Anton’s Weekly International Law Digest
Vol. 4, No. 17 (10 December 2013)
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Contents
I. SSRN Legal Scholarship Network/bepress Legal Repository/NELLCO Legal Scholarship Repository/Publishers Advances
II. Books
III. Journals
IV. Cases
V. Blogs / Gray Literature (select items)
VI. Documents/Negotiations (select items)
VII. Media (select sources/select items)
I. SSRN Legal Scholarship Network/bepress Legal Repository/NELLCO Legal Scholarship Repository/Publishers Advances
The Design and Planning of Monitoring, Reporting, and Fact-Finding Missions – Rob Grace - Harvard University – Program on Humanitarian Policy and Conflict Research – Date Posted: December 10, 2013
The World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) and the Intergovernmental Committee: Developments on Traditional Knowledge and Cultural Expressions – Patricia Adjei & Natalie P. Stoianoff, The World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) and the Intergovernmental Committee: Developments on Traditional Knowledge and Cultural Expressions, Intellectual Property Forum Issue 92, March 2013, 37-48. – Patricia Adjei and Natalie P. Stoianoff – World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) and University of Technology, Sydney – Faculty of Law – Date Posted: December 10, 2013
Revisiting Mary Ann Glendon: Abortion, Divorce, Dependency, and Rights Talk in Western Law – Margaret F. Brinig and Linda C. McClain, “Revisiting Mary Ann Glendon: Divorce, Dependency, and Rights Talk in Western Law” in SOLIDARITIES BETWEEN GENERATIONS (Hugues Fulchiron, ed., Bruylant, 2013), Boston Univ. School of Law, Public Law Research Paper No. 13-53 – Margaret F. Brinig and Linda C. McClain - Notre Dame Law School and Boston University – School of Law – Date Posted: December 10, 2013
Arbitrating the Treaty on Certain Maritime Arrangements in the Timor Sea: The Latest Round between Timor-Leste and Australia – Donald K. Anton - Australian National University – ANU College of Law – Date Posted: December 09, 2013
Water: Human Right or Commodity? Reflections on the Effectiveness of a Human Right to Water – Human Rights Abuses in the Contemporary World: Legal approaches 6. – 9. September 2011, Human Rights and a Globalized Economy − Areas of conflict? Friday 09.09.2011, – Marie Cuq - Centre de droit international de Nanterre – Date Posted: December 09, 2013
Traditional Chinese Médicine and European Union Law: Cultural Logics, Product Identities, Market Competition, Legal Rechanneling, and the Need for Global Legal Pluralism – Francis Snyder , Lu Yi and Gulrez Yazdani - Peking University School of Transnational Law, Shenzhen Graduate School, China , Center for Research on Transnational Law, Peking University School of Transnational Law and Institute of Capital Markets (ICM) – Date Posted: December 09, 2013
Climbing the Walls: International Law and the Construction of a Security Barrier Protecting Settlers
Ori Pomson - Independent – Date Posted: December 09, 2013
New Transnational Governance and the Changing Composition of Regulatory Pluralism in Southeast Asia – Asian Journal of Comparative Law, Forthcoming – John Gillespie - Monash University – Date Posted: December 09, 2013
The Solange Argument as a Justification for Disobeying the Security Council in the Kadi Judgments – KADI ON TRIAL: A MULTIFACETED ANALYSIS OF THE KADI JUDGMENT, Matej Avbelj, Filippo – Fontanelli and Giuseppe Martinico, eds, Routledge, Forthcoming – Antonios Tzanakopoulos - University of Oxford – Faculty of Law – Date Posted: December 08, 2013
Regulating Treaties: A Comparative Perspective – Tams, Tzanakopoulos, Zimmermann, Research Handbook on the Law of Treaties, Edward Elgar, 2014 – Martins Paparinskis - University College London – Date Posted: December 08, 2013
The Transfer and Deportation of Civilian – The Geneva Conventions: A Commentary, A. Clapham, P. Gaeta and M. Sassoli, eds, Oxford University Press, 2014 – Vincent Chetail - Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies (HEI) – Date Posted: December 08, 2013
Will the ICC Be Able to Prosecute Crimes Against Humanity? – Carsten Stahn, ed, The Law and Practice of the International Criminal Court (Oxford University Press), 2013 – Darryl Robinson - Queen’s University (Canada) Faculty of Law – Date Posted: December 07, 2013
The Legal Personality of Multinational Corporations, State Responsibility and Due Diligence: The Way Forward – Unity and Diversity of International Law. Essays in Honour of Prof. Pierre-Marie Dupuy, pp. 105-130, D. Alland,V. Chetail, O. de Frouville & J.E. Vinuales, eds., Martinus Nijhoff, 2014 – Vincent Chetail - Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies (HEI) – Date Posted: December 07, 2013
Vattel and the American Dream: An Inquiry into the Reception of the Law of Nations in the United States – The Roots of International Law. Liber Amicorum Peter Haggenmacher, pp. 251-300, V. Chetail & P.-M. Dupuy, eds, Martinus Nijhoff, 2013. – Vincent Chetail - Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies (HEI) – Date Posted: December 07, 2013
Digital Copyright Enforcement Measures and Their Human Rights Threats – HUMAN RIGHTS AND INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY: FROM CONCEPTS TO PRACTICE, Christophe Geiger, ed., Edward Elgar Publishing, 2014, Forthcoming – Peter K. Yu - Drake University Law School – Date Posted: December 07, 2013
International Arbitration Culture and Global Governance – Walter Mattli and Thomas Dietz, eds, International Arbitration and Global Governance: Contending Theories and Evidence (Oxford University Press, 2014) – Joshua D. H. Karton - Queen’s University (Canada) – Faculty of Law – Date Posted: December 06, 2013
‘Toiling in the Danger and in the Morals of Despair': Risk, Security, Danger, the Constitution, and the Clinician’s Dilemma – Michael L. Perlin and Alison J. Lynch - New York Law School and Disability Rights New Jersey – Date Posted: December 06, 2013
The European Central Bank and the Euro – Latest Developments in the European Monetary Union (EMU) – Björn E. Strehl - Independent – Date Posted: December 06, 2013
The Life of Pi in the Electronic Silk Road – Concurring Opinions, 2013 – Haochen Sun - University of Hong Kong – Faculty of Law – Date Posted: December 05, 2013
Thinking About Economic Progress: Arrow and Schumpeter in Time and Space – Technologie et Concurrence – Liber Amicorum Hans Ullrich, Josef Drexl, ed. (Bruxelles: Larcier Pub., 2009) – Rudolph J.R. Peritz - New York Law School – Date Posted: December 04, 2013
Increased Women Trafficking in Uganda; Analyzing the Domestic and International Legal Framework – Tukwasiibwe Moses , Muganga George and Alex Natuhwera - Bishop Stuart UniversityBishop Stuart University – Department of Development Studies , Institute for Research and Development in Africa (IRDA) and Institute for Research and Development in Africa (IRDA) – Date Posted: December 04, 2013
Beyond International Commercial Arbitration? the Promise of International Commercial Mediation – 42 Washington University Journal of Law and Policy, 2014, Forthcoming, University of Missouri School of Law Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2013-21 – S.I. Strong - University of Missouri School of Law – Date Posted: December 04, 2013
The De-Privatization of American Warfare: How the U.S. Government Used, Regulated, and Ultimately Abandoned Privateering in the Nineteenth Century – Yale Journal of Law and the Humanities, Vol. 19, No. 1, 2007 – Nicholas R. Parrillo - Yale Law School – Date Posted: December 04, 2013
Fiscal Federalism in the European Union: Evolution and Future Choices for EMU – Common Market Law Review, Vol. 50, No. 6, 2013 – Alicia Hinarejos - University of Cambridge – Faculty of Law – Date Posted: December 03, 2013
Pacta Sunt Servanda versus Flexibility in the Suspension and Termination of Treaties – RESEARCH HANDBOOK ON THE LAW OF TREATIES, Christian J Tams, Antonios Tzanakopoulos and Andreas Zimmerman, eds, Edward Elgar, Forthcoming – Sotirios Ioannis Lekkas and Antonios Tzanakopoulos - University of Oxford – Faculty of Law and University of Oxford – Faculty of Law – Date Posted: December 03, 2013
PUBLIC INTERNATIONAL LAW eJOURNAL
Vol. 8, No. 165: Dec 5, 2013
ALAN O’NEIL SYKES, EDITOR
India Before and After the Right of Passage Case – 4 Asian Journal of International Law – Prabhakar Singh – (Cambridge Univ. Press, 2014), Forthcoming – Date Posted: 5 December 2013
Is the President’s Recognition Power Exclusive? – 86 Temple Law Review 1 (2013) – Robert Reinstein – Date Posted: 5 December 2013
