December 30, 2024

Anna-Christina Schmidl Eitan Diamond

Since the beginning of October 2024, the Israeli military has imposed a siege on significant parts of the North Gaza governorate amidst continued attacks and catastrophic humanitarian conditions. More than 100,000 Palestinians have been displaced as a result, while those unwilling or unable to leave…

December 24, 2024

Dimitrios Papantoniou

In September 2024, the United Nations published the United Nations Military Manual (hereinafter the Manual), as «a reference to guide United Nations military unit commanders, staff and troops in predeployment preparation, planning and the efficient conduct of operations for the effective execution of Security Council mandates» (foreword).

December 5, 2024

Barry de Vries

On Wednesday, November 20, 2024, the United States announced its decision to supply anti-personnel landmines to Ukraine. Zelenskyy thanked the US for its decision and called these landmines essential for stopping Russian assaults, clearly indicating the intention to use these anti-personnel mines during the conflict. However,…

December 20, 2024

Paula Nieto

Introduction On November 12, 2024, the Hague Court of Appeal overturned the judgment of the Hague District Court in Milieudefensie et al. v. Shell. While some elements of the legal reasoning remained aligned with the District Court’s decision there were notable shifts. For instance, the…

December 19, 2024

Corina Heri

“Did the Court in KlimaSeniorinnen create an actio popularis?” Eight months after the ECtHR’s climate judgment against Switzerland, this question remains a bone of contention both in Swiss politics and among scholars. It relates to whether the ECtHR, in allowing for representative climate applications by associations,…

December 18, 2024

Veronica Botticelli

On 12 November 2024, the International Court of Justice (ICJ, ‘the Court’) delivered its ‘twin’ judgments on Azerbaijan’s preliminary objections on jurisdiction in Armenia v. Azerbaijian, and on Armenia’s preliminary objections on jurisdiction and admissibility in Azerbaijan v. Armenia. Both cases, brought in late 2021, invoked…

December 27, 2024

Victor Crochet Weihuan Zhou

Advanced economies, and in particular China and the US, are engaging in a new technological arms race. China is trying to catch up technologically to the US and the US is doing everything it can to prevent that from happening. It perceives Chinese technological advances as a threat…

July 18, 2023

Victor Crochet Weihuan Zhou

Geopolitical considerations have been creeping into corporate and international economic laws. Faced with rapidly increasing inbound foreign direct investment by corporations from competing economies, many countries have either strengthened existing, or developed new, investment screening mechanisms. These mechanisms enable host country governments to decide whether to…

July 10, 2023

Diane Desierto

Starting July 9, 2023, the International Seabed Authority (ISA), sited in Jamaica, will allow companies to file permit applications for commercial deep seabed mining. In 2021, the Government of Nauru invoked Section 1(15) of the 1994 Implementation Agreement to Part XI of the UN Convention…

December 26, 2024

Ríán Derrig

A proposal to establish a new mechanism (its legal status is unclear) within international ocean governance is being debated. France has been the main proponent of the proposed Intergovernmental (or International, this is being discussed) Platform for Ocean Sustainability (IPOS). The EU has funded its development and…

December 23, 2024

Raphaelle Gauthier

Over the past few decades, the use of market-based financial instruments to protect the environment has gained increasing attention. Innovative debt-for-ocean conservation swaps model is a case in point. These debt swaps allow heavily indebted developing countries with a considerable marine area to create some fiscal space by…

December 20, 2024

Paula Nieto

Introduction On November 12, 2024, the Hague Court of Appeal overturned the judgment of the Hague District Court in Milieudefensie et al. v. Shell. While some elements of the legal reasoning remained aligned with the District Court’s decision there were notable shifts. For instance, the…

December 25, 2024

Nicole De Silva Mary Amadi

2024 marks ten years since the African Union (AU) states adopted the Protocol on Amendments to the Protocol on the Statute of the African Court of Justice and Human Rights (Malabo Protocol), which would create a regional criminal court for Africa. The Protocol would add a criminal…

August 27, 2012

Max Du Plessis

Max du Plessis, Visiting Fellow at the Oxford Institute for Ethics, Law and Armed Conflict.  He is an Associate Professor, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban; Senior Research Associate, International Crime in Africa Programme, Institute for Security Studies; and a Barrister, South Africa. At their…