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24 Feb

[Mohammadhossein Sedehi is a DPhil student in international law at the University of Oxford, St Edmund Hall] Introduction Almost 10 years ago, five permanent members of the UN Security Council (UNSC) and Germany, collectively known as the 5+1, reached a historic agreement with Iran regarding its nuclear program: the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA). The agreement was endorsed by UNSC Resolution...

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18 Oct

[Z.M. Yacoob is a former Judge of the Constitutional Court of South Africa] ‘The Court of the Citizens of the World’ – a people’s tribunal – was organized by the Cinema for Peace Foundation, relating to alleged crimes committed by Xi Jinping, President of the People’s Republic of China.  The tribunal considered confirmation of an indictment for the crime of aggression,...

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17 Oct

[Bhavani Fonseka is a constitutional law and transitional justice expert from Sri Lanka] ‘The Court of the Citizens of the World’ – a people’s tribunal – was organized by the Cinema for Peace Foundation, relating to alleged crimes committed by Xi Jinping, President of the People’s Republic of China.  The tribunal considered confirmation of an indictment for the crime of aggression,...

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16 Oct

[Stephen Rapp is a former US Ambassador-at-Large for Global Criminal Justice and former international prosecutor at the Rwanda and Sierra Leone tribunals] ‘The Court of the Citizens of the World’ – a people’s tribunal – was organized by the Cinema for Peace Foundation, relating to alleged crimes committed by Xi Jinping, President of the People’s Republic of China.  The tribunal considered...

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29 Feb

[Naimeh Masumy is a research fellow at Maastricht University and a dispute resolution expert specialized in energy and investment disputes] The author would like to express gratitude for the valuable comments and feedback received from Wolf Von Kumberg, as well as the support given by Hiba al Abiad. Human beings are members of a wholeIn creation of one essence and soulIf one...

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07 Apr

[Dr Tomas Hamilton (@tomhamilton) is a Researcher at the University of Amsterdam and Managing Editor of the VICI-funded project 'Rethinking the Outer Limits of Secondary Liability for International Crimes and Serious Human Rights Violations'.] China’s Obligations Under Article 7 of the ATT Not to Transfer Arms to Russia In the event that assistance does not fall into the above mandatory prohibitions of Article 6, for instance if Russia provides...

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06 Apr

[Dr Tomas Hamilton (@tomhamilton) is a Researcher at the University of Amsterdam and Managing Editor of the VICI-funded project 'Rethinking the Outer Limits of Secondary Liability for International Crimes and Serious Human Rights Violations'.] As Russian aggression against Ukraine continues and evidence of war crimes and crimes against humanity mounts, third-party States and individuals may be considering their potential liability for supplying arms to Russia. On 24 March...

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