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| 09.06.2025 | Tensions on the Thai-Cambodian Border: A Powder Keg Ready to Explode | The border between Thailand and Cambodia is a volatile stretch of land, steeped in history and fraught with tension. Recent clashes have reignited old rivalries, leaving both nations on edge. The situation is a delicate dance, with military... |
| 08.06.2025 | Thai and Cambodian forces to resume previous positions on border, Thailand says | BANGKOK: Cambodia's Defence Ministry confirmed on Sunday (Jun 8) that Thailand and Cambodia had agreed to return their troops to previous border positions after a clash in which a Cambodian soldier was killed prompted both to reinforce thei... |
| 06.06.2025 | Thai military prepared for 'high-level operation' if Cambodia border row escalates | BANGKOK: Thailand's military said it is ready to launch a "high-level operation" to counter any violation of its sovereignty, in the strongest words yet in a simmering border dispute with Cambodia that re-erupted with a deadly cla... |
| 04.06.2025 | Tensions Rise as Israel Expands Settlements Amid Ongoing Conflict | The landscape of the West Bank is changing. New settlements rise like weeds in a garden, choking the hopes of peace. Israel has greenlit plans for more settlements, adding to the already sprawling network of over 100. These settlements are ... |
| 04.06.2025 | Tensions on the Thai-Cambodian Border: A Fragile Peace at Risk | The border between Thailand and Cambodia is a volatile line drawn in the sand. Recent clashes have reignited tensions, reminding both nations of their fraught history. A Cambodian soldier's death has stirred the pot, leading to urgent calls... |
| 02.06.2025 | Cambodia to file complaint with ICJ over Thai border dispute | PHNOM PENH: Cambodia will file a complaint with the International Court of Justice (ICJ) over border disputes with Thailand, Prime Minister Hun Manet said on Monday (Jun 2), after a Cambodian soldier was killed in a recent frontier clash.
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| 30.05.2025 | China sets up international mediation body in Hong Kong | HONG KONG: China signed a convention setting up an international organisation for mediation in Hong Kong on Friday (May 30) that Beijing hopes will be on par with the International Court of Justice and bolster the city's international crede... |
| 29.05.2025 | Israel authorizes more settlements in the occupied West Bank. Strikes on Gaza kill 34, officials say | Israel has already built well over 100 settlements across the territory that are home to some 500,000 settlers. The settlements range from small hilltop outposts to fully developed communities with apartment blocks, shopping malls, factorie... |
| 23.05.2025 | South Africa police minister says Trump ‘twisted’ facts to push baseless genocide claims | South Africa struggles with extremely high levels of violent crime, although farm killings make up a small percentage of the country’s overall homicides. Both white and Black farmers are attacked, and sometimes killed, and the government ha... |
| 19.05.2025 | Commentary: China is testing Trump in the South China Sea and the region is watching | Listen
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| 14.05.2025 | South African leader and Trump will meet next week after US took in white South Africans as refugees | The Republican president has singled out South Africa over what the U.S. calls racist laws against whites and has accused the government of “fueling” violence against white farmers. The South African government says the relatively small num... |
| 03.05.2025 | The Human Rights Crisis: A Call to Action Amidst Global Turmoil | In a world increasingly fraught with conflict and oppression, the specter of human rights violations looms larger than ever. The recent report from Amnesty International paints a grim picture. It reveals a landscape where the ideals of huma... |
| 30.04.2025 | Human rights attacks accelerated by Trump second term: Amnesty International | The global system of law and human rights is under threat from a "multiplicity of assaults" which have accelerated since US President Donald Trump's return to power, Amnesty International said Tuesday (Apr 29) in its annual report... |
| 25.03.2025 | The Unraveling Threads of Conflict: Israel's Renewed Offensive in Gaza | The landscape of Gaza is a tapestry of destruction. Buildings lie in ruins, families are displaced, and the cries of the innocent echo through the rubble. As Israel intensifies its military operations, the world watches with bated breath. T... |
| 21.03.2025 | Israel returns to war in Gaza with wider aims and almost no constraints | “If all the Israeli hostages are not released and Hamas is not expelled from Gaza. Israel will act with an intensity that you have not seen,” Defense Minister Israel Katz said Wednesday.
