28 de julio, 2012 - La Conferencia para el Tratado sobre Comercio de Armas concluyó anoche sin un acuerdo tras cuatro semanas de negociaciones en las que participaron más de 170 países con el objetivo de regular esa actividad comercial.
Las conversaciones sobre el Tratado —que precisa adoptarse por consenso— continuarán en los próximos meses y el borrador podría ser presentado antes de fin de año a la Asamblea General de la ONU para someterlo a voto, en cuyo caso tendría que obtener la aprobación de dos tercios de los 193 Estados miembros.
Muchos delegados se mostraron decepcionados por no haber alcanzado un acuerdo pero reconocieron que hubo grandes avances y expresaron confianza en que el Tratado se materializará pronto.
Algunos países, entre ellos Estados Unidos y Rusia solicitaron más tiempo para resolver algunas diferencias en la redacción del documento.
El presidente de la Conferencia, Roberto García Moritán, comentó que las delegaciones sabían que iba a ser muy difícil conseguir un Tratado, pero destacó que si bien al inicio de la negociaciones había diferentes puntos de vista por parte de los países, al final de las conversaciones la gran mayoría estaba de acuerdo.
Fuente: UN News Center
Artículo sobre el mismo tema: A Dreafty Treaty?: The Holes in the Draft Arms Trade Treaty, de Global Policy Journal
31 jul 2012
Kulick: Global Public Interest in International Investment Law
Andreas Kulick has published Global Public Interest in International Investment Law (Cambridge Univ. Press 2012). Here's the abstract:
The strengths of international investment law – above all, a strong focus on investor interests and an effective adjudication and enforcement system – also entail its weaknesses: it runs the danger of impeding or even sanctioning the host states' legitimate regulatory interests and ignoring other fields of public international law. How does it cope with public interest concerns such as human rights, the environment or the fight against corruption? At the heart of this book lies a fresh approach towards a general theory of such global public interest considerations in the investment realm. Delineating how and why those considerations matter, and why the current system does not accommodate them properly, Andreas Kulick fleshes out general principles and customary international law as defences the host state may raise against alleged investor rights infringements and promotes proportionality as the appropriate balancing mechanism.
Source: International Law Reporter
The strengths of international investment law – above all, a strong focus on investor interests and an effective adjudication and enforcement system – also entail its weaknesses: it runs the danger of impeding or even sanctioning the host states' legitimate regulatory interests and ignoring other fields of public international law. How does it cope with public interest concerns such as human rights, the environment or the fight against corruption? At the heart of this book lies a fresh approach towards a general theory of such global public interest considerations in the investment realm. Delineating how and why those considerations matter, and why the current system does not accommodate them properly, Andreas Kulick fleshes out general principles and customary international law as defences the host state may raise against alleged investor rights infringements and promotes proportionality as the appropriate balancing mechanism.
Source: International Law Reporter
Dinniss: Cyber Warfare and the Laws of War
Heather Harrison Dinniss (Swedish National Defence College) has published Cyber Warfare and the Laws of War (Cambridge Univ. Press 2012). Here's the abstract:
The information revolution has transformed both modern societies and the way in which they conduct warfare. Cyber Warfare and the Laws of War analyses the status of computer network attacks in international law and examines their treatment under the laws of armed conflict. The first part of the book deals with the resort to force by states and discusses the threshold issues of force and armed attack by examining the permitted responses against such attacks. The second part offers a comprehensive analysis of the applicability of international humanitarian law to computer network attacks. By examining the legal framework regulating these attacks, Heather Harrison Dinniss addresses the issues associated with this method of attack in terms of the current law and explores the underlying debates which are shaping the modern laws applicable in armed conflict.
Source: International Law Reporter
The information revolution has transformed both modern societies and the way in which they conduct warfare. Cyber Warfare and the Laws of War analyses the status of computer network attacks in international law and examines their treatment under the laws of armed conflict. The first part of the book deals with the resort to force by states and discusses the threshold issues of force and armed attack by examining the permitted responses against such attacks. The second part offers a comprehensive analysis of the applicability of international humanitarian law to computer network attacks. By examining the legal framework regulating these attacks, Heather Harrison Dinniss addresses the issues associated with this method of attack in terms of the current law and explores the underlying debates which are shaping the modern laws applicable in armed conflict.
