Ephemeris

Secretary-General of the United Nations confirms receipt, as the depositary, of the accession of Palestine to the Rome Statute January 6, 2015

Signature by Palestine of 18 international conventions in criminal law, humanitarian law, human rights and others, including the Rome Statute, the Montego Bay Convention and the New York Convention on the Law of the Non-Navigational Uses of International Watercourses December 31, 2014

Entry into force of the United Nations’ Arms Trade Treaty December 24, 2014

Phnom Penh. Judgment of the Trial Chamber of the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) finding Nuon Chea and Khieu Samphan guilty of crimes against humanity for the acts committed between April 17 1975 and December 1977, sentencing them to life imprisonment (Case 002) August 7, 2014

Judgment of the International Court of Justice on Whaling in the Antarctic (Australia v. Japan: New Zealand intervening) March 31, 2014

Judgment of the International Court of Justice on the Maritime Dispute (Peru v. Chile) January 27, 2014

The Hague. The International Court of Justice renders its Judgment in the case concerning the Request for Interpretation of the Judgment of 15 June 1962 in the Case concerning the Temple of Preah Vihear (Cambodia v. Thailand). November 11, 2013

Confirmation by the Appeals Chamber of the Special Court for Sierra Leone of the fifty-year prison sentence for the former President of Liberia, Charles Taylor, for war crimes and crimes against humanity September 26, 2013

First judgment of the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights in the case of Rev. Christopher R. Mtikila v. The United Republic of Tanzania June 14, 2013

New York. Signature of the arms trade international treaty June 3, 2013

New York. Adoption of the arms trade international treaty April 2, 2013

Kampala. Entry into force of the African Union Convention for the Protection and Assistance of Internally Displaced Persons in Africa December 6, 2012

New York. Adoption by the UN General Assembly of resolution 67/19 on the Status of Palestine in the United Nations, granting Palestine non-member observer State status (A/RES/67/19). November 29, 2012

The Hague. The International Court of Justice renders its Judgment in the case concerning the Territorial and Maritime Dispute (Nicaragua v. Colombia). November 19, 2012

Judgment of the International Court of Justice in the Questions relating to the Obligation to Prosecute or Extradite (Belgium v. Senegal) case July 20, 2012

Judgment of the International Court of Justice in the case of Ahmadou Sadio Diallo (Republic of Guinea v. Democratic Republic of the Congo) June 19, 2012

Judgment of the Special Court for Sierra Leone. Case of the former President of Liberia, Charles Taylor, found guilty of crimes against humanity and war crimes, and first former chief of state to be convicted by an international court since Nuremberg in 1946 April 26, 2012

First judgment of the International Criminal Court. Thomas Lubanga case, found guilty of war crimes and recruitment of child soldiers March 14, 2012

Judgment of the International Court of Justice on Jurisdictional Immunities of the State (Germany v. Italy: Greece intervening) February 3, 2012

The world’s population reaches the 7 billion milestone, according to the United Nations. October 31, 2011

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