international responsibility

2014 November

Jaloud v Netherlands: New Directions in Extra-Territorial Military Operations

Tags: accountability, ECHR, human rights, international responsibility, operational law|

Jaloud v Netherlands is the latest in a growing line of Strasbourg cases addressing the application of the Convention to extra-territorial military operations. In this post, I discuss the jurisdictional aspects of the case. Two points merit attention: the Court’s reasons for finding that the jurisdiction of the Netherlands was not excluded and the new category of extra-territorial jurisdiction over ‘persons passing through a checkpoint’.

2013 October

Die Zurechenbarkeit von Völkerrechtsverstößen im Rahmen mandatierter Friedensmissionen der Vereinten Nationen / Julia-Pia Schütze

Tags: accountability, book review, international responsibility, peace support operations|

Die Zurechenbarkeit von Völkerrechtsverstößen im Rahmen mandatierter Friedensmissionen der Vereinten Nationen. [The Attribution of Internationally Wrongful Acts in the Context of UN-mandated Peace Operations] Julia-Pia Schütze. Berlin: Duncker & Humblot. 2011. 247pp. €82. ISBN 978-3-428-13460-1. Over the course of the past two decades, peace operations have emerged as a standard tool of international conflict resolution,

2013 March

UN Peacekeeping Operations and Article 7 ARIO: The Missing Link

Tags: accountability, international responsibility, peace support operations, UN|

This note argues that the solution adopted by the Articles on the Responsibility of International Organizations to the question of attributing wrongful conduct in the cotext of peace support operations is misguided, as it deliberately ignores the legal and institutional status of national contingents, does not reflect consistent international practice and may not serve the best interests of potential claimants.

2010 November

Terrorism and the State: Rethinking the Rules of State Responsibility / Tal Becker

Tags: book review, international law, international responsibility|

Terrorism and the State: Rethinking the Rules of State Responsibility. By Tal Becker. Oxford: Hart Publishing. 2006. 304pp. Index. £25. ISBN 1 84113 627 1. Globalization and modern technology have enabled today’s terrorists to cause destruction on a vast scale without having to rely on the direction, expertise or assets of the State. While terrorist

2010 November

Die Haftung Internationaler Organisationen im Rahmen von Militäreinsätzen und Territorialverwaltungen / Kirsten Schmalenbach

Tags: accountability, book review, international responsibility, peace support operations|

Kirsten Schmalenbach, Die Haftung Internationaler Organisationen im Rahmen von Militäreinsätzen und Territorialverwaltungen (Peter Lang, Frankfurt am Main, 2004) ISBN 3-631-51380-1 (hbk), EUR 95.00 (hbk), 658pp. States increasingly entrust the conduct of military operations and the administration of territory to international organisations. Even when they take place under peaceful conditions, military operations and territorial administrations of