Topical Issues

 

Afghanistan
Constitutional Commission
 
European Union
Draft Treaty Establishing a Constitution for Europe
 
Genocide in Rwanda
International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda
Michael Barnett, 'Eyewitness to a Genocide: The United Nations and Rwanda'
Roméo Dallaire, 'Shake Hands with the Devil : The Failure of Humanity in Rwanda'
 
International Criminal Trials
Attempts to Prosecute Genocide in Cambodia
Special Court for Sierra Leone
 
International Economic Law
OECD Principles of Corporate Governance (Draft Revision 2004)
Investment Treaty Arbitration
NAFTA Dispute Settlement

International Law Commission
 
International Terrorism
UN Action Against Terrorism
UN Counter-Terrorism Committee
 
Iraqi War and Occupation
Crimes of War Project - Legality of Occupation in Iraq
Prosecuting Saddam Hussein (ASIL Insights)
UK Attorney General - Legal Basis for Force Against Iraq
UK Public Interest Lawyers - Legality of Use of Force Against Iraq
 
Israel's Separation Barrier in the Occupied Territories
ICJ Advisory Opinion Request
Report of the UN Secretary General on the Separation Barrier (Nov 2003)
UN General Assembly Requests ICJ Advisory Opinion (ASIL Insight)
 
Recent Judicial Decisions
Oil Platforms Case (Iran v US) (ICJ)
 
Torture
ASIL - International Law In Brief
CDI (Centre for Defense Information)
ICTY: Prosecutor v. Furundzija
U.K. House of Lords: Regina v. Bartle and the Commissioner of Police for the Metropolis and Others, Ex Parte Pinochet
ECHR: Case of Denmark v. Turkey, No. 34382/97
Human Rights First
Physicians for Human Rights
UN: Draft Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment

ASIL - Insights

Frederic L. Kirgis, 'The Pinochet Arrest and Possible Extradition to Spain'
Frederic L. Kirgis, 'The Indictment in Senegal of the Former Chad Head of State'
Frederic L. Kirgis, 'Request for Extradition of Miguel Cavallo from Mexico to Spain for Alleged Torture in Argentina'
Frederic L. Kirgis, 'Alien Tort Claims Act Proceeding Against Robert Mugabe'
Frederic L. Kirgis, 'Distinctions Between International and U.S. Foreign Relations Law Issues Regarding Treatment of Suspected Terrorists'
Julie Mertus, 'Judgment of Trial Chamber II in the Kunarac, Kovac and Vukovic Case'

Abu Ghraib
Association for the Prevention of Torture
Crimes of War Project
Defining Torture after Abu Ghraib
Human Rights First
The Legal Framework for Abu Ghraib
Torture and the Law (Amnesty International)

Guantanomo
Redress

Human Rights Watch
The Legal Prohibition Against Torture
US: Reports of Torture of Al-Qaeda Suspects

 


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