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3+ hour, 20+ min ago (322+ words) Mary is an Associate Editor of EJIL: Talk! She qualified and practised as a senior associate in telecoms, media and technology at Clifford Chance LLP, following which she was Head of" Your comment will be revised by the site if…...
Stones of Memory: When the Streets of Gaza Speak the Names of Their People
3+ week, 5+ day ago (138+ words) The Right to Truth: Investigation and Accountability" The Right to Remedy: Memorialization as Symbolic Reparation" The "Stones of Memory" project could be a means of implementing this principle. Each stone is a public acknowledgment of a unique life, a rejection…...
The Court That Built the Advisory Opinion It Refused to Complete: OC-30/25 on Arms Trafficking, Corporate Immunity, and the Reach of Advisory Jurisdiction
1+ mon, 4+ hour ago (285+ words) The cost is clear. The IACt HR does affirm the duty to guarantee effective judicial remedies for human rights harms arising from illicit firearms trafficking, but it does not address the distinct question of whether procedural immunity laws are compatible…...
Attacks on dual-use objects and the prohibition of terrorising civilians: the attacks on Iran's oil facilities
1+ mon, 2+ day ago (386+ words) Late on Saturday, March 7, the Israeli military conducted a series of strikes against several oil storage facilities in and around Tehran, igniting large fires at the facilities. By the following morning, Iran's capital was reported to be covered in thick…...
AI and the Commission and Facilitation of International Crimes: On Accountability Gaps and the Minab School Strike
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (694+ words) We're Going to be Fine The Minab School Strike as a Case Study In their report, Human Rights Watch argue that, under customary international law, criminal responsibility in cases such as these can exist for intent and recklessness, a somewhat…...
The American-Israeli Strikes on Iran are (Again) Manifestly Illegal
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (271+ words) Marko Milanovic is Professor of Public International Law at the University of Reading School of Law, the Raoul Wallenberg Visiting Chair in Human Rights and Humanitarian Law at the University" Your comment will be revised by the site if needed....
Judicial Independence Under Threat: Russia's Conviction in absentia of Nine International Criminal Court Officials
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (79+ words) Dr. Caleb H. Wheeler is a senior lecturer in law at Cardiff University, where he specialises in international criminal law and public international law. He is the author of two" Your comment will be revised by the site if needed. No…...
The Dismantling of UN Peace Operations under the Trump Administration
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (91+ words) Setting UN Peace Operations Up for Failure Discontinuing and Replacing UN Peace Operations Haris Huremagi" is a Ph D Candidate at the Geneva Graduate Institute and Researcher at the University of the Bundeswehr Munich within the DFG-funded project "Peacekeeping in…...
The Empire Strikes Back: Russia's Procedural Offensive Before International Courts and Tribunals
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (145+ words) 1. challenges to arbitrators in UNCLOS arbitration, 2. filing the appeal from the ICAO Council decision in the ICJ, and 3. hijacking the Allegations of Genocide case before the ICJ. Most recently, the tribunal was forced to postpone the merits hearing scheduled for…...
The Legality of Recognizing Somaliland
2+ mon, 4+ week ago (331+ words) On 26 December 2025, Israel became the first state to formally recognize Somaliland as a state. The reactions of the international community have ranged between negative, cautious, neutral and silence. While Somaliland has welcomed Israel's recognition, others have argued that its recognition…...