Two Weeks in Review

customary law of armed conflict symposium  In their post titled 'Identifying Customary LOAC in Practice,' Roni Katzir and Hadar David put forth three primary observations that pertain to crucial methodological aspects related to the identification of Customary International Law (CIL) that are often encountered when practicing the Law of Armed Conflict…

Chuka Arinze-Onyia provides an analysis of the recent decision rendered by the Appeals Chamber of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals (IRMCT) concerning the Kabuga case. Kabuga, who faced accusations of committing genocide and inciting genocide in Rwanda, was finally apprehended in 2020. Upon the commencement of his trial at the IRMCT,…

Konstantin Skoblik explores the consequences of Russia’s withdrawal from the European Convention of Human Rights (ECHR). Skoblik outlines several preliminary findings on the erosion of human rights principles within the Russian criminal justice system. The author contends that, contrary to statements made by various state officials, the aforementioned withdrawal negatively impacted human rights in Russia. For instance, the…

Marko Milanovic revisits the widely recognized customary prohibition on intervention, requiring States to refrain from coercively interfering in the internal or external affairs of other States. In his forthcoming article on the notion of coercion, Milanovic introduces two complementary models of coercion. The first model, coercion-as-extortion, encompasses a threat of harm or the actual infliction of…