This week’s General Assembly’s resolution welcoming the International Court of Justice’s Advisory Opinion on Obligations of States in Respect of Climate Change provides significant guidance. It…

Unlike most international organisations of its size, the International Criminal Police Organization-INTERPOL (“INTERPOL” or the “Organization”) does not enjoy privileges and immunities (“P&I”) by virtue of a founding…

The United Nations Charter entered into force eighty years ago on 24 October 1945.  Eighty years is a long life for a world order. Empires,…

The 80th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), the world’s pre-eminent and most inclusive multilateral forum, started last week in New York. Rather than a cause…

The atrocious situation in the Gaza Strip demands action by the international community to end serious and massive violations of human rights and humanitarian law. As reported by…

On February 24th, 2025, the third anniversary of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) adopted its first resolution on the matter.

On Wednesday 6th December, the UN General Assembly adopted by consensus resolution A/C.6/79/L.16 submitted by the UNGA Sixth Committee (here). Based on this resolution, the UNGA…

Introduction Presumably, in November 2024, within the framework of the General Assembly session, Cuba will once again submit a resolution for a vote emphasising the “Necessity…

On 10 May 2024, the General Assembly (GA) adopted by an overwhelming majority Resolution ES-10/23 on the admission of the State of Palestine to the United Nations. The…

This post is a story of the bizarre. Its, perhaps unlikely, subject is the adoption of United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) Resolution (A/78/L.67/Rev.1), which established…