Source: International Law Reporter
25 jul 2012
Globalización del Derecho. Aspectos jurídicos y derechos humanos, de William Guillermo Jiménez
En el presente
trabajo se explora la relación entre derecho y globalización, con el propósito
de establecer futuros campos de investigación. Se inicia con una introducción
acerca de los efectos de la globalización sobre el Estado nacional, para pasar luego
a una breve mirada sobre el significado de la globalización. En tercer lugar,
se presentan los principales temas, problemas y focos de interés encontrados
sobre la relación entre derecho y globalización, especialmente el tema de los
derechos humanos. Finalmente, se realizan algunas conclusiones, en las que se
destaca la importancia de abrir nuevos campos de estudio sobre globalización
debido a la necesidad de regulación que requieren los fenómenos globalizados.
Enlace para la publicación: ESAP, Revista Nova et Vetera
El Día de la Justicia Internacional, Más que la Justicia Penal
Durante la primera Conferencia de Revisión del Estatuto de Roma, llevada a cabo en Kampala, Uganda, en Junio de 2011, los Estados partes decidieron unánimemente reconocer la fecha del 17 de julio como el Día de la Justicia Internacional. Esta fecha conmemora la adopción del Estatuto de Roma, tratado por medio del cual se creó la Corte Penal Internacional, y pretende impulsar el compromiso de los Estados en la lucha contra la impunidad de los crímenes internacionales.
La investigación y sanción de los responsables de graves violaciones de los derechos humanos y del derecho internacional humanitario es importante por razones éticas, jurídicas, políticas e institucionales. La sanción penal contribuye asimismo al restablecimiento del derecho a la justicia y de la dignidad de las víctimas.
La investigación y sanción de los responsables de graves violaciones de los derechos humanos y del derecho internacional humanitario es importante por razones éticas, jurídicas, políticas e institucionales. La sanción penal contribuye asimismo al restablecimiento del derecho a la justicia y de la dignidad de las víctimas.
Espósito: Jus Cogens and Jurisdictional Immunities of States at the International Court of Justice: A Conflict Does Exist
Carlos Espósito (University Autónoma of Madrid - Law) has posted Jus Cogens and Jurisdictional Immunities of States at the International Court of Justice: A Conflict Does Exist (Italian Yearbook of International Law, Vol. 21, 2012). Here's the abstract:
In its judgment of 3 February 2012 in Jurisdictional Immunities of the State (Germany v Italy: Greece intervening), the International Court of Justice has considered the relationship between jus cogens and the rule of State immunity. The Court has denied the existence of a jus cogens exception to the rule of State jurisdictional immunities based primarily on the distinction between peremptory norms as rules of substance and jurisdictional immunities as rules of procedure. For the Court, a conflict between rules on jurisdictional immunities, 'essentially procedural in nature,' and substantive rules of jus cogens is conceptually impossible.
In its judgment of 3 February 2012 in Jurisdictional Immunities of the State (Germany v Italy: Greece intervening), the International Court of Justice has considered the relationship between jus cogens and the rule of State immunity. The Court has denied the existence of a jus cogens exception to the rule of State jurisdictional immunities based primarily on the distinction between peremptory norms as rules of substance and jurisdictional immunities as rules of procedure. For the Court, a conflict between rules on jurisdictional immunities, 'essentially procedural in nature,' and substantive rules of jus cogens is conceptually impossible.
