Mexico’s effort to hold the gun industry to account has now encountered an institutional setback in San José. Its request for an advisory opinion raised six questions before…

It has been a packed fortnight, as commentators continue to come to grips with the US attack on Venezuela and begin to grapple with the US's escalating designs…

Unlike most international organisations of its size, the International Criminal Police Organization-INTERPOL (“INTERPOL” or the “Organization”) does not enjoy privileges and immunities (“P&I”) by virtue of a founding…

Early on Saturday morning, 3 January, the United States attacked Venezuela. Aerial strikes were carried out in Caracas, Miranda, La Guaira, and Aragua, alongside covert operations…

In this episode, Philippa Webb (Oxford) and Marko Milanovic (Reading) are joined by Nicolas Angelet (Ghent) and Oona Hathaway (Yale) to discuss the legality of the US strikes…

In my previous post, I discussed the bottom line of the ICJ’s UNRWA advisory opinion – essentially the Court’s finding that Israel’s obligations…

Immunities are back in vogue.  And the debate about them – their relevance, and whether they can shield wanted war criminals from investigation, prosecution or issued arrest warrants…

On the 25th of July 2025, a French judge issued an international arrest warrant against a former Algerian diplomat to the embassy in Paris. According to Le…

Immunities of state officials are a subject matter in international law that continues to raise tensions between States. The seventy-sixth session of the International Law Commission (ILC) will…

The issuance of the arrest warrants against Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Defence Minister Yoav Gallant by the Pre-Trial Chamber (“PTC”) of the International Criminal Court…