New York Convention: Violation of Due Process, Article V(1)(b) – New York Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards, A Commentary (R. Wolff, ed.), C.H. Beck / Hart / Nomos, 2012 – Maxi Scherer – Date Posted: 5 December 2013
International Labour Law and the Challenge of Pluralism in the International Order – Manchester Journal of International Economic Law, Vol. 10 Issue 2 (2013) – Janelle Marie Diller – Date Posted: 5 December 2013
From Kiobel Back to Structural Reform: The Hidden Legacy of Holocaust Restitution Litigation – Stanford Journal of Complex Litigation (2013, Forthcoming) – Leora Bilsky, Rodger D. Citron, Natalie R. Davidson – Date Posted: 5 December 2013
Samsāra to Nirvāna: What Would It Mean to Actually Free Tibet? – Leah Shellberg – Date Posted: 5 December 2013
The Role of NGOs in Conflict Transformation: A Case Study of the Catholic Justice and Peace Commission in Lelan Division, West Pokot County, Kenya – Philista Sang – Date Posted: 5 December 2013
Minding the Impunity Gap: Child Soldiers, International Law and Human Rights Policy – Linda Van Brakel – Date Posted: 5 December 2013
Trying Communism Through International Law? – The Experiences of the Hungarian Historical Justice Trials – Kevin Heller, Gerry Simpson (eds.) The Hidden Histories of War Crimes Trials (OUP, 2013) 229-247. – Tamás Hoffmann – Date Posted: 5 December 2013
Il Territorio Della Palestina, Alla Luce Della Sentenza Della Cgue Brita GMBH (The Territory of Palestine and the GMBH Brita Judgement) – Scritti per Luigi Sico, p. 691, Editoriale Scientifica, 2012 – Giancarlo Guarino – Date Posted: 5 December 2013
PUBLIC INTERNATIONAL LAW eJOURNAL
Vol. 8, No. 164: Dec 4, 2013
ALAN O’NEIL SYKES, EDITOR
The Law Reports of the Special Court for Sierra Leone, Vol. II: Prosecutor v. Norman, Fofana and Kondewa (The CDF Trial) – Martinus Nijhoff Brill, Netherlands, 2013, Charles C. Jalloh and Simon Meisenberg, eds., U. of Pittsburgh Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2013-39 – Charles Chernor Jalloh, Simon Meisenberg – Date Posted: 4 December 2013
Sovereign Wealth Funds and Global Justice – Ethics and International Affairs, Forthcoming – Chris Armstrong – Date Posted: 4 December 2013
Criminalizing Sexual Exploitation and Abuse by Peacekeepers – Carla Ferstman – Date Posted: 4 December 2013
EU Citizenship for Latvian ‘Non-Citizens': A Concrete Proposal – Jean Monnet Working Papers (NYU Law School) No. 14/13, 2013 – Dimitry Kochenov, Aleksejs Dimitrovs – Date Posted: 4 December 2013
A Separate Peace: Explaining War, Crime, Violence, and Security During and After the Surge in Iraq – John Hagan, Joshua Kaiser – Date Posted: 4 December 2013
The Sentencing Legacy of the Special Court for Sierra Leone – Margaret M. DeGuzman – Date Posted: 4 December 2013
Global Solutions, Local Damages: A Critical Study in Judicial Councils in Central and Eastern Europe – Department of European Legal Studies Research Paper in Law, 07/2013 – Michal Bobek, David Kosar – Date Posted: 4 December 2013
Co-Perpetration: German Dogmatik or German Invasion? – The Law and Practice of the International Criminal Court: A Critical Account of Challenges and Achievements, Carsten Stahn ed., Oxford University Press, Forthcoming – Jens David Ohlin – Date Posted: 4 December 2013
Frivolous Motions and Abuses of Process at the Ad Hoc International Criminal Tribunals – Cardozo Journal of International and Comparative Law (JICL), Vol. 22, No. 1, 2013 – Devon Whittle – Date Posted: 4 December 2013
Postulats De Justice En Droit Transnational Et Raisonnements De Droit International Privé. Premier Balisage D’Un Champ D’Études (Postulates of Justice in Transnational Law and Private International Law Reasoning. A Few Simple Points) – MELANGES EN L’HONNEUR DU PROFESSEUR JEAN-MICHEL JACQUET (Marcelo Kohen and Dolores Bentolila eds, 2013), 417-431 – Thomas Schultz – Date Posted: 4 December 2013
PUBLIC INTERNATIONAL LAW eJOURNAL
Vol. 8, No. 163: December 2, 2013
ALAN O’NEIL SYKES, EDITOR
The Grip of Sexual Violence: Reading United Nations Security Council Resolutions on Human Security – Forthcoming in Rethinking Peacekeeping, Gender Equality and Collective Security (eds. Gina Heathcote and Dianne Otto)(Palgrave, 2014) – Karen Engle – Date Posted: 2 December 2013
The Law Reports of the Special Court for Sierra Leone, Vol. I: Prosecutor v. Brima, Kamara and Kanu (The AFRC Trial) – Martinus Nijhoff Brill, Netherlands, 2012, Charles C. Jalloh and Simon Meisenberg, eds. U. of Pittsburgh Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2013-37 – Charles Chernor Jalloh, Simon Meisenberg – Date Posted: 2 December 2013
Governance in Cloud Computing – Queen Mary School of Law Legal Studies Research Paper No. 157/2013 – Chris Reed – Date Posted: 2 December 2013
Implementing the Torture Convention: Protecting Human Dignity and Integrity in Healthcare – Veelke Derckx, Antenor Hallo de Wolf, Brigit Toebes – Date Posted: 2 December 2013
Global Cybersecurity: Issues and Concern – Kshetri, Nir (2013). “Global Cybersecurity: Issues and Concerns,” Guest Editorial, Journal of Global Information Technology Management (JGITM), 16(4), 1-5. – Nir Kshetri – Date Posted: 2 December 2013
The Justice Cascade: The Origins and Effectiveness of Prosecutions of Human Rights Violations – Annual Review of Law and Social Science, Vol. 9, pp. 269-285, 2013 – Kathryn Sikkink, Hun Joon Kim – Date Posted: 2 December 2013
The Adoption of Transparency Policies in Global Governance Institutions: Justifications, Effects, and Implications – Annual Review of Law and Social Science, Vol. 9, pp. 119-147, 2013 – Megan Donaldson, Benedict Kingsbury – Date Posted: 2 December 2013
An Empirical Look at the Amicus Curiae Practice of Human Rights NGOs Before the European Court of Human Rights – Netherlands Quarterly of Human Rights, 2013, Vol. 31/3, 271–313 – Laura Van den Eynde – Date Posted: 2 December 2013
Estradizione (Extradition) – Enciclopedia del diritto, Il Sole 24Ore, Milano, 2012 – Giancarlo Guarino – Date Posted: 2 December 2013
LAW & SOCIETY: INTERNATIONAL & COMPARATIVE LAW eJOURNAL
Vol. 8, No. 226: Dec 6, 2013
CHRISTIANA OCHOA, EDITOR
Regulatory Cooperation for Trade in Services in the EU and US Trade Agreements with the Republic of Korea: How Deep and How Compatible? – (2013) E. Laurenza & J. Mathis, ‘Regulatory Cooperation for Trade in Services in the EU and US Trade Agreements with the Republic of Korea: How Deep and How Compatible?’, 14 Melbourne Journal of International Law 1, 171-204. – Eugenia Laurenza, James H. Mathis – Date Posted: 6 December 2013
Seven Canons of ICC Treaty Interpretation: Making Sense of Article 25’s Rorschach Blot – Washington University in St. Louis Legal Studies Research Paper No. 13-11-06 – Leila N. Sadat, Jarrod M. Jolly – Date Posted: 6 December 2013
The Legality of Israeli Settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territories Under International Law – e-International Relations, 2013 – Tilman Rodenhäuser – Date Posted: 6 December 2013
Immoral Trafficking of Woman and Right to Life and Dignity Vis-á-Vis Social Justice – Priyanka Ramesh Mohod, Pankaj Prakashrao Umbarkar Sr. – Date Posted: 6 December 2013
Patents in TRIPS-Plus Provisions and the Approaches to Interpretation of Free Trade Agreements and TRIPS: Do They Affect Public Health? – Ping Xiong – Date Posted: 6 December 2013
Soft Law in Court: Competition Law, State Aid and the Court of Justice of the European Union: An Introduction – Soft Law in Court: Competition Law, State Aid and the Court of Justice of the European Union (Kluwer 2013) – Oana Andreea Stefan – Date Posted: 6 December 2013
LAW & SOCIETY: INTERNATIONAL & COMPARATIVE LAW eJOURNAL
Vol. 8, No. 225: Dec 5, 2013
CHRISTIANA OCHOA, EDITOR
Debating Europe’s Justice Deficit: The EU, Swabian Housewives, Rawls, and Ryanair – EUI Working Paper, LAW 2013/11, 2013 – Grainne De Burca, Dimitry Kochenov, Andrew Trevor Williams – Date Posted: 5 December 2013
Tax Havens and Exchange of Information: Is Uncooperative Behaviour a Violation of International Law? – Sebastiano Garufi – Date Posted: 5 December 2013
Rights of Minors in Immigration Cases in United Kingdom – Temitope Obasaju Stephen – Date Posted: 5 December 2013
A Safe Country to Emulate? Canada and the European Refugee – The Global Reach of European Refugee Law, Hélène Lambert, Jane McAdam, Maryellen Fullerton, eds. – Audrey Macklin – Cambridge University Press, Forthcoming – Date Posted: 5 December 2013
