Search: Symposium on the Functional Approach to the Law of Occupation
23 Aug Palestinian Self-Determination between Sovereignty and Conquest: Exploring Public and Private Power in the recent ICJ’s Advisory Opinion on the Illegality of Israel’s Occupation
[ Michelle Burgis-Kasthala is Professor of International Law and Global Governance at the University of Edinburgh Law School. Matilde Masetti Placci is a PhD candidate at the University of Edinburgh Law School, and her thesis focusses on the history and theory of international law.] On 19th July, the ICJ handed down its long-awaited advisory opinion examining the legal status of Israel’s occupation across the Palestinian territories of East Jerusalem, the West Bank and the Gaza Strip. While the Court explicitly shelved analysis of Israel’s assault on Gaza since October 2023...
11 Sep Libya and International Justice Symposium: The Quest for Accountability in Libya–A Pressing but Neglected Concern
reveals that the current accountability challenges in Libya are rooted in an inadequate legal framework that fails to conform to international law and standards. The Penal Code and supplemental criminal laws are not adequately equipped to provide justice for crimes under international law. The definitions of torture and ill-treatment, enforced disappearance, enslavement, and rape and other acts of sexual violence in the Penal Code, Law No. 10 of 2013 and Law No. 12 of 2010 are inconsistent with international definitions, and war crimes and crimes against humanity are not penalized...17 Mar YLS Sale Symposium: Sale’s Legacies
[Harold Hongju Koh is Sterling Professor of International Law at Yale Law School. He served as Legal Adviser, U.S. Department of State, from 2009-13 and Counsel of Record for plaintiffs in Sale v. Haitian Centers Council, from 1992-93.] Why, two decades later, does the Sale v. Haitian Centers Council litigation still spark such interest? This year alone, symposia about the litigation have transpired at law schools at Yale, Columbia, Howard, Brooklyn, and in London. The case has been dissected in first-year Procedure Classes at Yale, Columbia, Touro, University of Connecticut,...
21 Jan Symposium: Comment on “Internationalized Armed Conflicts in International Law”
“Internationalized Armed Conflicts in International Law” by Kubo Mačák presents a detailed and insightful analysis of the tipping point at which non-international armed conflict (NIAC) may be ‘internationalized’ and considered to be an international armed conflict (IAC), with the focus in particular in relation to the status of combatants and the law of occupation. Far from esoteric, the topic is timely, relevant and has a real impact on the rights and obligations in the conduct of warfare. A few observations as I perused the book – some general in nature,...
16 Sep Navigating the Human Rights Trajectory of the EU Migration and Asylum Pact in Search and Rescue Operations (Part One)
[Patricia Vella de Fremeaux is Professor and Head of the International Law Department of the Faculty of Laws, University of Malta. Dr Felicity G. Attard is a lecturer in the Department of International Law at the University of Malta.] The problem of maritime migration has been at the forefront of the European Union (EU)’s legislative and policy making landscape for decades. The Common European Asylum System (CEAS) was established in 1999 with the objective of improving cooperation on asylum matters and has developed in stages periodically since then. Following unprecedented...