Category: Papers

Destruction of Cultural Heritages

Sultan ÖZEL                                                                                                           …
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Asymetrical Arbitration Agreements

Zeliha ÖZPINAR Translated by : Emre Thomson An arbitration agreement is where both parties agree to solve their legal disputes outside of a countries court system, under the observation of an arbiter of their choice. The main purpose of such an agreement is the referral of disputes, contractual or non-conctractual, to an unbiased arbiter, with…
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International Criminal Court

Prepared By: Alican ÇALIŞKAN, Seher Ece AYDIN Translated by: Yakub TOPCUOĞLU, Mustafa CANSU, Ceren PALAZOĞLU Edited by: Sena MUTLU THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL LAW In general terms, although international law has a history of 300 years within the frame of globalization and the needs of international community,International Criminal Law is a field that has been developed…
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Russia Loses The Case Over Greenpeace Ship. What Happened?

Prepared By: Alican ŞANLI Translated by :Ali Can ŞANLI Edited by :Ali GÖÇMEN In September 2013 The Greenpeace activists on the  the Dutch-flagged  ship named Arctic Sunrise carried out an protest against oil exploration activities of  Russia in  Arctic Ocean. Russian cost guard units seized the ship and detained 30 activists charging them with piracy.…
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What Do Advocates General Do?

Prapared by: Ege Derin UTKULAR        The judges of European Court of Justice (EU Court or Court) are assisted by nine Advocates General who are responsible for presenting a legal opinion on the cases assigned to them. They can question the parties involved and then give their opinion on a legal solution to…
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Unwelcome Person – Persona Non Grata

Prepared by: Alican ÇALIŞKAN Translated by: Elif Naz KARAKURT Edited by: Ali GÖÇMEN Persona Non Grata is a phrase originated from Latin, literally meaning unwelcome person”. Its plural form is “Personae Non Grata”. The term is regulated in the Article 9 of the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations dated 1961.        “Article 9…
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Jean-Pierre Bemba – Landmark trial for International Criminal Court (ICC)

Author: Katarina Dandarova On 21 March 2016 former vice-president of the Democratic Republic of Congo Jean-Pierre Bemba was found guilty of two counts of crimes against humanity (murder and rape) and three counts of war crimes (murder, rape, and pillaging). This decision of the ICC is one of the most significant in its short history.…
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International Arbitration and International Chamber of Commerce

Prepared by: Tuğba KARADAĞ & Seda FİDAN Translated by: Vuslat YAŞAR & Ece ILCI Edited by: Yasemin KAYA In this century where transportation, communication and technology are increasingly developing, international trading is also getting quite important and booming. Individuals’ commercial activities are causing incompatibility due to their openness to improvements, because of their dynamic construct and lack, in…
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Criminal Law For Enemies

Prepared by: R. Yiğit BALTA Translated by: Zeliha Özpınar The development of technology in our age and the fact that individuals use them as potential weapons of destruction in this context has resulted in an increase in individual threats against the public. Enemy Criminal Law thesis suggested by German jurist ? Günther Jakobs for the…
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