New EJIL:Live! Interview with Niels Petersen on his Article “The International Court of Justice and the Judicial Politics of Identifying…
New Issue of EJIL (Vol. 28 (2017) No. 2) – Published The latest issue of the European Journal of International Law (Vol.…
The Right of Self-Defence Against Imminent Armed Attack In International Law On 11 April 2017, the Australian Attorney-General, Senator the…
Forcible Humanitarian Action in International Law There is a widespread myth amongst international lawyers. This is the apparently unshakeable proposition…
The Brexit Bill and the Law of Treaties As has been widely reported in the media (e.g. The Guardian, the…
The Precedent Set by the US Reprisal Against the Use of Chemical Weapons in Syria In his recent post on…
The Legality Surrounding the US Strikes in Syria by Nancy Simons [Nancy Simons is a Belgian lawyer and serves on…
Taking the ‘Union’ out of ‘EU’: The EU-Turkey Statement on the Syrian Refugee Crisis as an Agreement Between States under…
The African Union’s Collective Withdrawal from the ICC: Does Bad Law make for Good Politics? A number of news outlets…
Turkish Military Intervention in Mosul: A Legal and Political Perspective In October 2016, Turkey deployed hundreds of its armed troops…
Philip Morris v Uruguay: an affirmation of ‘Police Powers’ and ‘Regulatory Power in the Public Interest’ in International Investment Law…
Brexit and International Law In earlier posts (here and here) there was a discussion about the different scenarios that might…