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From Specificity to Institutional Reliability: J.B. v. Greece and Diplomatic Assurances

August 27, 2026

On 26 May 2026, the European Court of Human Rights (the Court) delivered its judgment in J.B. v. Greece (no. 54796/16). The case concerns the potential removal of a Syrian national from Greece to Türkiye under the EU-Türkiye Statement of 18 March 2016, following the rejection of his asylum claim on safe third country grounds. The Court struck out the applicant's substantive Article 3 complaint concerning his removal to Türkiye (§ 64), found no violation of Article 13 taken with Article 3 as regards the examination of his asylum claim (§ 135), and found a violation of Article 3 concerning the conditions of his detention at Mytilene police station (§ 145). While the detention finding largely follows established Article 3 case law concerning conditions in Greece, the judgment’s more significant doctrinal question concerns the Court’s treatment of assurances supporting return to Türkiye.

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The Prosecution ‘Gap’ for Attacks on Subsea Cables and Pipelines

November 13, 2025

Recent incidents in the Baltic Sea and elsewhere have exposed both the vulnerability of undersea infrastructure and the fragility of the legal order meant to protect it. While recent pieces on EJIL: Talk! and in Ocean Development & International Law address key facets, this post takes a step back to map the wider prosecutorial gap and…

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Rome, Geneva, Budapest or … – Which venue for a possible meeting of Presidents Trump, Zelensky and Putin and the possible role of Art. 16 of the Rome Statute?

August 21, 2025

“When shall we three meet again in thunder, lightning, or in rain? When the hurlyburly's done, When the battle's lost and won.” Macbeth, Witches, Act I, Scene I. Introduction After the recent meeting of US-President Trump with Russian President Putin, and the ensuing meeting of President Trump with Ukrainian President…

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The Putin-South Africa arrest warrant saga: A tale of the shrinking world of an accused war criminal

August 18, 2023

Since March of this year, the travel plans of one particular accused war criminal have been the subject of much speculation and legal debate. On 17 March 2023, the ICC announced that it had issued an arrest warrant for President Putin (and one of his officials – Ms Lvova-Belova). This, unsurprisingly, occasioned world-wide interest and attention. One focus…

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Do States Party to the International Criminal Court Statute have the Obligation to Arrest Vladimir Putin?

April 14, 2023

Background On 17 March 2023, Pre-Trial Chamber II of the International Criminal Court (‘ICC’ or ‘the Court’) issued two arrest warrants for people related to the Ukraine situation, including one for Vladimir Putin, who as President of the Russian Federation is the head of a state that is not a party to the Rome Statute…

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