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632War and armed conflict — Use of force — Aggression — Crime in international law — Military action in Iraq in 2003 — Whether aggression — Whether justiciable in English courts — War crimes — Protesters taking action against military base — Damage to property — Whether capable of being justified as steps taken to prevent a crime of aggressionInternational criminal law — Aggression — Whether crime under international law — Absence of agreed definition of aggression — Whether absence of agreed definition indicating aggression not yet an international crime — War crimes — International Criminal Court Statute 1998 — Crimes under municipal law — Whether defendants' belief that action necessary to prevent international crimes a defence — Whether crimes under international law form part of municipal lawRelationship of international law and municipal law — Customary international law — Whether part of English law — Crimes under customary international law — Whether constituting crimes under municipal law of England — The law of England

117 International organizations — International administrative tribunals — World Bank Administrative Tribunal — Investigation — Misconduct — Due process — Anonymous accusations — Public activities and interests — Conflict of interest — National legislation as source of law — Bank practice as source of law — Waiver of right to invoke Tribunal's jurisdiction

513State immunity — Jurisdiction — Doctrine of restrictive immunity — Exception to immunity for civil claims in tort — Tort committed in forum State by agents of defendant State — European Convention on State Immunity, 1972 — Article 11 — Whether now reflecting rule of customary international law — Immunity from civil proceedings in respect of acts of armed forces — Article 31 of Convention — Whether such immunity absolute — Whether any exception for war crimes or crimes against humanity violating jus cogens and not direcdy connected with furtherance of armed conflict — Whether commission of such acts constituting tacit waiver of immunityState immunity — Jurisdiction — Human rights — Whether State immunity compatible with right of access to courts — European Convention on Human Rights, 1950, Article 6(1) — Exception to immunity for tort claims in civil proceedingsHuman rights — Access to courts — European Convention on Human Rights, Article 6(1) — State immunity — Relationship between State immunity and human rights — Nature of prohibition of crimes against humanity — Whether constituting a rule of jus cogens — Whether taking precedence over principle of State immunityRelationship of international law and municipal law — Crimes against international law — Crimes against humanity and war crimes — Claim for compensation in civil proceedings in tort before municipal courts — Whether commission of such crimes by its armed forces precluding foreign State from relying on State immunity — Whether such exception to immunity now recognized as rule of customary international lawWar and armed conflict — Enforcement of the laws of war — Compensation and reparations — Crimes against humanity and war crimes — Claim for compensation brought by relatives of victims before municipal courts — Atrocities committed by German forces during Second World War — The law of Greece

525State immunity — Jurisdiction — Doctrine of restrictive immunity — Exception to immunity for civil claims in tort — Tort committed in forum State by agents of defendant State — European Convention on State Immunity, 1972 — Article 11 — Whether now reflecting rule of customary international law — Immunity from civil proceedings in respect of acts of armed forces — Article 31 of Convention — Whether such immunity absolute — Whether any exception for war crimes or crimes against humanity violating jus cogens and not directly connected with furtherance of armed conflict — Whether commission of such acts constituting tacit waiver of immunityState immunity — Jurisdiction — Human rights — Whether State immunity compatible with right of access to courts — European Convention on Human Rights, 1950, Article 6(1) — Exception to immunity for tort claims in civil proceedingsHuman rights — Access to courts — European Convention on Human Rights, Article 6(1) — State immunity — Relationship between State immunity and human rights — Nature of prohibition of crimes against humanity — Whether constituting a rule of jus cogens — Whether taking precedence over principle of State immunityRelationship of international law and municipal law — Crimes against international law — Crimes against humanity and war crimes — Claim for compensation in civil proceedings in tort before municipal courts — Whether commission of such crimes by its armed forces precluding foreign State from relying on State immunity — Whether such exception to immunity now recognized as rule of customary international lawWar and armed conflict — Enforcement of the laws of war — Compensation and reparations — Crimes against humanity and war crimes — Claim for compensation brought by relatives of victims before municipal courts — Atrocities committed by German forces during Second World War — The law of Greece

206Aliens — Entry — Asylum — Refugees — Geneva Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees, 1951 — Exclusion from protection of the Convention — Article 1F(a) — Whether rules regarding complicity applicable to Article 1F(c) also applicable to Article 1F(a) — Whether exclusion applicable where acts committed by appellant not crimes against humanityInternational criminal law — Forms of criminal responsibility — Complicity — RequirementsTreaties — Interpretation — Geneva Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees, 1951 — Reference to international instruments created since adoption of Convention — The law of Canada

241War and armed conflict — Belligerent occupation — West Bank territories occupied by Israel since 1967 — Whether the law of belligerent occupation still applicable — Hague Regulations on Land Warfare, 1907 — Whether declaratory of customary international law — Geneva Convention No IV respecting the Protection of Civilian Persons, 1949 — Whether applicable — Powers of occupation authorities — Taking of land — Construction of security barrier — Whether permitted — Whether proportionateRelationship of international law and municipal law — Treaties — Customary law — General principles — Proportionality — Whether a general principle of international law — Applicability in Israeli courts — Conditions of proportionalityInternational Court of Justice — Advisory jurisdiction — Advisory Opinion on the Legal Consequences of the Construction of a Wall in Occupied Palestinian Territory — Whether binding on the courts of Israel — Whether to be given any weight — Different factual basis put before different courts — The law of Israel