[Dr Aloka Wanigasuriya is an assistant professor at the Department of Law, University of Southern Denmark] The world’s attention has turned to Mongolia following the news of Russian president Vladimir Putin’s recent visit to the country. This is the first instance Putin has visited an International Criminal Court (ICC) member state after the ICC arrest warrant against him was issued linked...
[Eric Alter is the Dean of the Anwar Gargash Diplomatic Academy in Abu Dhabi and Professor of International Law and Diplomacy. A former United Nations civil servant, he is also an affiliate Professor at the Paris School of International Affairs (PSIA), Sciences Po in Paris.] The present period is one of extraordinary disruption in international affairs, turmoil in domestic politics, especially...
[André de Hoogh is Associate Professor in International Law, University of Groningen; his research covers a wide range of topics in public international law. He is a member of the Advisory Committee on Public International Law, a statutory body which provides advice to the Dutch government and parliament; this contribution has been written in his personal capacity, and does not...
[André de Hoogh is Associate Professor in International Law, University of Groningen; his research covers a wide range of topics in public international law. He is a member of the Advisory Committee on Public International Law, a statutory body which provides advice to the Dutch government and parliament; this contribution has been written in his personal capacity, and does not...
[Souheir Edelbi is a Lecturer in the School of Law at Western Sydney University] Palestinian victims have faced double standards and unnecessary procedural hurdles at the ICC, leading to a 'state of exception' where standard legal procedures are either suspended or circumvented. Ardi Imseis has critically examined this phenomenon in relation to the Office of the Prosecutor (OTP), specifically Prosecutor Bensouda's...
To have your event or announcement featured in next week’s post, please send a link and a brief description to ojeventsandannouncements@gmail.com. Events Levan Alexidze International Law Moot Court Competition (LA-IL-MCC): The Academician Levan Alexidze Foundation, in close cooperation with the ICMPD, as well as the Georgian American University and the International Criminal Law Centre at Tbilisi State University is pleased to announce the...
[Dr Iryna Marchuk is an associate professor at the Faculty of Law at the University of Copenhagen (Denmark) Dr Aloka Wanigasuriya is an assistant professor at the Department of Law at the University of Southern Denmark (Denmark)] Introduction The international law community is abuzz with the news of ratification of the Rome Statute (RS) by the Ukrainian parliament on 21 August 2024, which was symbolically...
[Dr Yvonne Breitwieser-Faria is a Lecturer at Curtin Law School, and has published on atrocity law, international human rights law, and State responsibility] In the last two years, we have seen an unprecedented number of interventions filed in cases before the International Court of Justice which concern allegations of serious human rights violations, genocide, torture, or war crimes. A considerable number...
[Géraldine Giraudeau is a Professor of Law at the University of Paris-Saclay (UVSQ)] Introduction Since May 13, in the context of a controversial project on electoral reform, New Caledonia (Kanaky), an archipelago of South Pacific under French administration has been in the grip of a violence that has already caused at least 11 deaths, numerous injuries and considerable damage. After more than...
[Shlomo Levin holds an M.A. in International Law and Human Rights from the U.N. University for Peace in Costa Rica and the author of The Human Rights Haggadah] In its recent advisory opinion, the ICJ decided by votes of 11-4 that Israel’s continued presence in occupied Palestinian territory is unlawful and that Israel is obligated to bring it to an end ‘as...
To have your event or announcement featured in next week’s post, please send a link and a brief description to ojeventsandannouncements@gmail.com. Calls for Papers The diversification of civilian agency in armed conflict: In recent conflicts we have seen states increasingly rely on alternative actors. Civilians, including corporate actors, are playing an increasingly active role in national defence doctrines. In a similar fashion,...
[Michelle Burgis-Kasthala is Professor of International Law and Global Governance at the University of Edinburgh Law School. Matilde Masetti Placci is a PhD candidate at the University of Edinburgh Law School, and her thesis focusses on the history and theory of international law.] On 19th July, the ICJ handed down its long-awaited advisory opinion examining the legal status of Israel’s occupation...