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- The privileges and immunities of INTERPOL: a new general agreement janvier 9, 2026Unlike most international organisations of its size, the International Criminal Police Organization-INTERPOL (“INTERPOL” or the “Organization”) does not enjoy privileges and immunities (“P&I”) by virtue of a founding treaty. Rather, INTERPOL has worked to find bilateral solutions for its P&I: it has entered into bilateral agreements and other formal arrangements with approximately 20 countries, including […]Stephen Bailey
- Another Brick in the Wall: Israel’s Seizure of UNRWA Facilities in East Jerusalem janvier 8, 20261. Introduction: background of the seizure of UNRWA facilities in East-Jerusalem On 8 December 2025, Israeli police, accompanied by municipal Israeli officials, forcibly entered the facility of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), located in the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood of East Jerusalem, replaced the flag of […]Andreas Zimmermann
- The United Nations Conference on the Protection of Persons in the Event of Disasters janvier 8, 2026Introduction On 15 December 2025, the UN General Assembly decided to convene the United Nations Conference on the Protection of Persons in the Event of Disasters (PPED). In 2024, the General Assembly had decided to conclude a legally binding instrument on the topic. (This was discussed in detail here). However, the modalities and details of […]Paola Patarroyo
- Some Further Thoughts on the Illegal US Attack on Venezuela: Self-Defence, Cyber, and Continuing Coercion janvier 7, 2026In this post, I want to provide a couple of thoughts on some aspects of the unlawful US attack on Venezuela on 3 January. Before doing so, however, I should simply say that I completely endorse the analyses of colleagues here on EJIL: Talk! and on Just Security. The illegality of the US military operation […]Marko Milanovic
- Britain’s Legal Responsibility for Applying the Balfour Declaration in Palestine and for Its Tenure There janvier 7, 2026Is Britain legally accountable for holding Palestine between the world wars? Does its implementation there of the Balfour Declaration open it, presently, to claim for reparation, under the law of state responsibility? Three distinct positions are seen. For scholars like James Crawford and Malcolm Shaw, the issue of reparation does not arise, for they consider […]John B. Quigley
- Offsetting Inter-State Debt in International Law janvier 6, 2026Since the immobilization of Russian Central Bank (RCB) assets across multiple jurisdictions in response to Russia’s aggression against Ukraine, officials and commentators have debated the legal permissibility as well as the political and economic wisdom of using those assets to fund Ukraine’s defense and reconstruction. While the EU has agreed to issue a loan to […]Federica Paddeu
- Trump’s Illegal Attack on Venezuela and Its Consequences janvier 5, 2026Early on Saturday morning, 3 January, the United States attacked Venezuela. Aerial strikes were carried out in Caracas, Miranda, La Guaira, and Aragua, alongside covert operations conducted by special forces on the ground – actions later described by President Donald Trump as ‘an assault like people have not seen since World War II’. From an […]Justina Uriburu
- From “Original Intentions” to “Unforeseeable Change of Circumstances”: The 2025 Escalation of Pressure Towards the ECtHR janvier 5, 2026While “[t]oday, Europe faces the perfect storm” that, in the words of the Secretary General, “threatens to undo the peace, stability and hard-won progress the Council of Europe has helped deliver across an entire continent over the past 75 years”, it appears that European States not only forgot that they adopted in 1950 the European […]Lena Riemer
- Announcements: CfC Legal Governance of AI; CfS Conference on the Protection of Health at Sea; CfP ILA-ASIL EastMed-MENA Research Forum; McNair International Annual Legal Review; CfP Exploring Alternatives to the Kafala System in the GCC janvier 4, 20261. Call for Chapters: Routledge (Taylor & Francis) Book on Legal Governance of Agentic AI and Autonomous Agents. Book Chapter submissions are being invited for the upcoming edited volume titled “Legal Governance of Agentic AI and Autonomous Agents: Regulating the Future of Work,” published by Routledge (Taylor & Francis Group). The book targets Scopus indexing […]Mary Guest
- UNESCO’s 2025 Cyrus Cylinder Resolution: Perpetuating the Shortcomings of the Traditional Paradigm of International Legal Historiography janvier 2, 2026On 6 November 2025, at its 43rd General Conference in Samarkand, UNESCO adopted a resolution recognising the text inscribed on the Cyrus Cylinder – a sixth-century BCE artefact – as a charter of human rights and inviting the Director-General to incorporate its principles into UNESCO’s educational and cultural programmes. The adoption of such a resolution […]Anonymous Author