The last fortnight has seen commentators focus primarily on conflict, climate, and immigration. A mini-symposium has ranged over a number of legal questions raised by a potential Russia-Ukraine…

Economic coercion remains ill-defined in international law, but its importance is growing ever more evident by the day. At various points, for example, a negotiated settlement…

Last week, like many other scholars and activists, I was due to participate in RightsCon, the leading conference on human rights in the digital age.

Last week, the Trump administration sanctioned four judges of the International Criminal Court, who were subjected to an asset freeze and a travel ban simply for doing…

In a previous post, written before Donald Trump’s inauguration as President of the United States, I wrote about the various measures – particularly those targeting America’s…

Next week, Donald Trump will become President of the United States. Again. Even before his assumption of the presidency, he seems to have started setting his country’s foreign…

On 3 October 2023 the European Parliament voted to pass the EU Anti-Coercion Instrument (ACI), billed as the ‘shield…

The prohibition of intervention, requiring States to refrain from coercively interfering in the internal or external affairs of other States, is widely recognized as a cardinal rule of…

President Zelensky’s attendance of the G7 Summit in Hiroshima (19 – 21 May 2023) was not the only significant moment of the event. Pundits have…