China’s New ‘Common Law': Using China’s Guiding Cases to Understand How to Do Business in the People’s Republic of China – Jocelyn Limmer – Date Posted: 5 December 2013
Le financement par les tiers des procedures d’arbitrage international, une vue d’Europe Seconde partie: le debat juridique (Third Party Funding of International Arbitration Proceedings – A view from Europe Part II: The Legal Debate) – International Business Law Journal (2012) 649 – Maxi Scherer, Aren Goldsmith, Camille Fléchet – Date Posted: 5 December 2013
LAW & SOCIETY: INTERNATIONAL & COMPARATIVE LAW eJOURNAL
Vol. 8, No. 224: Dec 4, 2013
CHRISTIANA OCHOA, EDITOR
‘Constitutional Justice’ and Judicial Review of EU Legislative Acts – G de Búrca, D Kochenov and A Williams (eds), Europe’s Justice Deficit? Beyond Good Governance Oxford Legal Studies Research Paper No. 95/2013 – Dorota Leczykiewicz – Hart Publishing Oxford 2014 – Date Posted: 4 December 2013
TPP – Australian Section-by-Section Analysis of the Enforcement Provisions – Sydney Law School Research Paper No. 13/84 – Kimberlee G. Weatherall – Date Posted: 4 December 2013
Ignoring the Science: What We Know About Patents Suggests Dire Consequences from ACTA and the TPPA – Science and Technology in International Economic Law: Balancing Competing Interests, B. Mercurio and N. Kuei-Jung, eds., Routledge, 2013, Forthcoming, Sydney Law School Research Paper No. 13/85 – Kimberlee G. Weatherall – Date Posted: 4 December 2013
McIvor and Tanuchit: A Truly ‘Heinous’ Case of Sexual Slavery – A Schloenhardt, L Laura-Rose, ‘McIvor and Tanuchit: a Truly ‘Heinous’ Case of Sexual Slavery’ (2012) 35 (1) University of New South Wales Law Journal 177-202, University of Queensland TC Beirne School of Law Research Paper No. 13-15 – Andreas Schloenhardt, Laura-Rose Lynch – Date Posted: 4 December 2013
Rethinking the World Bank’s Sanctions System – 55 The Government Contractor, No. 42, 355 (November 2013), GWU Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2013-132, GWU Law School Public Law Research Paper No. 2013-132 – Christopher R. Yukins – Date Posted: 4 December 2013
LAW & SOCIETY: INTERNATIONAL & COMPARATIVE LAW eJOURNAL
Vol. 8, No. 223: Dec 3, 2013
CHRISTIANA OCHOA, EDITOR
EU Accession to the ECHR: Competence, Procedure and Substance – Fordham International Law Journal, Vol. 36, No. 1115, 2013 – Paul P. Craig – Date Posted: 3 December 2013
Consistent: The Convention on the Protection of the Underwater Cultural Heritage and the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea – V Cogliati-Bantz, C Forrest, ‘Consistent: The Convention on the Protection of the Underwater Cultural Heritage and the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea’ (2013) 2 (3) Cambridge Journal of International and Comparative Law 536-561, University of Queensland TC Beirne School of Law Research Paper No. 13-10 – Dr. Craig J. S. Forrest, Vincent Cogliati-Bantz – Date Posted: 3 December 2013
Protecting State Secrets: Jurisdictional Differences and Current Developments – Mississippi Law Journal, Vol. 82, No. 4, 2013, Sydney Law School Research Paper No. 13/80 – Miiko A. Kumar – Date Posted: 3 December 2013
Statelessness and the Role of National Human Rights Institutions – Laura Van Waas, Monica Neal – Date Posted: 3 December 2012
Risk Regulation Lessons from Mad Cows – Foundations and Trends in Microeconomics, Forthcoming, Vanderbilt Law and Economics Research Paper No. 13-34 – Joseph E. Aldy, W. Kip Viscusi – Date Posted: 3 December 2013
LAW & SOCIETY: INTERNATIONAL & COMPARATIVE LAW eJOURNAL
Vol. 8, No. 222: Dec 2, 2013
CHRISTIANA OCHOA, EDITOR
Caveat to All Foreign Companies: The Fifth Circuit is Armed with the Ostensibly Unfettered Framework – Samer J. Lawand – Date Posted: 2 December 2013
Unwinding the Vicious Loop of Aircraft Finance Leases – 13 Issues Aviation L. & Pol’y 55 (2013) – Nithya Narayanan – Date Posted: 2 December 2013
Trying Communism Through International Law? – The Experiences of the Hungarian Historical Justice Trials – Kevin Heller, Gerry Simpson (eds.) The Hidden Histories of War Crimes Trials (OUP, 2013) 229-247 – Tamás Hoffmann – Date Posted: 2 December 2013
Drones, Spies, Terrorists and Second Class Citizenship in Pakistan – A Review Essay – Small Wars and Insurgencies, 25.1 – C. Christine Fair – Date Posted: 2 December 2013
The European Quality of Government Index: Summary of 2013 Data, Sensitivity Analysis and Final Results – Nicholas Charron – Date Posted: 2 December 2013
India and International Criminal Court: The Present Scenario – University Institute of Legal Studies, Forthcoming – Saurabh Khullar – Date Posted: 2 December 2013
Regulatory Experience in the US and It’s Lessons for European Banking Union – Anthony Saunders – Date Posted: 2 December 2013
On Peers and Copyright: Why the EU Should Consider Collective Management of P2P – Munich Intellectual Property Law Center – MIPLC, Bd. 14, Nomos, 2012 – João Pedro Quintais – Date Posted: 2 December 2013
Minding the Impunity Gap: Child Soldiers, International Law and Human Rights Policy – Linda Van Brakel – Date Posted: 2 December 2013
Implicaciones De Derechos Humanos En El Tratado De Libre Comercio Entre Colombia Y La Unión Europea (Human Rights Implications in the Free Trade Agreement between Colombia and the European Union) – InDret, Vol. 4, 2013 – Jaume Saura Estapà – Date Posted: 2 December 2013
Социально-политические установки россиян в отношении интеграции и дифференциации России в европейском пространстве (Social and Political Attitudes of Russians in the Integration and Differentiation of Russia in the European Space) – Irina Vendilo, Anna Rocheva, Andrew Samodin, Alexey Titkov – Date Posted: 2 December 2013
INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC LAW eJOURNAL
Vol. 8, No. 112: Dec 5, 2013
ALAN O’NEIL SYKES, EDITOR
Article IV [Formal Requirements for Recognition and Enforcement of Arbitral Awards] – New York Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards, A Commentary (R. Wolff, ed.), C.H. Beck / Hart / Nomos, 2012 – Maxi Scherer – Date Posted: 5 December 2013
The Doha Round and Food Security in the Dairy Sector in Cameroon: A Global Simulation Model (GSIM) Approach – Estey Centre Journal of International Law & Trade Policy, Vol. 13, No. 1, 2012 – Roland Njiteu Leudjou – Date Posted: 5 December 2013
Caveat to All Foreign Companies: The Fifth Circuit is Armed with the Ostensibly Unfettered Framework – Samer J. Lawand – Date Posted: 5 December 2013
Finality of Awards: Is it the Key Feature of the New Saudi Arbitration Law that Will Put the Country in the Global Map of Arbitration? – Abdulrahman Mamdoh Saleem – Date Posted: 5 December 2013
Implicaciones De Derechos Humanos En El Tratado De Libre Comercio Entre Colombia Y La Unión Europea (Human Rights Implications in the Free Trade Agreement between Colombia and the European Union) – Jaume Saura Estapà – Date Posted: 5 December 2013
INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC LAW eJOURNAL
Vol. 8, No. 111: Dec 2, 2013
ALAN O’NEIL SYKES, EDITOR
The Future of the World Trade Organization – Biswajit Dhar – Date Posted: 2 December 2013
Waiting for Perseus: A Sur-Reply to Professors Graetz and Warren – Tax Law Review, Forthcoming, U of Penn, Inst for Law & Econ Research Paper No. 13-32, Virginia Law and Economics Research Paper No. 2013-12 – Ruth Mason, Michael S. Knoll – Date Posted: 2 December 2013
Import Licensing Procedures in Botswana: Examining the Control of Goods (Import Control) Regulations in Light of the WTO Law – Gosego Rockfall Lekgowe – Date Posted: 2 December 2013
Addressing Transatlantic Regulatory Barriers: Can the US and the EU Create an Effective Equivalency Instrument? – James H. Mathis – Date Posted: 2 December 2013
Do Hard Economic Times Lead to International Legal Disputes? The Case of Investment Arbitration – Swiss Political Science Review, Vol. 19, issue 4, 2013, Forthcoming – Cedric G. Dupont, Thomas Schultz – Date Posted: 2 December 2013
INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL LAW eJOURNAL
Vol. 5, No. 61: Dec 5, 2013
DAVID D. CARON & TSEMING YANG, EDITORS
Consistent: The Convention on the Protection of the Underwater Cultural Heritage and the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea – V Cogliati-Bantz, C Forrest, ‘Consistent: The Convention on the Protection of the Underwater Cultural Heritage and the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea’ (2013) 2 (3) Cambridge Journal of International and Comparative Law 536-561 – University of Queensland TC Beirne School of Law Research Paper No. 13-10 – DR. CRAIG J. S. FORREST – The University of Queensland – TC Beirne School of Law – VINCENT COGLIATI-BANTZ – The University of Queensland – T.C. Beirne School of Law – Date Posted: November 15, 2013
