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07 Apr

[Mutondi Mulaudzi is a Judicial Fellow at the International Court of Justice and Ph.D. Candidate at the University of Witwatersrand, with research specializing in human rights law. Danielle Flanagan is a Judicial Fellow at the International Court of Justice, holding a J.D. and Certificate in Refugees and Humanitarian Emergencies from Georgetown University Law Center.] The International Criminal Court’s (ICC) arrest warrants,...

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05 Apr

Dr Mohsen al Attar and (Dr) Omar Kamel Academics are professional thinkers. We might be charitable and describe ourselves as specialised communicators as well. We engage in a variety of roles, ranging from the advancement of knowledge to the teaching and mentoring of students, from guiding policymakers to supporting social movements. Some of these tasks are mundane—setting assessment questions—just as others...

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04 Apr

[David Matyas is a PhD Candidate and Gates Cambridge Scholar at the University of Cambridge, Lauterpacht Centre for International Law.] On March 7, 2023, the United Kingdom Home Secretary Suella Braverman introduced legislation before the British House of Commons entitled the “Illegal Migration Bill”. The purpose of the Bill is to prevent and deter unlawful migration, with a particular focus on arrivals by...

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02 Apr

Calls for Papers Call for papers - Human Rights and Sustainable Development: The Center for Global Economic and Environmental Opportunity, University of Central Florida and the Centre for International Law and Human Rights, Lancaster University Law School are hosting a hybrid conference on Human Rights and Sustainable Development at Lancaster University on 14-15 July 2023. Abstracts are due by 24...

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30 Mar

[Dr Alexandr Svetlicinii is an Associate Professor of Global Legal Studies at the University of Macau, Faculty of Law. Dr Xueji Su is a Postdoctoral Fellow at the City University of Hong Kong, School of Law.] The delivery of the World Trade Organization’s (WTO) panel reports in United States – Certain Measures on Steel and Aluminium Products (DS544 brought by China,...

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27 Mar

[Chidi Anselm Odinkalu (Twitter: @ChidiOdinkalu) is a Professor of Practice in International Human Rights Law at the Fletcher School. Sharon Nakandha (Twitter: @SherryKyama) is a Program Manager, Accountability and Justice with Open Society-Africa.] At the establishment of the International Criminal Court, (ICC) 25 years ago, then Foreign Secretary of the United Kingdom, Robin Cook, famously said of it that it “is not a...

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26 Mar

Calls for Papers Call for Abstracts - Reforms at United Nations: This book attempts to address much-needed reforms at the United Nations, more particularly Security Council in a global hegemonic world. In 2022, the United Nations completed 75 years and the permanent membership remains the same as it was in 1945. The book seeks to answer questions such as veto powers, wars,...

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22 Mar

[Ana Luquerna is a lawyer whose professional and academic background focuses on international human rights law and refugee law. She holds a Juris Doctor from The University of Chicago Law School and a Master’s degree in Refugee and Forced Migration Studies from the University of Oxford. Christy Crouse is a U.S. lawyer and researcher at Dejusticia: Center of Studies on...

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21 Mar

[Dr. Ligeia Quackelbeen is an Assistant Professor in International and European Criminal Law (Tilburg University) currently researching problems of interpretation arising from inter alia the concurrence of legal regimes and examining these issues in light of the legality principle and fair labelling.] The Connection Between the Jurisdictional Assessment and Admissibility Test  A second, more tentative, point that I want to raise is that I...

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21 Mar

[Dr. Ligeia Quackelbeen is an Assistant Professor in International and European Criminal Law (Tilburg University) currently researching problems of interpretation arising from inter alia the concurrence of legal regimes and examining these issues in light of the legality principle and fair labelling.] On 9 February 2023, a communication was submitted to the Office of the Prosecutor (OTP)  of the ICC by the Belgian...

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20 Mar

["Abhijeet Shrivastava and Rudraksh Lakra are fifth-year law students at Jindal Global Law School, India.] Introduction There is now little controversy in asserting that existing international law applies in cyberspace. The more important question is how existing norms can adapt to this new terrain and effectively regulate cyber operations. Importantly, there are also tremendous difficulties in establishing the attribution of harmful cyber operations to States....

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19 Mar

To have your event or announcement featured with Opinio Juris, please send a brief description of the event along with a link to more information to ojeventsandannouncements@gmail.com! Calls for Papers Fairness and Selectivity in International Criminal Justice: The European Society of International Law's (ESIL) Interest Group on International Criminal Justice is organizing a Workshop on Fairness and Selectivity in International Criminal...

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