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- Criminal Boundaries of Being and Turkey’s Future in Europe: Penalization of Gender and “Immoral” Sexuality under Turkey’s 11th Judicial “Reform” Draft October 29, 2025The 11th Judicial “Reform” Draft marks a decisive turn in Turkey’s authoritarian transformation (see here, here and here), recasting criminal law as a moral device of identity governance by penalizing all who deviate from state-prescribed heteronormativity. Framed as necessary to “protect the family”, “raise physically and mentally healthy generations”, and “combat gender-neutrality movements”, the draft […]Bedirhan Erdem
- Reinforce, Reform or Rupture? The Future of the European Convention on Human Rights October 29, 2025Introduction If a week is a long time in politics, then two years is an eternity for the Council of Europe. At the Reykjavik summit in May 2023, European leaders across the political spectrum reaffirmed their “unwavering commitment” to the European Convention on Human Rights as a mechanism to promote peace and stability and the […]Alice Donald
- Further Legal Consequences of Obligations Erga Omnes (Partes) in the ICJ Climate Change Advisory Opinion: Duty of Non-Recognition and Article 62 Intervention October 28, 2025In its Climate Change Advisory Opinion, the International Court of Justice held that certain climate-related obligations of States under customary international law and climate change treaties are erga omnes (partes). One important consequence – as the Court explicitly confirmed – is that States can invoke each other’s responsibility for breaching those climate obligations. As Paddeu […]Icarus Chan
- The Hyper Political Nature of International Environmental Law October 28, 2025The recent post by Daniel Bodansky and Suan Biniaz on the possible chilling effects of the ICJ’s advisory opinion on climate change, as well as the recent ruminations on the state of the world and the implications this has for international law, present an opportunity to think about international environmental law more generally. Not because […]Ole W Pedersen
- A Follow-Up on the ICJ’s UNRWA Advisory Opinion October 27, 2025In my previous post, I discussed the bottom line of the ICJ’s UNRWA advisory opinion – essentially the Court’s finding that Israel’s obligations under IHL, IHRL and the UN Charter compelled it not to obstruct UNRWA’s work, in the particular circumstances of the occupied territories. I did not discuss in that post the issue on […]Marko Milanovic
- Announcements: Responsibility Sharing in International Refugee Law Book Launch; CfP Central Asia Yearbook on International Law; CfP State Responsibility in Crisis Workshop; International Law Working Group Research Exchange Forum October 26, 20251. Responsibility Sharing in International Refugee Law Book Launch. On 29 October at 5,30pm, in London, the International Law at Westminster (ILaW) centre will host the launch of the book Responsibility Sharing in International Refugee Law by Dr Elizabeth Mavropoulou. Speakers include Professor Violeta Moreno Lax (Hertie School and Queen Mary University of London), Professor David […]Mary Guest
- The UN Charter at 80 October 24, 2025The United Nations Charter entered into force eighty years ago on 24 October 1945. Eighty years is a long life for a world order. Empires, like people, rarely last much longer. Every empire, every world order, moves through recognisable phases. There is the founding impulse – violent, visionary, unifying – when new institutions are hewn […]Devika Hovell
- The Bottom Line of the ICJ’s UNRWA Advisory Opinion October 23, 2025Yesterday, the International Court of Justice delivered its advisory opinion on the Obligations of Israel in relation to the Presence and Activities of the United Nations, Other International Organizations and Third States in and in relation to the Occupied Palestinian Territory – which primarily deals with Israel’s ban on the operation of UNRWA, but also […]Marko Milanovic
- Time and Compromise in UNCITRAL’s Working Group III October 22, 2025During the week of 22 September 2025, States once again met in Vienna under Working Group III (WGIII) of the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) to deliberate reforms to investor–State dispute settlement (ISDS). Since receiving its mandate in 2017, WGIII has been tasked with identifying and addressing concerns about the ISDS system […]Ladan Mehranvar
- The Pitfalls of Addressing Rising Industrial Un-competitiveness Through Trade Remedies October 21, 2025Energy costs have been rising, particularly in Europe following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022. This price hike is a major blow to heavy industries for which energy makes up a large part of the cost of production. The issue has been further exacerbated by the fact that the affected products are mostly commodities. As […]Victor Crochet