The Libertad is a 100-meter-long tall sailing ship, used as a training vessel by the Argentine navy. It was arrested…
History of Proceedings The proceedings were instituted by application of Nicaragua in December 2001. Nicaragua then submitted its Memorial in…
Regular Election Cycle The regular election cycle takes place during the annual meeting of the General Assembly, generally in early…
Nomination of Candidates Candidates for election to the ICJ are not proposed directly by UN Member States but by their…
Following the words of Resolution 1757, the STL has been founded as a hybrid Tribunal “mindful of the demand of…
As Tiina has already discussed, the use of the Supreme Court majority of VCLT Article 31(3)(b) with respect to the…
A brief restatement of the facts is, however, desirable. The Appellant, an Australian national visiting England, was the subject of…
The case concerned two process patents held by Prometheus for use in medical treatment. The patents optimised the use of thiopurine…
In Section 3.B. of the judgment (paragraphs 92 – 97) the Court responded to, and engaged with, the second strand…
Called “a victory for humanity” by Prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo, the conviction of Thomas Lubanga Dyilo of conscripting and enlisting child…