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19 Apr

To have your event or announcement featured in next week’s post, please send a link and a brief description (1-2 paragraphs) to ojeventsandannouncements@gmail.com. Events International and Comparative Law Quarterly Annual Lecture: The Editorial Board invites you to the International and Comparative Law Quarterly Annual Lecture, to be delivered by Dr Sofia Galani, on 'Human Rights Obligations in Maritime Search and Rescue', on Tuesday...

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15 Apr

[Melanie O’Brien is Professor of International Law and Deputy Head of School (Research) at the University of Western Australia Law School; and visiting scholar with the University of Minnesota Law School’s Human Rights Center] In June 2023, I wrote here about the defamation case relating to the media reporting on allegations of war crimes by Australian soldier Ben Roberts-Smith (‘BRS’). The...

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14 Apr

[Dr Saeed Bagheri is Lecturer (Assistant Professor) in International Law at the University of Reading School of Law. His research focuses on the law on the use of force and international humanitarian law] An Iranian individual traverses the streets of Tehran, with life dictated by meticulous calculation. Words are carefully considered prior to being spoken. Opinions are scrutinised, gestures are moderated,...

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14 Apr

[Davit Khachatryan is an international law expert and lecturer specializing in public international law, alternative dispute resolution, investment law, international humanitarian law, and security] The prohibition on the use of force is international law’s foundational rule. But not every violation of that rule is the same. When force is used not merely to coerce a state but to dismantle and replace its government, something...

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13 Apr

[Rosa Villar is a PhD Candidate in International Law at the University of Aberdeen with research focused on AI-enabled targeting systems, international humanitarian law and international criminal law] Introduction In February 2026, Anthropic declined to use its large-language models for fully autonomous weapons, escalating a dispute with the U.S. Department of Defense. While such a red line on unsupervised systems may be ethically valuable, it seems...

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13 Apr

[Alexander Blanchard is Senior Researcher in the Governance of AI Programme at the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), Sweden] In recent weeks, there has been a good deal of commentary about military applications of artificial intelligence (AI), prompted by the US military’s public spat with the AI company Anthropic and the use of AI in its war on Iran. But another set of headlines...

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12 Apr

To have your event or announcement featured in next week’s post, please send a link and a brief description (1-2 paragraphs) to ojeventsandannouncements@gmail.com. Announcement Egyptian Practice of International Law: EGYPIL is a new website dedicated to the identification and documentation of the Egyptian Practice of International law. It seeks to make Egyptian practice more accessible to audiences both within and beyond Egypt....

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07 Apr

[Nataly Santana Sánchez is a doctoral candidate at the University of Essex. Her research focuses on reproductive violence and transitional justice. Prior to joining the University of Essex, she worked advising the Ministry of Women of the Dominican Republic on the implementation of international human rights law into domestic laws and policies.] Throughout history, forced sterilisation has been a weapon of...

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06 Apr

[Paola Gaeta is a Professor of International Law at the Geneva Graduate Institute] For many years, I have worked on international criminal law, but I have only touched upon the interaction between arrest warrants and peace processes in earlier work. I also recall the debates following the arrest warrant against President Al Bashir and the African Union’s requests for a deferral...

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06 Apr

[Oded Hen is a PhD candidate in the Department of Philosophy at Bar-Ilan University. His research focuses on moral philosophy, particularly just war theory and the ethics of modern warfare. His work addresses questions of civilian immunity, legitimate targeting, moral responsibility, and the application of normative principles in contemporary asymmetric conflicts] This post examines the legal and moral responsibilities of the international community...

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02 Apr

[Lisa Davis is a professor of law at CUNY Law School, and the ICC special adviser on Gender and Other Discriminatory Crimes. Kirby Anwar is Visiting Associate Professor of Law at the Human Rights and Gender Justice Clinic, CUNY School of Law. Wendy Isaack is Senior Legal Fellow at MADRE. Huma Saeed is Senior Transitional Justice Fellow at Human Rights and Gender Justice...

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