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Senior Counsel, Dr Ahmad Ghouri, speaks on the International Law Dimensions of Recent Pager Detonations in Lebanon in Recent China Daily Interview.
https://epaper.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202409/25/WS66f359d6a3105c25b38ec89a.html
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Albertson Senior Counsel, Dr Ahmad Ghouri, Speaks on the Use of Arbitration in International Environmental Dispute Resolution
Today I gave another online talk on the use of arbitration to resolve international environmental disputes at the TIAC Journal of International Dispute Settlement Symposium organised by Tashkent International Arbitration Centre on the occasion of Uzbek Arbitration Week. My talk covered several angles of international environmental law and practice, including the nature of environmental disputes;…
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The Al Yasat Marine Protected Area Dispute
By Dr Stephen Allen 1. Introduction The Al Yasat Marine Protected Area (MPA) has become the latest flashpoint in a wider quarrel concerning the maritime boundaries between the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in the Arabian Gulf. See the KSA’s note verbale (A/78/824) and the UAE’s response (A/78/886). The…
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Tensions Between Iraq and Kuwait over the Khor Abdullah Channel
The fate of a bilateral agreement on maritime navigation rights in the Khor Abdullah channel, which separates southern Iraq from northern Kuwait, has been cast into doubt by a decision of the Federal Supreme Court of Iraq (see here for an English summary). The Court ruled in September 2023 that the Iraqi national law ratifying the 2012 agreement with Kuwait was…