Mavroidis: Trade in Goods (Second Edition)
Petros Mavroidis (Columbia Univ. - Law) has published the second edition of Trade in Goods (Oxford Univ. Press 2012). Here's the abstract:
This new edition of Trade in Goods is an authoritative work on international trade by one of the most influential scholars in the field. It provides a comprehensive and detailed analysis of every WTO agreement dealing with trade in goods. The focus of the book is on the reasoning behind the various WTO agreements and their provisions, and the manner in which they have been understood in practice. It introduces both the historic as well as the economic rationale for the emergence of the multilateral trading system, before dealing with WTO practice in all areas involving trade in goods. It contests the claim that the international trade agreements themselves represent 'incomplete contracts', realized through interpretation by the WTO and other judicial bodies. The book comprehensively analyses the WTO's case law, and it argues that a more rigorous theoretical approach is needed to ensure a greater coherence in the interpretation of the core provisions regulating trade in goods.
This new edition of Trade in Goods is an authoritative work on international trade by one of the most influential scholars in the field. It provides a comprehensive and detailed analysis of every WTO agreement dealing with trade in goods. The focus of the book is on the reasoning behind the various WTO agreements and their provisions, and the manner in which they have been understood in practice. It introduces both the historic as well as the economic rationale for the emergence of the multilateral trading system, before dealing with WTO practice in all areas involving trade in goods. It contests the claim that the international trade agreements themselves represent 'incomplete contracts', realized through interpretation by the WTO and other judicial bodies. The book comprehensively analyses the WTO's case law, and it argues that a more rigorous theoretical approach is needed to ensure a greater coherence in the interpretation of the core provisions regulating trade in goods.
Alter: The Multiple Roles of International Courts and Tribunals: Enforcement, Dispute Settlement, Constitutional and Administrative Review
Karen J. Alter (Northwestern Univ. - Political Science) has posted The Multiple Roles of International Courts and Tribunals: Enforcement, Dispute Settlement, Constitutional and Administrative Review (in International Law and International Relations: Synthesizing Insights from Interdisciplinary Scholarship, Jeffrey L. Dunoff & Mark A. Pollack eds., forthcoming). Here's the abstract:
This chapter is part of an upcoming interdisciplinary volume on international law and politics. The chapter defines four judicial roles states have delegated to international courts (ICs) and documents the delegation of dispute settlement, administrative review, enforcement and constitutional review jurisdiction to ICs based on a coding of legal instruments defining the jurisdiction of 25 ICs. I show how the design of ICs varies by judicial role and argue that the delegation of multiple roles to ICs helps explain the shift in IC design to include compulsory jurisdiction and access for nonstate actors to initiate litigation. I am interested in the multiple roles ICs play because they allow us to appreciate the many different contributions ICs make to international politics. ICs do oversee state compliance with international agreements, but this is not all they do. Finally, I explain the relevance of this analysis for two prevalent debates regarding ICs; 1) whether we should conceive of ICs as Agents or Trustees and 2) whether compulsory jurisdiction and private litigant access for ICs inherently features undermine national sovereignty.
Source: International Law Reporter
This chapter is part of an upcoming interdisciplinary volume on international law and politics. The chapter defines four judicial roles states have delegated to international courts (ICs) and documents the delegation of dispute settlement, administrative review, enforcement and constitutional review jurisdiction to ICs based on a coding of legal instruments defining the jurisdiction of 25 ICs. I show how the design of ICs varies by judicial role and argue that the delegation of multiple roles to ICs helps explain the shift in IC design to include compulsory jurisdiction and access for nonstate actors to initiate litigation. I am interested in the multiple roles ICs play because they allow us to appreciate the many different contributions ICs make to international politics. ICs do oversee state compliance with international agreements, but this is not all they do. Finally, I explain the relevance of this analysis for two prevalent debates regarding ICs; 1) whether we should conceive of ICs as Agents or Trustees and 2) whether compulsory jurisdiction and private litigant access for ICs inherently features undermine national sovereignty.
