Uganda Lobby Day – Delaying International Justice for Peace?

Today, human rights activists will meet with representatives on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. to bring attention to the Juba peace talks between the Ugandan government and the insurgent Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) rebels. The activists seek additional humanitarian aid and high-level U.S. support for the peace talks, which are being mediated by the government […]

Sudan: ICC Prosecutor to Charge a Sitting Head of State

On Monday, International Criminal Court Prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo will seek the arrest of Sudan President Omar al-Bashir for crimes committed in Darfur over the past five years. The indictment will be publicly available on the ICC website and will outline the exact crimes charged under the Rome Statute. If charged with the crime of genocide, […]

ICC Prosecutor Seeks Arrest of Sudanese President Al-Bashir for Genocide and Violations of International Law

Today, International Criminal Court Prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo provided evidence to establish “reasonable grounds” for the issuance of an arrest warrant for current Sudanese President al-Bashir based on violations of international law. Specifically, the ICC Prosecutor detailed 10 counts of genocide, crimes against humanity, and war crimes in Darfur since March 2003. The allegations of genocidal […]

Syria Accedes to the UN Mercenary Convention

On 23 October 2008, Syria acceded to the International Convention against the Recruitment, Use, Financing and Training of Mercenaries, becoming the 32nd state party. The treaty, also referred to as the UN Mercenary Convention, entered into force in 2001 in response to increasing concern over the accountability of private military companies providing security capabilities traditionally […]

Comparison of the ICJ and the ICC

This blog post compares the International Court of Justice (ICJ) with the International Criminal Court (ICC). It is part of a series of background material on international law.

60th Anniversary of the Genocide Convention: Impunity No More?

Sixty years ago today on 9 December 1948, the UN General Assembly unanimously adopted the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide by Resolution 260 (III). Outside in the hallway, an unassuming lawyer from Warsaw sat alone upon the floor in tears. His fifteen years of effort to name and prohibit […]

Call for Papers: PolicyMatters

PolicyMatters, a public policy research journal at UC Berkeleyâ€™s Goldman School of Public Policy, invites submissions for its Spring 2009 issue. The deadline is 15 February 2009.

Call for Papers: International Academic-Practical Conference on Law and Globalization

The Faculty of Law at Vytautas Magnus University invite abstracts for an international conference to be held in Lithuania on 22 May 2009. Presentations may be in Lithuanian, Russian, or English. The deadline for abstracts is 1 March 2009.

Call for Papers: International Public Policy Review

The International Public Policy Review of University College London is currently inviting submissions of articles written in all areas of or relating to governance and public policy. The Review welcomes numerous forms of contributions including case study, results of research, a comparative survey, or a critical analysis and reflection on the topic. The deadline is […]

Inaugural Countdown: Legal Challenge to Inaugural Oath and Prayer

Yesterday, U.S. District Judge Reggie Walton dismissed a constitutional challenge to the inclusion of religious references and prayer at Tuesday’s inaugural ceremony on the basis that the plaintiffs failed to show “concrete and immediate” harm. Thus, he concluded that the plaintiffs lacked standing to request extraordinary injunctive relief. At issue in Newdow v. Roberts was […]