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A “Free Economic Zone” as an Element of Peace for Ukraine?

July 21, 2026

At various points in recent months, proposals have been made to create a “free economic zone” in parts of Ukraine’s territory. These proposals seem to pursue at least two different purposes. First, they can be understood as an alternative solution to questions of a territorial nature, i.e. creating a territorial arrangement which involves neither full Ukrainian sovereignty over the parts of territory in question nor full Russian control. Second, these proposals do seem to suggest the creation of such a free economic zone as a means to bolster economic development and stability, thereby fostering the economic reconstruction of Ukraine while also generating economic incentives for third parties like the United States and potentially also Russia.

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Britain’s Legal Responsibility for Applying the Balfour Declaration in Palestine and for Its Tenure There

January 7, 2026

Is Britain legally accountable for holding Palestine between the world wars? Does its implementation there of the Balfour Declaration open it, presently, to claim for reparation, under the law of state responsibility? Three distinct positions are seen. For scholars like James Crawford and Malcolm Shaw, the issue of reparation does not arise, for they consider that what…

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UNSC Resolution 2803

November 28, 2025

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…

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An Incomplete Yet Coherent Systemic Approach Within The Inter-American System: The Validity of the Act of Ratification of the ACHR Amidst a Dispute over a State’s International Representation

September 1, 2025

In the recent Inter-American Court of Human Rights judgment on Preliminary Objections of August 21, 2025, in the Case of Chirinos Salamanca et al. Vs. Venezuela, the Court dismissed the preliminary objection regarding the Court’s lack of jurisdiction ratione voluntatis and ratione temporis raised by the State of Venezuela. With significant implications for the Court’s…

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The Partition of India and Pakistan: Lessons on UN Membership in the Event of a Break-Up of a State

August 21, 2017

70 years ago today (21 August 1947) the United Nations Security Council adopted Resolution 29 recommending that the General Assembly admit Pakistan to membership of the United Nations. That resolution was adopted a few days after British India was partitioned, and the emergence on 15 August 1947 of the newly independent countries of India and…

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