“Return the hostages and expel Hamas, and other optio... |
| 21.03.2025 | CSI urges UN Human Rights Council to appoint Special Rapporteur for Nagorno Karabakh | Joel Veldkamp delivered the statement for CSI on the floor of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva.
Azerbaijan continues to hold hostages and defy international community on Armenians’ right of return, human rights group claims GENEVA, GE,... |
| 13.02.2025 | The Geopolitical Chessboard: Trump’s Controversial Moves in Ukraine and Gaza | In the world of international politics, leaders often play a high-stakes game of chess. Each move can alter the course of history. Recently, former President Donald Trump has made headlines with his bold proposals regarding Ukraine and Gaza... |
| 12.02.2025 | National Politics | Trump doubles down on plan to empty Gaza. This is what he has said and what’s at stake | FILE – A man sells bread under the ruin of his bakery destroyed by the Israeli air and ground offensive in Jabaliya, Gaza Strip, Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana, file)
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| 08.02.2025 | Donald Trump signs order to cut funding to South Africa | US President Donald Trump
US President Donald Trump signed an executive order to cut US financial assistance to South Africa, the White House said on Friday, citing disapproval of its land policy and of its genocide case at the Internationa... |
| 07.02.2025 | National Politics | Trump orders freeze of aid to South Africa citing country’s land expropriation law | Elon Musk, a close Trump ally and head of Trump’s new Department of Government Efficiency, has highlighted that law in recent social media posts and cast it as a threat to South Africa’s white minority.
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| 23.01.2025 | Philippines to pick venue soon for second South China Sea case against Beijing | MANILA: The Philippines will soon decide on an international platform to sue China for alleged damage to the marine environment, its justice minister said, as it pursues a second high-profile legal challenge against Beijing over the South C... |
| 19.01.2025 | Fighting halts in Gaza as ceasefire takes effect after brief delay | JERUSALEM/CAIRO: Fighting in the Gaza Strip halted on Sunday (Jan 19) as a ceasefire deal between Israel and Palestinian militant group Hamas took effect after a brief delay, pausing a 15-month-old war that has brought devastation and seism... |
| 13.01.2025 | Some Israeli soldiers refuse to keep fighting in Gaza | Seven soldiers who’ve refused to continue fighting in Gaza spoke with AP, describing how Palestinians were indiscriminately killed and houses destroyed. Several said they were ordered to burn or demolish homes that posed no threat, and they... |
| 20.12.2024 | Malaysian police launch probe on PAS president Abdul Hadi Awang over comments on Pedra Branca issue | KUALA LUMPUR: The Malaysian authorities are investigating the president of Islamist party Parti Islam Se-Malaysia (PAS) over his alleged social media comments that touched on issues surrounding Pedra Branca, which the police warned could po... |
| 15.12.2024 | Israel to shut embassy in Ireland over 'extreme anti-Israel policies' | Israel said on Sunday (Dec 15) it would close its Dublin embassy due to the Irish government's "extreme anti-Israel policies" including recognition of a Palestinian state and support for international legal action against its war ... |
| 05.12.2024 | Malaysia inquiry proposes criminal probe against ex-PM Mahathir over Pedra Branca | KUALA LUMPUR: A Malaysian royal commission of inquiry has proposed a criminal probe against former Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad over a decision to drop claims over two islets in the Singapore Strait, a report presented in parliament show... |
| 14.10.2024 | Singapore to nominate Rena Lee for election as judge of the International Court of Justice | Listen to this article
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| 04.10.2024 | UK hands Indian Ocean islands to Mauritius but keeps key US military base | LONDON: Britain on Thursday (Oct 3) said it would give up sovereignty of a remote Indian Ocean archipelago to Mauritius but will maintain there a strategic military base that it shares with the United States, in what US President Joe Biden ... |
| 30.09.2024 | Commentary: Israel dreams of a new regional order, but chaos seems more likely after killing of Hezbollah chief | LONDON: The killing of Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah came just a few days before the first anniversary of Hamas’ Oct 7, 2023 attacks on Israel. With its decapitation of Hezbollah in Lebanon, the Israeli government hopes that it has final... |
| 15.09.2024 | Philippines vessel from contested South China Sea shoal returns to port | MANILA: The Philippines is returning to port a coast guard vessel anchored in the contested Sabina Shoal in the South China Sea after a five-month deployment as its mission is accomplished, the maritime council said on Sunday (Sun 15).
