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Justice
in Profile
Thomas Buergenthal, who currently occupies a seat on the
International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague, Netherlands,
has a particular view of his position on the court: “[f]or
an international lawyer…this is a dream court and
a dream come true.” Read
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International
Tribunal Spotlight
The Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACHR) is
one of two organs established by Article 33 of the 1969
American Convention on Human Rights. Read
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| ASIL
Sidebar |
Judicial
Independence and Integrity
Numerous
international standards have emerged over the past
several decades emphasizing the relationship of
an impartial and ethical judge to judicial independence
and the fundamental right to a fair trial. (Read
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| IJA
Docket |
In
August 2007, the International Judicial Academy
sponsored a seminar titled “Justice and
Health Research and Development” in three
cities in Argentina. (Read
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OPINIONS AND COMMENTARY |
| Global
Judicial Dialogue |
The
New Japanese Jury System:
An Introduction and Personal View
By Takahiro Nonaka
Working at the Embassy of Japan in Washington,
DC, there are frequent opportunities for me to
explain my background to people in the United
States.
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| General
Principles of International Law |
Universal
Jurisdiction
Universal jurisdiction is a principle of international
law that allows states to investigate and prosecute
a national of any state found within their borders
who is alleged to have committed certain international
crimes. (Read
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| Leading
Figures in International Law |
Hugo
Grotius (Huig De Groot) was a Dutch wunderkind
of the 17th Century. He was a child prodigy who
entered university at age 11, a member of an important
diplomatic delegation from his native Holland to
France at age 15, awarded a French doctor of laws
at age 16, an Attorney General of The Netherlands
at age 24, and now remembered as the “father
of international law.”
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| Justice
Sector Assessment |
Turning ‘Lessons
Learned’ into ‘Lessons Applied’
in Post-Conflict Countries
In March 2007, the United States Institute
of Peace, in partnership with the Center of Excellence
for Stability Police Units, the Pearson Peacekeeping
Centre and the Public International Law &
Policy Group, formally launched the International
Network to Promote the Rule of Law (INPROL).
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In
Review: New Publications on
International and Comparative Law |
The Law-Growth
Nexus: The Rule of Law and Economic Development
By Kenneth W. Dam, Brookings Institution Press,
2006
If scholars at the Brookings Institution missed
the boat in writing about reforms in global governance
by completely ignoring the judiciary and the concept
of the rule of law (see IJM Volume 2, Issue 2,
In Review),
Brookings Senior Fellow and University of Chicago
Law School professor Kenneth W. Dam makes up for
this omission in his powerful study of the relationships
between economic development and legal and judicial
institutions. He notably devotes one entire chapter
of his book to the judiciary. He sums up his basic
premise in two short words: “law matters.”
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International
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