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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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02 Apr

[Shahd Hammouri is a lecturer in international law and legal theory at the University of Kent. She is the author of the forthcoming book Corporate War Profiteering and International Law (Cambridge University Press, 2026).  James Yap is a Canadian lawyer, President of Canadian Lawyers for International Human Rights (CLAIHR) and is a sessional instructor of international human rights law at University of...

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01 Apr

[Narin Salih is an LL.M. candidate in Public International Law (Conflict and Security) at Utrecht University] In light of the situations in Palestine and Ukraine, the question of whether occupied populations have a legal right to resist has never been more pressing. Yet the law of occupation faces a fundamental tension: it simultaneously acknowledges the factual reality of resistance yet consistently...

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01 Apr

[Juliana Moreira Mendonça (Brazil) is a visiting researcher at the Department of Security Studies of Georgetown University, a Public Defender in Rio de Janeiro State and Associate Personnel at the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights. Professor Claudia Martin (Argentina) is the Co-Director of the Academy on Human Rights and Humanitarian Law and Professorial Lecturer in Residence at American University Washington College of Law. She...

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31 Mar

[Daniele Perissi is Head of the Democratic Republic of Congo Program at TRIAL International, and holds an LLM in international humanitarian law and human rights law. Morgane Greco is a Legal Advisor for the Democratic Republic of the Congo Program at the TRIAL International, and holds an LLM in international human rights law and international criminal justice. Julie Baleynaud is a Legal...

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31 Mar

[Eva Kassoti is a senior researcher in EU and international law at T.M.C. Asser Institute, and academic co-ordinator of CLEER] By its order of 5 September 2025, the General Court (GC) of the Court of Justice of The European Union dismissed an action brought by the Association of Jurists for Respect for International Law (JURDI) against the Council and the Commission...

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