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| 27.07.2024 | Netanyahu's Balancing Act: A Speech Amidst Chaos | In the heart of Washington, a storm brews. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stands poised to address a joint session of Congress, a rare honor that underscores his long-standing relationship with the United States. Yet, this visit ... |
| 27.07.2024 | Netanyahu's Gamble: A High-Stakes Visit Amidst Gaza's Turmoil | In the shadow of war, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu prepares for a pivotal moment. He is set to address the U.S. Congress, a stage he has graced four times before. This visit, however, is unlike any other. The backdrop is a rele... |
| 25.07.2024 | The Legal Storm Over Israel's Occupation: A Turning Point for Palestine?** ** | ** The International Court of Justice (ICJ) has cast a shadow over Israel's presence in the occupied Palestinian territories. This recent ruling is a thunderclap in a long-standing conflict. The court's opinion, requested by the U.N. Genera... |
| 22.07.2024 | Singapore to deliver fourth tranche of aid to Gaza; studying ICJ’s advisory on Israeli settlements | Listen to this article
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| 21.07.2024 | Defiant Netanyahu to face US Congress amid Gaza tensions | JERUSALEM: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is to deliver a landmark speech to the US Congress this week as he fights off intense pressure to quickly cut a Gaza war ceasefire deal with Hamas.
Israel's longest-serving premier will o... |
| 19.07.2024 | Top UN court says Israel’s presence in occupied Palestinian territories is illegal and should end | The court’s opinion, sought by the U.N. General Assembly after a Palestinian request, came against the backdrop of Israel’s devastating military assault on Gaza, which was triggered by the Hamas-led attacks in southern Israel on Oct. 7. In ... |
| 12.07.2024 | UN court to give view on consequences of Israel occupation | THE HAGUE: The UN's top court will next week hand down its view on the legal consequences of Israel's occupation of Palestinian territories since 1967, a case in which some 52 countries made submissions.
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| 22.06.2024 | Commentary: Where the International Criminal Court fails, others will prevail | PARIS: It’s a quiet morning at the International Criminal Court (ICC), tucked in behind the dunes in The Hague. The day I visited there was only one suspect on trial, sitting in a small courtroom behind bulletproof glass: Mahamat Said, char... |
| 21.06.2024 | UN experts say firms sending arms to Israel could be complicit in abuses | GENEVA: A group of United Nations experts on Thursday (Jun 20) warned arms and ammunition manufacturers against taking part in the transfer of weapons to Israel, saying it could make them complicit in human rights abuses and violations of i... |
| 31.05.2024 | New crossing points and ‘floating dock’ are cosmetic changes, as humanitarian access disintegrates in Gaza, warn aid agencies | As Israeli attacks intensify on Rafah, the unpredictable trickle of aid into Gaza has created a mirage of improved access while the humanitarian response is in reality on the verge of collapse, warn 20 aid agencies. The latest Israeli attac... |
| 29.05.2024 | Gaza officials say Israeli tanks shell evacuation zone near Rafah, Israel denies it | CAIRO/GAZA: Israel's military denied striking a tent camp west of the city of Rafah on Tuesday (May 28) after Gaza health authorities said Israeli tank shelling had killed at least 21 people there, in what Israel has designated a civilian e... |
| 28.05.2024 | Israel investigating cause of blaze that followed Rafah air strike | JERUSALEM: The Israeli military is investigating the possibility that munitions stored near a compound in Gaza hit by an air strike on Sunday (May 26) may have caught fire, killing more than 40 civilians, a spokesperson said on Tuesday.
