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25 Oct

[Emilia Klebanowski is a PhD candidate in international human rights law at Radboud University. Her research explores reparations for gross human rights violations.] On 22 October 2025, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) issued its advisory opinion on the Obligations of Israel in relation to the Presence and Activities of the United Nations, Other International Organizations and Third States in and...

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22 Oct

[Quazi Omar Foysal is a Bangladeshi-qualified international lawyer, currently pursuing a PhD at La Trobe University, Australia] Given that the Request for Advisory Opinion on Obligations of States in respect of Climate Change was limited to questions related to the obligations of States concerning climate change and the legal consequences of their breach in international law, the International Court of Justice...

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22 Jul

[Erard de Schaetzen is pursuing a masters in public international law at Utrecht University] In March 2023, Vanuatu’s initiative led the UN General Assembly to adopt a Resolution requesting an advisory opinion from the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on defining States’ obligations regarding climate change, and the legal consequences arising from their breach. Since then, proceedings before the “World Court”...

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10 Apr

[Lukas Willmer is a PhD candidate at Humboldt University Berlin, with a research focus on governmental status and recognition in international law] In September 2024, Australia, Canada, Germany, and the Netherlands announced their intention to initiate proceedings before the ICJ against Afghanistan for violations of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW). The four states...

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09 Apr

[Anuja Jaiswal is a human rights consultant who has worked in various contexts, including Gambia, Ukraine, MENA, Myanmar, and North Korea. She studied at the University of Oxford and Columbia University, and has an LL.M in Transnational Crime and Justice.] Generally, there is an absence of adequate gender representation on the international bench. This gap has been identified by academics and...

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18 Mar

[Luciano Pezzano is Professor of Human Rights at the University of Business and Social Sciences (UCES, Argentina) and Lecturer of Public International Law at the National University of Cordoba (UNC, Argentina)] On 5 March 2025, the Republic of Sudan instituted proceedings before the International Court of Justice (ICJ) against the United Arab Emirates (UAE), for breaches of the Genocide Convention. The...

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14 Mar

[Michael A Becker is Assistant Professor of International and European Human Rights Law at Trinity College Dublin] On 5 March 2025, Sudan instituted proceedings against the United Arab Emirates (UAE) at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in relation to alleged violations of the 1948 Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of Genocide. Based on allegations that UAE is supporting genocidal...

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12 Mar

[Yonah Diamond is Senior Legal Counsel at the Raoul Wallenberg Centre for Human Rights] In recent years, States have increasingly turned to the ICJ to consider claims under the Genocide Convention, particularly to intervene in outbreaks of mass violence, based on its Article IX compromissory clause, giving the Court jurisdiction over disputes under the Convention. The full provision reads as follows:  Disputes...

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24 Feb

[Quazi Omar Foysal is a Lecturer in Law at American International University-Bangladesh (AIUB), Bangladesh and an Advocate of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh] Introduction  The International Court of Justice (ICJ or Court) in the Order of 24 May 2024 in South Africa v. Israel indicated its third provisional measure that Israel shall take effective measures to ensure the unrestricted access to the...

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04 Feb

[Dr Nilüfer Oral is a Director at the Centre for International Law, National University of Singapore, Member of the UN International Law Commission and Co-Chair of the ILC Study Group on Sea Level Rise Rashmi Raman is a Research Fellow at the Centre for International Law, National University of Singapore] Introduction  In 2019, as the International Law Commission (ILC) celebrated its 70th anniversary,...

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07 Jan

[Naphtali Ukamwa, LLM, is a PhD researcher in public international law at Trinity College Dublin's School of Law, funded by the Trinity Research Doctorate Award, and a Visiting Researcher at iCourts, Faculty of Law, University of Copenhagen (2025)] Introduction  On 12 November 2024, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) decided on the preliminary objections raised by Armenia in the Application of the...

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25 Sep

[Parisa Zangeneh is a PhD researcher at the Irish Centre of Human Rights, University of Galway, where she is supported by the Hardiman Scholarship] Introduction  This blog post focuses on the interpretation of Common Article 1 that was presented to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in the Nicaragua v Germany proceedings. It argues that Germany’s interpretation of Common Article 1 is...

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