JURIST Guest Columnist W. Michael Reisman, McDougal Professor of International Law at Yale Law School, says that the current debate over expansion of the UN Security Council is not as critical as many diplomats and activists make it out to...
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International brief ~ South Africa Assembly approves controversial Children's Bill
Leading Wednesday's international brief, the South African National Assembly has approved the highly controversial national Children's Bill , nine years after its first introduction. The bill, which will be presented to the National Council of Provinces...
Hearing on Detainees, US Senate Judiciary Committee, June 15, 2005 . Excerpt from the testimony of Professor Stephen Schulhofer, New York University School of Law:For half a century, the United...
International brief ~ Togo interior minister wants "suicidal" elections delayed
Leading Friday's international brief, Togolese Interior Minister Francois Esso Boko told reporters late Thursday night that he was recommending that what he called the "suicidal electoral process" - the presidential election scheduled for Sunday - be postponed, warning that...
International brief ~ Protests begin on first day of Togo campaigning
Leading Friday's international brief, opposition members in Togo clashed with police on the first day of political campaigning for the national elections required by the resignation of Faure Gnassingbe . Protesters blocked...
Environmental brief ~ No settlement on hazmat transportation ban
In Friday's environmental law news, CSX Transportation Inc. and the federal government have refused a proposal by US District Judge Emmet G. Sullivan to help settle a dispute with Washington DC officials over the city's plan to...
JURIST Guest Columnist Admiral John Hutson (Ret. USN), former Navy Judge Advocate General, President and Dean of Franklin Pierce Law Center, and now a party to the ACLU torture suit against Secretary of Defense Rumsfeld, wonders what myriad reports of...
Anti-Secession Law, adopted at the Third Session of the Tenth Chinese National People's Congress, March 14, 2005, providing in Article 8 for "non-peaceful means" of reunification with Taiwan as a last resort:In the event that the "Taiwan independence" secessionist forces...
AP is reporting that in its Monday session in Beijing China's National People's Congress has approved an anti-secession law authorizing the use of "non-peaceful means" against Taiwan as a last resort in reunification.9:02 PM ET - China's Xinhua news...
Explanation of the draft Anti-Secession Law, Wang Zhaoguo, vice chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (NPC), Tuesday, March 8, 2005. Excerpt:Using non-peaceful means to stop secession in defense of our sovereignty and territorial integrity would be...