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| 27.05.2024 | White House assessing if Israel violated "red line" with Rafah strike | figcaption>span]:font-sans">
The Biden administration is still assessing whether an Israeli strike that killed at least 45 displaced Palestinians at a tent camp in Rafah on Sunday is a violation of President Biden's "red lin... |
| 25.05.2024 | ICJ becomes Congress' latest bipartisan target | figcaption>span]:font-sans">
The International Court of Justice is the latest international judicial body facing intense fire from pro-Israel members of Congress in both parties for directing Israel to halt its military operation... |
| 24.05.2024 | Top UN court orders Israel to halt military offensive in Rafah, though Israel is unlikely to comply | Although the ruling is a blow to Israel’s international standing, the court doesn’t have a police force to enforce its orders. In another case on its docket, Russia has ignored the court’s 2022 order to halt its full-scale invasion of Ukrai... |
| 23.05.2024 | Israeli forces kill dozens of Palestinians as they push deeper in Gaza's north and south | CAIRO: Israeli forces killed 35 Palestinians in aerial and ground bombardments across the Gaza Strip on Thursday (May 23) and battled in close combat with Hamas-led militants in areas of the southern city of Rafah, health officials and Hama... |
| 18.05.2024 | Fierce fighting in northern Gaza as aid starts to roll off US-built pier | CAIRO/GAZA STRIP: Israeli forces battled Hamas fighters in the narrow alleyways of Jabalia in northern Gaza on Friday (May 17) in some of the fiercest engagements since they returned to the area a week ago, while in the south militants atta... |
| 10.05.2024 | War in Western Myanmar: Avoiding a Rakhine-Rohingya Conflict | Over the past six months, one of Myanmar’s most powerful armed groups, the Arakan Army, has swept across much of Rakhine State, on the country’s western border, expelling regime troops from cities and military bases. But in Rakhine’s north,... |
| 11.04.2024 | Singapore wants to protect local Jewish community from impacts of Gaza war: Shanmugam | Listen to this article
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| 10.04.2024 | European court ruling on climate may affect pending cases, including in U.S. | A groundbreaking climate ruling by the European Court of Human Rights could influence cases on the other side of the Atlantic, and in other tribunals.
Why it matters: Tuesday's ruling may influence near-term European policy and three key in... |
| 10.04.2024 | 'Don't have evidence' of Israel committing genocide in Gaza: Lloyd Austin | Rejecting accusations that Israel carried out a genocide in Gaza, US Secretary of Defence Lloyd Austin said there was no 'evidence' of it.
On Tuesday, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken criticised the international community for failing t... |
| 10.04.2024 | Top SA diplomat fumes as Israeli Medjool dates are sold in UK as ‘product of South Africa’ | Screenshot showing Medjool dates purportedly originating from South Africa but the barcode indicates country of origin being Israel. Image: @mothersagainstgenocide via Instagram
An apparent deliberate concealment of the origin of Medjool da... |
| 08.04.2024 | Stopping Famine in Gaza | What’s new? The Israeli offensive after the 7 October 2023 attack by Hamas has wreaked catastrophe upon the 2.23 million Palestinians in Gaza. Famine is imminent in the enclave’s north, where people lack adequate food, water and shelter. If... |
| 25.03.2024 | IPI joins 38 other rights groups calling on Media Freedom Coalition states to take concrete action for the safety of journalists in Gaza | Coalition: MFC's credibility is on the line
A general view shows damaged houses after an Israeli airstrike targeted the Rafah refugee camp, southern Gaza Strip, March 25, 2024. EPA-EFE/HAITHAM IMAD
The IPI global network today joined 38 oth... |
| 18.03.2024 | Netanyahu says Schumer call for Israel election was inappropriate | WASHINGTON: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told CNN on Sunday (Mar 17) that US Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer's speech in which he urged new elections in Israel was "totally inappropriate."
