JURIST - Paper Chase: ICJ denies Israeli postponement request

In international law news Monday, the International Court of Justice has rejected Israel's request to postpone the January 30 deadline for submission of written arguments in the security barrier case. BBC News has more. EU foreign ministers today discussed the possibility of submitting a written statement outlining its views on the fence, as the ICJ has requested. Haaertz has the full story.... The European Court of Justice has ruled in favor of a Finnish citizen who demanded access to EU documents concerning the relations of the EU with Russia and Ukraine. Read the Court's judgment and the corresponding press release. EUObserver.com has more.... Former owners of land on which the Berlin Wall was built may be able to recover their property, according to a recent European Court of Human Rights decision. The Court has ruled that Germany violated the protection of private property mandated by the European Convention on Human Rights [PDF] by repossessing land allocated to farmers and refugees without providing compensation. A summary of the judgment is available here. Deutsche Welle has the full story.

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