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Public International Law

28 Sep

[Jinan Bastaki is Associate Professor of Legal Studies at New York University, Abu Dhabi.] The International Court of Justice’s proceedings in Alleged Breaches of Certain International Obligations in Respect of the Occupied Palestinian Territory (Nicaragua v. Germany) raise questions that extend well beyond the immediate dispute between the two States. At their core is the question of when international law can hold one...

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28 Sep

[Zsuzsanna Deen-Racsmány holds a Ph.D. in public international law from Leiden University. She is an independent researcher and has worked, inter alia, at Leiden University and the University of Amsterdam, and been a rapporteur for Oxford International Organizations. You can contact her via email.] Introduction This post concludes a series of three. Following an introduction that described the parse mention in the...

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28 Sep

[Zsuzsanna Deen-Racsmány holds a Ph.D. in public international law from Leiden University. She is an independent researcher and has worked, inter alia, at Leiden University and the University of Amsterdam, and been a rapporteur for Oxford International Organizations. You can contact her via email.]  Introduction This post is the second in a series of three in which I advocate for reconsideration of...

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28 Sep

[Zsuzsanna Deen-Racsmány holds a Ph.D. in public international law from Leiden University. She is an independent researcher and has worked, inter alia, at Leiden University and the University of Amsterdam, and been a rapporteur for Oxford International Organizations. You can contact her via email.] Introduction Contrary to the earlier genocide cases before the International Court of Justice (ICJ or the Court) against...

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25 Sep

[Jens Iverson is an assistant professor of international law at Leiden University.] In November 2025, I wrote on this site about The Power and Responsibility of the EU to Protect the ICC from US Sanctions. There I discussed issues such as the use of the Anti-Coercion Instrument, (AKA “the Big Bazooka”), the Extraterritoriality (Blocking) Statute and the European Commission supported Digital Commons European Digital Infrastructure Consortium...

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25 Sep

[Dr Wambua Kituku is the executive director of Kituo Cha Sheria (KITUO), Kenya’s oldest legal empowerment civil society organization (CSO). KITUO is a member of the Global Strategic Litigation Council. He holds a PhD in environmental law from the University of Nairobi and is a licensed attorney.] Introduction The recent report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change confirms that global warming...

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25 Sep

[Luwam Dirar is an Associate Professor of Law and Associate Dean of Faculty Research and Development at Western New England University School of Law. Ian Kysel is a Clinical Professor of Law and co-director of the Migration and Human Rights Program at Cornell Law School, a Non-Resident Fellow at the Zolberg Institute on Migration and Mobility at The New School, a...

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24 Sep

[Dr Lena Riemer is an Assistant Professor of Law at Central European University working on migration related topics. Andrea Maria Pelliconi is a Lecturer in Human Rights Law & Global Justice at the University of Southampton, a convenor of the ICON-S Interest Group on Climate Change and Migration, and Knowledge Specialist (Law and Human Rights) with the Beyond Climate Collaborative (BCC). Luca...

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24 Sep

[Cleo Hansen-Lohrey is a Lecturer in Law at the University of Tasmania whose research focuses on African regional refugee law and climate-related displacement.  Tamara Wood is a Senior Lecturer in Law at La Trobe University and Visiting Fellow at the Kaldor Centre for International Refugee Law, UNSW Sydney.] Climate Displacement and the Request for an Advisory Opinion In May 2025, the African Court...

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23 Sep

[Francesca Spry is an associate at Bailey Glasser International, and an Australian-qualified solicitor.] Introduction  Climate change is increasingly driving displacement worldwide. This includes in Africa, where millions of people are displaced every year due to impacts of climate change, such as drought, desertification and flooding.  This year the African Court of Human and Peoples’ Rights (AfCHPR) is considering a landmark request for an...

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23 Sep

[Jacquline Wambui Wamai is a labour rights lawyer and an Advocate of the High Court of Kenya. She is currently the Regional Coordinator for Sub‑Saharan Africa at the International Lawyers Assisting Workers (ILAW) Network, where she leads legal and policy initiatives supporting workers’ organisations and lawyers across the region. The ILAW Network is a party to both submissions discussed in...

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22 Sep

[Priyanka Naidoo is a South African human rights lawyer and an African Lawyers Alliance Fellow. She holds a BSocSci in Politics and Law, LLB and LLM from the University of Cape Town. She writes in her personal capacity.] Against a backdrop of escalating climate harm, the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights (the Court) has been asked to clarify the...

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