The World Bank's new "Program for Results" (P4R) is meant to promote economic development and alleviate poverty. With its reliance on implementation at a national level, however, its actual effect on individuals, especially indigenous peoples, remains uncertain.
State practice suggests that IHL allows for limited reprisal attacks against civilians during armed conflict. This is true despite contrary pronouncements in the first Additional Protocol to the Geneva Conventions and the ICRC's study of customary international law.
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Colonel Theoneste Bagosora, the Rwandan military official who made the decision to commit genocide against the Tutsis, recently had his life sentence reduced to 35 years. Bagosora's story is illustrative of the flawed sentencing scheme at international criminal tribunals.
Australia's High Court recently reached a decision ending spousal privilege as a means of protecting relevant confidential spousal communications from the purview of the court. The University of Denver Sturm College of Law's FCIL Librarian compares Australia's and the United States' approaches to the issue of spousal privilege.
26 January 2012
On January 20, 2012, the German President Christian Wulff remembered the 70th anniversary of the “ ,” in which historians believe Nazi leaders coordinated plans to exterminate European Jews and thus established the official German policy of genocide. The President reminded the German people not to forget the “unbelievable and unimaginable” history that Germany could [...]
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25 January 2012
By: Kaitlin Fox The European Union (EU) and the United States took further action on Monday to curb Iran’s nuclear program. The EU agreed to impose a phased ban on oil purchases from Iran while the United States expanded its sanctions on Iran to include the countries’ third largest bank, Bank Tajarat. Iranian Government Officials [...]
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24 January 2012
On Monday, Syria rejected the Arab League’s plan to end violence within the country. Violence between protestors and opposition forces demanding an end to President Bashar al-Assad’s regime has been ongoing in Syria since March 2011, resulting in over 5,400 deaths during the ten-month time-span. On Sunday, the Arab League voted to extend the observers mission [...]
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23 January 2012
By: Sara Tracy-Ruazol On January 13, the Italian Cruise ship Costa Concordia ran aground when it hit a reef off the western coast of Italy, near the island of Giglio. The collision left a 300-foot-long gash in the ship’s hull, causing the ship to list and eventually partially sink into the sea. As of this [...]
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19 January 2012
Since the September 11th attacks, the United States and its Allies have struggled in dealing with suspected terrorists found both on the battlefield and as civilians in their respective countries; a topic that has remained prevalent in the news and in political discourse over the last decade. The United Kingdom experienced similar problems. One solution [...]
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11 January 2012
Last Wednesday Judge Meron at the Rwanda International Criminal Tribunal lowered the sentence of the leader of Rwanda’s genocide. Here is a link to an article on the decision. Colonel Theoneste Bagosora was alleged to be the person who made the decision to commit genocide against the Tutsis and set about planning and preparing for [...]
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09 January 2012
An oft-stated axiom of international humanitarian law is that civilians can never be targeted in armed conflict, enshrined by rules 48, 51(2) and 52(2) of Additional Protocol I to the Geneva Conventions. The International Committee for the Red Cross study of customary law affirms that under customary law civilians can not be targeted. However, the United [...]
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06 January 2012
The View From Above’s core mission is to engage with professors, students, and practitioners of international law in an ongoing conversation about timely developments in international law and policy. To further that mission, we are proud to present “The Agitator,” a new feature from TVFA. Each week, The Agitator will advance a controversial, unpopular, or [...]
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05 January 2012
Without consultation with indigenous peoples, and very little with civil society, the World Bank is proposing a new financing instrument that could have dramatic, devastating, and irreparable effects on indigenous lands and resources. The Bank’s proposed “Program for Results” (P4R) would provide few protections for indigenous rights, and avoid implementation of many rights that indigenous [...]
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16 December 2011
By: Alexis Kirkman “Kyoto, for Canada, is in the past,”[1] stated Peter Kent, Canada’s Minister of Environment. On Monday December 12, Kent announced that Canada would withdraw from the Kyoto Protocol shortly after returning from South Africa. The decision by Canada’s Conservative Party government has long been expected, as the Conservative government has never disguised [...]
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