Academia

‘Terrorism’ at the World Court: Ukraine v Russia as an Opportunity for Greater Guidance on Relevant Obligations? Recently, Ukraine instituted proceedings against Russia before the ICJ, alleging violations of both the International Convention for the Suppression of the Financing of Terrorism (the ‘Convention’) and the International Convention on the Elimination …

Two Visions of the UN Charter by Jens David Ohlin As I write this, the ASIL annual meeting is conducting a well-timed, previously unannounced panel discussion about the legality of the missile strikes against Assad’s airbase in Syria. In addition to Harold Koh (Yale Law School), who has argued in support …

República Srpska: Serbia dentro de Bosnia Más de veinte años después de la firma del acuerdo de Dayton, que puso fin a la guerra de Bosnia, el conflicto continúa congelado en un país partido en dos mitades enfrentadas. Dos territorios, dos realidades distintas obligadas a convivir. Este artículo explora la …

Consejo de Seguridad y Armas Químicas en Siria: Nuevo Intento de Adoptar una Resolución Este 12 de abril, el Consejo de Seguridad sesionó nuevamente sobre la explosión de sustancias químicas ocurrida el pasado 4 de abril. Los tres integrantes del Consejo que habían preparado el pasado 5 de abril un …

War by Any Other Name? It’s Still War by Gabor Rona and Jocelyn Getgen Kestenbaum [Gabor Rona  is a Visiting Professor of Law and Director of the Law and Armed Conflict Project at Cardozo Law School. Jocelyn Getgen Kestenbaum is an Assistant Clinical Professor of Law and Director of the Cardozo Law Institute in Holocaust and Human …

Perú, de la pobreza a la prosperidad En apenas una década, Perú ha conseguido reducir dramáticamente sus niveles de pobreza y encontrar una situación económica de amplia prosperidad. Con una reforma profunda en su sistema económico y la implantación de unos programas sociales eficientes, la riqueza del país ha conseguido …

US Strikes against Syria and the Implications for the Jus ad Bellum The blogosphere is abuzz with reactions to the U.S. strikes against Syria. My guess is that most international lawyers will agree with Marko Milanovic that the strikes were unlawful. Article 2(4) of the Charter prohibits the use of …

The Clearly Illegal US Missile Strike in Syria Yesterday, the United States launched a missile strike against an airbase of the Syrian armed forces, in response to the recent chemical attack that the US claims was launched from this airbase. This is the first time that the US has directly …

ARMAS QUÍMICAS EN SIRIA: CONSEJO DE SEGURIDAD Y ESTADOS UNIDOS En razón de sustancias químicas en Siria que, el pasado 4 de abril han dejado un saldo mortífero de 87 personas, entre las cuales 20 niños, y más de 400 heridos, el Consejo de Seguridad de Naciones Unidas celebró una …

The Consequence of the UN Resolution on Israeli Settlements for the EU:  Stop Trade with Settlements The recent UN Security Council Resolution 2334 (2016) reaffirmed that the establishment of Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territory has no legal validity and that Israel’s settlement enterprise is a flagrant violation of …

New Issue of EJIL (Vol. 28 (2017) No. 1) Published The latest issue of the European Journal of International Law (Vol. 28 (2017) No. 1) is out today. As usual, the table of contents of the new issue is available at EJIL’s own website, where readers can access those articles that are freely available without subscription. The free access article in this …