In March 2026, the Colombian Parliament and then-President Petro agreed to accede to the International Convention against the Recruitment, Use, Financing and Training of Mercenaries (International…

Few figures in international law have witnessed and influenced its development as much as Judge Theodor Meron. A Holocaust survivor who became a leading scholar, government legal adviser,…

From April 27 to 22 May 2026, the 11th Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) was held…

By 21 April 2026, Iran’s internet blackout had entered its fifty-third consecutive day, the longest nationwide internet disruption ever recorded (NetBlocks; IODA Iran shutdown report). Connectivity…

Late on Saturday, March 7, the Israeli military conducted a series of strikes against several oil storage facilities in and around Tehran, igniting large fires at…

As international lawyers debate the resilience of international law in the face of its most serious breaches, including aggression and mass atrocities against civilians, the International Committee of…

Since 2011, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)  has been engaged in a project to revise and update its Commentaries on the 1949 Geneva Conventions…

One of the more unusual features of international humanitarian law is its recognition that civilians—ordinary inhabitants of a territory—may spontaneously take up arms against an invading force and…

Commentators have long observed that international humanitarian law (IHL) — which is intended to limit human suffering in armed conflict — is often invoked by belligerents to legitimize,…

The judgment of the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights in Ukraine and the Netherlands v Russia addresses a number of significant questions in…