Two New Decisions on Subject-Matter Immunity, Torture and Extrajudicial Killings Lorna McGregor, Senior Lecturer, School of Law, University of Essex. Her…
The Difference between Rhetoric and Reality: Why an Illegitimate Regime May Still be a Government in the Eyes of International…
Security Council Adopts Resolution 1970 (2011) with respect to LybiaYesterday the UN Security Council unanimously adopted Resolution 1970, whereby it…
Kenya’s ICC Deferral Request and the proposed amendment to article 16 of the Rome StatuteEditor’s Note: The authors have recently…
Mauritius v. United Kingdom: Submission of the dispute on the Marine Protected Area around the Chagos Archipelago to arbitrationIrini Papanicolopulu is…
Kenyan ICC Cases a Good Test of an ICC Founding PrincipleMax Du Plessis is associate professor at the University of…
ICC Assembly of States Parties Discusses Possible Amendments to ICC Statute.Last week the Assembly of States Parties (ASP) to the…
Proposed Amendments to UK’s Universal Jurisdiction LawsSome months ago we noted that the UK’s coalition government was planning to introduce…
ICJ Diallo Merits JudgmentToday the ICJ delivered its merits judgment in the case concerning Ahmadou Sadio Diallo (Republic of Guinea…
ECHR Grand Chamber to Hear Case Challenging Legality of UN Security Council SanctionsThe Grand Chamber of the European Court of…
New Judges at the European Court of Human RightsEarlier this month, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe elected…
Is the Rome Statute Binding on Individuals?What a positively weird question, you might think. The Rome Statute of the International…