International Court of Justice

prosecutor took from Stockholm District Court a domestic detention order against Mr Assange. In compliance with the criminal law of Sweden, the detention order is admissible for the prosecutor to accelerate to issue a European Arrest Warrant . In order to evade justice in Sweden, Assange moved in UK and started long-continued legal process in local courts. By the way, Westminster Magistrates Court upheld and confirmed the warrant . Ultimately, the Supreme court of UK ruled the extradition…

The Genocide On April 7, 1994 Rwandan armed forces killed 10 Belgian peacekeeping officers to discourage the international intervention in the genocide that began an hour ago. The Hutu extremist brutally murdered around one million civilian innocent Tutsis and moderate Hutus, making it the worst episode of ethnic genocide after World War II. The seeds of 1994 genocide war planted early in 1990 are when president began using anti-Tutsi talks to persuade Hutus for the genocide; this led to…

under it shall be the supreme law of the land and the judges and the courts in every state shall be bound thereby.] 1 When we talk about the use of foreign law in decisions concerning U.S. constitutional cases we are talking about treaties to which the United States have signed to and/or affirmed. In the landmark decision case [Roper v. Simmons] 2 the court held that [the execution of juvenile offenders violated several international treaties, including the United Nations Convention of…

Question 1: The criminal justice system consists of 3 main components, which are: the police, the courts, and the prison systems. The following is an explanation of how each works and contributes to the United States criminal justice system. The Police Looking at the police on the state level, this can include a wide variety of state level policing forces such as a highway patrol or even fish and game. The police responsibilities in the United States criminal justice system holds a plethora of…

According to the Rome statute the treaty which the ICC is built upon the court has the ability to prosecute any individual or group who is responsible for any acts of genocide, when a state is having issues with process themselves. Therefore the ICC can be crucial to potentially help prevent acts of genocide by deterring the individual’s responsible using methods such as prosecution and arrest warrants. Due to the severity of crimes in our society the ICC is necessary to help ensure that all…

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The use of courts is a common method of enforcing human rights. However as we will find out by looking at the evidence and the mechanics of the law, we can see that the courts alone are not the best method of enforcing human rights and that it may in fact be ineffective. Instead this essay will examine how currently there is no set universal method of human rights enforcement and it is instead best to use a method based on the context of the situation. As we know courts are the main medium for…

The UK and Australia, two common law systems both seem to have different approaches with regards to confidentiality and misconduct of arbitrators in international arbitration. Arbitration compared to litigation has proven to be a preferred means in resolving commercial disputes because of its privacy and confidentiality. This is a principle which is widely recognized, however, different jurisdictions like that of Australia and England have different approaches to confidentiality. This is…

unaware of the blockade. Both ships were taken to Florida and sold at auction after a district court ruled that they were not “exempt from seizure.” (DRW, p. 82) The case was appealed and heard by the U.S. Supreme Court. One of the issues in the case was whether, if a rule is not codified in U.S. law but is a generally accepted practice and/or law for other nations, does that practice/law…

the war. In 1943 US Supreme Court Justice Robert H. Jackson got the four nations together in London to discuss the war crimes committed during the Second World War by Nazi Germany. That is when the leader began discussing a punishment for their crimes. During the Yalta Conference in 1943, Joseph Stalin suggested that they execute…