On January 20, 2012, the German President Christian Wulff remembered the 70th anniversary of the “Wannsee Conference,” 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 [...]
Archive | January, 2012
News Post: Is Germany Determined to Combat a Growing Neo-Nazism Problem?
Posted on 26 January 2012.
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News Post: EU and US Impose Further Sanctions on Iran
Posted on 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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News Post: Syria Rejects New Arab League Plan to End Violence
Posted on 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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The Costa Concordia Disaster: An Opportunity for Revision of Maritime Safety Standards?
Posted on 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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News Post: Terrorism, the United Kingdom, and the ECtHR
Posted on 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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More on the problematic sentencing at International Tribunals
Posted on 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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The Agitator: IHL permits limited reprisal attacks against civilians
Posted on 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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The Agitator: Announcing TVFA’s Newest Feature
Posted on 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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The World Bank’s “Program for Results”: Implications for Indigenous Peoples
Posted on 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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