International Judicial Monitor
Published by the International Judicial Academy, Washington, D.C., with assistance from the
American Society of International Law

Spring 2014 Issue
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Khalida Rachid Khan Justice in Profile
Khalida Rachid Khan, International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda
By: Maria A. Chhabria, Director of Academic Programs, International Judicial Academy

Judge Khalida Rachid Khan currently serves as Presiding Judge of Trial Chamber III of the UN International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR).
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Court of Justice of the European Free Trade Association (EFTA)
International Tribunal Spotlight
Court of Justice of the European Free Trade Association (EFTA)

By: Maria A. Chhabria, Director of Academic Programs, International Judicial Academy

The Court of Justice of the European Free Trade Association (EFTA) is an international judicial body with jurisdiction over the three State members of EFTA and the European Economic Area (EEA).
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100 Ways
100 Ways
International Law: One Hundred Ways It Shapes Our Lives

Seeing elephants in their natural habitat on a camera safari, enjoying rare orchids on special traveling display, or observing rare giant pandas from China at a zoo.

By: James G. Apple, Editor-in-Chief, International Judicial Monitor, and President, International Judicial Academy
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Acelya Sahin
Special Report
New Arbitration Center in Turkey

By: Acelya Sahin, Legal Advisor/Planning Specialist, Turkish Ministry of Development

Turkey is growing in financial importance in the Middle East, taking into account her young and dynamic population, geopolitical advantages and rapidly growing and developing economy.
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Editorial

Confronting Complexity: A Major Need of the Judiciary
By: James G. Apple, Editor-in-Chief, International Judicial Monitor and President, International Judicial Academy

In the last issue of the International Judicial Monitor (Winter 2014), the In Review section was devoted to a recent book by Judge Richard Posner of the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, sitting in Chicago, Illinois.
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  Dr. James G. Apple
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Global Judicial Dialogue

Considerations About Judicial Training
By: Andrew Aall McPherson

Judicial training is a growing field. Ever since the first judicial training institutes were established in the 1950s and 1960s, each decade has seen an expansion in the number and diversity of training institutions throughout the world. (Read More »)

  Andrew Aall McPherson
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Leading Figures in International Law

Friedrich Carl von Savigny
(1779 – 1861)

By: Maria A. Chhabria, Director of Academic Programs, International Judicial Academy

Friedrich Carl von Savigny was the most prominent jurist of the 19th century and is considered by many the father of modern jurisprudence.
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  Friedrich Carl von Savigny
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Private International Law Discourse

Bond v. United States – The United States Supreme Court and the Future of Implementing Private International Law in the United States
By Carolyn A. Dubay, Associate Editor, International Judicial Monitor and Assistant Professor of Law, Charlotte Law School

On June 2, 2014, the Supreme Court of the United States issued its opinion in Bond v. United States relating to the domestic applicability of the Chemical Weapons Convention, which Congress implemented through the Chemical Weapons Convention Implementation Act of 1998.  (Read More »)

  Carolyn A. Dubay
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ASIL Insights

Supreme Court Limits Holding in Bond, Not Reaching Constitutional Treaty Implementation Authority

The Use of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (Drones) in United Nations Peacekeeping: The Case of the
Democratic Republic of Congo

Sealing the Deal: The WTO’s Appellate Body Report in EC – Seal Products

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Global Judicial Perspective

Response to Op-Ed by Thabo Mbeki and Mahmood Mamdani on International Criminal Justice
By: Richard A. Goldstone, Former Justice, Constitutional Court of South Africa, First Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Tribunal for Yugoslavia, and Regular Columnist, International Judicial Monitor

On February 5 2014, the New York Times published an op-ed by the former President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki and Columbia University Professor Mahmood Mamdani.
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  Richard A. Goldstone
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General Principles of International Law

A Refresher on the Principle of Non-Intervention
By: Carolyn A. Dubay, Associate Editor, International Judicial Monitor and Assistant Professor of Law, Charlotte Law School

With the crisis in Ukraine continuing, and Russia’s stance that it has the legal authority to intervene militarily in Ukraine to protect Russian civilians, it is time to revisit the non-intervention principle.   
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  Carolyn A. Dubay
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Historic Moments in International Law

The Envoy from Hell – and What to Do with Him
By: Stephen  C.  Neff, Reader in Law – Public International Law, University of Edinburgh Law School

Don Bernardino de Mendoza was a man of action, in an age of swashbucklers.  By temperament, he was not one of life’s natural diplomats. 
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Stephen C. Neff
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In Review: Recent Publications on International and Comparative Law and About Judges and Courts

International Criminal Procedure: The Interface of Civil Law and Common Law Legal Systems
Edited By Linda Carter and Fausto Pocar. Edward Elgar, Publisher. 2013

Reviewed by: James G. Apple, Editor-in-Chief, International Judicial Monitor and President, International Judicial Academy

International criminal law has come a long way since the Nuremberg Tribunal and the Pacific Tribunal, both international criminal tribunals created and functioning in the years following World War II.
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  International Criminal Procedure: The Interface of Civil Law and Common Law Legal Systems
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IJA Docket

International Judicial Academy -
Upcoming Events

The International Judicial Academy (IJA) will conduct the following seminars during summer and fall:

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