal issue that I have not seen adequa
Supreme Court Rules 5-4 that Detainees in Guantanamo Have the Right to Habeas Corpus
Posted on June 12, 2008Justice Anthony KennedyFrom ScotusBlog, Lyle Denniston reports: In a stunning blow to the Bush Administration in its war-on-terrorism policies, the Supreme Court ruled Thur
Sarah Kreps on the Problems of UN Peacekeeping in Darfur
Posted on June 11, 2008Institute for International Law & Politics Senior Fellow and Harvard Research Fellow, Sarah Kreps, recently discussed the difficulties of UN peacekeeping in Darfur in an interv
State Department Releases 2008 Report on Trafficking in Persons
Posted on June 10, 2008Ambassador Mark P. LagonIn case you missed this-- on June 4th, the Department of State released its 2008 Report on Trafficking in Persons. Both Secretary Rice and Ambassador Mark P
John Bellinger to Testify on Rendition, Today at 2:00PM
Posted on June 10, 2008John Bellinger, IIIAt 2:00PM EST today, John Bellinger, III, the Legal Adviser to the Department of States, will be testifying before the House Foreign Affairs Committee Subcommitt
Charli Carpenter on Preemption
Posted on June 09, 2008Professor R. Charli CarpenterThe previous post discussed the recent statement by the Israeli Transport Minister Shaul Mofaz about a possible preemptive use
Marty Lederman on the Maher Arar Case
Posted on June 06, 2008Maher ArarOver at Balkinization, Marty Lederman blogs on the latest in the Maher Arar scandal. Marty notes:The Inspector General for the Department of Homeland Security has issued
Darfur Before the UN Security Council
Posted on June 06, 2008Luis Moreno-Ocampo,Chief Prosecutor, International Criminal CourtThe New York Times is reporting this morning: “The entire Darfur region is a crime scene,” Luis Moreno
Israel, Iran, and the Doctrine of Preemptive Self-Defense
Posted on June 06, 2008Israeli Transport Minister Shaul Mofaz Reuters reports:An Israeli attack on Iranian nuclear sites looks "unavoidable" given the apparent failure of sanctions to de
Khalid Shaikh Mohammed Arraigned Before Military Commission
Posted on June 05, 2008Khalid Shaikh MohammedThe New York Times is reporting:Five detainees who the government says were high-level coordinators of the Sept. 11 terror attacks were arraigned in a militar
Jesselyn Radack on John Walker Lindh
Posted on June 03, 2008Jesselyn RadackA previous post reproduced Jesselyn Radack's letter to the Editor of the Washington Post on the abuse of John Walker Lindh. Ms. Radack had a commentary in Monday's P
FBI Abuse of John Walker Lindh
Posted on June 01, 2008John Walker LindhYou might have missed this letter to the editor in Friday's Washington Post:FBI Abuse, Unmentioned Friday, May 30, 2008; A12 I read with dismay an article [May 2
Gates: Myanmar's Government Guilty of "Criminal Neglect"
Posted on June 01, 2008Robert M. GatesThe New York Times is reporting:In the strongest remarks yet by a high-ranking American official, Defense Secretary Robert M. Gatescyclone victims and that more Burm
Monks Carrying Out Cyclone Relief in Myanmar
Posted on May 31, 2008Getty ImagesAs the Junta fails, the monks work to provide humanitarian assistance
Opposition to US-Iraq Security Agreement
Posted on May 31, 2008Nuri Kamal al-MalikiThe New York Times reports:Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki is facing growing opposition to a proposed security agreement that would set out how long America
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