James Joseph is UK Senior Correspondent for JURIST. Over the last 18 months Emma Lilley and I have been campaigning for The Law Society to diversify their admissions ceremonies and hold them regionally, allowing more people to attend their special day of being admitted to the role of solicitor, which in layman’s terms is their [...]
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The UN Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf (CLCS) ruled on Monday that Argentina's maritime territory includes the area surrounding the Falkland Islands. Argentina had previously submitted to the commission a report fixing...
Argentina military report shows internal abuse during Falklands War
The Argentina Armed Forces has released documents revealing that Argentinian soldiers were tortured and abused by their superiors during the Falklands War in 1982. It is reported that many low level soldiers faced...
Argentina sues UK, US companies over drilling off Falkland Islands
Argentina's Minister for Issues Relating to the Falkland Islands, Daniel Filmus , announced on Friday the country is beginning legal proceedings against oil and gas companies from the US and UK drilling off of the islands. Filmus claims...
JURIST Guest Columnist Bilal Khan discusses the legal implications of the use of force against ISIS in IRAQ... The Factual Background The Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIS) made headlines in June, when it escalated its offensives in...
The government of the Falkland Islands announced on Tuesday that it will hold a referendum on its political status close to its 30-year anniversary of independence from Argentina's occupation in 1982. Gavin...
The Geneva Conventions Between War and Peace: Sixty Years and Counting
JURIST Guest Columnist Kevin Govern of Ave Maria School of Law in Naples, FL (formerly at Ann Arbor, MI) examines the relevance of the four Geneva Conventions signed in August 1949, 60 years ago this month, in the context of...
The British and Falkland Islands governments announced Thursday that they have agreed on a new constitution for the disputed South Atlantic Islands, a British territory also claimed by Argentina. Under the new constitution, primary governing power is...
UK presses UN panel for expanded rights to Arctic seabed minerals
The British Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) Wednesday submitted requests to the UN Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf (UNCLCS) to claim exclusive harvesting rights to an area of the seabed surrounding Ascension Island, a...
Argentina military veterans file lawsuit alleging torture, killings in Falklands war
A group of Argentine veterans of the 1982 Falkland Islands conflict have filed a lawsuit alleging that the Argentine military tortured and killed its own troops during the brief war with Britain over possession of the...