In association with the International Commission of Jurists

International human rights law Tag

05 Aug

[Emanuele Cimiotta is a Full Professor of International Law at the University of Perugia] Establishing a state’s genocidal intent is a hard task. Yet intent constitutes one of the building blocks of genocide: the so-called dolus specialis, whose presence is essential for a state to be held responsible. To this end, the violence that Israel has been perpetrating against Palestinian children...

|
03 Aug

[Roar Mikalsen is the Leader of the Alliance for Rights-Oriented Drug Policies (AROD)] The author is the lead applicant in the Mikalsen v. Norway applications before the ECtHR (app. no. 67078/10 and subsequent filings). This connection is disclosed for full transparency The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) serves as the ultimate arbiter of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR), ensuring that state...

|
29 Apr

[Paulina Jimenez Fregoso is an advocacy advisor at the Centre for Reproductive Rights] Intersectionality remains contested. While it includes multiple social categories and personal identities, there is far reaching debate about its contours. While race, class and gender were widely accepted for a time, these were later seen to fall short of the complex dynamics of multiple forms of oppression. Helma...

|
27 Apr

[Mohsen al Attar is an Associate Dean (Education) and Reader in International Law at Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University] International law is often on the ropes. Each time a state invades another, a security agent tortures a suspect, or a wanted war criminal hobnobs with other state leaders, we are reminded that what international law could be is always tempered by what it...

|