international law

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• 1/29/2023
  

  On Ukraine, International Law is Against Russia—But to What Consequence?

  by Lawrence Wittner

  If the United Nations can define the rules of international relations, but sufficiently powerful nations can flout them without consequence, it's time for a change in global governance. 

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• 8/7/2022
  

  Why Should War Criminals Operate with Impunity?

  by Lawrence Wittner

  When major military powers like Russia, China and the United States withhold participation in the International Criminal Court, it allows war criminals to do as they please. Leading a more stable international order means joining fully with the ICC. 

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• SOURCE: Just Security
  3/9/2022
  

  How the Soviet Union Helped Establish the Crime of Aggressive War

  by Francine Hirsch

  Putin's claims to "denazify" Ukraine are an egregious affront to the historical role of the Soviet Union in establishing the Nuremberg tribunal, and its insistence in prosecuting aggressive war itself as a crime. 

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• SOURCE: Wall Street Journal
  3/3/2021
  

  Supreme Court Denies Holocaust Victims’ Property Claims Against Nazi Germany, Hungary

  The Supreme Court ruled that despite the evidence of the theft of property from victims of the Holocaust, their descendants could not seek relief against the German government by invoking international law in a U.S. Court. 

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• 1/26/20
  

  History & Law: GW History Professor Jennifer Wells Discusses How Her Study of Law Has Informed her Career in History

  by Mark Detlor

  "I’m more much analytical as a result of law and try to immediately make an assertion and back it up with evidence when I write; I think it’s a very effective way of writing but I’m not sure that I would have mastered it had I not gone to law school."

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• 3/3/19
  

  Will the U.S. Government Abide by the International Law It Created in Venezuela?

  by Lawrence Wittner

  And how the U.S. government has violated these principles of international law in the past.