UN Security Council resolution 2774 (2025) was a long-awaited resolution on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, as non-procedural draft resolutions had been vetoed by Russia since the invasion. However, its content is very simple: it has only two preambular paragraphs and one operative paragraph, which urges a ‘lasting peace’ between Ukraine and Russia. Moreover, the vote was divided:…

There has been controversy, including on this blog, over whether the UN Security Council resolution 2728 (2024) on the Palestinian question is legally binding or not. It seems to me that while Eran Sthoeger places much emphasis on whether the Council resolution can be traced back to Chapter VII, Eirik Bjorge regards the use of…