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1 week ago | 
newsone.com | Bilal Morris |Chimène Keitner
CLOSE Chimene Keitner, University of California, DavisTrump administration officials have repeatedly claimed that judges who order the administration to take action to bring deported Venezuelans back from the El Salvador prison where the U.S. sent them are meddling in the conduct of foreign policy. “The foreign policy of the United States is conducted by President Donald J.
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Nov 25, 2024 | 
lawfaremedia.org | Chimène Keitner
On May 20, the ICC prosecutor asked a Pre-Trial Chamber (PTC) of the court to issue arrest warrants for three senior Hamas officials and two senior Israeli officials, including Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Yoav Gallant, who was defense minister at the time of the request. This was the third time the ICC was asked to issue a warrant for a sitting head of state.
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May 29, 2024 | 
lawfaremedia.org | Chimène Keitner
Editor’s Note: On May 26, before this essay went to press, Israel bombed two senior Hamas officials who were allegedly meeting in a displaced persons camp near Rafah. The ensuing fire caused dozens of deaths and injuries to civilians who thought they were in a designated safe zone.
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May 23, 2024 | 
themonthly.com.au | Ashlynne McGhee |Chimène Keitner
7am is a daily news podcast brought to you by Schwartz Media and The Saturday Paper. How to listen? WebsiteExpert in international law and professor at the University of California Davis Chimene Keitner on the warrants now drawing attention from around the world. On Monday, the prosecutor of the International Criminal Court Karim Khan announced he would apply for arrest warrants for senior Hamas leaders as well as Israel’s prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu and defence minister Yoav Gallant.
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May 23, 2024 | 
lawfaremedia.org | Chimène Keitner |Jen Patja
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May 21, 2024 | 
lawfaremedia.org | Chimène Keitner
Yesterday, ICC Prosecutor Karim Khan filed applications for the ICC to issue arrest warrants for three Palestinian and two Israeli leaders for crimes within the ICC’s jurisdiction. If a pre-trial chamber grants these requests, then any state party to the Rome Statute of the ICC will be obliged to arrest and surrender these individuals to the ICC for trial.
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Apr 2, 2024 | 
lawfaremedia.org | Chimène Keitner
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Israel has long viewed the United Nations as a hostile forum, while at the same time espousing a commitment to follow international law. The International Court of Justice previously ordered Israel not to violate its obligations under the Genocide Convention, and to “[t]ake immediate and effective measures to enable the provision of urgently needed basic services and humanitarian assistance” to Palestinians in the Gaza Strip.
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Feb 21, 2024 | 
justsecurity.org | Chimène Keitner
Editor’s note: This article is part of Just Security’s series on reparation mechanisms in the context of Russia’s war against Ukraine. Two years into Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, experts estimate that it will cost nearly half a trillion dollars to rebuild the country. That figure does not include the ongoing cost of Ukraine’s defense, let alone the tremendous moral damages suffered during the war.
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Jan 30, 2024 | 
themonthly.com.au | Ange McCormack |Chimène Keitner
7am is a daily news podcast brought to you by the publishers of The Saturday Paper and The Monthly. How to listen? WebsiteExpert in international law and Professor of Law at the University of California Davis Chimene Keitner, on what the ICJ really considered and what their interim decision means. Last weekend’s decision by the International Court of Justice was heralded as a victory by many.
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Jan 26, 2024 | 
lawfaremedia.org | Chimène Keitner
This morning, just two weeks after hearing arguments on South Africa’srequest for provisional measures in its case against Israel under the Genocide Convention, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) announced its decision on that request. The court found that it has prima facie jurisdiction over this dispute under the Genocide Convention and that “at least some” of South Africa’s claims that Israel is violating the convention are plausible.