In a speech on the Sena... |
| 10.03.2024 | Việt Nam chairs preparatory session seeking ICJ’s advice on obligations on climate change | VIETNAM, March 10 - NEW YORK — The permanent delegations of Việt Nam and Vanuatu to the United Nations (UN) on March 9 coordinated to organise an online preparatory meeting related to procedures for seeking the International Court of Justic... |
| 27.01.2024 | Lamola says ‘Mandela will be smiling in his grave’ after ICJ ruling | Justice Minister Ronald Lamola says Nelson Mandela will be smiling in his grave following the ICJ’s ruling on Friday. Image: SABC News
Nelson Mandela “will be smiling in his grave,” said Justice Minister Ronald Lamola after the Internationa... |
| 27.01.2024 | EFF says ICJ ruling is ‘nothing short of remarkable’ | Image via Twitter: @EFFSouthAfrica
The Economic Freedom Fighters(EFF) has welcomed the International Court of Justice judgement, ordering Irsael to prevent genocide against Palestine and says the lruling in favour of South Africa, ‘is nothi... |
| 26.01.2024 | South Africa’s genocide case against Israel finds global support | Israel said it was not seeking to destroy the Palestinian people, as it hit back at what it called a “profoundly distorted” genocide case. Photo by AHMAD GHARABLI / AFP
South Africa’s bid at The Hague to compel Israel to stop its Gaza campa... |
| 26.01.2024 | South Africa’s genocide case against Israel unpacked | The International Court of Justice (ICJ) will deliver a judgement on South Africa’s genocide case against Israel today at 1pm. Image: The South African
The International Court of Justice will hand down a highly anticipated ruling on Friday ... |
| 26.01.2024 | D-DAY! Will the World Court grant South Africa’s request? | South Africa’s legal team has been praised worldwide for delivering a strong case against Israel at the ICJ.
South Africa and the rest of the world will today learn if the International Court of Justice(ICJ) also known as the World Court, w... |
| 25.01.2024 | ICJ to deliver judgement on genocide case against Israel on Friday | The International Court of Justice (ICJ) will deliver a judgement on South Africa’s genocide case against Israel today at 1pm. Image: The South African
The International Court of Justice (ICJ) will deliver a judgment on South Africa’s genoc... |
| 25.01.2024 | Blinken ensures US-South Africa ties won’t suffer over genocide case | The International Court of Justice (ICJ) will deliver a judgement on South Africa’s genocide case against Israel today at 1pm. Image: The South African
Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Thursday that US relations with South Africa woul... |
| 24.01.2024 | Genocide Case: ICJ order on provisional measures to be delivered Friday | The Un International Court of Justice. Image: ICJ
The International Court of Justice(ICJ) will on Friday, 26 January, hand down its order on whether or not it is granting South Africa’s request of immediate provisional measures to be put in... |
| 12.01.2024 | As World Watches ICJ Hearings, 77 Groups File Brief Urging U.S. Accountability for Alleged Complicity in Gaza Genocide | 77 groups file amicus brief in U.S. court, alleging U.S. complicity in genocide against Palestinians in Gaza, urging accountability under international law.
The global coalition's amicus brief underscores not only the urgency of the situati... |
| 11.01.2024 | South Africa to argue genocide case TODAY in World Court | South Africa’s four senior counsel to represent in World Court genocide case against Israel. Image: ICJ/Section27/UbunyeChambers/UN Press/Mbuyiseni Ndlozi
The International Criminal Court(ICJ), will today hear South Africa’s arguments in it... |
| 11.01.2024 | What to know about South Africa's genocide case against Israel at the ICJ | The International Court of Justice is set to hold two days of preliminary hearings beginning Thursday on South Africa's case accusing Israel of committing genocide in Gaza.
The big picture: Israel has rejected the allegations as "atroc... |
| 11.01.2024 | S.Africans rally in support of ‘genocide’ case against Israel | People raise flags and placards as they gather around a statue of late South African president Nelson Mandela to celebrate a landmark “genocide” case filed by South Africa against Israel at the International Court of Justice, in the occupie... |
| 10.01.2024 | SA vs Israel: What will happen in World Court TOMORROW | SA has set up a landmark legal showdown at the International Court of Justice after accusing Israel of “genocidal acts” in its Gaza campaign. Photo by MAHMUD HAMS / AFP
The International Criminal Court(ICJ) also known as the World Court, wi... |
| 10.01.2024 | South Africa takes Israel to ICJ in landmark genocide case | According to the president of the World Bank, the Israel-Hamas conflict has the potential to significantly influence global economic growth. Image by MAHMUD HAMS / AFP.
South Africa hopes that a landmark “genocide” case against Israel at th... |
| 30.12.2023 | South Africa accuses Israel of genocide, seeks UN court intervention | Military & Defense South Africa accuses Israel of genocide, seeks UN court intervention
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| 20.09.2023 | International Court Extends Timeline For Climate Change Opinion | International Court of Justice. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)Copyright 2023 The Associated Press. All rights reserved |
| 16.08.2023 | The Artsakh Genocide: Hemodialysis Patients' Between Death and Forced Displacement by Azerbaijan | Vera Hovsepyan - A Desperate Plea: To Live, Heal, and Pass Away in My Beloved Artsakh.