Environmental Jurisprudence of the European and Inter-American Courts of Human Rights: Comparative Insights – in B. Boer (ed.), The Environmental Dimension of Human Rights (OUP, Forthcoming) – RICCARDO PAVONI, University of Siena – Department of Law – Date Posted: November 13, 2013
The Role of Specific Discipline Principles in International Law: A Parallel Analysis between Environmental and Cultural Heritage Law (Early Draft) – Nordic Journal of International Law, Vol. 82, No. 3, 2013 – MARINA LOSTAL – European University Institute – Department of Law (LAW) – Date Posted: November 21, 2013
CLIMATE CHANGE LAW & POLICY eJOURNAL
Vol. 5, No. 51; Dec 2, 2013
DANIEL A. FARBER & PATRICK A. PARENTEAU, EDITORS
Carbon Leakage, Free Allocation and Linking Emissions Trading Schemes – University of Groningen Faculty of Law Research Paper No. 21 /2013 – FITSUM G. TICHE – University of Groningen – Faculty of Law – Department of Law and Economics – STEFAN E. WEISHAAR – Maastricht University – METRO Institute, University of Groningen – Faculty of Law – OSCAR COUWENBERG – University of Groningen – Faculty of Law – Department of Law and Economics – Date Posted: November 14, 2013
Chapter 6: The Endangered Species Act – “Global Climate Change and U.S. Law” – Michael B. Gerrard & Jody Freeman, Eds.); American Bar Association – Forthcoming – DAVE OWEN – University of Maine – School of Law – Date Posted: November 15, 2013
Sustainable Cities of Tomorrow: A Land Use Response to Climate Change – in Rethinking Sustainable Development to Meet the Climate Change Challenge (Jessica Owley & Keith Hirokawa eds.) Environmental Law Institute (2014 Forthcoming) – STEPHEN R. MILLER – University of Idaho College of Law – Boise – Date Posted: November 16, 2013
INTERNATIONAL EMPLOYMENT & LABOR LAW eJOURNAL
Vol. 8, No. 31: Dec 3, 2013
J.H. VERKERKE, EDITOR
Migrant Workers’ Access to Justice at Home: Indonesia – Migrant Workers’ Access to Justice Series (Open Society Foundations), Forthcoming – UNSW Law Research Paper No. 2013-75 – U of Penn Law School, Public Law Research Paper No. 13-26 – Bassina Farbenblum – Eleanor Taylor-Nicholson – Sarah Paoletti – University of New South Wales (UNSW) – University of New South Wales (UNSW) – University of Pennsylvania Law School – Date Posted: Dec 3, 2013
No More Solitude? Workers’ Conditions and Rights in Latin America During the Great Recession – Employee Rights and Employment Policy Journal, Forthcoming – César F. Rosado Marzán – Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago – Kent College of Law – Date Posted: Dec 3, 2013
NATIONAL SECURITY & FOREIGN RELATIONS LAW eJOURNAL
Vol. 10, No. 90: December 6, 2013
OREN GROSS, EDITOR
“‘Below the Threshold’ Cyber Operations: The Countermeasures Response Option and International Law” - Virginia Journal of International Law, Vol. 54, 2014, Forthcoming – Michael N. Schmitt - Naval War College – International Law Department, University of Exeter Law School - Date Posted: December 6, 2013
“A Liberal Communitarian Paradigm for Counterterrorism” - Stanford Journal of International Law, Vol. 29, No. 2 (2013) – Amitai Etzioni - George Washington University – December 6, 2013
“Whose Secrets?” - Harvard Law Review Forum, Vol. 127, December 2013, Forthcoming. – Josh Chafetz – Cornell Law School - December 6, 2013
“The Legality of Israeli Settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territories Under International Law” - e-International Relations, 2013 – Ttilman Rodenhäuser - Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies (HEI) - December 6, 2013
“The Derecognition Approach: Government Illegality, Recognition, and Non-Violent Regime Change” - George Washington International Law Review, Vol. 45, No. 3, 2013 – Danny Auron - CHRGJ, Fordham University - December 6, 2013
“Square Pegs and Round Holes: Moving Beyond Bivens in National Security Cases” - 47 Colum. J.L. & Soc. Probs. (Forthcoming) – Alexander Zbrozek - Columbia Journal of Law and Social Problems – December 6, 2013
NATIONAL SECURITY & FOREIGN RELATIONS LAW eJOURNAL
Vol. 10, No. 89: December 5, 2013
OREN GROSS, EDITOR
“Protecting State Secrets: Jurisdictional Differences and Current Developments” - Mississippi Law Journal, Vol. 82, No. 4, 2013 Sydney Law School Research Paper No. 13/80 – Miiko A. Kumar - University of Sydney – Faculty of Law - Date Posted: December 5, 2013
“The Political Psychology of Counterterrorism” - U of Chicago, Public Law Working Paper – Aziz Z. Huq - University of Chicago Law School - Date Posted: December 5, 2013
“Discolouring Democracy? Policing, Sensitive Evidence, and Contentious Deaths in the United Kingdom” - Journal of Law and Society, Vol. 40, Issue 4, pp. 624-656, 2013 – Greg Martin - University of Sydney - Rebecca Scott Bray - University of Sydney - Date Posted: December 5, 2013
“Drones, Spies, Terrorists and Second Class Citizenship in Pakistan – A Review Essay” - Small Wars and Insurgencies, 25.1 – C. Christine Fair - Georgetown University – Date Posted: December 5, 2013
“Tapping the German Chancellor’s Cell Phone and Public International Law” - Bonn Research Papers on Public International Law No 3A/2013 – Stefan A. G. Talmon - University of Bonn, Institute of Public International Law - Date Posted: December 5, 2013
” Social and Political Attitudes of Russians in the Integration and Differentiation of Russia in the European Space” – Irina Vendilo - Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration (RANEPA) - Anna Rocheva - Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration (RANEPA) - Andrew Samodin - Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration (RANEPA) – Alexey Titkov – Independent - Date Posted: December 5, 2013
NATIONAL SECURITY & FOREIGN RELATIONS LAW eJOURNAL
Vol. 10, No. 88: December 4, 2013
OREN GROSS, EDITOR
“Standing and Secret Surveillance” - 9 I/S: J.L. & Pub. Pol’y for Info. Soc’y, 2014, Forthcoming American University Washington College of Law Legal Studies Research Paper – Stephen I. Vladeck - American University – Washington College of Law - Date Posted: December 4, 2013
“Kiobel Surprise: Unexpected by Scholars but Consistent with International Trends” - Notre Dame Law Review, Vol. 89, Forthcoming Northwestern Public Law Research Paper No. 13-38 – Eugene Kontorovich - Northwestern University Law School - Date Posted: December 4, 2013
“Personal Jurisdiction Stops Here: Cabining the Extraterritorial Reach of American Courts” - University of Toledo Law Review, Vol. 45, 2014 (Forthcoming) U of Texas Law, Public Law Research Paper No. 530 – Linda S. Mullenix - University of Texas School of Law - Date Posted: December 4, 2013
“The Legacy of the Tokyo Dissents” – Claus Kress and Stefan Barriga (eds), The Crime of Aggression – A Commentary, Cambridge University Press, 2015, Forthcoming – Kirsten Sellars - National University of Singapore – Faculty of Law, Centre for Asian Legal Studies – Date Posted: December 4, 2013
“Determinants of Muslim-American Cooperation with US Counterterrorism Policing” – Rachel Gillum - Stanford University – Date Posted: December 4, 2013
“At War with the Robots: Autonomous Weapon Systems and the Martens Clause” - Hofstra Law Review, Vol. 41, No. 3, 2013 – Tyler D. Evans – Independent - Date Posted: December 4, 2013
“Das Abhören des Kanzlerhandys und das Völkerrecht (Tapping the German Chancellor’s Cell Phone and Public International Law)” - Bonn Research Papers on Public International Law No 3/2013 – Stefan A. G. Talmon - University of Bonn, Institute of Public International Law – Date Posted: December 4, 2013
NATIONAL SECURITY & FOREIGN RELATIONS LAW eJOURNAL
Vol. 10, No. 87: December 3, 2013
OREN GROSS, EDITOR
“Cyber Warfare as a Superficially Tempting Low-Level Engagement Strategy” – Joanna Diane Caytas - Columbia University - Date Posted: December 3, 2013
“The President’s NDU Speech and the Pivot from the First Term to the Second (Chapter 3)” - Speaking the Law: The Obama Administration’s Addresses on National Security Law (Stanford, CA: Hoover Institution Press, 2013) – Kenneth Anderson - American University – Washington College of Law, Stanford University – The Hoover Institution on War, Revolution and Peace, Brookings Institution – Governance Studies - Benjamin Wittes - Brookings Institution – Date Posted: December 3, 2013
“Exporting Freedom: Religious Liberty and American Power” – Anna Su - Harvard Law School, SUNY Buffalo Law School - Date Posted: December 3, 2013
