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Recent Posts

05 Aug

[Gaiane Nuridzhanian is an associate professor at The Arctic University of Norway (UiT)] The legal principle of ne bis in idem, also known as double jeopardy, proclaims that no person shall be tried twice for the same matter. This principle exists in most of the domestic legal systems and is a fundamental human right. While the importance of this principle is...

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04 Aug

[Konstantinos Deligiannis-Virvos is a PhD Research Fellow with the Norwegian Centre for the Law of the Sea (NCLOS) at the Law Faculty of The Arctic University of Norway (UiT)] On 9 June 2025, the UK-flagged ship Madleen (officially the Barcarole), operated by the Freedom Flotilla Coalition, was intercepted by Israeli forces on the high seas, approximately 100nm from Gaza. Twelve activists onboard were arrested,...

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04 Aug

[Marisa McVey is a lecturer in law at Queen's University Belfast. Annalisa Savaresi is professor of international environmental law at the Centre for Climate Change, Energy and Environmental Law, University of Eastern Finland. She also holds a part-time Chair in environmental law at the University of Stirling, Scotland.] State obligations in relation to climate change have come under increasing scrutiny by international courts...

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04 Aug

[Melanie O’Brien is Associate Professor of International Law at the University of Western Australia, President of the International Association of Genocide Scholars, and Visiting Scholar with the Human Rights Center at the University of Minnesota Law School.] Many people are asking the question, ‘is genocide happening in Gaza?’. The question was explored in the media in the early days after 7 October 2023...

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01 Aug

[Naomi Masumy is a PhD candidate at Maastricht University, specializing in dispute resolution with a focus on energy and investment disputes, and previously a research fellow at Deakin University.   Zeynab Malakouti is a visiting research fellow at the Middle East Institute, National University of Singapore (NUS). She served as an assistant professor at the Research Centre and UNESCO chair for Human...

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01 Aug

[Vikrant Sharma works with the defence team of Mr. Kadri Veseli at the Kosovo Specialist Chambers in The Hague. He graduated cum laude from the advanced LL.M. in public international law, specialising in international criminal law, from Leiden University.] The Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (‘the Court’ or ‘ICC’), Karim Khan, confirmed on 30 September 2024 that Lithuania had referred to...

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01 Aug

[Greta Ramelli is an international law jurist specializing in international criminal law, and has worked across governmental and non-governmental sectors] The first World Congress on Enforced Disappearances (WCED) was held in Geneva on January 15-16. This historic event brought together state representatives, victims, civil society organizations, international bodies, and experts to foster dialogue and strengthen the fight against enforced disappearances. I participated...

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01 Aug

[Meena Sadr is an incoming PhD student in the Global Studies program at the University of California, Irvine, and an LLM graduate from the University of Pittsburgh School of Law] What is Gender Apartheid?  Lawyers, human rights advocates, and academics defined gender apartheid as “… inhumane acts of …, committed in the context of an institutionalized regime of systematic oppression and domination...

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31 Jul

[Savalan Mohammadzadeh is a PhD candidate in public international law at Allameh Tabataba’i University, Tehran, Iran and secretary of the Youth Committee of the Iranian Association for United Nations Studies (holding special consultative status with the ECOSOC). Mohammad Mehdi Seyed Nasseri is a researcher at the Center for Ethics and Law Studies, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran and lecturer in international...

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31 Jul

[José M. Muñoz is a senior researcher in neurotechnology at the International Center for Neuroscience and Ethics (CINET) in Spain. He is also a board member at the International Neuroethics Society (INS) and an executive member for Ibero-America at the Centre for Neurotechnology and Law (CNL) in the UK. José Ángel Marinaro has a PhD in legal and social sciences, and...

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31 Jul

[Yaser Salarain is a lawyer and international law expert at the School of International Relations, Tehran] The protracted conflict in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT) has consistently tested the limits of international humanitarian law (IHL) and, more specifically, the Fourth Geneva Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War (GCIV). Despite repeated UNGA resolutions and diplomatic initiatives,...

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