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Recognition of Palestine, the International Law of Statelessness, and International Refugee Law

November 5, 2026

Some 157 UN States, comprising about 80% of the membership of the United Nations, now recognise Palestine as a State. However, there is dramatic difference among recognising States as to whether Palestinians remain stateless persons. Given, in particular, the absence of any Palestinian nationality law, it is erroneous to conclude that Palestinians have ceased to be stateless, and such errors have potentially serious adverse consequences for Palestinians—and for State compliance with treaty obligations in this area. Stateless persons are defined at article 1(1) 1954 Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons (‘CSSP’) as individuals ‘not considered as a national by any State under the operation of its law’. In this context, the term ‘national’ linked to the State denotes nationality in the sense of politico-legal linkage to the State, rather than nationality as a ‘historico-biological term’ denoting ‘a specific group forming a “race” or “nation” which may, though not necessarily, be possessed of a territory and which, by seeking political unity on that territory, may lead to…

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The Hague Group and the Uneven Volatility of Intervention Coalitions at the International Court of Justice

October 30, 2026

Introduction On 15 October 2026, Colombia’s Foreign Ministry announced that the country was leaving the Hague Group, which it now described as a body “created to isolate and attack Israel”. The Hague Group was launched in The Hague on 31 January 2025 by nine states: Belize, Bolivia, Colombia, Cuba, Honduras, Malaysia, Namibia, Senegal,…

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The US Sanctions Against the ICC

October 15, 2026

Some two hours after the Nobel Prize Committee announced the award of the Peace Prize to Navi Pillay for her work on international law and the establishment of international accountability for atrocity crimes, the US government struck back.  Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced a significant escalation in the US campaign against the International Criminal…

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Beyond Forcible Relocation: Article 49(6) and State-Facilitated Settlement in Occupied Territory

August 26, 2026

Russia does not forcibly relocate its civilians into the occupied territories of Ukraine. Instead, it relies on an array of incentives, including preferential mortgages, employment programmes and tax benefits to increase the attractiveness of relocation. This gives rise to a question under the law of occupation: when does voluntary settlement of the Occupying Power's civilian population amount to…

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The Removal of the ICC Prosecutor and the Edge of the ICC’s Political Universe

August 17, 2026

“…I understood that I had collided with the edge of the political universe in which the Tribunal was allowed to function” (Carla Del Ponte, Madame Prosecutor: Confrontations with Humanity’s Worst Criminals and the Culture of Impunity (2009), p. 60) The process culminating in the 24 July 2026 decision by the ICC…

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