“The Data Surveillance State in the US and Europe” - Wake Forest Law Review, Forthcoming – Joel Reidenberg - Princeton University – Center for Information Technology Policy, Fordham University School of Law - Date Posted: December 3, 2013
“The Geopolitics of Race, Ethnicity, and Representation: African Immigrants and the Congressional Black Caucus” – Menna Demessie - Congressional Black Caucus Foundation - Date Posted: December 3, 2013
“British Balance of Competence Reviews, Part I: ‘Competences About Right, so Far’” - EPIN Working Papers No. 35 – Michael Emerson - Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS) - Steven Blockmans - Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS) - Date Posted: December 3, 2013
“Estradizione (Extradition)” - Enciclopedia del diritto, Il Sole 24Ore, Milano, 2012 – Giancarlo Guarino - Università Federico II di Napoli – Dipartimeno di Economia Management Istituzioni – Date Posted: December 3, 2013
NATIONAL SECURITY & FOREIGN RELATIONS LAW eJOURNAL
Vol. 10, No. 86: December 2, 2013
OREN GROSS, EDITOR
“Pandemic Disease, Biological Weapons, and War” - in LAW AND WAR: (Stanford University Press Forthcoming) – Laura Donohue - Georgetown University Law Center – Date Posted: December 2, 2013
“Are We Forgetting the Kurds?” – Anthony D’Amato - Northwestern University – School of Law - Date Posted: December 2, 2013
“Involved by Default: External Actors and Foreign Policy of the Western Balkan States” - CEU Political Science Journal, vol. 8, no. 3, 2013, 348-368 – Esref Kenan Rasidagic - University of Sarajevo - Date Posted: December 2, 2013
“Torture and Extradition: Using Trinidad y Garcia to Develop a New Role for Courts” Columbia Human Rights Law Review, Fall 2013, Forthcoming – Caroline Stover - Columbia University – Law School – Date Posted: December 2, 2013
TAX LAW: INTERNATIONAL & COMPARATIVE TAX eJOURNAL
Vol.13, No 52: Dec 4, 2013
PAUL L. CARON & ROBERT A. GREEN, EDITORS
Tax Havens and Exchange of Information: Is Uncooperative Behaviour a Violation of International Law? – Sebastiano Garufi – Date Posted: 4 December 2013
The Limits of the International Tax Regime as a Commitment Projector – Virginia Tax Review, Vol. 33, No. 59, 2013 – Arthur J. Cockfield – Date Posted: 4 December 2013
The Cost of ‘Choice’ in a Voluntary Pension System – 2013 New York University Review of Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation 6-1 to 6-55 – Jonathan Barry Forman, George A. (Sandy) Mackenzie – Date Posted: 4 December 2013
COMPARATIVE LAW eJOURNAL
Vol. 13, No. 120; Dec 6 2013
FRANCESCO PARISI, EDITOR
A Canadian Model of Corporate Governance: Insights from Canada’s Leading Legal Practitioners – 2013 Robert Bertram Doctoral Research Award Report, Canadian Foundation for Governance Research and Institute of Corporate Directors – CAROL LIAO – University of British Columbia Faculty of Law, University of Toronto – School of Law – Date Posted: November 16, 2013
Debating Europe’s Justice Deficit: The EU, Swabian Housewives, Rawls, and Ryanair – EUI Working Paper, LAW 2013/11, 2013 – GRAINNE DE BURCA – New York University (NYU) – Law School – DIMITRY KOCHENOV – University of Groningen – Faculty of Law – ANDREW TREVOR WILLIAMS – University of Warwick – School of Law – Date Posted: November 16, 2013
A Safe Country to Emulate? Canada and the European Refugee - The Global Reach of European Refugee Law, Hélène Lambert, Jane McAdam, Maryellen Fullerton, eds., Cambridge University Press, Forthcoming – AUDREY MACKLIN – University of Toronto – Faculty of Law – Date Posted: November 18, 2013
Seven Canons of ICC Treaty Interpretation: Making Sense of Article 25’s Rorschach Blot – Washington University in St. Louis Legal Studies Research Paper No. 13-11-06 – LEILA N. SADAT – Washington University in Saint Louis – School of Law – JARROD M. JOLLY – Washington University in Saint Louis – School of Law, University of Queensland – Date Posted: November 17, 2013
Towards Complementarity in African Conflict Management Mechanisms – MUHAMMED TAWFIQ LADAN – Ahmadu Bello University – Date Posted: November 20, 2013
COMPARATIVE LAW eJOURNAL
Vol. 13, No. 119; Dec 5 2013
FRANCESCO PARISI, EDITOR
Trying Communism Through International Law? – The Experiences of the Hungarian Historical Justice Trials – Kevin Heller, Gerry Simpson (eds.) The Hidden Histories of War Crimes Trials (OUP – 2013) 229-247 – TAMÁS HOFFMANN – Corvinus University of Budapest – Date Posted: November 14, 2013
The European Quality of Government Index: Summary of 2013 Data, Sensitivity Analysis and Final Results – NICHOLAS CHARRON – Copenhagen Business School – Department of Business and Politics – Date Posted: November 15, 2013
Regulatory Experience in the US and It’s Lessons for European Banking Union – ANTHONY SAUNDERS – New York University – Leonard N. Stern School of Business – Date Posted: November 15, 2013
Rules as Icons: Wittgenstein’s Paradox and the Law – Ratio Juris, Vol. 26, Issue 4, pp. 538-559, 2013 – BERT VAN ROERMUND – Tilburg Law School, Tilburg School of Humanities – Tilburg Law School – Date Posted: November 13, 2013
Information and Financial Crisis Policymaking – CHRISTOPHER GANDRUD – Hertie School of Governance – MÍCHEÁL O’KEEFFE – London School of Economics – Date Posted: November 14, 2013
COMPARATIVE LAW eJOURNAL
Vol. 13, No. 118; Dec 4 2013
FRANCESCO PARISI, EDITOR
Deterrence, Prophylaxis and Punishment in Fiduciary Obligations – (2013) 7 Journal of Equity 87-104 – LIONEL SMITH – McGill University – Faculty of Law – Paul-André Crépeau Centre for Private and Comparative Law, King’s College London – The Dickson Poon School of Law – Date Posted: November 9, 2013
Learning from Success, Learning from Failure: South Africa, Hungary, Turkey and Egypt – Philosophy & Social Criticism, Vol. 39, Nos. 4-5, 2013 – ANDREW ARATO – New School for Social Research -ERTUG H TOMBUS – New School for Social Research – Department of Sociology – Date Posted: November 10, 2013
Cross-Listings and the New World of International Capital: Another Look at the Efficiency and Extraterritoriality of Securities Law – YULIYA GUSEVA – Rutgers School of Law–Newark
The Political Origins of English Private Law – Journal of Law and Society, Vol. 40, Issue 4, pp. 481-508, 2013 – DAN PRIEL – York University – Osgoode Hall Law School – Date Posted: November 10, 2013
Социально-политические установки россиян в отношении интеграции и дифференциации России в европейском пространстве (Social and Political Attitudes of Russians in the Integration and Differentiation of Russia in the European Space) – IRINA VENDILO – Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration (RANEPA) – ANNA ROCHEVA – Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration (RANEPA) – ANDREW SAMODIN – Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration (RANEPA) -ALEXEY TITKOV – Independent – Date Posted: November 12, 2013
COMPARATIVE LAW eJOURNAL
Vol. 13, No. 117; Dec 3 2013
FRANCESCO PARISI, EDITOR
Ignoring the Science: What We Know About Patents Suggests Dire Consequences from ACTA and the TPPA – Science and Technology in International Economic Law: Balancing Competing Interests, B. Mercurio and N. Kuei-Jung, eds., Routledge, 2013, Forthcoming – Sydney Law School Research Paper No. 13/85 – KIMBERLEE G. WEATHERALL – University of Sydney – Faculty of Law – Date Posted: November 20, 2013
Militant Democracy: The Institutional Bases of Democratic Self-Preservation- Annual Review of Law and Social Science, Vol. 9, pp. 207-226, 2013 – GIOVANNI CAPOCCIA – University of Oxford
The Bankruptcy-Law Safe Harbor for Derivatives: A Path-Dependence Analysis – STEVEN L. SCHWARCZ – Duke University – School of Law – ORI SHARON, Duke University – School of Law
EU Citizenship for Latvian ‘Non-Citizens': A Concrete Proposal – Jean Monnet Working Papers (NYU Law School) No. 14/13, 2013 – DIMITRY KOCHENOV – University of Groningen – Faculty of Law – ALEKSEJS DIMITROVS – European Parliament – Date Posted: November 6, 2013
Global Solutions, Local Damages: A Critical Study in Judicial Councils in Central and Eastern Europe – Department of European Legal Studies Research Paper in Law, 07/2013 – MICHAL BOBEK, College of Europe -DAVID KOSAR, New York University School of Law – Date Posted: November 8, 2013
COMPARATIVE LAW eJOURNAL
Vol. 13, No. 116; Dec 2 2013
FRANCESCO PARISI, EDITOR
Protecting State Secrets: Jurisdictional Differences and Current Developments – Mississippi Law Journal, Vol. 82, No. 4, 2013 Sydney Law School Research Paper No. 13/80 – MIIKO A. KUMAR – University of Sydney – Faculty – Date Posted: November 19, 2013
