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Anglo-American Dissent From The European Law Of War: A History With Contemporary Echoes, Jeremy Rabkin
Anglo-American Dissent From The European Law Of War: A History With Contemporary Echoes, Jeremy Rabkin
San Diego International Law Journal
These episodes in the history of international humanitarian law deserve to be recalled. They may challenge contemporary dogmas. They remind us that, just below the surface, claims for “humanitarian” principle remain disputable and uncertain, even in today’s world. What “everyone agrees” may not be right. It may not even be what everyone—even everyone of relevant experience and moral seriousness—actually agrees upon.
The exposition here proceeds in six parts. Part II describes the contemporary setting of the legal issue, in the “Basic Rule” of Additional Protocol I, highlighting that this rule has no counterpart in earlier conventions on the law of …
Partners Or Rivals In Reconciliation? The Ictr And Rwanda’S Gacaca Courts, Leo C. Nwoye
Partners Or Rivals In Reconciliation? The Ictr And Rwanda’S Gacaca Courts, Leo C. Nwoye
San Diego International Law Journal
A major question for post-conflict governments to consider is how best to shape reconciliation efforts. This Article examines two transitional justice mechanisms that were utilized in Rwanda’s post genocide era and assesses their contributions to reconciliation. The two principal approaches which emerged in the Rwandan context were the establishment of International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR), via the international political community whilst grassroots efforts within Rwanda were channeled through the gacaca court system. While each of these systems, though unintended and incoherent hybrid justice strategies, possessed strengths and weaknesses, this legal pluralist structure nevertheless yielded positive reconciliation results.
The Article …
Partnering With Despots And Failed Regimes: Rogue Banking As A Primary Violation Of International Law, Joel Slawotsky
Partnering With Despots And Failed Regimes: Rogue Banking As A Primary Violation Of International Law, Joel Slawotsky
San Diego International Law Journal
Today, criminals can transfer enormous sums from a bank in nation A to an account in nation B with a mouse click. Allowing rogue banking to constitute an international law violation will enable direct actions against financial institutions for international law violations and raise the profile of those institutions that engage in the practice.
This Article does not propose that isolated incidents of providing financial services should be considered a violation of international law, but rather that rogue banking should be defined in the context of serial partnering with international law violators. Part II outlines the pervasive role global financial …
The United States Versus Japan As A Lesson Commending International Mediation To Secure Hague Abduction Convention Compliance, Chandra Zdenek
The United States Versus Japan As A Lesson Commending International Mediation To Secure Hague Abduction Convention Compliance, Chandra Zdenek
San Diego International Law Journal
Under the current domestic resolution of Convention disputes, courts must choose winners and losers. With the option of international mediation, courts would be more inclined to return children to their States of habitual residence promptly because those courts would be assured of their citizens’ safety abroad. Such safety could be satisfied through a wide range of mediated agreements. Successful implementation of international mediation in Hague Abduction Convention proceedings would thus significantly improve compliance, replacing the current “black or white” judicial approach with a more flexible, opportunistic system in which any combination of colors is possible.
A Matter Of National Security: Whistleblowing In The Military As A Mechanism For International Law Enforcement, Roslyn Fuller
A Matter Of National Security: Whistleblowing In The Military As A Mechanism For International Law Enforcement, Roslyn Fuller
San Diego International Law Journal
[T]his article examines the impact that external whistleblowing can have on a state’s compliance with international law. Part III looks at some of the complications that disclosing international law violations raises for the broader legal system, in particular, the expertise that a whistleblower of this type should be expected to have in the area of international law, and judicial reactions to defences related to the exposure of international law violations. Part IV identifies some trends based on this analysis and what they might mean for external whistleblowing on international law violations in the future.
Destroying The Legacy Of The Icty: Analysis Of The Acquittals Of Jovica Stanišic And Franko Simatović, Katherine Pruitt
Destroying The Legacy Of The Icty: Analysis Of The Acquittals Of Jovica Stanišic And Franko Simatović, Katherine Pruitt
San Diego International Law Journal
In a 2005 press release by the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (“ICTY”), Chief Prosecutor Carla Del Ponte stated “[t]he debate on war crimes in the former Yugoslavia is not subsiding. It is present in the daily life and media, and always politicised . . . I am much more concerned about the victims of war crimes and their families, and I appeal to you to make the victim aspect of any legal process a priority.” Despite this stated dedication to war crimes victims and their families, the ICTY’s Trial Chamber (“Chamber”) recently acquitted two state security officials …
‘My Name Is Khan’ And I Am Not A Terrorist: Intersections Of Counter Terrorism Measures And The International Framework For Refugee Protection, Neha Bhat
San Diego International Law Journal
This paper is structured as follows: Part II traces the development of international instruments on the definition of terrorism, terrorist activities and “incitement to terrorism.” Part III first explores the normative framework of exclusion under the 1951 Convention and how the RSD procedure has undergone a notional shift, with exclusion considerations becoming more central. The section will then look at the provisions of Article 1F of the 1951 Convention, which contain the exclusion clauses and also discuss incorporation of terrorism exception to the asylum law framework in the United States. Part IV concludes with the proposition that the dangers of …
Samsāra To Nirvāna: What Would It Mean To Actually Free Tibet?, Leah Marie Shellberg
Samsāra To Nirvāna: What Would It Mean To Actually Free Tibet?, Leah Marie Shellberg
San Diego International Law Journal
For Mahayana Buddhists, samsara literally means “wandering-on,” but in theory, it refers to the cyclical nature of birth and re-birth characterized by suffering that a Buddhist must break out of in order to achieve nirvana, a state free of suffering. Since the occupation and incorporation of Tibet into the People’s Republic of China (“China”) in the late 1940s and early 1950s, the Tibetan people have experienced a far more intense form of metaphorical samsara at the hands of the Chinese administration. The term “genocide,” coined by Raphael Lemkin in the wake of the Holocaust, combines the ancient Greek word “genos” …
Increased Franco-British Military Cooperation: The Impetus, Its Results, And The Impact On International Humanitarian Intervention, Eva Gramyk
San Diego International Law Journal
[T]his Article addresses the current legal framework of humanitarian intervention. Section III examines previous attempts at international military cooperation by the United Nations, NATO, EU, and bilateral arrangements, Section IV considers the scope and implementation of the Treaty between France and the UK. Finally, Section V analyzes the interplay of international law and the bilateral military treaty in recent international humanitarian interventions.
Admissible Or Inadmissible: The Role Of Formally Codified Rules Of Evidence As A Safeguard In Mexico’S Developing Adversarial System, Connie Dang
San Diego International Law Journal
[T]his Comment begins with a brief history of Mexico’s political framework, including an introduction to its civil law tradition, the positivist values present in its legal framework, and the previous criminal procedure reforms that took place before the current 2008 constitutional reforms. It is important to understand the challenges that the previous—and unsuccessful—constitutional reforms faced in order to appreciate the drastic scope of the current changes to Mexican criminal procedure. Part II will address the role of the United States in its relationship with Mexico relationship during the implementation of the 2008 constitutional reforms. As Mexico’s direct neighbor, the United …