Introduction On 15 June 2026, the Permanent Court of Arbitration published its merits award in Ukraine v. the Russian Federation concerning coastal state…

In the immediate aftermath of the Russian invasion on 24 February 2022, Ukraine and its allies turned to international adjudication with remarkable speed and intensity. This early legal…

Asked to identify the procedure that has defined the pace of the International Court of Justice’s docket over the past few years, one might feel torn between intervention…

In this episode, Dapo Akande, Marko Milanovic and Philippa Webb are joined by Tom Dannenbaum to discuss two sets of issues. First, the legality of the use of…

In a landmark ruling, the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights yesterday delivered its much-anticipated merits judgment in Ukraine and the Netherlands v. Russia (nos.

On 6 August 2024, the International Court of Justice issued a press release relating to the pending Ukraine v. Russia case titled “Declarations of intervention…

Kanstantsin Dzehtsiarou’s excellent post comprehensively examines the European Court’s judgment in Ukraine v. Russia re Crimea. In this post, however, I want to…

Only the beginning On 25 June 2024, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has pronounced the judgment in the first inter-state case…

Introduction On 27 March 2024, the UN Human Rights Committee (UN HRC) adopted an important decision concerning human rights violations resulting from the…

Problem The journey of the Ukraine v. Russia (Allegations of Genocide) dispute has generated much controversy as to perceived and real shifts in the ICJ’s…