Source: International Law Reporter
17 jul 2012
The Structure of Global Law: Fracture, Fluidity, Permeability, and Polycentricity
Larry Catá Backer
The Pennsylvania State University Dickinson School of Law
July 1, 2012
CPE Working Paper No. 2012-7
Abstract:
Global law can be understood as the systematization of anarchy, as the management of a loosely intertwined universe of autonomous governance frameworks operating dynamically across borders and grounded in functional differentiation among governance communities. Global law is a way of pointing to an emerging universe of systems that share characteristics and whose interactions lend them to organization; it is the as the law of non-state governance systems. The structure of global law can be understood as an amalgamation of four fundamental characteristics that together define a new order in form that is, in some respects, the antithesis of the orderliness and unity of the law-state system it will displace (though not erase). The essay considers the structure of global law in this context, understood as an amalgamation of four fundamental characteristics that together define a new order in form that is, in some respects, the antithesis of the orderliness and unity of the law-state system it will displace (though not erase). These four fundamental characteristics — fracture, fluidity, permeability, and polycentricity — comprise the fundamental structure of global law. Fracture, fluidity, permeability and polycentricity are the basic characteristics of global law, the systematization of which marks its field boundaries. These also serve as the structural foundations of its constitutional element, its substantive element, and its process element. From that systematization one can derive a method of theorizing the emerging framework of the unity of disunity in governance, in which law and governance systems multiply within a discernible internal logic, while the objects of regulation remain constant. This essay continues work on the evolution of a "law" beyond that of the domestic legal orders of states and the international law frameworks that serve as an expression of state based collective governance. To that extent, it seeks to liberate theory both from the ideological constraints of the state system and as well from the limitations of earlier work in transnational law. To consider the possibility of global law, of law/governance beyond the state, it is necessary to avoid attaching its framework either to the state or to law (as traditionally and narrowly understood as a product of the state).
Source with link for the publication: Social Science Research Nework
The Pennsylvania State University Dickinson School of Law
July 1, 2012
CPE Working Paper No. 2012-7
Abstract:
Global law can be understood as the systematization of anarchy, as the management of a loosely intertwined universe of autonomous governance frameworks operating dynamically across borders and grounded in functional differentiation among governance communities. Global law is a way of pointing to an emerging universe of systems that share characteristics and whose interactions lend them to organization; it is the as the law of non-state governance systems. The structure of global law can be understood as an amalgamation of four fundamental characteristics that together define a new order in form that is, in some respects, the antithesis of the orderliness and unity of the law-state system it will displace (though not erase). The essay considers the structure of global law in this context, understood as an amalgamation of four fundamental characteristics that together define a new order in form that is, in some respects, the antithesis of the orderliness and unity of the law-state system it will displace (though not erase). These four fundamental characteristics — fracture, fluidity, permeability, and polycentricity — comprise the fundamental structure of global law. Fracture, fluidity, permeability and polycentricity are the basic characteristics of global law, the systematization of which marks its field boundaries. These also serve as the structural foundations of its constitutional element, its substantive element, and its process element. From that systematization one can derive a method of theorizing the emerging framework of the unity of disunity in governance, in which law and governance systems multiply within a discernible internal logic, while the objects of regulation remain constant. This essay continues work on the evolution of a "law" beyond that of the domestic legal orders of states and the international law frameworks that serve as an expression of state based collective governance. To that extent, it seeks to liberate theory both from the ideological constraints of the state system and as well from the limitations of earlier work in transnational law. To consider the possibility of global law, of law/governance beyond the state, it is necessary to avoid attaching its framework either to the state or to law (as traditionally and narrowly understood as a product of the state).
Source with link for the publication: Social Science Research Nework
Legg: The Margin of Appreciation in International Human Rights Law: Deference and Proportionality
Andrew Legg (Essex Court Chambers) has published The Margin of Appreciation in International Human Rights Law: Deference and Proportionality (Oxford Univ. Press 2012). Here's the abstract:
The margin of appreciation is a judicial doctrine whereby international courts allow states to have a measure of diversity in their interpretation of human rights treaty obligations. The doctrine is at the heart of some of the most important international human rights decisions. Does it undermine the universality of human rights? How should judges decide whether to give this margin of appreciation to states? How can lawyers make best use of arguments for or against the margin of appreciation?
This book answers these questions, and broadens the discussion on the margin of appreciation by including material beyond the ECHR system. It provides a comprehensive justification of the doctrine, and catalogues the key cases affecting the doctrine in practice.
