Palestine

On 17 November, the UNSC by 13 votes passed an historic and deeply problematic Resolution relating to the future governance of Gaza. While China and Russia had expressed doubts and Russia had circulated an alternative draft in the run up to the vote, a flurry of US lobbying of non-member regional allies persuaded these two…

This post is the first in the mini symposium, International Law in the Current Moment.   Introduction  The history of international law is littered with paradigmatic signposts of change, moments of calamity and renewal, collapse and regeneration. From the Peace of Westphalia to the Congress of Vienna, the Treaty of Versailles to…

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 against suspected drug boats in the Caribbean and the additional threats made by the United States against Venezuela, which include a possible land invasion.

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 under IHL, IHRL and the UN Charter compelled it not to obstruct UNRWA’s work, in the particular circumstances of the occupied territories. I did not discuss in that post the…