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06 Nov

[Dr. Priya Kumari is currently affiliated with VIT-AP School of Law, VIT-AP, Amaravati, India.] The interlink between human rights and climate justice has been going through a phase of transformation. In 2024, the Indian Supreme Court delivered the judgement in the case of M. K. Ranjitsinh v. Union of India (hereinafter, Ranjitsinh). It is hailed as a groundbreaking judicial pronouncement because...

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05 Nov

[Natalia Cwicinskaja is an Assistant Professor of international law at the Department of International Law and International Organisations, Faculty of Law and Administration, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań.] The author conducts academic research on human rights law in contexts of contested territorial authority. She is not involved in the pending communication discussed in this post. In April 2026, the Moldovan NGO Promo-LEX,...

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04 Nov

[José Emmanuel González Carbajal is an international lawyer specialising in international economic law, treaty interpretation, and international dispute settlement.] Trade–labour disputes sit at an uneasy intersection: adjudicators must engage seriously with international labour law, yet they operate under trade agreements with their own carefully negotiated limits. On 21 May 2026, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) delivered its Advisory Opinion on...

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03 Nov

[Dr. Tuğba Tosun Çobanoğlu is an independent interdisciplinary researcher working at the intersection of law, human rights and legal psychology.] On 16 October 2026, a short amendment entered into force at the International Criminal Court. At their annual retreat on 29 September, the judges agreed to amend the Code of Judicial Ethics. A new paragraph 3 of Article 10 requires them...

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30 Oct

[Adrián Agenjo Aguado is a PhD candidate and Teaching Fellow at the Universitat de Barcelona and the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. This post draws on a work-in-progress paper on neutral and professional contributions and complicity in international criminal law presented at the University of Bologna and the European University Institute in October 2026.] When I read the Prosecution’s responses to the questions...

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29 Oct

[William Fortin is a PhD researcher at Tilburg University.] On 5 June 2026, a woman from the Dutch town of Naaldwijk, Ayada K., was sentenced to 7 years’ imprisonment by the District Court in The Hague for the following offences: participating in a terrorist organization; carrying out preparatory acts to commit terrorist offences; putting her minor son in a helpless condition...

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29 Oct

[Rachel J. Schoner is an Assistant Professor at Tulane University specializing in international law, international organizations, and human rights. Andrea Vilán is an Assistant Professor at American University specializing in international law, human rights, and transnational activism.] The United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child recently held its 101st session in Geneva. The session highlights both the expansion of opportunities...

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09 Oct

[Jeroen van den Boogaard is a legal counsel for the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs and a lecturer in international humanitarian law at the University of Amsterdam. He writes this post in his personal capacity. This is the seventh and final piece in a series of analyses on aspects of the recent adoption of the 2024-2026 CCW GGE LAWS report.] In...

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06 Oct

[Sally Longworth is a Senior Lecturer in Public International Law at Stockholm University and Researcher in public international law at the Swedish Defence Research Agency (FOI). The views expressed in this post are her own and do not reflect the position or understanding of Sweden. This post is the third in a series of analyses on aspects of the recent...

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05 Oct

[Jessica Dorsey is an Assistant Professor of International Law at Utrecht University School of Law and Managing Editor of Opinio Juris. Rain Liivoja is a Professor at the University of Queensland Law School, and a Director of the Asia-Pacific Institute for Law and Security. Netta Goussac is an Associate Senior Researcher at the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute and Associate Partner at...

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