Search results for: “hostage taking”

  • Dictionary of Essential Legal Terms

    The Dictionary of Essential Legal Terms Details of The Dictionary of Essential Legal Terms Author: Amy Hackney Blackwell Date of publishing: 2008 Publisher: Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc, Naperville, Illinois 60567-4410, United States Contents of The Dictionary of Essential Legal Terms Abandon Abatable Nuisance Abate Abatement of a Legacy Abatement of Taxes Abdicate…

  • Human Rights During the Arab Spring

    Promotion of Human Rights During the Arab Spring in 2011 United States views on international law (based on the document "Digest of U.S. Practice in International Law"): See discussion in sections A.3.d. and A.3.e. supra regarding actions taken to respond to the human rights crises […]

  • Human Rights During the Arab Spring

    Promotion of Human Rights During the Arab Spring in 2011 United States views on international law (based on the document "Digest of U.S. Practice in International Law"): See discussion in sections A.3.d. and A.3.e. supra regarding actions taken to respond to the human rights crises […]

  • Al-mulathamun Battalion

    Al-mulathamun Battalion in 2016 aka al-Mulathamun Brigade; al-Muwaqqi'un bil-Dima; Those Signed in Blood Battalion; Signatories in Blood; Those who Sign in Blood; Witnesses in Blood; Signed-in-Blood Battalion; Masked Men Brigade; Khaled Abu al-Abbas Brigade; al-Mulathamun Masked Ones […]

  • Al-mulathamun Battalion

    Al-mulathamun Battalion in 2016 aka al-Mulathamun Brigade; al-Muwaqqi'un bil-Dima; Those Signed in Blood Battalion; Signatories in Blood; Those who Sign in Blood; Witnesses in Blood; Signed-in-Blood Battalion; Masked Men Brigade; Khaled Abu al-Abbas Brigade; al-Mulathamun Masked Ones […]

  • Foreign Sovereign Immunities

    Jurisdiction of States Note: This section covers also the Principles of Jurisdiction. Immunities from Jurisdiction The principle of sovereign equality of States requires that the official representatives of one State should not be subject to the jurisdiction of another State. For example, […]

  • Common Article 3 of the Geneva Conventions

    Common Article 3 of the four Geneva Conventions of 1949 Common Article 3 of the four Geneva Conventions of 1949 and Additional Protocols I and II Article 3 In the case of armed conflict not of an international character occurring in the territory of one of the High Contracting Parties, each Party to the conflict…

  • Common Article 3 of the Geneva Conventions

    Common Article 3 of the four Geneva Conventions of 1949 Common Article 3 of the four Geneva Conventions of 1949 and Additional Protocols I and II Article 3 In the case of armed conflict not of an international character occurring in the territory of one of the High Contracting Parties, each Party to the conflict…

  • Al-qa'ida in the Islamic Maghreb

    Al-qa'ida in the Islamic Maghreb in 2016 aka AQIM; GSPC; Le Groupe Salafiste Pour la Predication et le Combat; Salafist Group for Preaching and Combat; Salafist Group for Call and Combat; Tanzim al-Qa'ida fi Bilad al-Maghrib al-Islamiya Activities Following AQIM's 2007 bombing of […]

  • Al-qa'ida in the Islamic Maghreb

    Al-qa'ida in the Islamic Maghreb in 2016 aka AQIM; GSPC; Le Groupe Salafiste Pour la Predication et le Combat; Salafist Group for Preaching and Combat; Salafist Group for Call and Combat; Tanzim al-Qa'ida fi Bilad al-Maghrib al-Islamiya Activities Following AQIM's 2007 bombing of […]

  • Libya Unlawful Detention

    Libya Claims: Unlawful Detention in 2013 United States views on international law [1] in relation to Libya Claims: Unlawful Detention: In Claim No. LIB-II-183, Decision No. LIB-II-178 (2013), the Commission revisited its preliminary determination of compensation for a claimant who had been […]

  • Libya Unlawful Detention

    Libya Claims: Unlawful Detention in 2013 United States views on international law [1] in relation to Libya Claims: Unlawful Detention: In Claim No. LIB-II-183, Decision No. LIB-II-178 (2013), the Commission revisited its preliminary determination of compensation for a claimant who had been […]

  • Suspected Pirates

    International Support for Efforts to Bring Suspected Pirates to Justice in 2013 United States views on international law [1] in relation to International Support for Efforts to Bring Suspected Pirates to Justice: (1) United Nations On November 18, 2013, the UN Security Council adopted […]

  • Sanctions Against Iran

    Definition of International Sanctions (International) sanctions are “policies of an economic nature adopted by one government to induce policy changes by another government,” including “boycotts, embargos, subsidies, imposition of tariffs, quotas, or other import and export controls, denial […]

  • Sanctions Against Iran

    Definition of International Sanctions (International) sanctions are “policies of an economic nature adopted by one government to induce policy changes by another government,” including “boycotts, embargos, subsidies, imposition of tariffs, quotas, or other import and export controls, denial […]