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  • Un Suspension of Libya

    Suspension of Libya From Membership in 2011 United States views on international law (based on the document "Digest of U.S. Practice in International Law"): On March 1, 2011, the General Assembly unanimously voted to suspend Libya's rights of membership on the Human Rights […]

  • International Armed Conflict

    Embracing mainstream international law, this section on international armed conflict explores the context, history and effect of the area of the law covered here. Resources Further Reading The entry "international armed conflict" in the Parry and Grant Encyclopaedic Dictionary of […]

  • Export Control Violations

    Aeroflex: Resolution of Export Control Violations in 2013 United States views on international law [1] in relation to Aeroflex: Resolution of Export Control Violations: On August 9, 2013, the State Department announced that it had entered into a consent agreement with Aeroflex Incorporated […]

  • Export Control Violations

    Aeroflex: Resolution of Export Control Violations in 2013 United States views on international law [1] in relation to Aeroflex: Resolution of Export Control Violations: On August 9, 2013, the State Department announced that it had entered into a consent agreement with Aeroflex Incorporated […]

  • Humanitarian Intervention

    Literature Review on Humanitarian Intervention In the Encyclopedia of Public Administration and Public Policy, [1] Michelle Maiese offers the following summary about the topic of Humanitarian Intervention: Humanitarian intervention is the threat or use of military force primarily for the […]

  • List of Peaceful Settlement of International Disputes Documents

    List of Peaceful Settlement of International Disputes Documents Abyei Arbitration (Government of Sudan v Sudan People’s Liberation Movement/Army) (Award) Permanent Court of Arbitration (22 July 2009) <pca-cpa.org/upload/files/Abyei%20Final%20Award.pdf> (31 May 2010). Aerial Incident of 10 August 1999 (Pakistan v India) (Jurisdiction of the Court) [2000] ICJ Rep 12. African Union ‘Protocol relating to the Establishment of…

  • History of the Peaceful Means of Settlement

    Peaceful Settlement of International Disputes Note: this entry is based on the article, authored by Alain Pellet, “Peaceful Settlement of International Disputes” of the Max Planck Encyclopedia of Public International Law. The League of Nations It is only with the League of Nations that the intervention of international organizations in international disputes has become usual:…

  • International Criminal Court Structure

    International Criminal Court Structure and AdministrationIntroduction to International Criminal Court StructureThe ICC has three main functional divisions: the judges, the registrar, and the prosecutors.The court consists of 18 judges. They are elected by the Assembly of St…

  • Genocide Definition

    Introduction to Genocide DefinitionGenocide, crime of destroying or conspiring to destroy a group of people because of their ethnic, national, racial, or religious identity. Raphael Lemkin, a Polish legal scholar, coined the term in 1944 to describe Nazi Germany's annihilation of groups…

  • Oxford International Encyclopedia of Peace

    The Oxford International Encyclopedia of Peace Bibliographic Details Title: The Oxford International Encyclopedia of Peace Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA Copyright: 2010 Description: Four-volume set Author: Nigel Young (Editor) Publication Date: February 18, 2010 SBN-10: 019533468X ISBN-13: 978-0195334685 Pages: 2848 Language: English The Oxford International Encyclopedia of Peace Review Kenneth Boulding, one of the founders…

  • Intermediaries

    A provision of the Interstate Commerce Act which states that in those cases where a combination of rates among intermediary points along the route would result in a freight charge lower than the through rate, a shipper may use the lower aggregated rate. This rule applies to rail and water carriers, …

  • United Nations System Part 2

    United Nations System Part 2   8 Guidance Note on Refugee Claims relating to Female Genital Mutilation, May 2009. • UNHCR Eligibility Guidelines for Assessing the International Protection Needs of Asylum-Seekers from Eritrea, April 2009. • The 2009 Report of the Secretary-General on the efforts of the United Nations System to prevent genocide and the…

  • Laws of war Part 3

    Laws of war Part 3   28 Beyond the rudimentary and brutal: Procedure, evidence and sentencing in Australia’s first criminal court Brent Salter Criminal Law Journal Volume 33, Number 2, April 2009 p.87 LAW JOURNAL / LAW REVIEW The practices of Australia’s first superior criminal court between 1788-1807, the New South Wales Court of Criminal…

  • International humanitarian law Part 1

    International humanitarian law Part 1   1 Where Precision Is the Aim: Locating the Targeted Killing Policies of the United States and Israel within International humanitarian law MICHAEL ELLIOT Canadian Yearbook of International Law Volume 47, 2009 p.99 LAW JOURNAL / LAW REVIEW 2 Is Compliance with International Humanitarian Law Susceptible to Logical Measurement? Ilias…

  • International humanitarian law Part 1

    International humanitarian law Part 1   1 Where Precision Is the Aim: Locating the Targeted Killing Policies of the United States and Israel within International humanitarian law MICHAEL ELLIOT Canadian Yearbook of International Law Volume 47, 2009 p.99 LAW JOURNAL / LAW REVIEW 2 Is Compliance with International Humanitarian Law Susceptible to Logical Measurement? Ilias…