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- The Dismantling of UN Peace Operations under the Trump Administration 10/02/2026Those who had hoped for a more auspicious start to the new year for multilateralism were quickly disillusioned by recent developments concerning Venezuela, Greenland and beyond. Simultaneously, the United States (US) President contended that he ‘doesn’t need international law’ but is guided instead by his ‘own morality’. All of this might, at times, appear as […]Salman Khan
- The Steering Committee’s ‘Preliminary Draft Text’ for the Chișinău Declaration: Nothing is Wrong with the ECtHR’s Migration Case-Law 09/02/2026In the past months the academic community has tried to understand what the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR or ‘the Court’) could have done wrong regarding the interpretation of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR or ‘the Convention’) in the field of migration. The question was, what could have induced its Contracting States […]Lorenzo Acconciamessa
- Two Weeks in Review: 26 January—6 February 2026 08/02/2026The last two weeks have taken us from headlines to bylines and beyond. Front-page legal questions on USA-Greenland and Russia-Ukraine continue to occupy commentators. While others draw our attention to the lesser thumbed back pages: from colonial-era agreements in contemporary arbitration, and the recognition of Somaliland, to the “stateless eight” suspended in legal limbo at […]Sebastian von Massow
- Announcements: CfA EU as a Sanctioning Actor; Human Rights Standards in Conflicts and Disasters Course; CfP Oxford International Law Library Series; Sam Pegram Scholarship 08/02/20261. Call for Abstracts: The European Union as a Sanctioning Actor Conference. The Centre for the Law of EU External Relations (CLEER), the T.M.C. Asser Institute and the Multidisciplinary International Network on Sanctions (MINOS) operating at Ghent University are inviting abstracts for a conference on ‘The European Union as a sanctioning actor: Legal and institutional […]Mary Guest
- Finally, Mercosur!… Or not? The stumbling block with the chapter on trade and sustainable development 06/02/2026Many heads of state and government from European and South American countries, as well as representatives of the European Union at the highest level, have hailed the fact that, after three decades of negotiations, the EU has finally concluded its free trade agreement with Mercosur. However, the ovation has not been unanimous. Some countries, such […]Carmen Martínez San Millán
- Fast-Tracking the UAE-Ecuador BIT: Executive Decrees, Constitutional Limits, and Democratic Resistance to ISDS 05/02/2026Introduction: a treaty everyone knows is unconstitutional Ecuador is once again at the centre of global debates on investor–State dispute settlement (ISDS). In December 2025, President Noboa signed a Bilateral Investment Treaty (BIT) with the United Arab Emirates (UAE) that re‑introduces ISDS into a legal order which, since 2008, has constitutionally prohibited the State from […]Ladan Mehranvar
- Individual Justice Cannot Be Streamlined: Some Reflections on Special Procedures Reform 04/02/2026In a recent article published on Universal Rights Group, Professor Alice Edwards, the UN Special Rapporteur on Torture, has offered a thoughtful and provocative proposal to reform the Special Procedures system. Observing that the system faces genuine challenges — inadequate funding, growing caseloads, inconsistent State cooperation, and what she describes as “a digital wasteland of […]Ganna Yudkivska
- Climate Justice as Substantive Equality: What the Bonaire Judgment Adds to “Equity” in Climate Law 03/02/2026On Bonaire’s low-lying southern coast sit the so-called “slave huts”: small coral stone buildings that carry the physical memory of a colonial economy built on racialised coercion and extraction. In Greenpeace Netherlands v The State of the Netherlands (Bonaire), the District Court of The Hague notes that this tangible cultural heritage—alongside lighthouses and salt pans—sits […]Margaretha Wewerinke-Singh
- Untangling Colonial Thorns: Heirs to the Sultanate of Sulu v. Malaysia 02/02/2026Scholarship over the past decade or so has been interested in the imperial origins of international investment law. As much as the current regime has undergone reform, some relics continue to present thorns in the current ‘decolonised’ landscape. They expose its problematic origins and, more importantly, its present-day ramifications. This post cautions against the revival […]Muhammad Syed
- Announcements: Research Methodology Workshop; BIICL Masterclass; Approaches to Counter-Terrorism Summer Programme; CfM Armenian Journal of International Law; Post-Doctoral Fellowships Vacancies; Seizing Sanctioned Assets Webinar; CfA Max Planck Yearbook of UN Law; Nordic IHL Symposium; Best UN Treaty Decision Poll; Report Card on the Laws of Armed Conflict; UN Audiovisual Library of International Law; Enforced Disappearances Book Presentation; CfA Research Methods in Fundamental Rights 01/02/20261. Research Methodology Workshop: Global Health Law and Human Rights. On 11 – 13 March 2026, the Groningen Centre for Health Law offers its first Research Methodologies Workshop for Global Health Law and Human Rights. Intended audience are PhDs, Advanced Masters, and early career researchers wishing to expand their methodological horizons. This workshop aims to equip […]Mary Guest