Source: International Law Reporter
The margin of appreciation is a judicial doctrine whereby international courts allow states to have a measure of diversity in their interpretation of human rights treaty obligations. The doctrine is at the heart of some of the most important international human rights decisions. Does it undermine the universality of human rights? How should judges decide whether to give this margin of appreciation to states? How can lawyers make best use of arguments for or against the margin of appreciation?
This book answers these questions, and broadens the discussion on the margin of appreciation by including material beyond the ECHR system. It provides a comprehensive justification of the doctrine, and catalogues the key cases affecting the doctrine in practice.
Source: International Law Reporter
CALL FOR PANELS: 2013 Commission on Legal Pluralism (CLP) conference
The call for panels for the 2013 Commission on Legal Pluralism (CLP) conference is closing on August 3, 2012.
This conference is organized in conjunction with the IUAES Congress entitled ‘Evolving Humanity, Emerging Worlds’ in Manchester (UK), and will take place on August 5-10, 2013 (see http ://www . iuaes2013 . org/).
Please directly upload your title, a short abstract of less than 300 characters, and a long abstract of less than 250 words, via the IUAES online proposal form. The URL for that form is:
http ://www . nomadit . co . uk/iuaes/iuaes2013/panelproposal . php5. The IUAES will not be able to accept panel proposals after that date. Please also note that the title should be appended (IUAES Commission on Legal Pluralism).
This conference is organized in conjunction with the IUAES Congress entitled ‘Evolving Humanity, Emerging Worlds’ in Manchester (UK), and will take place on August 5-10, 2013 (see http ://www . iuaes2013 . org/).
Please directly upload your title, a short abstract of less than 300 characters, and a long abstract of less than 250 words, via the IUAES online proposal form. The URL for that form is:
http ://www . nomadit . co . uk/iuaes/iuaes2013/panelproposal . php5. The IUAES will not be able to accept panel proposals after that date. Please also note that the title should be appended (IUAES Commission on Legal Pluralism).
11 jul 2012
Time for Democracy 2.0? The Launch of the Manifesto For A Global Democracy
After decades of democratization across Eastern Europe and Latin America and now the democratic elections taking place in countries like Egypt and Libya in the wake of the Arab Spring revolutions – one could be forgiven for thinking that the world is fast becoming a remarkably democratic place.
Sadly, however, this is not the case. Democracy may have grown in form, yet it is retracting in substance. Citizens of many countries have fought so hard for democracy in its traditional sense of free and fair elections and representative politicians, only to discover that, meanwhile, the world has changed so much that this type of democracy - Democracy 1.0 - no longer makes much sense in the globalized, interconnected, borderless world in which we now live.
As Argentinean writer and former politician Fernando Iglesias recently declared – "everything has gone global except democracy." We have a global marketplace, global communications, global institutions, global risks like climate change, and a global financial crisis.
Sadly, however, this is not the case. Democracy may have grown in form, yet it is retracting in substance. Citizens of many countries have fought so hard for democracy in its traditional sense of free and fair elections and representative politicians, only to discover that, meanwhile, the world has changed so much that this type of democracy - Democracy 1.0 - no longer makes much sense in the globalized, interconnected, borderless world in which we now live.
As Argentinean writer and former politician Fernando Iglesias recently declared – "everything has gone global except democracy." We have a global marketplace, global communications, global institutions, global risks like climate change, and a global financial crisis.
10 jul 2012
Humanity’s Law, Ruti G. Teilel
Reviewed by Gerd Hankel, Research Fellow, Hamburg Institute for Social Research
In Ruti Teitel’s view there is absolutely no doubt that we live in a world in which legal relationships are undergoing ever more significant change, a fact of which she informs the reader right at the beginning of her book. States alone are no longer the main actors; instead persons and peoples are assuming greater prominence. Their interests and needs for protection increasingly dictate the content of international law which is becoming humanity’s law as a result.
In Ruti Teitel’s view there is absolutely no doubt that we live in a world in which legal relationships are undergoing ever more significant change, a fact of which she informs the reader right at the beginning of her book. States alone are no longer the main actors; instead persons and peoples are assuming greater prominence. Their interests and needs for protection increasingly dictate the content of international law which is becoming humanity’s law as a result.
