New International Anti-Corruption Law Research Guide
Librarians at the Wolff International and Comparative Law Library have created a new guide on international corruption law. Corruption law touches on a wide variety of issues including money...
View ArticleUnited Nations: Sanctions against Libya; human rights research
On February 26, 2011, the U.N. Security Council passed Resolution 1970, which takes action under Chapter VII, article 41 of the United Nations Charter, placing demands on Libya (understood to be the...
View ArticleNext International Criminal Court Prosecutor
After a consultations procedure, the States Parties of the International Criminal Court (ICC) have nominated consensus candidate Fatou B. Bensouda of the Gambia for consideration by their Assembly....
View ArticleEU Fiscal Compact Finalized
The proposed Treaty on Stability, Coordination, and Governance in the Economic and Monetary Union was finalized on Monday, January 30, 2012. All member states signed on except the United Kingdom and...
View ArticleICC Decides Its First Verdict
On March 14th, 2012, the International Criminal Court (ICC) decided its first verdict. Thomas Lubanga Dyilo, the former president of the Union of Congolese Patriots, was found guilty of conscripting...
View ArticleInternational Finance Arbitration Forum Launched in The Hague
P.R.I.M.E. Finance (Panel of Recognized International Market Experts in Finance) was created in January to offer a dispute resolution choice for financial products, especially complex ones like...
View ArticleBabar Ahmad and Extradition, European Court of Human Rights
Today the Chamber judgment of the ECHR came down in the case of Babar Ahmad and Others v. United Kingdom, application nos. 24027/07, 11949/08, 36742/08, 66911/09 and 67354/09, dated 10 April 2012....
View ArticleCharles Taylor Found Guilty in Blood Diamond Case
Liberia's former President Charles Taylor was found guilty of war crimes and crimes against humanity Thursday by the Special Court for Sierra Leone. The court was formed in 2002 to address the UN...
View ArticleCharles Taylor Sentenced to 50 Years
In the “blood diamond” case, former Liberian president Charles Taylor was sentenced to 50 years in prison. His was the first conviction of a head of state by an international tribunal since the...
View ArticleDeath Penalty Worldwide Database
Irene Berkey, International and Foreign Law Librarian at Northwestern Law, has today posted an announcement of a project that has been in the works and is now launched. It is a free database with...
View ArticleArms Treaty Database
The month of July sees New York and the UN host a global arms treaty negotiation, which could result in the first binding treaty to regulate the global arms market. While there is a general consensus...
View ArticleBeijing Treaty on Audiovisual Performances
The U.S. signed the Beijing Treaty on Audiovisual Performances on June 26th, 2012. This treaty is the first multi-lateral treaty since 1996 to protect the intellectual property rights of audiovisual...
View ArticleE-version of the EU Official Journal to be Made Legally Valid
The electronic version of the Official Journal of the European Union has heretofore not been legally valid; a status reserved for the print version. A proposal was drafted to "ensure better access to...
View ArticleHouse Ways & Means Committee Hearing on Corporate Tax Avoidance
The House Ways & Means Committee is holding a hearing on corporate tax avoidance across international borders and into low-tax jurisdictions and the pros & cons of changing to a "territorial"...
View ArticleFeatured Collection in Honor of World Refugee Day: Haitian Refugee/Alien...
In honor of World Refugee Day, the National Equal Justice Library is highlighting its Haitian Refugee/Alien Rights collection.In the summer of 1981, the U.S. government implemented a policy to detain...
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