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14 Jun Contingency in International Law Symposium: New Music for Old Ears
[Adeel Hussain is an Assistant Professor of Legal and Political Theory at Leiden University and a Senior Research Affiliate at the Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law in Heidelberg. Twitter: @adeelh693 .] Ingo Venzke and Kevin Jon Heller’s Contingency in International Law: On the Possibility of Different Legal Histories, an edited volume with thirty distinct contributions just published by Oxford University Press, is an intriguing addition to the historiography of international law. As Ingo Venzke outlines in the introduction, this book highlights past possibilities in international...
19 Aug S.S. and Others v. Italy: The Danger of All or Nothing Framing
...issues. These commentators, including Moreno-Lax, Mann, Riemer, Harb, and Spijkerboer, were all responding to the long-awaited decision in S.S. and others v. Italy. A case factually about a search and rescue operation that left several dead and others at risk of torture. Legally, the case is about accountability for these violent events, a determination that begins with an inquiry into jurisdiction. The applicants fled Libya in a rubber dinghy. Thirty-three nautical miles north of Tripoli the dinghy began to sink, and a distress call was made to the Maritime Rescue...
21 May Delivering the ICC Vision Through Deeds not Words: An Interview with Karim Khan QC
have to live your values, and then build your culture. As I said in my letter to the Search Committee for the Prosecutor, there should be no better place to work than the ICC. That is the ultimate destination.” Khan’s reference to the Search Committee prompts me to ask him about one particular comment they made following his interview, namely that Khan was “a charismatic and articulate communicator who is well aware of his achievements.” “I don’t think it was a compliment,” he says, laughing. “They clearly thought I was arrogant...
16 Jun Contingency in International Law Symposium: Are What-ifs a Virtual Experiment or a Parlour Game? Some Thoughts on Methodology Bridging International Law and History
...the edited volume, Contingency in International Law, is a breakthrough achievement. It is the aim of the editors to draw the attention of international lawyers to the contingencies in the discipline and to inform ‘projects of transformative legal change for the future’. It theoretically situates the search for contingencies and carries it into practice across many fields of international law. The book is of great interest to me, as an international lawyer and historian, in terms of seeing so many contributions centred on ‘theorising and narrating contingency’ as well as...19 Apr Events and Announcements: 19 April 2026
registration here. Job Research Assistant Position: The Chair of Public Law, European and International Law (Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Weiß) at the German University of Administrative Sciences Speyer is seeking a full-time Research Assistant (m/f/d) (TV-L E13), starting 1 June 2026 (or by agreement). The role offers the opportunity to pursue a doctoral degree (Dr. iur.) while contributing to research in Public International Law, European Law, and International Economic Law, as well as supporting academic conferences—particularly in EU Competition Law. Candidates should hold a law degree (Master’s or German First State...16 Jul Transfers and Deliveries
...“the occupying power shall not deport or transfer parts of its own population into the territories it occupies.” The meaning of the term transfer was unclear to the drafters, as the official commentary itself admits. The International Committee for the Red Cross commentary does explain that the intent of the provision was to prevent population movements that “worsened the economic situation of the native population and endangered their separate existence as a race.” Neither applies to the Palestinians in West Bank, whose prosperity grew at unprecedented rates since 1967, and...
13 Feb Counting the Cost of Climate Change: Hits, Misses and the Future of Environmental Compensation After the ICJ’s Advisory Opinion
...for environmental or climate damage. In the short term, we need more inter-disciplinary studies to carve out bespoke approaches for particularly climate-induced harms, which can—in the longer term—be taken up by courts and tribunals. Conclusion The Court has articulated several key principles that will guide future climate litigation—the ‘hits’ as we have outlined above. Notably, the Court rejected the position held by many states that the diffuse nature of climate change absolves emitting states of responsibility, affirming that compensation for climate-related damage is indeed possible. Equally significant is the Court’s...26 Jul Russia’s Population Collapse
Rather than comment on the refreshingly tough realism or seriously imprudent bear-baiting of Vice-President Biden’s recent remarks on Russia (“Russia will bend to the US“), or whether there is an important and dangerous gap between short-term and long-term in the collapse of an imperial nuclear power even if the long-run claim is true, etc., let me instead offer a background source on Russian demography. (You should consult Chris’s new Chicago Journal of International Law article for discussion of Russian foreign policy and the so-called ‘near abroad’ – Biden’s remarks raised...
20 May Political Recognitions of Genocides avant la lettre: the Case of the Armenian Genocide
[Dimitrios A. Kourtis, is a PhD candidate Aristotle University, Research Associate, Adjunct Lecturer, University of Nicosia.] Photo credits: Flickr, z@doune, CC Attribution 2.0 Generic. The Armenian Remembrance Day (24 April) marks the commemoration of the tragic events that took place against the Armenian population of the Ottoman Empire in 1915. The persecutions, massacres, forceful deportations, and attempts to terrorize the Ottoman Armenian communities have been classified as genocide by historians (see indicatively Dadrian, Akçam 2019/2018/2012, Bloxham, Hovannisian) and at least certain legal scholars (de Zayas, Garibian, Kielsgard) although not necessarily...