Risk Regulation Lessons from Mad Cows – Foundations and Trends in Microeconomics, Forthcoming – Vanderbilt Law and Economics Research Paper No. 13-34 – JOSEPH E. ALDY – Harvard Kennedy School, National Bureau of Economic Research, Resources for the Future – W. KIP VISCUSI – Vanderbilt University – Law School, National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), Vanderbilt University – Department of Economics, Vanderbilt University – Owen Graduate School of Management, Vanderbilt University – Strategy and Business Economics – Date Posted:
No More Solitude? Workers’ Conditions and Rights in Latin America During the Great Recession – Employee Rights and Employment Policy Journal, Forthcoming – CÉSAR F. ROSADO MARZÁN – Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago – Kent College of Law – Date Posted: November 20, 2013
TPP – Australian Section-by-Section Analysis of the Enforcement Provisions – Sydney Law School Research Paper No. 13/84 – KIMBERLEE G. WEATHERALL – University of Sydney – Faculty of Law – Date Posted: November 20, 2013
The Controversy Over Citations to Foreign Authorities in American Constitutional Adjudication and the Conflict of Judicial Philosophies: A Reply to Professor Glendon – Cardozo Legal Studies Research Paper No. 412 – MICHEL ROSENFELD – Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law – Date Posted: November 20, 2013
IV. Cases, Reports and Dispute Settlement
Refworld
Case law
AS (Afghanistan) v. Secretary of State for the Home Department
CE, 13 novembre 2013, N°s 349735, 349736
Décision No. 09009538, 30 mars 2011, Cour Nationale du Droit d’Asile
The Queen (on the application) of AA (Iran) v. Upper Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber)
Country/Situation Specific Position
Operational Guidance Note: Kenya
Operational Guidance Note: Uganda
Court Interventions/ Amicus Curiae
Handbooks/Manuals
Manuel de Réinstallation (edition révisée juillet 2011)
Resettlement Handbook, Country Chapter – Argentina
Resettlement Handbook, Country Chapter – Australia
Resettlement Handbook, Country Chapter – Belgium
Resettlement Handbook, Country Chapter – Brazil
Resettlement Handbook, Country Chapter – Canada
Resettlement Handbook, Country Chapter – Chile
Resettlement Handbook, Country Chapter – Czech Republic
Resettlement Handbook, Country Chapter – Denmark
Resettlement Handbook, Country Chapter – Finland
Resettlement Handbook, Country Chapter – Germany
Resettlement Handbook, Country Chapter – Iceland
Resettlement Handbook, Country Chapter – Ireland
Resettlement Handbook, Country Chapter – Netherlands
Resettlement Handbook, Country Chapter – New Zealand
Resettlement Handbook, Country Chapter – Norway
Resettlement Handbook, Country Chapter – Paraguay
Resettlement Handbook, Country Chapter – Portugal
Resettlement Handbook, Country Chapter – Romania
Resettlement Handbook, Country Chapter – Sweden
Resettlement Handbook, Country Chapter – United States of America
Resettlement Handbook, Country Chapter – Uruguay
Toolkit to Combat Smuggling of Migrants – Tool 1: Understanding the smuggling of migrants
Toolkit to Combat Smuggling of Migrants. Tool 2, Actors and processes in the smuggling of migrants
Toolkit to Combat Smuggling of Migrants. Tool 3, International legal framework
Toolkit to Combat Smuggling of Migrants. Tool 4, Problem assessment and strategy development
Toolkit to Combat Smuggling of Migrants. Tool 5, Legislative framework
Toolkit to Combat Smuggling of Migrants. Tool 6, International criminal justice cooperation
Toolkit to Combat Smuggling of Migrants. Tool 7, Law enforcement and prosecution
Toolkit to Combat Smuggling of Migrants. Tool 8, Protection and assistance measures
Toolkit to Combat Smuggling of Migrants. Tool 9, Prevention of the smuggling of migrants
Toolkit to Combat Smuggling of Migrants. Tool 10, Capacity-building and training
Maps
Myanmar: Refugee and IDP Camp Populations: October 2013
Situation au Mali : Refugiés et Personnes déplacées interne au Mali (20 novembre 2013)
Syria Refugee Response – Iraq : Inter Agency Sector Activities – Who’s doing What Where
Memoranda
Note to the Secretary-General : Visit to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (17-23 November 2013)
Presidential Statements
Research, Background and Discussion Papers
Remittances as informal aid: Livelihoods and migration in a Liberian refugee camp
Resolutions/Recommendations/Declarations
Speech/Statements
Indonesia: Investigate ill-treatment of protesters and intimidation of journalists in Papua
Palestine should accede to the International Criminal Court now
Zimbabwe: Lawyer acquitted but state oppression prevails
Thematic Reports
Report of the Secretary-General on the protection of civilians in armed conflict
V. From the Blogs (select items)
East Asia Forum
Trade held hostage to IP — it’s anti-development
China’s ADIZ risks conflict with Japan
Achieving constitutional reform in Myanmar
A People’s coup by Thailand’s minority
TPP draft reveals surgical strike on public health
The Diplomat
Time for US and China to Establish Maritime Rules of the Road
China Responds to Indian President’s Visit to Disputed State
A South China Sea ADIZ: China’s Next Move
Korea-Canada Free Trade: The Thaw Begins
Forget Japan: China’s ADIZ Threatens Taiwan
Militarization of the Arctic Heats Up, Russia Takes the Lead
Typhoon Haiyan and ASEAN’s Naval Effort
Taiwan and the UN Climate Change Framework
The TPP’s Not Dead Yet (But It’s Close)
Iranian Sanctions Easing to Benefit India
Turkey Renews Plea to Join Shanghai Cooperation Organization
Life Gets Harder on Thai-Myanmar Border
Sri Lanka: Tamil Struggle Continues
Foreign Affairs
Befriend the Scientists: How to Bring Iran’s Nuclear Program Into the Fold
Ground the Drones? The Real Problem With Unmanned Aircraft
Gulf Reconciliation Council: The Right Way to Reassure the Gulf Monarchies
Mandela’s Unfinished Business: The Incomplete Legacy of South Africa’s Founding Father
Maoists, Ousted: Letter From Kathmandu
More Chavismo than Chávez: Letter From Caracas
Safeguarding the Seas: How to Defend Against China’s New Air Defence Zone
Why Suez Still Matters: The Canal that Holds the United States and Egypt Together
Georgetown International Environmental Law Review
An Unabated Nuisance: The Ecological Disaster of the Lionfish Invasion in the Atlantic
International Economic Law and Policy Blog
Australia Concedes a Bit on Investor State
Couldn’t We Just Deliver the Original Doha-Lite Package?
International Law as Factual Evidence in WTO Disputes
“It Always Seems Impossible, Until It’s Done”: Some Post-Bali Reflections
The Bali Ministerial [Failed/Succeeded]: Yawn
International Law Professor
Stanford Journal of International Law Call for Papers
United Nations Office in Burundi Calls for Restraint During Constitutional Review Process
International Day for the Abolition of Slavery
Viet Nam Urged to Increase Protection for Ethnic, Artistic, and Academic Freedom of Expression
Justice in Conflict
Another Curious Moment in the Saif and Senussi Cases
Let’s Talk Legacy: What Tribunals Leave Behind and Who Gets to Decide
What Mandela Teaches Us: Negotiating Between Good and Evil
Res Communis
A Milestone in Space Governance
Bulgaria + EUMETSAT – Signing On … (Agreement)
CAELUM LIBERAM: AIR DEFENSE IDENTIFICATION ZONES OUTSIDE SOVEREIGN AIRSPACE
DPRK joins maritime satellite organization
EU: Industry Committee approves Copernicus, the EU’s new Earth Observation System
IAC 2013 Beijing: Space Policy and Law
Space Situational Awareness Presentation
The Foreign Policy Essay: Erik Gartzke on “Fear and War in Cyberspace”
The United States and Estonia: Partners in Cyber Security and Internet Freedom
SHARES
Security Council authorizes increased military action in CAR
Syrian chemical weapons to be shipped in Danish-US operation
The ILC Work on the Protection of Persons in the Event of Disasters
US Secretary of State John Kerry: shared responsibility way to defeat AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria
The European Council on Foreign Relations
What if…the EU had Offered a Membership Perspective to Ukraine?
VI. Gray Literature (select items)
Law Library of Congress
Norway: VAT on Electric Car Leasing to Be Eliminated
Italy: Urgent Measures Concerning Education, Higher Education, and Research
Australia: Bill Giving Personhood to a Fetus at 20 Weeks Passed by State Lower House
Biodiversity Update
Biodiversity and Traditional Knowledge: How can they be protected?
