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28 Aug

[Netta Goussac is Associate Senior Researcher at the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) and Special Counsel at Lexbridge.] Editorial Note: This post forms the third of three posts of the Opinio Juris mini-symposium on the upcoming meeting of the Group of Governmental Experts on Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems within the auspices of the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons. A version...

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27 Aug

[Ambassador Alexander Kmentt is an Austrian career diplomat, currently serving as Permanent Representative of Austria to the United Nations Office and to the Specialized Institutions in Geneva. He has worked extensively on disarmament and non-proliferation issues and is one of the architects of the initiative on the humanitarian impact of nuclear weapons and the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons...

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27 Aug

[Rain Liivoja is a Professor at the University of Queensland Law School and a Director of the Asia-Pacific Institute for Law and Security.]Editorial Note: This post forms the first of three posts of the Opinio Juris mini-symposium on the upcoming meeting of the Group of Governmental Experts on Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems within the auspices of the Convention on Certain...

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14 Aug

[Za Uk Ling is the Executive Director of the Chin Human Rights Organization (CHRO)] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=568ButQIxwg Transcription: My role today, representing the Chin Human Rights Organization (CHRO), is to bring the frontline reality directly into this room. My presentation is titled Beyond Borders: From Local Truth to Global Justice. At the heart of today's discussion lies a simple, but profound, question. How does evidence gathered under fire become evidence that...

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13 Aug

[Chuka Arinze-Onyia is a doctoral student researching universal jurisdiction at Griffith University Law School] This research was funded by the Australian Government through Associate Professor Emma Palmer’s Australian Research Council Discovery Early Career Award (project number DE250100597). The views expressed herein are those of the author. What does success look like in international criminal justice? Put that question to a room of civil society...

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13 Aug

[Kate Schuetze is a Regional Researcher on the Pacific Islands in the East and Southeast Asia and Pacific Regional Office of the International Secretariat of Amnesty International. Jan Wetzel is a Senior Policy Adviser in the International Justice Team and the East and Southeast Asia and Pacific Regional Office of the International Secretariat of Amnesty International.] The genesis since 2008, of the project...

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12 Aug

[Aakash Chandran is a Senior Legal and Advocacy Manager at Asia Justice Coalition. He leads the AJC’s advocacy on Crimes Against Humanity Convention] Asia has historically witnessed and continues to experience armed conflicts and atrocity crimes, including crimes against humanity (CAH) – crimes that are widespread or systematic attacks directed against civilian populations. The Taliban administration in Afghanistan represents a direct and systemic threat to democracy,...

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12 Aug

[Emma Palmer is Associate Professor at Griffith Law School researching the use of universal jurisdiction to prosecute international crimes in the Asia-Pacific. Chuka Arinze-Onyia is a doctoral student at Griffith University Law School researching universal jurisdiction.] This research was supported by Australian Research Council Discovery Early Career Award (project number DE250100597). The views expressed herein are those of the authors Southeast Asia has...

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11 Aug

[Phil Orchard is Professor in International Relations, Head of Discipline, Politics and International Studies and Co-Director of the Future of Rights Centre in the School of Social Sciences at the University of Wollongong in New South Wales, Australia. Mareen Brosinsky is Associate Lecturer and PhD Candidate in the School of Social Sciences at the University of Wollongong in New South...

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11 Aug

[Azadah Raz Mohammad is a PhD Candidate at the Melbourne Law School where she is completing a PhD in international criminal law at Melbourne Law School. Karin M Frodé is a Lecturer and Clinical Supervisor at the Monash University Faculty of Law, where she also completed a PhD in international human rights law.] A well-known statement in international criminal law posits that...

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11 Aug

[Bhavani Fonseka is an Attorney-at-Law and Researcher based in Sri Lanka] May 2026 marked 17 years since the end of the war in Sri Lanka, a period in which accountability for the violations that occurred during the war have been elusive. Despite the passage of time, the demand for accountability persists with victims both in Sri Lanka and outside agitating and mobilizing in search of...

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10 Aug

[Olivera Simić is a Professor with the Griffith Law School, Griffith University] In this piece, my main question is: if the future of international law is domestic, then who guarantees that domestic courts apply universal jurisdiction and enforce international standards in their proceedings? Here, I reflect on some differences that may arise when prosecuting international crimes under the principle of universal...

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