INTERNATIONAL LAW NEWS

• The Sixth Annual Transatlantic Workshop on International Law and Armed Conflict: A Joint Blog Post Series - Lawfare [Read Full Story ]
  Fri, 18 Jan 2019 21:25:31 GMT
  The Sixth Annual Transatlantic Workshop on International Law and Armed Conflict: A Joint Blog Post Series  Lawfare

  The 2018 Transatlantic Workshop on International Law and Armed Conflict brought together participants from diverse professional backgrounds including the ...

  
  
  
• Do Iran's New Space Launchers Violate International Law? - Lawfare [Read Full Story ]
  Thu, 17 Jan 2019 13:00:02 GMT
  Do Iran's New Space Launchers Violate International Law?  Lawfare

  Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says Iran's space-launch vehicles violate a U.N. Security Council Resolution. Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif says they ...

  
  
  
• Microsoft bats for cross-border data flow, says international law needed - Business Today [Read Full Story ]
  Fri, 18 Jan 2019 03:04:00 GMT
  Microsoft bats for cross-border data flow, says international law needed  Business Today

  Local laws will also need to be interoperable with global standards or contracts that protect personal data regardless of its location.

  
  
  
• No Exit: China's Growing Use of Exit Bans Violates International Law - Lawfare [Read Full Story ]
  Wed, 16 Jan 2019 13:29:04 GMT
  No Exit: China's Growing Use of Exit Bans Violates International Law  Lawfare

  China's growing use of exit bans raises key questions about the country's commitment to the rule of law and to its obligations under international law.

  
  
  
• Religious courts, international law clash in custody case - The Daily Star [Read Full Story ]
  Fri, 18 Jan 2019 22:04:00 GMT
  Religious courts, international law clash in custody case  The Daily Star

  On May 15, 2015, Jolly Bimbachi hugged her sons Omar and Abdel-Ghaniy goodbye as they prepared to leave Canada with their father, Bimbachi's ...

  
  
  
• The Rohingyas' Plight: What Options Under International Law? - The Diplomat [Read Full Story ]
  Tue, 15 Jan 2019 14:21:46 GMT
  The Rohingyas' Plight: What Options Under International Law?  The Diplomat

  The plight of the Rohingya in Myanmar, hundreds of thousands of whom have fled to neighboring Bangladesh, has attracted widespread international attention.

  
  
  
• Top ten developments in international law in 2018 - OUPblog [Read Full Story ]
  Mon, 31 Dec 2018 08:00:00 GMT
  Top ten developments in international law in 2018  OUPblog

  This year was, once again, one of great political turmoil. The international legal order is not immune from the impact of the rise of populism and increasingly ...

  
  
  
• Pretty clear violation of international law: Saudi embassy has helped citizens flee justice before - TheChronicleHerald.ca [Read Full Story ]
  Thu, 17 Jan 2019 12:12:34 GMT
  Pretty clear violation of international law: Saudi embassy has helped citizens flee justice before  TheChronicleHerald.ca

  HALIFAX, N.S. - On Jan.2, 2007, Taher Ali Al-Saba didn't show up for his trial on two counts of sexual assault and one of sexual interference in a Halifax ...

  
  
  
• Brazilian enforcement in 2019: what to expect - Newsletters - International Law Office [Read Full Story ]
  Fri, 18 Jan 2019 15:14:13 GMT
  Brazilian enforcement in 2019: what to expect - Newsletters  International Law Office

  The new year started with a new government taking office. Naturally, this has led many to speculate what the government's priorities and policies will be.

  
  
  
• Japan abandons 'international law' reason for SOFA exemptionThe Asahi Shimbun - Asahi Shimbun [Read Full Story ]
  Sun, 13 Jan 2019 06:10:00 GMT
  Japan abandons 'international law' reason for SOFA exemptionThe Asahi Shimbun  Asahi Shimbun

  A decades-long argument why Japanese law is not applied to the U.S. military under the Japan-U.S. Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) has been abandoned ...

  
  
  
• Strengthening rule of law along the cocaine route - Transparency International [Read Full Story ]
  Fri, 18 Jan 2019 12:17:14 GMT
  Strengthening rule of law along the cocaine route  Transparency International

  Organised crime goes hand-in-hand with corruption and impunity; there is no defeating one without combatting the other. Where weak institutions and organised ...

  
  
  
• Federal courts opine on disputed family names - Newsletters - International Law Office [Read Full Story ]
  Fri, 18 Jan 2019 22:05:24 GMT
  Federal courts opine on disputed family names - Newsletters  International Law Office

  The Federal Supreme Court and the Federal Administrative Court recently handed down conflicting decisions in two ostensibly similar cases concerning ...

  
  
  
• Harold Kohs Verdict on Donald Trump vs. International Law - The New Yorker [Read Full Story ]
  Thu, 20 Dec 2018 08:00:00 GMT
  Harold Kohs Verdict on Donald Trump vs. International Law  The New Yorker

  A friend recently challenged Harold Hongju Koh to sum up his new book, The Trump Administration and International Law, in three words. Koh paused for a ...

  
  
  
• Codifying #MeToo into international law | TheHill - The Hill [Read Full Story ]
  Wed, 09 Jan 2019 08:00:00 GMT
  Codifying #MeToo into international law | TheHill  The Hill

  If adopted and ratified, this treaty would provide protection to all workers and codify some of the demands of #MeToo into international law.

  
  
  
• Crowdsourcing and IP considerations - Newsletters - International Law Office [Read Full Story ]
  Fri, 18 Jan 2019 22:29:17 GMT
  Crowdsourcing and IP considerations - Newsletters  International Law Office

  Crowdsourcing can be an exciting and cost-effective way for businesses not only to keep up with the latest consumer trends and preferences, but also to ...

  
  
  
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