Climate Change Update
Managing Interactions Between Carbon Pricing and Existing Energy Policies
Creating a Sustainable Food Future: Interim Findings
Convergence of climate and sustainable development processes
COP 19 and agriculture: Potentials for climate change adaptation and mitigation
Business needs a unified voice on the road to Paris 2015
Beyond Warsaw: Finding new hope for international climate policy
Gender equality perspectives in a new climate (non)agreement
Negotiation myopia misses groundswell of climate action
Loss and damage, transitional justice, and reconciliation
COP 19’s main lesson: More pressure needed to end the corporate control of politics
Policy Brief: The outcomes of the Warsaw Climate Conference and Implications for Paris 2015
Aligning Biodiversity Compensation and REDD+
Post-2015 Policy and Practice
Catalyzing Water for Sustainable Development and Growth
UNCTAD and the Post-2015 Agenda
Growth and Poverty Eradication: Why Addressing Inequality Matters
Inclusive and Sustainable Industrial Development in a Post-2015 World
VII. Documents & Country Reports
Journal of the United Nations
JOURNAL NO.2013/233 PROGRAMME OF MEETINGS AND AGENDA, Publication Date: Thursday, 5 December 2013 [ Arabic (329K) | Chinese (444K) | English (225K) | French (261K) | Russian (505K) | Spanish (310K) ]
JOURNAL NO.2013/232 PROGRAMME OF MEETINGS AND AGENDA, Publication Date: Wednesday, 4 December 2013 [ Arabic (338K) | Chinese (460K) | English (241K) | French (274K) | Russian (516K) | Spanish (309K) ]
JOURNAL NO.2013/231 PROGRAMME OF MEETINGS AND AGENDA, Publication Date: Tuesday, 3 December 2013 [ Arabic (445K) | Chinese (529K) | English (359K) | French (394K) | Russian (594K) | Spanish (272K) ]
General Assembly
General Debates
A/68/595 Letter dated 25 October 2013 from the Permanent Representative of Fiji to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General – Annex to the letter dated 25 October 2013 from the Permanent Representative of Fiji to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General – Ministerial Declaration adopted at the thirty-seventh annual meeting of the Ministers for Foreign Affairs of the States Members of the Group of 77 [ Arabic | Chinese | English | French | Russian | Spanish ]
Meeting Records
A/68/PV.42 42nd plenary meeting [ Arabic | Chinese | English | French | Russian | Spanish ]
A/68/PV.41 41st plenary meeting [ Arabic | Chinese | English | French | Russian | Spanish ]
Official Records
Disarmament and International Security (1)
A/68/417 Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty [ Arabic | Chinese | English | French | Russian | Spanish ]
A/68/414 The risk of nuclear proliferation in the Middle East [ Arabic | Chinese | English | French | Russian | Spanish ]
A/68/412 Review and implementation of the Concluding Document of the Twelfth Special Session of the General Assembly [ Arabic | Chinese | English | French | Russian | Spanish ]
A/68/99/ADD.1 Confidence-building measures in the regional and subregional context [ Arabic | Chinese | English | French | Russian | Spanish ]
A/68/411 General and complete disarmament [ Arabic | Chinese | English | French | Russian | Spanish ]
Economic and Financial (2)
A/C.2/68/L.59 Harmony with Nature [ Arabic | Chinese | English | French | Russian | Spanish ]
A/C.2/68/L.58 Follow-up to the Fourth United Nations Conference on the Least Developed Countries [ Arabic | Chinese | English | French | Russian | Spanish ]
A/C.2/68/L.55 Specific actions related to the particular needs and problems of landlocked developing countries: outcome of the International Ministerial Conference of Landlocked and Transit Developing Countries and Donor Countries and International Financial and Development Institutions on Transit Transport Cooperation [ Arabic | Chinese | English | French | Russian | Spanish ]
A/C.2/68/L.57 Second United Nations Decade for the Eradication of Poverty (2008-2017) [ Arabic | Chinese | English | French | Russian | Spanish ]
A/C.2/68/L.56 Agriculture development, food security and nutrition [ Arabic | Chinese | English | French | Russian | Spanish ]
A/C.2/68/L.52 World Soil Day and International Year of Soils [ Arabic | Chinese | English | French | Russian | Spanish ]
A/C.2/68/L.24/REV.1 Towards global partnerships: a principle-based approach to enhanced cooperation between the United Nations and all relevant partners [ Arabic | Chinese | English | French | Russian | Spanish ]
A/C.2/68/L.50 Role of the United Nations in promoting development in the context of globalization and interdependence [ Arabic | Chinese | English | French | Russian | Spanish ]
A/C.2/68/L.51 Women in development [ Arabic | Chinese | English | French | Russian | Spanish ]
A/68/443/ADD.1 Operational activities for development: operational activities for development of the United Nations system [ Arabic | Chinese | English | French | Russian | Spanish ]
A/68/602 United Nations University [ Arabic | Chinese | English | French | Russian | Spanish ]
A/68/L.20 Graduation of countries from the least developed country category [ Arabic | Chinese | English | French | Russian | Spanish ]
A/C.2/68/L.31/REV.1 Sustainable mountain development [ Arabic | Chinese | English | French | Russian | Spanish ]
A/C.2/68/L.20/REV.1 International Year of Pulses, 2016 [ Arabic | Chinese | English | French | Russian | Spanish ]
A/68/365/ADD.1 Revised estimates resulting from the decisions contained in General Assembly resolution 67/290, entitled “Format and organizational aspects of the high-level political forum on sustainable development” [ Arabic | Chinese | English | French | Russian | Spanish ]
A/C.2/68/10 Letter dated 4 November 2013 from the Chargé d’affaires a.i. of the Permanent Mission of Kazakhstan to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General [ Arabic | Chinese | English | French | Russian | Spanish ]
A/C.2/68/L.13/REV.1 International Year of Light and Light-based Technologies, 2015 [ Arabic | Chinese | English | French | Russian | Spanish ]
A/C.2/68/L.38/REV.1 Agricultural technology for development [ Arabic | Chinese | English | French | Russian | Spanish ]
A/68/446 Permanent sovereignty of the Palestinian people in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and of the Arab population in the occupied Syrian Golan over their natural resources [ Arabic | Chinese | English | French | Russian | Spanish ]
Social, Humanitarian, and Cultural (3)
A/68/459 Programme planning [ Arabic | Chinese | English | French | Russian | Spanish ]
A/68/606 Letter dated 14 November 2013 from the High Commissioner for Human Rights addressed to the President of the General Assembly [ Arabic | Chinese | English | French | Russian | Spanish ]
Special Political and Decolonization (4)
A/68/L.14/ADD.1 Special information programme on the question of Palestine of the Department of Public Information of the Secretariat [ Arabic | Chinese | English | French | Russian | Spanish ]
A/68/L.17/ADD.1 The Syrian Golan [ Arabic | Chinese | English | French | Russian | Spanish ]
A/68/L.12/ADD.1 Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People [ Arabic | Chinese | English | French | Russian | Spanish ]
A/68/L.16/ADD.1 Jerusalem [ Arabic | Chinese | English | French | Russian | Spanish ]
A/68/L.15/ADD.1 Peaceful settlement of the question of Palestine [ Arabic | Chinese | English | French | Russian | Spanish ]
A/68/L.13/ADD.1 Division for Palestinian Rights of the Secretariat [ Arabic | Chinese | English | French | Russian | Spanish ]
A/68/422 Effects of atomic radiation [ Arabic | Chinese | English | French | Russian | Spanish ]
Administrative and Budgetary (5)
A/68/630 Report of the Credentials Committee [ Arabic | Chinese | English | French | Russian | Spanish ]
A/68/7/ADD.9 Limited budgetary discretion [ Arabic | Chinese | English | French | Russian | Spanish ]
A/C.5/68/17 United Nations Human Rights Training and Documentation Centre for South-West Asia and the Arab Region [ Arabic | Chinese | English | French | Russian | Spanish ]
A/68/7/ADD.7 Fifth progress report on the enterprise resource planning project [ Arabic | Chinese | English | French | Russian | Spanish ]
A/68/7/ADD.8 Strengthening the Office of the Special Adviser on Africa [ Arabic | Chinese | English | French | Russian | Spanish ]
A/68/620 Revised budget for the United Nations Interim Security Force for Abyei for the period from 1 July 2013 to 30 June 2014 [ Arabic | Chinese | English | French | Russian | Spanish ]
A/68/578 Budget performance of the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo for the period from 1 July 2012 to 30 June 2013 [ Arabic | Chinese | English | French | Russian | Spanish ]
A/68/5/Add.7 Financial report and audited financial statements – Report of the Board of Auditors [ Arabic |Chinese | English | French | Russian | Spanish ]
A/68/5/Add.1 Financial report and audited financial statements – Report of the Board of Auditors [Arabic |Chinese | English | French | Russian | Spanish ]
Legal (6)
A/68/469 The scope and application of the principle of universal jurisdiction [ Arabic | Chinese | English | French | Russian | Spanish ]
UN Security Council
S/2013/715 Letter dated 3 December 2013 from the Permanent Representative of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland to the United Nations addressed to the President of the Security Council [ Arabic | Chinese | English | French | Russian | Spanish ]
S/2013/711 Identical letters dated 2 December 2013 from the Permanent Representative of Israel to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General and the President of the Security Council [ Arabic | Chinese | English | French | Russian | Spanish ]
S/2013/709 Report of the Secretary-General on Somalia
S/2013/706 Report of the Secretary-General on the situation in Abyei [ Arabic | Chinese | English | French | Russian | Spanish ]