Artsakh's hemodialysis patients: death or displacement by Azerbaijan's siege. The Genocide worsens their fight for survival. STEPANAKERT, REPUBLIC OF ART... |
| 16.08.2023 | Pressure mounts on U.S., others to stop Azerbaijan's blockade as expert warns of genocide | The U.S. and other countries are facing growing pressure to do more to stop Azerbaijan's blockade of the Nagorno-Karabakh region, where a former chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court recently determined ethnic Armenians are f... |
| 08.08.2023 | Lachin Corridor Blockade Starves Nagorno-Karabakh | On August 7, 2023, a group of United Nations experts raised the alarming situation in Nagorno-Karabakh as a result of the ongoing blockade of the Lachin Corridor by Azerbaijan. As they emphasized, the blockade, which has been obstructing th... |
| 13.06.2023 | Canada And The Netherlands Take Syria Before The International Court Of Justice | On June 12, 2023, Canada and the Kingdom of the Netherlands announced that they instituted proceedings at the International Court of Justice (ICJ), the principal judicial organ of the United Nations, concerning alleged violations of the Con... |
| 13.04.2023 | Wagner, PMSCs, and the Limits of Transnational Governance | Recent headlines about the Wagner Group bring back to the fore the perennially problematic matter of so-called soldiers of fortune. In recent history, prominent non-state actors such as Executive Outcomes were involved with African civil co... |
| 06.04.2023 | Provisional Measures at the ICJ in the Cases of Armenia and Azerbaijan | February saw new developments in two cases brought by Armenia and Azerbaijan against one another at the International Court of Justice (ICJ), the U.N.’s principal judicial organ. Most notably, in the request brought by Armenia, the court or... |
| 30.03.2023 | ICJ Orders U.S. to Compensate Iran for Illegally Freezing Assets | On March 30, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) delivered a partial win for Iran in a case alleging the illegal U.S. seizure of Iranian assets. The court found that the U.S. had seized certain Iranian assets in violation of a bilatera... |
| 27.03.2023 | Climate Change Advisory Opinion Requests: Risk and Reward | On March 29, the U.N. General Assembly will consider a draft resolution on a “Request for an advisory opinion of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on the obligations of States in respect of climate change.” The Republic of Vanuatu, a... |
| 14.02.2023 | A Cyber Persistence Way to Countermeasures | If international law intends to regulate state behavior to ensure international peace and security, it must reflect the conceptions of security the states employ that threaten the same, such as threats to use force and armed conflict. Conce... |
| 01.02.2023 | Central Bank Immunity, Afghanistan, and Judgments Against the Taliban | Editor's Note: this article also appears in the Transnational Litigation Blog.
Afghan central bank assets in the United States were frozen by President Biden following the Taliban’s takeover of the government in August 2021. As discussed on... |
| 16.11.2022 | Cyber Norms in the Context of Armed Conflict | In “‘Patriotic Hacking’ Is No Exception,” Jay Healey and Olivia Grinberg discussed Ukrainian government officials’ public outreach to online activists to help defend against the Russian invasion. (For the simplicity of this discussion only,... |
| 16.11.2022 | What If the Przewodów Tragedy Had Been Caused by a Russian Missile? | The missile that landed in the Polish town of Przewodów yesterday and killed two civilians turns out not to have been a Russian attack. This morning, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg confirmed that the Przewodów incident was, in fact... |
| 13.11.2022 | Putin’s Atrocities In Ukraine - Crimes With A Name | On November 14, 2022, the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe, the U.S. Helsinki Commission, will host a briefing on the issue of Russia’s genocide in Ukraine. The briefing comes months after Rep. Steve Cohen introduced House R... |
| 13.10.2022 | Clarifying Responsible Cyber Power: Developing Views in the U.K. Regarding Non-intervention and Peacetime Cyber Operations | “I won’t go into detail about [U.K. offensive cyber] activities—stealth and ambiguity are key attributes of cyber operations.” So said Sir Jeremy Fleming, the head of the U.K. intelligence, cyber, and security agency GCHQ (Government Commun... |
| 17.08.2022 | The Unlawful U.S. Killing of Ayman al-Zawahri | The recent killing of the most senior al-Qaeda leader in Afghanistan is another triumph of American exceptionalism over international law. U.S. President Joe Biden boasted that “justice” has been “delivered,” but he offered no explicit lega... |
