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30 Aug

for a gender perspective in accountability, and whether justice is possible in Myanmar. In my post in that symposium, I examined the potential impact and implications of the ICJ and International Criminal Court (ICC) cases on the crime of genocide, looking at the case The Gambia has brought against Myanmar in the ICJ, and the ICC Prosecutor’s investigations into crimes against the Rohingya, using Bangladesh as territorial jurisdiction. When invited to contribute to this year’s symposium, two years on, what struck me about the ICJ and ICC cases was how...
30.08.22 | |

24 Aug

...potential implications – in regard to international law, and, more importantly, upon the situation of the Rohingya themselves. The symposium we have curated at Opinio Juris, in coordination with the Asia Justice Coalition, seeks to highlight some implications of these international legal proceedings, and the issues that need further examination, strategizing and advocacy. Our contributors in this symposium address some fundamental questions, such as the discussion regarding “peace v justice” in the context of Myanmar, where supporting the democratization process seems to have come at the cost of further marginalization...
24.08.20 | |

10 May

[Dr. Cassandra Steer is a space security and space law consultant, with 14 years academic experience in international law. This post is part of our New Technologies and the Law in War and Peace Symposium .] Whereas some readers might find Boothby’s volume “New Technologies and the Law in War and Peace” a little light on answering specific legal questions in the application of new military technologies, what is most valuable about the collection of essays is that they bring to the forefront issues which many still see as fantastical...
10.05.19 | |

17 Apr

...ruling as a crucial step in holding multinational business enterprises such as Vedanta accountable for their alleged role in massive pollution and harm to health and livelihood of many people. The ICJ and the CORE Coalition had also submitted an amicus curiae in this case. The ICJ has invited a group of experts and practitioners to participate in this symposium to discuss about the significance and likely impact of the judgment in law and policy making; the prospects for success in other similar cases; and consequences for companies’ practices, policies...
17.04.19 | |

04 Apr

This post is part of the NYU Journal of International Law and Politics Vol. 45, No. 1 symposium. Other posts in this series can be found in the related posts below. We are excited to collaborate again this week with Opinio Juris for an online symposium. The symposium will be a discussion of Jenia Iontcheva Turner’s article Policing International Prosecutors published in our Volume 45, No. 1 issue. Professor Turner’s piece analyzes the complex issue about how to “how to ensure that prosecutors are held accountable for their errors and...
04.04.13 | |

09 Oct

laws of other states, and those of New Zealand, our courts cannot take judicial notice of foreign law." (see http://www.supremecourt.justice.nsw.gov.au/Documents/Publications/Speeches/Pre-2015%20Speeches/Brereton/brereton160511.pdf). That means that NCAT required proof of the law that applied to Sharrouf's conduct - most commonly, that is done by someone put on an affidavit explaining what the applicable law is. It would not be enough to simply submit, without evidence, that the act occurred in Syria, Syrian law therefore applied, and the conduct was a crime under Syrian law. All of those matters needed to be proved by...
09.10.19 | |

08 Sep

...General Assembly to provide authority for the use of military force. This might allow the U.S. to seek GA endorsement of a strike against Syria due to the deadlock in the Security Council. As a practical matter, it is far from clear that a majority of the current GA would actually support the U.S. but even if it did, the legal significance of a GA act is uncertain to say the least. Still, something worth discussing. Unfortunately, the full article is not quite done but it will be out shortly....
08.09.13 | |

23 Jun

with the Syrian regime. However, the US strikes against the Syrian airbase in early April amounted to use of force against the Syrian regime and have initiated an international armed conflict between the two states in the sense of Common Article 2. The downing of an Iranian UAV in early June and of a second one two days after the shooting of the Syrian aircraft made it clear that these confrontations are no longer isolated incidents, but clashes in the context of an international armed conflict between Syria and the...
23.06.17 | |

11 Mar

This week, we are hosting a symposium on Curtis Bradley’s new book “International Law in the US Legal System“, published last month by Oxford University Press. OUP has kindly agreed to offer Opinio Juris readers a 20% discount, which you can access by clicking on the ad at the right. According to the abstract, the book explores the dynamic intersection between international law and the domestic legal system within the United States and covers both settled principles as well as unresolved issues and areas of controversy. Curtis Bradley considers all...
11.03.13 | |

21 Dec

[Samantha Besson is a Professor of Public International Law and European Law, University of Fribourg and Fellow of the Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin] I would like to start by thanking Dov Jacobs and the Leiden Journal of International Law for organizing this on-line symposium on my extraterritoriality piece, and, of course, for agreeing to publish the article in the first place. Many thanks also to Professor Marko Milanovic and Professor Cedric Ryngaert for their generous comments and not least for taking the time to deliver them at this busy time of...
21.12.12 | |

18 Oct

The Yale Journal of International Law (YJIL) is pleased to continue its partnership with Opinio Juris in our fourth online symposium (previous symposia can be found here). This Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday we will feature three Articles published by YJIL in Vol. 34, No. 2, which are available for download here. Our sincere thanks to Julian Ku and the rest of the Opinio Juris team for hosting this exciting discussion. On Monday, Evan J. Criddle (Syracuse University College of Law) and Evan Fox-Decent (McGill University Faculty of Law) will discuss...
18.10.09 | |

23 Apr

it could also take this simple pledge not to use its veto in the face of atrocity crimes? Aside from legal questions as to the strike and whether or not it met appropriate criteria of legitimacy (as well as why the US is not doing more to solve the Syrian crisis or admit Syrian refugees as Harold H. Koh well asks), let us recognize that we are in a place we should never have reached. First, the Assad regime should never have been using chemical weapons against its own people...
23.04.18 | |