S/2013/705 Letter dated 27 November 2013 from the President of the Security Council addressed to the Secretary-General [ Arabic | Chinese | English | French | Russian | Spanish ]
S/2013/704 Letter dated 21 November 2013 from the Secretary-General addressed to the President of the Security Council [ Arabic | Chinese | English | French | Russian | Spanish ]
S/2013/703 Letter dated 27 November 2013 from the President of the Security Council addressed to the Secretary-General [ Arabic | Chinese | English | French | Russian | Spanish]
S/2013/702 Letter dated 20 November 2013 from the Secretary-General addressed to the President of the Security Council [ Arabic | Chinese | English | French | Russian | Spanish ]
S/2013/700 Letter dated 27 November 2013 from the Secretary-General addressed to the President of the Security Council [ Arabic | Chinese | English | French | Russian | Spanish ]
S/2013/698 Letter dated 22 November 2013 from the Chair of the Security Council Committee pursuant to resolutions 1267 (1999) and 1989 (2011) concerning Al-Qaida and associated individuals and entities addressed to the President of the Security Council [ Arabic | Chinese | English | French | Russian | Spanish ]
S/2013/693 Identical letters dated 25 November 2013 from the Permanent Representative of the Syrian Arab Republic to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General and the President of the Security Council [ Arabic | Chinese | English | French | Russian | Spanish ]
S/2013/692 Letter dated 26 November 2013 from the Secretary-General addressed to the President of the Security Council [ Arabic | Chinese | English | French | Russian | Spanish ]
S/2013/679 Letter dated 18 November 2013 from the President of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals addressed to the President of the Security Council [ Arabic | Chinese | English | French | Russian | Spanish ]
S/2013/678 Letter dated 18 November 2013 from the President of the International Tribunal for the Prosecution of Persons Responsible for Serious Violations of International Humanitarian Law Committed in the Territory of the Former Yugoslavia since 1991, addressed to the President of the Security Council [ Arabic | Chinese | English | French | Russian | Spanish ]
S/2013/668 Note by the President of the Security Council [ Arabic | Chinese | English | French | Russian | Spanish ]
ECOSOC
E/C.2/2014/2/ADD.6 Committee on Non-Governmental Organizations — 2014 regular session — 21-30 January and 7 February 2014 — Quadrennial reports for the period 2009-2012 submitted by non-governmental organizations in consultative status with the Economic and Social Council through the Secretary-General pursuant to Economic and Social Council resolution 1996/31 [ Arabic | Chinese | English | French | Russian | Spanish ]
VIII. Press Releases/Newsletters (select items)
Organization of American States
Netherlands Expands Contribution to the MAPP and OAS
OAS Secretary General says “Mandela was a Hero of our Time”
OAS and Peruvian Judiciary Sigh Agreement on Legal Cooperation
President of Colombia on Peace Negotiations and the Fight Against Drugs
OAS Electoral Observation Mission Begins Visit to El Salvador
New Permanent Representative of Paraguay to the OAS
Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights
Winners of the United Nations Human Rights Prize for 2013
Arbitrary Detention in Morocco
Nelson Mandela: Statement by the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
Human Rights Abuses by Traditional Hunters in Côte d’Ivoire
Mission to Brazil to Assess Human Rights to Water and Sanitation
The Next 20 Years of Human Rights
Mission to the Bahamas to Assess Human Trafficking
Growing Trend in Africa and Elsewhere to Restrict Independent Groups
A Call for Bold Food Security Policies
Political Violence in Bangladesh
WTO
Australia donates AUD 5,400,000 to programmes for developing countries
Azevêdo pays tribute to Nelson Mandela
China contributes USD 400,000 to facilitate WTO accession of least-developed countries
China files dispute against the United States on anti-dumping measures involving Chinese products
Chinese Taipei offers USD 200,000 to help developing countries participate in Doha Round
Day 1: Bali Conference kicks off with warnings that failure will hurt the poor
Day 2: Consultations on ‘Bali package’ begin as Yemen’s membership accepted
Days 3, 4 and 5: Round-the-clock consultations produce ‘Bali Package’
Liechtenstein gives CHF 40,000 to help developing countries participate in Doha Round
Ministerial Conference approves Yemen’s WTO membership
Ministers greet progress on ratification of revised Agreement on Government Procurement
Ministers underline importance of Enhanced Integrated Framework for post-Bali agenda
Norway donates NOK 66,300,000 to programmes for developing countries
President Yudhoyono: “Let us seize this opportunity”
Revised drafts of ‘Bali Package’ sent to ministers after intensive consultations
Sweden launches new trade facilitation training facility in Africa
Sweden pledges USD 3 million to the Enhanced Integrated Framework for trade facilitation
WTO Chairs Programme extends call for tenders deadline for seven new chairs
IX. Media (select sources/select items)
A. News Aggregators
- UN Daily News
- United Nations Foundation, UN WIRE
- Foreign Policy, Passport (Morning Brief)
- Jurist Paper Chase
- AllAfrica.com
B. International News Sources
- AlertNet
- Aljazeera
- All Things Considered (National Public Radio)
- Associated Press
- Australian Broadcasting Corporation News
- Bloomberg
- Christian Science Monitor
- CNN
- guardian.co.uk
- Inter Press Service
- IRIN Humanitarian News and Analysis
- Los Angeles Times
- Morning Edition (National Public Radio)
- The New York Times
- Pambazuka News
- PBS Newshour
- Radio Netherlands Worldwide
- Reuters
- Spiegel Online
- The Times of India
- UPI.com
- The Washington Post
- World (Washington Post with Foreign Policy)
Select Items
Jurist Paper Chase
UN report urges investigation into Ivory Coast rights violations
Italy court convicts Egyptian cleric of terror charges
Bosnia court rejects request to re-arrest Serbs convicted of war crimes
UN authorizes peacekeeping in Central African Republic
UN urges Kenya to reject law imposing NGO restrictions
Guantanamo detainees accuse Poland in CIA rendition torture
UN rights chief delivers report on global human rights progress
UN rights chief: Syria government likely committing crimes against humanity
HRW: ICC should expedite inquiry of Afghanistan international crimes
Irin News
Aid agencies struggle to reach all of CAR’s needy
Africa must be bolder in climate talks
Myanmar’s Kachin IDPs seek land justice
Will private finance be available for climate adaptation?
Analysis: Help wanted – local aid workers need psychosocial assistance too
The politics of preventing genocide
Development work and the private sector – open for business?
Help the people, save the trees
Education struggling to gear up in Mauritania’s Mbera camp
Mass returns from Saudi risk instability in Yemen
Churches join fight against HIV in Indonesia’s Papua
Typhoon Haiyan’s displaced seek refuge in cities
Dam project displaces hundreds of families in Zimbabwe
Papuan returnees live with broken promises in Indonesia
UN Gender Equality News/ UN Women Watch
Women and children targeted in Central African Republic atrocities
‘Mixed picture’ of women’s progress shows need to better harness synergies
UNFPA Launches Arab States Regional Strategy to Boost Fight Against Gender-Based Violence
UNEP
Countries Cooperate to End Illegal Trapping of Protected Bird Species
Placing Economic Value on Africa’s Natural Resources
UNEP and INTERPOL Assess Impacts of Environmental Crime
Empowering Women in Natural Resource Management is Critical for Lasting Peace
UNEP, ELI, and Partners Launch Global Platform for Environmental Peacebuilding
AllAfrica
Central African Republic: U.N Stays On Sidelines of Central African Chaos
Central African Republic: Hundreds Killed As African Leaders Meet in Paris
Central African Republic: French Troops Arrive in Full Force
Angola: The European Commission’s Problem With the Truth
Central African Republic: UN Approves Foreign Troop Deployment to Stabilize CAR
Central African Republic: France Begins Military Operation in CAR
South Africa: UN Chief Pays Tribute to Life and Legacy of Nelson Mandela
Central African Republic: UN Resolution Targets Strife in Central African Republic
South Sudan: World’s Youngest Nation Struggling to Meet Needs of Its People
Africa: Help the People, Save the Trees
Burundi: UN Mission Calls For Restraint During Constitutional Review Process
Central African Republic: UN-Backed Troops Set to Deploy in CAR
Africa: Summit Pledges Action to Save Elephants
Central African Republic: African Union Backs French Troops
Benin: French Court Blocks Extradition in Alleged Assassination Plot
Egypt: ‘Egyptian People Will Decide Fate of Draft Constitution’ – U.S.
Africa: Persons With Disabilities Must Be Able to Reap Benefits of Development
Ghana: Netherlands Supports Cocoa Industry – With a 7 Million Euro Grant
Congo-Kinshasa: UN Agency Cuts Food Aid to DR Congo
Congo-Kinshasa: UN Launching Drones Over DRC
Africa: UN Official Delivers ‘Mixed Report’ On Human Rights Progress Worldwide
Somalia: PM Voted Out of Office
Sudan: Abyei Vote Challenges AU
Africa: France Hands Over Colonial Border Agreements to AU
Africa: Independent Expert Welcomes UN Committee’s Resolution On Right to Privacy
Central African Republic: France to Replace Ambassador in CAR
Central African Republic: UN Peacekeeping Mission Needed to Avoid Mass Slaughter
Mali: UN Mission Calls for Restraint, Return to Negotiations After Clash in Kidal
Sudan: UN Relief Official Deplores Killing of Health Workers in West Darfur
Kenya: President Uhuru’s ICC Trials Can Now Begin
Somalia: UN Envoy Appeals for Calm Following Clashes in Northern Region