Is law so laggard as to be utterly helpless? Despite international law's (purported) death knell, the daily work of courts and organisations continues apace. The last two weeks have seen discussions across a range of topics, from the UN Security Council's resolutions on Ukraine and Gaza, to the ICJ's Climate Change Opinion. Meanwhile the International Criminal Court and…

On October 3 2025, the EU and Morocco concluded an amendment ('the amendment') to the EU-Mediterranean Agreement (‘the association agreement’). With the approval of the Council it is already being applied provisionally pending entry into force. Its purpose is to enable the continued granting of tariff preferences to products originating in occupied Western Sahara. This…

On 4 October, the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Justice upheld the General Court’s annulment of a Council Decision concluding an Amendment to the EU-Morocco Association Agreement. It did so on the grounds that the EU Commission and Council had failed to obtain the consent of the Saharawi people and thereby violated their right…