Writing Homework Help

Question 1:

Please analyse the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (“JCPOA”) of 14 July 2015 (also known as the “Iran deal”) and explain whether it is a treaty in accordance with the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties.

In addition, please read the statement by President Trump announcing that the United States will “withdraw” from the JCPOA and comment on it. Can the United States “withdraw” from the JCPOA?

The JCPOA is available here: http://eeas.europa.eu/archives/docs/statements-eea…

The statement of President Trump is available here: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/08/us/politics/tru…

Question 2:

Please read paragraphs 99 to 129 of the judgment of the European Court of Human Rights in the Mamatkulov case, as well as the Dissenting Opinion of Judges Caflisch, Türkmen and Kovler, and comment on them. Is the interpretation by the Court of Article 34 of the European Convention on Human Rights in accordance with the rules of interpretation set forth in Articles 31 and 32 of the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties?

The judgment and the dissenting opinion is available here: https://hudoc.echr.coe.int/eng#{%22appno%22:[%2246827/99%22],%22itemid%22:[%22001-68183%22]}

Question 3:

Mr. Dragunov is a Russian national. In January 2018, he travelled to Algeria for business purposes. While he was there, there was an attempt of coup d’état, and hundreds of people suspected of having planned it were put in prison, including Mr. Dragunov. As of today, 30 November 2018, Mr. Dragunov remains in prison. He has not had any kind of trial for the crimes that he allegedly committed; he has not had access to lawyers; and he has not been able to communicate with the Russian consulate in Algeria for assistance. It is believed that he may also have been tortured.

You are the legal adviser of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Russia, and you are asked to draft a note verbale to your Algerian counter-part stating that Russia intends to exercise diplomatic protection over its national.

Please draft the note verbale, explaining in particular: (1) the meaning of “diplomatic protection”; (2) the relevant facts with respect to Mr. Dragunov; and (3) the legal basis of your claim.