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This Week in Public International Law Scholarship (No. 24)

This Week in Public International Law Scholarship, a juscogens.net feature, highlights new and notable books and articles concerning public international law. For comments or suggestions, please contact [email protected].

Books:

Gerhard Loibl (ed.), Austrian Review of International and European Law : Volume 9, 2004

Herdis Thorgeirsdottir, Article 13: The Right to Freedom of Expression (Commentary on the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child)

Articles:

Human Rights Brief, Volume 13, Issue 2, Winter 2006

• Jean-Mariehenckaerts, Assessing the Laws and Customs of War: The Publication of CustomaryInternational Humanitarian Law
• Sabrinab Algamwalla, Review of Conference: "The Reaffirmation of Custom as an Important Source of International Humanitarian Law"

Journal of Migration and Refugee Issues (Australia), Volume 1, Number 4, 2005

• Sonja Grover, The Systemic Persecution of Street Children as a Crime against Humanity: Implications for their Right to Asylum

Netherlands International Law Review (Netherlands), Volume 53, Issue 2, August 2006

• Edwin Odhiambo Abuya and George Mukundi Wachira, ASSESSING ASYLUM CLAIMS IN AFRICA: MISSING OR MEETING STANDARDS?
• Mathilde K. van Haren, THE REPORT OF THE INTERNATIONAL COMMISSION OF INQUIRY ON DARFUR & GENOCIDAL INTENT - A CRITICAL ANALYSIS
• Bjørn Kunoy, THE RISE OF THE SUN: LEGAL ARGUMENTS IN OUTER CONTINENTAL MARGIN DELIMITATIONS

Notre Dame Law Review, Volume 81, Number 4, May 2006

• David B. Kopel, Paul Gallant, Joanne D. Eisen, Is Resisting Genocide a Human Right?

Sri Lanka Journal of International Law (Sri Lanka), Volume 18, 2006

• Gabriele Olivi, The Role of National Courts in Prosecuting International Crimes: New Perspectives
• Carlo Tiribelli, The 1988 Rome Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts against the Safety of Maritime Navigation
• Nsongurua J. Udombana, An Escape from Reason: Genocide and the International Commission of Inquiry on Darfur
• Noel Dias & Roger Gamble, Fair Trial Protections Under International Law : Too Narrow a Canvas?

Florida State University Journal of Transnational Law & Policy, Volume 15, Number 2, Spring, 2006

• Christopher Linde, The U.S. Constitution and International Law: Finding the Balance

Security Council Compendium (No. 12)

Security Council Compendium, a weekly juscogens.net feature, provides a comprehensive, concise summary of the work of the United Nations Security Council in an organized, central location and an unbiased, objective manner. For comments or suggestions, please contact [email protected].

Security Council Resolutions

None issued.

Security Council Meetings

S/PV.5525 (15 September 2024) Africa [no action]

S/PV.5526 (15 September 2024) Myanmar [no action]

S/PV.5527 (closed) (18 September 2024) Meeting with countries contributing troops to the UN Mission in the Sudan [Communiqué]

S/PV.5528 (18 September 2024) Sudan [no action]

S/PV.5529 (20 September 2024) Cooperation between the United Nations and regional organizations in maintaining international peace and security [S/PRST/2006/39]

S/PV.5530 (21 September 2024) Middle East situation, including the Palestinian question [no action]

Statements By Security Council President (September 2006 - Greece)

S/PRST/2006/39 (20 September 2024) Cooperation between the United Nations and regional organizations in maintaining international peace and security

Statements to Press By Security Council President

None issued.

Security Council President and Secretary-General Letters

S/2006/738 (13 September 2024) Letter dated 13 September 2024 from the Secretary-General addressed to the President of the Security Council (International Working Group on Côte d’Ivoire - 10th ministerial meeting, Abidjan, 8 September 2024 - Final communiqué)

S/2006/755 (21 September 2024) Letter dated 20 September 2024 from the Secretary-General addressed to the President of the Security Council (Côte d’Ivoire - Group of Experts)

Reports of the Secretary-General

S/2006/743 (12 September 2024) Twelfth progress report of the Secretary-General on the United Nations Mission in Liberia

Security Council Monthly Programme of Work (as of 22 September 2023)

2006 Archived Webcasts of Security Council Meetings