The International Court of Justice , the principle judicial organ of the UN, will begin hearing oral arguments Monday in the case of Armed Activities on the Territory of the Congo (Democratic Republic of the Congo v. Uganda). The...
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Chinese officials say they will ask China's top legislative panel, the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress , to settle a term limit dispute between Beijing and pro-democracy lawmakers in Hong Kong. The issue arose last...
Environmental brief ~ Australian leaders say yes to regs, no to Kyoto
In Thursday's environmental law news, Australian state and territory leaders have agreed to establish their own carbon-trading system which would set a cap on the total volume of greenhouse gases an industry can emit. They would then divide the cap...
Sudanese justice minister Ali Mohamed Osman Yassin announced Monday that 15 Sudanese military officials have been arrested and accused of human rights offenses including rape, burning of villages and killings in the Darfur region, marking the first arrests of...
International brief ~ ICJ could get Japan-S. Korea islands dispute
In Friday's international brief, Japanese Prime Minister Koizumi Junichiro told a press conference Thursday that despite a harshly worded 'letter to the people' released by South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun Wednesday, Japan would...
Hong Kong democratic legislator Albert Chan announced Thursday that he will head a legal challenge against the government's plan to shorten the term of the territory's next chief executive from five years to two. In the wake of the...
HK lawyers say Chinese constitutional interpretation trumping common law
The Hong Kong Bar Association Friday criticized the Hong Kong regional government's recent declaration that under the Hong Kong Basic Law the successor of a chief executive who steps down early shall serve out only the remainder...
Israel's Justice Ministry announced Thursday that Israeli nuclear whistleblower Mordechai Vanunu has been indicted for violating the terms of his release from prison. Vanunu completed an 18-year prison sentence in April for revealing...
JURIST Guest Columnists Jamal Jafari and Paul R. Williams of the Public International Law and Policy Group and American University's Washington College of Law insist that under legal standards the situation in Darfur constitutes genocide, whether the UN classifies it...
The European Union is expected to announce later Wednesday that it has postponed discussion scheduled for Thursday over the entry of Croatia into the Europe-wide regional organization. Entry talks were scheduled for March 17, but...
