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Africa’s Immunity ControversyNEW YORK – The decision by the African Union (AU), after more than five years of preparation, to confer jurisdiction over international crimes, such as genocide, crimes against humanity, and war crimes, on the African Court of Justice and Human Rights has inspired considerable controversy.
Opponents of the AU’s decision argue that there is no similar regional human-rights court elsewhere, and that the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court does not account for the possibility of complementary regional systems.
The only legitimate concern over the AU’s decision is the motive behind it.
Britain’s decision to withdraw from the European Union could inspire other countries to follow suit.
One Hand Clapping for Ben BernankeWASHINGTON, DC – President Barack Obama’s nomination of Ben Bernanke to a second term as Chairman of the United States Federal Reserve represents a sensible and pragmatic decision, but it is nothing to celebrate.
The decision to nominate Bernanke is sensible on two counts.
The first two were forced upon the US, but the third was the result of a willful, deliberate decision by former President George W. Bush, taken on ideological grounds and, most likely, for personal reasons as well.
The Limits to Fighting the Islamic StateCANBERRA – There is a long history of misconceived and over-reaching foreign military intervention in the Middle East, and it is to be hoped that US President Barack Obama’s decision to wage war against the Islamic State will not prove to be another.
Here, the decision to pardon former presidents Chun and Roh certainly is a good augury for unity.
Obama’s decision to address the Israeli people instead of their leaders is telling.
Thailand’s decision last May to cut interest rates made it a safe gamble to bet against the Bhat, the opening salvo in the crisis.
But S&P’s downgrade was a poor decision, taken at the wrong time.
Unlike the Ukraine government’s assent to extending the Russian Black Sea fleet’s deployment in Crimea – a decision that led to physical violence in Ukraine’s parliament – this was not a prolongation of the status quo, but a public demand for its revision.
Iran, with its back to the wall as sanctions bite harder (especially the recent SWIFT and central bank restrictions, and Europe’s decision to stop importing Iranian oil), could react by increasing tensions in the Gulf.
Alternatively, the junta (and Prem and other Bhumibol advisers) may have forced the crown prince’s decision, because they fear his playboy reputation and reported friendship with Thaksin.
The recommendation follows a 2012 decision by the European Court of Human Rights upholding the conviction of a Leipzig man for having a sexual relationship with his sister.
A month earlier, he had considered prohibiting the use of the niqab in public services, raising suspicion about the true motive behind the decision on refugees.
By manipulating the salience of a memory, you affect the perception of risk and the calculus of the decision.
It was a brilliant strategic decision, allowing the firm to offer dozens of new product lines and services.
Above all, academic scientists are in continual demand as independent experts in public arenas of controversy and decision.
Waiting on HamasPalestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas’s decision to postpone indefinitely this month’s scheduled elections for the Legislative Council deepened the rift with Hamas, his Islamist rival.
Hamas leaders claim that they were not consulted before the announcement, and they resent Abbas’s unilateral decision, calling it a direct violation of an agreement between Hamas and Abbas’s Fatah party that led to the current ceasefire with Israel.
Abbas said that the decision came at the request of the Palestinian Central Election Commission, after the Commission declared that it could not meet the deadline, because the election law had not yet been approved.
Although the Legislative Council passed the election law in its third and final reading, Abbas rejected it, a decision that falls within his presidential prerogatives.
In any case, foreign policy probably will play little role in the decision, as the issues that most concern voters likely to participate in the Democratic primary elections are domestic and economic in nature.
But a decision to purchase sovereign bonds would also need to build on and factor in the institutional specificities of the euro area, including the limits set by the EU Treaty.
NATO’s “Operation Unified Protector” in Libya was a major success for the alliance, but America’s decision to let Europe assume the leading role also signaled its intention to “rebalance” its global priorities.
How he succeeded in conning the IMF is hard to see because Cardoso has never taken a hard decision in his life.
The US court decision is dangerous for two reasons.
Only then can the principles underlying the Supreme Court’s decision come within reach of ordinary Zimbabweans.
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