[Yiannis Bamnios is a researcher at the University of Ghent whose research focuses on the law of naval warfare. He holds an LLM in international humanitarian law and human rights from the Geneva Academy and an LLB from the Democritus University of Thrace.] The Facts After the U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran on Saturday 28 February, Iran has effectively shut the...
[Lisa Davis is a professor of law at CUNY Law School, and the ICC special adviser on Gender and Other Discriminatory Crimes. Kirby Anwar is Visiting Associate Professor of Law at the Human Rights and Gender Justice Clinic, CUNY School of Law. Wendy Isaack is Senior Legal Fellow at MADRE. Huma Saeed is Senior Transitional Justice Fellow at Human Rights and Gender Justice...
[Shahd Hammouri is a lecturer in international law and legal theory at the University of Kent. She is the author of the forthcoming book Corporate War Profiteering and International Law (Cambridge University Press, 2026). James Yap is a Canadian lawyer, President of Canadian Lawyers for International Human Rights (CLAIHR) and teaches international human rights law at University of Windsor.] In perhaps the most...
[Narin Salih is an LL.M. candidate in Public International Law (Conflict and Security) at Utrecht University] In light of the situations in Palestine and Ukraine, the question of whether occupied populations have a legal right to resist has never been more pressing. Yet the law of occupation faces a fundamental tension: it simultaneously acknowledges the factual reality of resistance yet consistently...
[Juliana Moreira Mendonça (Brazil) is a visiting researcher at the Department of Security Studies of Georgetown University, a Public Defender in Rio de Janeiro State and Associate Personnel at the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights. Professor Claudia Martin (Argentina) is the Co-Director of the Academy on Human Rights and Humanitarian Law and Professorial Lecturer in Residence at American University Washington College of Law. She...
[Daniele Perissi is Head of the Democratic Republic of Congo Program at TRIAL International, and holds an LLM in international humanitarian law and human rights law. Morgane Greco is a Legal Advisor for the Democratic Republic of the Congo Program at the TRIAL International, and holds an LLM in international human rights law and international criminal justice. Julie Baleynaud is a Legal...
[Tadesse Kebebew is a Project Manager at the Geneva Water Hub, a joint centre of the University of Geneva and the Geneva Graduate Institute. He leads a project that examines the impacts of damage or attacks on water systems on civilians and the environment. He holds a PhD in international law from the Geneva Graduate Institute (Switzerland).] Water Desalination Facilities Have...
[Eva Kassoti is a senior researcher in EU and international law at T.M.C. Asser Institute, and academic co-ordinator of CLEER] By its order of 5 September 2025, the General Court (GC) of the Court of Justice of The European Union dismissed an action brought by the Association of Jurists for Respect for International Law (JURDI) against the Council and the Commission...
[Liis Vihul is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Cyber Law International and an Ambassador of the NATO Cooperative Cyber Defence Centre of Excellence. She served as the Managing Editor of the “Tallinn Manual 2.0 on the International Law Applicable to Cyber Operations” and was a member of, and advised, the Estonian delegation at the United Nations Group of...
[Gabor Rona is a Professor of Practice at Cardozo Law School] The Pentagon has conceded responsibility for the bombing in which more than 170 people, mostly children, were killed on the grounds of their Iranian school. Is it a war crime despite that it was not known to the attackers that the building had ceased to be used by the Iranian Revolutionary...
[Natasa Mavronicola is a Professor of Human Rights Law at Birmingham Law School, University of Birmingham; co-editor of Coercive Human Rights: Positive Duties to Mobilise the Criminal Law under the ECHR (Hart 2020); author of Torture, Inhumanity and Degradation under Article 3 of the ECHR: Absolute Rights and Absolute Wrongs (Hart 2021). Mattia Pinto is a lecturer at York Law...
[Pablo Gavira-Díaz is a Spanish lawyer specializing in international humanitarian law and international criminal law. He holds a PhD in public international law from the University of Kiel and currently works as a Project Officer at the International Nuremberg Principles Academy] Introduction The Taliban returned to power in Afghanistan in August 2021 following the withdrawal of U.S. forces and other allies from...