Many US laws restrict presidential authority on arms transfers & military aid. John Chappell explains three major reasons why US courts refuse to enforce these laws. #UpholdingiL#HumanRights#ArmedConflictwww.lawfaremedia.org/article/why-...
Courts typically dismiss cases when plaintiffs sue to enforce statutes restricting the provision of arms or military aid.
The US Congress is considering legislation to sanction individuals involved with the ICC's Gaza case. Rebecca Hamilton & Ryan Goodman explain the legislation and its risks. #CriminalLaw#UpholdingILwww.justsecurity.org/100390/senat...
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee will soon consider an act that would impose sanctions on people and organizations to condemn the ICC.
Outcasting: Ukraineâs allies have reportedly pressured IMF officials to cancel an upcoming trip to Russia for a routine economic review. No IMF officials have visited Russia since 2019, before the Russian invasion of Ukraine. #UseOfForce#UpholdingILwww.ft.com/content/8d40...
Fundâs executive director for Russia suggests decision was prompted by pressure from European countries
All about Chiquita: Tatiana Devia & Daniel Marin Lopez describe the 17-year US lawsuit against Chiquita for payments to Colombian paramilitary groups that violated human rights. #HumanRights#UpholdingILwww.justiceinfo.net/en/135749-in...
As a result of the Chiquita trial in Florida, the U.S.-based banana multinational has been ordered to pay $38 million in compensation to the victims of paramilitaries in Colombia. Part 1: the key poin...
Pager attack! Israel has responded to an alleged assassination plot by Hezbollah by launching a mass low-tech attack on pagers worn by Hezbollah members throughout Lebanon. Who knew this was even possible?!?!? #UseOfForce#UpholdingILwww.ft.com/content/37af...
Apparent sabotage hits low-tech devices used to evade surveillance and assassination attempts
New research: Do intl courts matter? Kind of. Harlan Cohen and Ryan Powers argue that court rulings increase US public support for legal compliance, but no more than a statement by an IO or domestic elite. #UpholdingILdoi.org/10.1093/isq/...
Abstract. What effect does judicializing international commitments have on incentives to comply with international law? We study this question using experi
Individuals matter: In India, midwives were often ordered by families to kill newborn baby girls ⌠until individual midwives stopped following these orders in the 1990s and began taking the baby girls to orphanages. #HumanRights#UpholdingILbbc.com/news/article...
In rural India, a group of midwives routinely murdered newborn girls - and then began to resist.
Sanctions bite: satellite imagery suggests that US tracking of the Russian âdark fleetâ vessels is working in deterring sales of liquified natural gas. #UpholdingIL#SeaLawwww.ft.com/content/877b...
US sanctions appear to be deterring buyers, satellite images and ship-tracking data suggest
US seizes airplane bought by Venezuelan Pres. Maduro in violation of US sanctions for âelection fraud, human-rights abuses and corruption.â In response, Maduro accuses US of âpiracyâ!?! Youâve gotta love Latin America. #HumanRights#UpholdingIL#SeaLawwww.wsj.com/world/americ...
Putin went to Mongolia and no one arrested him. Aloka Wanigasuriya explains why this is a problem and revisits ICC law & rulings on head of state immunity. #UpholdingIL#CriminalLawopiniojuris.org/2024/09/04/p...
[Dr Aloka Wanigasuriya is an assistant professor at the Department of Law, University of Southern Denmark] The worldâs attention has turned to Mongolia following the news of Russian president VladiâŚ