On 27 May 2026, the ITLOS Special Chamber rendered its judgment in M/T Heroic Idun (No. 2). Brought by the Marshall Islands against Equatorial Guinea, the case…

The International Court of Justice recently heard oral arguments by Guatemala, Belize and Honduras on Guatemala’s application to intervene under Article 62 of the Statute in the case…

In mid-2025, the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) Working Group III (WGIII) released a new set of Draft Provisions on Procedural and Cross-Cutting…

Recent incidents in the Baltic Sea and elsewhere have exposed both the vulnerability of undersea infrastructure and the fragility of the legal order meant to protect it. While…

In February 2025, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACtHR; the Court) heard oral arguments in the case Chirinos Salamanca and others v. Venezuela. The case concerns…

This is a short post to flag to readers that on Wednesday next week, 9 July, the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights will be…

I am still in shock. The publication of S.S. and Others v Italy on 12 June 2025 was long awaited.  After months of work along with the…

On 12 June the European Court of Human Rights issued its judgment in S.S. and Others v. Italy (App. No. 21660/18). The Court declared inadmissible the claims…

On 5th May, 2025, the International Court of Justice [‘ICJ’] delivered its Order in Sudan v. United Arab Emirates, in the…

On 12 November 2024, the ICJ released its judgment on preliminary objections in the Azerbaijan v Armenia. As the parallel case of Armenia v Azerbaijan, it…