| 23.07.2022 | International Court Of Justice Proceeds With The Case Against Myanmar | On July 22, 2022, the International Court of Justice (ICJ), the principal judicial organ of the United Nations, has delivered its judgment on the preliminary objections raised by the Republic of the Union of Myanmar in the case concerning A... |
| 22.07.2022 | ICJ Asserts Jurisdiction in Myanmar Genocide Case | The International Court of Justice has asserted its jurisdiction to rule on the case brought by The Gambia against Myanmar for its alleged genocide against its Rohingya population. In a vote of 15 to 1, with Chinese judge Xue Hanqin in lone... |
| 22.06.2022 | The Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict Goes to Court | In October 2021, the International Court of Justice, the principal judicial organ of the United Nations, heard from both Armenia and Azerbaijan in cases each brought against the other for alleged violations of the International Convention o... |
| 16.06.2022 | UK Government Imposes More Magnitsky Sanctions On Putin’s Supporters, Including Patriarch Kirill | On June 16, 2022, the U.K. Government announced a new wave of the Magnistky sanctions on some of the perpetrators and also Putin’s supporters and enablers. Those sanctioned include, Maria Lvova-Belova, Russian Children’s Rights Commissioner... |
| 26.05.2022 | The Legal Challenges Presented by Seizing Frozen Russian Assets | As Russia’s unlawful war of aggression continues to inflict untold devastation on Ukraine and its people, policymakers have begun to search for ways to support Ukraine’s beleaguered economy and fund its eventual reconstruction. Their attent... |
| 19.05.2022 | Power Trials Commence at Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam Despite Stalled Negotiations and Regional Tensions | On Feb. 20, Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed visited the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) to celebrate initial power generation trials. Ethiopians rejoiced as their decades-old dream neared completion. For years, the previous gover... |
| 12.05.2022 | A Legal Approach to the Transfer of Russian Assets to Rebuild Ukraine | In a recent Foreign Affairs essay co-authored with MIT economist Simon Johnson, I argued that it was essential for the G-7 and allied states to deploy a far-reaching strategy of Ukrainian reconstruction, tied to the ongoing process of EU ac... |
| 26.04.2022 | Giving Russian Assets to Ukraine—Freezing Is Not Seizing | Pundits have reveled in the prospect of using the Russian central bank funds currently frozen by the U.S. Department of Treasury to make reparations to Ukraine for war crimes and other injuries inflicted by Russia’s devastating and outlaw i... |
| 21.04.2022 | What’s the Status of Ukraine’s Case Against Russia at the ICJ? | Introduction
On Feb. 24, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a “special military operation” in Ukraine in order to combat an alleged Ukrainian-led genocide in the country’s eastern Donbas region. He asserted that Russia “had to stop ... |
| 15.04.2022 | A U.N. Security Council Permanent Member’s De Facto Immunity From Article 6 Expulsion: Russia’s Fact or Fiction? | Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s speech to the United Nations on April 5 was the besieged nation’s latest call to the international community for unified aid from the nations that have already vigorously condemned Russia’s so-calle... |
| 07.04.2022 | Japan starts fourth commercial whaling season since leaving IWC | Two whaling vessels departed Ayukawa Port in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan, on 3 April – the first vessels to depart for the start of Japan’s 2022 commercial whaling season, which runs from 1 April to the end of the year.
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| 03.04.2022 | As Russian Troops Retreat From Irpin And Bucha, More Evidence Of Putin’s War Crimes Emerges | April 3, 2022, has seen reports of egregious crimes being perpetrated in Irpin and Bucha, Ukraine. Among others, media outlets reported on images of Ukrainian civilians lying dead on the streets of Bucha. Anatoliy Fedoruk, the mayor of Buch... |
| 27.03.2022 | Beware a Phony Peace in Ukraine | Russia’s war against Ukraine is failing. But serious dangers remain. Among them are “peace” terms that, like those Russia imposed on past victims of its aggression, would set up Ukraine—and others—for bloodshed in the years to come. Vladimi... |