It looks like Ukraine scored an ‘own goal’ in the 2 February 2024 judgment of the International Court of Justice. Ukraine is left with a…

Introduction  On 16 November 2023, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (jointly), and…

Third-party interventions at the European Court of Human Rights Increasing recourse to amicus curiae briefs is a powerful game-changer in contemporary judicial practice. EJIL:Talk! has closely…

Introduction Never before in the history of the Court have so many States’ representatives squeezed into the Great Hall of Justice for a contentious proceeding, as…

On 20 March 2023, the European Court of Human Rights published a Practice Direction on the modalities of Third-Party Intervention and announced an amendment of the Rules…

States are currently (re-)discovering their legal possibilities to express solidarity with Ukraine in its ‘lawfare’ against Russia. Following a joint statement of…

The practice of submitting Third Party Interventions (TPIs) – also known as Amicus Curiae briefs - is well established in Commonwealth jurisdictions, and it has become common practice…