Published
by the International Judicial Academy, Washington, D.C., with assistance
from the
American Society of International Law
Spring 2016 Issue |
International Judicial Monitor Celebrates Tenth
Anniversary
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By: James G. Apple
Editor-in-Chief,
International
Judicial Monitor and
President, International Judicial Academy
In February of 2006, representatives of the International
Judicial Academy and the American Society of International Law met to discuss
the possibility of starting a new publication with a non-academic approach that would be
devoted to articles about international law and about judges and courts. At
that time the exact nature of the publication, and what form it would take were
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During the lengthy discussions some ideas about the nature
of the publication and its format began to come clear. Eventually it was agreed
that the publication would be like a journal, that it would be digital and presented
on-line, that it would feature articles appealing to a wide audience and not
just academic persons, that the articles in it would be short and written in a
style that would be comprehensible to lay persons as well as lawyers, judges,
government officials and academics, and that it should be targeted for
publication four times a year. Another decision made at that time was that the
journal would also contain regular commentary that would focus on a particular
subject.
Other matters that were decided included the selection of a
“publisher,” and a determination that the journal would consist of two
columns of articles. After some inquiry about available names for the
publication, International Judicial Monitor was selected as the name for
the new journal. A target date for the publishing of the first issue was agreed
on, sometime during the month of March of that year. The target for number of
articles was to be six to eight. Other contents of the first issues were sections with announcements about
the two producers of the journal.
The first issue of the International Judicial Monitor did appear during March of 2006. It was sent to supporters of the International
Judicial Academy and to members of the American Society of International Law.
This spring is the 10th anniversary of that occasion.
There have been 34 issues of the Monitor during its
decade of existence, containing over 250 articles. Over the past decade the Monitor has featured articles about the most prominent members of the international law community;
profiles of the growing number of international courts; commentary on how
international law affects individual lives in all parts of the world;
commentary about significant events in international law history; reviews of
significant books about international law, judges and courts; and special reports about
developments in court systems and legal issues of international interest.
Significantly, in 2011, the Monitor was selected by
the legal publisher Lexis Nexus as one of the best (“top”) international
blogs on the Internet.
The Monitor has changed over the ten-year period it
has been in existence. It was expanded from two columns to three in the Fall 2012 issue. Each
issue now has 10 to 12 articles. Sections that included announcements and
recent cases in international courts were dropped. The Monitor recruited
a regular columnist – Justice Richard Goldstone, former member of the
Constitutional Court of South Africa and first prosecutor for the International
Criminal Tribunal for Yugoslavia. Justice Goldstone contributes a column every
issue titled “Global Judicial Perspective”. The Monitor recently engaged
a new “foreign” correspondent, Iva Vukusic, regularly reports on international
matters from The Hague in a column titled “Hague Happenings.”
Publishing the Monitor the past ten years has been a
very satisfying venture. The journal now has over 4000 subscribers, and
hopefully that subscriber total can be doubled in the next five years. It is free and may be
subscribed to by means of the small box at the bottom of the first column in
each issue – a very simple matter of typing in an e-mail address and then
clicking “send.” We invite new readers to subscribe and be enlightened about
international legal matters in the years to come.
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Justice
in Profile
Ronny Abraham, France
President, International Court
of Justice
By: James G. Apple,
Editor-in-Chief, International Judicial Monitor
Ronny Abraham, the relatively new
(February 6, 2015) President of the International Court of
Justice, started his legal career as an administrative tribunal judge,
immediately after graduating from the National School of Administration.
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International
Tribunal Spotlight
The Court of Justice of
the European Free Trade Association (EFTA) States
By: James G. Apple,
Editor-in-Chief, International Judicial Monitor
It is not commonly known that
there are some western European countries that are not a part of the European
Union. The EU currently has 27 member states, but that list does not include
Norway, Luxembourg, and Iceland. (Read
More »)
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100 Ways
International Law: One Hundred Ways It Shapes Our Lives
Being less concerned about which airline you use because of international safety standards.
By: James G. Apple, Editor-in-Chief, International
Judicial Monitor
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More »)
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Leading Figures in International Law
Henry Dunant, Swiss
By: James G. Apple, Editor-in-Chief, International
Judicial Monitor
Henry Dunant was the founder of one of the most important
and durable charitable organizations in the world – the Red Cross.
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More »)
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Editorial |
The United States Judiciary
and Judicial Institutions in Harm’s Way – A Cause for
Alarm
By: James G. Apple, Editor-in-Chief, International
Judicial Monitor
The United States of America was
founded largely through the activities and influence of lawyers.
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International Law Analysis and Commentary |
Challenges to the Rule of Law and the Independence of the
Judiciary
By: Hans Corell, Former Under-Secretary-General
for Legal Affairs and Legal Counsel of the United Nations
The celebration of the
10th anniversary of the founding of the International Judicial Monitor offers an opportunity to reflect on the developments in the field of human
rights and the rule of law over the past decade.
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Hague Happenings |
Efforts to Fight Impunity Globally:
A Talk With Stephen Rapp
By: Iva Vukusic,
International Judicial Monitor
Correspondent in The Hague
After serving as Ambassador-at-Large heading the Office of Global Criminal Justice in the U.S. State Department for six years, Stephen Rapp will now spend the next few months in The Hague, at the Institute for Global Justice. (Read More »)
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Special Report |
The Steady March for Civil Rights in the United States
– the Experience of the U.S. District Court of Maryland
By: Peter J. Messitte, Judge, U.S. District Court,
District of Maryland
I remember traveling across the Chesapeake Bay to
Ocean City on the ferry, which had separate waiting rooms, bathrooms and water
fountains for white and colored.
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Global Judicial Perspective |
The Trial of Radovan Kradzic
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 March 25, 2016 a trial chamber of the United
National Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) convicted Radovan
Karadzic on 10 of the 11 counts on which he was indicted.
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Special Report |
The Role of Amicus Curiae Submissions
at International Criminal Tribunals
By: Hannah Woolaver, Senior
Lecturer in International Law, Faculty of Law, University of Cape Town, South
Africa
Unlike other international
institutions, international criminal tribunals use an adjudicative process to
determine individual criminal responsibility.
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Historic
Moments in International Law |
The Very Fine Art of Oath Swearing
By: Stephen
C. Neff, Reader in Law – Public International Law, University of Edinburgh Law
School
As modern-day humanitarian lawyers well know,
there is a world of juridical difference between ruses of war and perfidy. (Read More ») |
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In
Review: Books About International Law and About Courts and Judges
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Divergent Paths: The Academy and the Judiciary
By: Richard A. Posner. Harvard University Press. 2016
Reviewed by: James G. Apple, Editor-in-Chief, International
Judicial Monitor
In 1936 a prominent Yale law professor named Fred Rodell
(author of a book about the Supreme Court of the United States titled Nine
Men) wrote an article for the Virginia Law Review titled “Goodbye to Law
Reviews” (37 Va.L.Rev. 1785). (Read
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Special Report |
The Crime of Genocide and the
International Court of Justice Judgment in 2015 in the Case of Croatia vs.
Serbia
By: Mahmudul Hasan, Research and Publication Officer, Human
Rights Support Center (HRSC), Bangladesh
From the beginning of international law
concerns about genocide and other mass crimes, it was considered a category of
crime against humanity, not having been prosecuted as a special crime.
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International
Judicial Monitor
© 2016 – The International Judicial Academy
with assistance
from the American Society of International Law.
Editor: James G. Apple.
IJM welcomes comments, suggestions, and submissions.
Please contact the IJM editor at ijaworld@verizon.net. |
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