I haven't written about the "unwilling or unable" test for self-defence against non-state actors in a while, largely because I've said all I have to say about why the test is not part of customary international law. (See my many posts here.) But I would be remiss not to note the strangest invocation of the test I've ever seen, which...
[Khan Khalid Adnan is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (FCIArb), a Barrister in England and Wales, and an Advocate of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh. He currently serves as the Head of the Chamber at Khan Saifur Rahman & Associates, Dhaka, Bangladesh.] Oral proceedings on the merits in The Gambia v Myanmar (12-29 January 2026) ended where genocide...
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. Call for Applications PhD Workshop - Law, Environment and Vulnerability(ies): What are the connections between law, the environment and vulnerability(ies)? Organised by Shpresa Salihu and Tamara Grigoras, this workshop aimed at doctoral candidates and early-career researchers seeks to provide...
[Dylan Jesse Andrian is an LL.M. candidate at Harvard University, holding undergraduate law degrees from Universitas Gadjah Mada and Maastricht University. He has worked at the ITLOS Legal Office, the Al Hassan Defence team before the ICC, and has drafted legal opinions for Amnesty International Indonesia, the Indonesian National Human Rights Commission, and the Government of Indonesia in the ICJ...
E. Tendayi Achiume — UN Special Rapporteur on Contemporary Forms of Racism from 2017 to 2022 — is one of the preeminent legal minds working on the relationship between race, colonialism, and international law. My co-editor Claire Smith and I were honoured to count her as a contributor to Emancipating International Law — alongside her co-authors Asli Bâli and Priya...
[Anna Maria Puigderrajols Triadó is a PhD candidate at the Europa Institute of Leiden University, where she previously completed the Advanced LL.M. in European and International Human Rights Law.] On Wednesday 26 March 2026, two days after the International Day for the Right to Truth, and more than fifty years since the fall of the Franco Regime, Spain has finally created...
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. Calls for Papers Workshop - The Political Afterlives of Sexual Violence Allegations: The ICC as Case Study: This feminist workshop (leading to a special journal issue) will take place on 7 December 2026 in The Hague, following the ICC ASP....
What follows is a long written interview I conducted with Sareta Ashraph, a barrister at Garden Court Chambers in London and the co-founder of ATLAS Women, "a global community of female-identifying lawyers, activists, and jurists with expertise in various facets of public international law." Ashraph is currently serving as Lead Counsel for Karim Khan, the Prosecutor of the ICC, in...
Argentinean President Javier Milei’s recent comments about Argentina’s sovereignty over the Malvinas/Falklands Islands and Trump’s latest threat against a European ally, hinting he could support Argentina’s claim as punishment for Britain’s limited support of his Iran War have catapulted the dispute to centre-stage of global discourse once again. As usual, the discussion is felt personally by both Argentineans and British people, who feel strong personal attachment to...
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 Survey - How do scholars of public international law choose their research methods?: Researchers at Leiden University are conducting a new study to develop a better understanding of the methodological landscape in the field of public international law. Researchers...
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...
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. Call for Papers Young Lawyers Award 2026: For the 10th year, the European Law Institute is amplifying the voices of young lawyers through the Young Lawyers Awards. Established in 2016, the competition aims to provide the young legal community...