Call for Submissions: Climate Justice in International Law
The Irish Yearbook of International Law has issued a call for submissions for a symposium issue on "Climate Justice in International Law." Here's the call:
The Editors of the Irish Yearbook of International Law invite submissions for a special symposium issue on Climate Justice in International Law. Symposium articles should not exceed 12,000 words in length and should not be published or under consideration for publication elsewhere. In addition to symposium articles, papers on general issues of international law are welcome for the Articles sections and reviewed on an ongoing basis. Authors are asked to conform to the Hart Publishing house style. Submissions, comprising a brief 100 word abstract, article and confirmation of exclusive submission, can be sent to both Siobhán Mullally (s.mullally@ucc.ie) and Fiona de Londras (fiona.delondras@ucd.ie) by 31 August 2012. Initial enquiries can be directed to either or both Editors. Further information on the Yearbook is available here.
Source: International Law Reporter
The Editors of the Irish Yearbook of International Law invite submissions for a special symposium issue on Climate Justice in International Law. Symposium articles should not exceed 12,000 words in length and should not be published or under consideration for publication elsewhere. In addition to symposium articles, papers on general issues of international law are welcome for the Articles sections and reviewed on an ongoing basis. Authors are asked to conform to the Hart Publishing house style. Submissions, comprising a brief 100 word abstract, article and confirmation of exclusive submission, can be sent to both Siobhán Mullally (s.mullally@ucc.ie) and Fiona de Londras (fiona.delondras@ucd.ie) by 31 August 2012. Initial enquiries can be directed to either or both Editors. Further information on the Yearbook is available here.
Source: International Law Reporter
Winkler: The Human Right to Water: Significance, Legal Status and Implications for Water Allocation
Inga T. Winkler (Legal Adviser to the UN Special Rapporteur on the Human Right to Safe Drinking Water and Sanitation) has published The Human Right to Water: Significance, Legal Status and Implications for Water Allocation (Hart Publishing 2012). Here's the abstract:
The United Nations General Assembly and the Human Rights Council recognised the human right to water in 2010. This formal recognition has put the issue high on the international agenda, but by itself leaves many questions unanswered. This book addresses this gap and clarifies the legal status and meaning of the right to water through a detailed analysis of its legal foundations, legal nature, normative content and corresponding State obligations.
The United Nations General Assembly and the Human Rights Council recognised the human right to water in 2010. This formal recognition has put the issue high on the international agenda, but by itself leaves many questions unanswered. This book addresses this gap and clarifies the legal status and meaning of the right to water through a detailed analysis of its legal foundations, legal nature, normative content and corresponding State obligations.
9 jul 2012
Universal Jurisdiction Revisited: An alternative to the International Criminal Court?
On July 1, the International Criminal Court (ICC) turned ten years old. This milestone prompted much analysis and some mixed reviews of the court's performance. The ICC recorded its first verdict in March 2012, but there are serious concerns about its procedure and efficiency, patchy international endorsement, and perceived bias. These challenges will be compounded by funding issues and an increased workload as the court faces an uncertain role in the legal fallout from a slew of recent internal conflicts—especially Syria. (Click here to see the Ethics & International Affairs interview with Antonio Franceschet on the ICC's ten-year anniversary).
The International Court of Justice and the UN Human Rights Commission have called for Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad to face trial at the ICC. The New York Bar Association recently wrote a letter to the UN Security Council urging it to refer Syria to the ICC: "Because Syria is not a signatory to the Rome Statute, any crimes committed by the Syrian government…threaten to go unpunished absent Security Council action." There must be a Security Council mandate to refer a case to the ICC, as was the case with Gaddafi and Libya, but Russia and China continue to block this route.
The International Court of Justice and the UN Human Rights Commission have called for Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad to face trial at the ICC. The New York Bar Association recently wrote a letter to the UN Security Council urging it to refer Syria to the ICC: "Because Syria is not a signatory to the Rome Statute, any crimes committed by the Syrian government…threaten to go unpunished absent Security Council action." There must be a Security Council mandate to refer a case to the ICC, as was the case with Gaddafi and Libya, but Russia and China continue to block this route.
