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07 Oct Symposium on Gender Representation: Representation of Women at the International Law Commission
[Priya Pillai is a lawyer and international law specialist. She has worked at the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) headquarters in Geneva, at the United Nations International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) and with various civil society organizations on implementation of international law.] This is an opportune moment to examine the representation of women (in an inclusive sense) in expert bodies or institutions. The basis for this symposium is the recent report by the Human Rights Council Advisory Committee on the current levels...
08 May New Technologies Symposium: Autonomous Weapons Systems– Why Keeping a ‘Human On the Loop’ Is Not Enough
[ Alejandro Chehtman is Professor of Law at Universidad Torcuato Di Tella. This post is part of our New Technologies and the Law in War and Peace Symposium .] In New Technologies and the Law in War and Peace (CUP, 2018), Bill Boothby and his colleagues have written an important collection of essays exploring the regulation of new weapons systems under both the ‘laws of wars and peace’. The book concentrates on a number of pressing issues, including cyber capabilities, autonomous weapons systems, military human enhancement, non-lethal weapons (which they call...
11 Aug Doing Justice to History Symposium: On Plurality and Ideology
[Marina Veličković is a Lecturer at the University of Kent, UK. In her research she explores the role of international law in (re)producing structures of violence in post-conflict settings.] Everyone has a moment of sheer panic during their PhD journey (or a few moments if your anxiety levels are that of an average academic) when they come across the thesis/article/book that has just been published and which is on their exact PhD topic. For me, one of these moments was when, in the final year of my PhD I came...
16 Apr ICC Prosecutor Symposium: The Next ICC Prosecutor Must Embody Integrity in the #MeToo Era
has focussed on how an assessment of the next Prosecutor’s “high moral character” must take into account past sexual (and other) misconduct. An OSJI article I was quoted in led to a woman approaching me for help with her sexual misconduct complaint, about one of the likely ICC Prosecutor applicants. Her attempt to tell her story is still unfolding, as we know how incredibly daunting it is to make such a claim against a senior member of the international criminal law field. Over the past few months, she’s written that...15 Nov MJIL Symposium: A Response to Darryl Robinson by Ilias Bantekas
causality is not required for failing to punish subordinate criminality, then what exactly is the offence for which the commander is liable? It is inconceivable that the doctrine of command responsibility emerged one evening wholly disassociated from the criminal law theory of the civil law and common law traditions, both of which require causality for the attribution of liability. This does not mean that a commander who fails to punish is absolved from all liability. We have already stated that he may incur liability for dereliction of duty under national...28 Mar Posner and Sykes Book Symposium: Response by the authors
[Eric Posner is Kirkland & Ellis Distinguished Service Professor of Law and Aaron Director Research Scholar at the University of Chicago. Alan Sykes is Robert A. Kindler Professor of Law at NYU Law.] In Economic Foundations of International Law, we provide a treatise-like account of international law from a rational choice perspective. The book builds upon an already considerable body of work by many different authors, and we hope that it will stimulate further research in this area. We thank Andrew Guzman, Emilie Hafner-Burton, David Victor, Rachel Brewster, and Steve...
28 May Futureproofing Human Rights Symposium: Human Rights in the Era of Blockchain – A Polycentric Accountability Framework
while embedding human rights and sustainability principles into their foundational structures. Author’s notes: This post builds on research in Gustavo Prieto, ‘International Human Rights Law in the Era of Blockchain: Redefining Accountability in Decentralized Systems’ in Irene Couzigou (ed.), International Law and Technological Change: Testing the Adaptability of International Law (Edward Elgar, forthcoming 2025) The text was written during a Research Foundation – Flanders fellowship (FWO.3E0.2022.0079.01) at Ghent University. The views expressed are solely the author’s and do not represent those of the institutions mentioned. This blog is part of...09 Apr Yale Journal of International Law, Vol. 34-1: Online Symposium
The Yale Journal of International Law (YJIL) is pleased to continue its partnership with Opinio Juris in this third online symposium. Today, Friday, and Monday we will feature three Articles published by YJIL in Vol. 34-1, which is available for download here. Thank you very much to Peggy McGuinness and the other Opinio Juris bloggers for hosting and joining in this discussion. Today, Pierre-Hugues Verdier (Boston University School of Law) will discuss his Article, Transnational Regulatory Networks and Their Limits. Verdier’s Article serves as a counterpoint to scholars who are...
30 May Futureproofing Human Rights Symposium: Insulting Language as Ground for Inadmissibility – Thin-Skinned Accountability?
have yet to apply this approach in a case involving language they agree is actually insulting or disparaging. Neither regional system has considered whether rejecting a complaint on this basis could contravene due process standards or access to justice principles. In failing to consider whether cutting off access to a human rights complaint procedure is proportionate to the aim of protecting institutional reputations, either approach risks running afoul of international standards on both freedom of expression and access to court. Any analysis of proportionality would likely reveal a serious logical...
20 Aug Symposium on Informers Up Close: Weaponizing the Populace
door for all states to do so, and to the provision of that law enabling private citizens to sue any person who facilitated an abortion and to collect a minimum of $10,000 in reward. Reports at the time described the measure primarily as a way to restrict abortion and evade possible limits that might come through regulation under the criminal law or through the pending decision in Dobbs. SB8, however, did far more than that. It also was a way for the state to use its own people, to weaponize...