3 jul 2012
Reflexiones sobre le impacto del Estatuto de Roma en su 10° aniversario
3/7/2012 El 1 de Julio se cumple el décimo aniversario de la Corte Penal Internacional (CPI). En tal día en 2002, el Estatuto de Roma entró en vigor para establecer el primer tribunal penal permanente e internacional.
Para conmemorar este hito, repasamos la primera década de existencia de la CPI y analizamos cuál es el futuro de la primera gran institución internacional del siglo XXI. Para conocer la realidad de la corte desde dentro, el ICTJ entrevistó a la juez Silvia Fernández de Gurmendi. Jurista y diplomática argentina, Fernández de Gurmendi es también profesora visitante en la Academia de Derechos Humanos y Derecho Humanitario de la Facultad de Leyes de la American University de Washington.
Para conmemorar este hito, repasamos la primera década de existencia de la CPI y analizamos cuál es el futuro de la primera gran institución internacional del siglo XXI. Para conocer la realidad de la corte desde dentro, el ICTJ entrevistó a la juez Silvia Fernández de Gurmendi. Jurista y diplomática argentina, Fernández de Gurmendi es también profesora visitante en la Academia de Derechos Humanos y Derecho Humanitario de la Facultad de Leyes de la American University de Washington.
Rule of law key to implementing responsibility to protect principle, says UN official
27 June 2012 – The rule of law is key to the implementation of the ‘responsibility to protect’ principle, often referred to as R2P, and the prevention of atrocities, a United Nations senior legal official stressed today.
“R2P represents an important commitment by the international community to protect populations from egregious crimes,” the Under-Secretary-General for Legal Affairs, Patricia O’Brien, said at a roundtable discussion on the R2P concept at the 55th annual meeting of the Russian Association of International Law in Moscow.
“The international community has a responsibility to help States meet those obligations, or to step in when States manifestly fail to do so […] These obligations are anchored in international law, and reflect obligations of humanity,” she added.
“R2P represents an important commitment by the international community to protect populations from egregious crimes,” the Under-Secretary-General for Legal Affairs, Patricia O’Brien, said at a roundtable discussion on the R2P concept at the 55th annual meeting of the Russian Association of International Law in Moscow.
“The international community has a responsibility to help States meet those obligations, or to step in when States manifestly fail to do so […] These obligations are anchored in international law, and reflect obligations of humanity,” she added.
Convocatoria coloquios de derecho internacional 2012 "El aporte de la Jurisprudencia al Derecho Internacional del siglo XXI"
La Facultad de Ciencias Jurídicas y Sociales de la Universidad de Concepción convoca a los Coloquios de Derecho Internacional 2012 como forma de contribuir a la generación de un nuevo espacio académico a nivel nacional para la reflexión, discusión y difusión del Derecho Internacional, en un marco en que profesores e investigadores puedan compartir sus trabajos y participar en un debate abierto a la comunidad.
En esta ocasión la convocatoria se realizará en torno al tema “El aporte de la Jurisprudencia al Derecho Internacional del siglo XXI”, por la importancia que se atribuye a la solución pacífica de las controversias internacionales por medios jurisdiccionales, especialmente considerando la labor de los tribunales internacionales de diverso orden que hoy existen.
En esta ocasión la convocatoria se realizará en torno al tema “El aporte de la Jurisprudencia al Derecho Internacional del siglo XXI”, por la importancia que se atribuye a la solución pacífica de las controversias internacionales por medios jurisdiccionales, especialmente considerando la labor de los tribunales internacionales de diverso orden que hoy existen.
UN Conference on the Arms Trade Treaty
From
2-27 July, all countries of the world will come together in New York to
negotiate what is seen as the most important initiative ever regarding
conventional arms regulation within the United Nations. A robust arms
trade treaty can make a difference for millions of people confronted
with insecurity, deprivation and fear.
More infos: Website of the Conference
More infos: Website of the Conference
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