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- The Gaza Tribunal in Sarajevo: Globalising Genocide Accountability and Activism juin 27, 2025Image: Day 1, Gaza Tribunal with Penny Green, Susan Akram and Michael Lynk In late May, the Gaza Tribunal held its first public assembly in Sarajevo and online (through Zoom and Youtube livestreaming). Over the course of 4 days, its three chambers presented expert reports that were interspersed with keynotes, witness testimony from Gaza and […]Michelle Burgis-Kasthala
- Brussels Mirage: The EU AI Act’s Subtle Shine across International Borders juin 26, 2025While the U.S. is discussing a 10-year moratorium on all federal AI legislation (‘One Big Beautiful Bill Act’), many countries around the world are – in very different ways – legislating on AI (see global map). In the absence of a U.S. regulatory model, do countries with their own AI Bills (Japan) and AI Bill […]Anna-Julia Saiger
- Towards a Human Right to Democracy? Some Initial Thoughts on Guatemala’s Request for Advisory Opinion to the Inter-American Court of Human Rights juin 25, 2025In December 2024, Guatemala filed a very extensive request (63 pages) for an Advisory Opinion to the Inter-American Court on Human Rights (IACHR) asking, among other things: “are States obliged to guarantee and promote democracy as a human right protected by the American Convention on Human Rights, as a means for social, political and economic […]Gabriela García Escobar
- Would the Adoption of IOSCO Principles of Full Disclosure Avert the Ultra Vires Sovereign Debt Issue? Proposal for a New Global Policy juin 24, 2025At the 2025 Biennial Conference of International Economic Law of the American Society of International Law, Sebastian Grund, Legal Counsel at the International Monetary Fund (IMF), presented his research on ultra vires debt. However, Grund’s approach overlooks a critical component in resolving ultra vires debt in sovereign markets: The requirement for full disclosure by issuers […]Juan Carlos Portilla
- The Illegal Israeli-American Use of Force Against Iran: A Follow-Up juin 23, 2025Yesterday, the United States joined Israel in its use of force against Iran by conducting a precision bombing operation targeting Iranian nuclear sites. Like Israel’s use of force before it, this use of force by the United States is, in my view, quite clearly illegal – a breach of the prohibition on the use of […]Marko Milanovic
- Untouchable metals: How the obligations of UNCLOS States Parties limit the commercial viability of unilateral deep sea mining juin 23, 2025Reflecting an extraordinary and unprecedented act of multilateralism, Part XI of the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (‘UNCLOS’) protects the mineral resources of the seabed beyond national jurisdiction (‘the Area’) from a global free-for-all. It declares the Area and its resources as “the common heritage of [hu]mankind” (‘CHM’) and provides that the […]Toby Fisher
- Announcements: IPLR Hub Launch; UN Audiovisual Library of International Law; Lisbon Climate Conference; Sixth Scottish Conference on International Law; CfA ABILA’s Crisis as Catalyst juin 22, 20251. IPLR Hub Launch Event. This online event is to launch the International Procedural Law Research Hub. The IPLR Hub will be based at the University of Glasgow School of Law, led by Dr Matina Papadaki and James Devaney, and funded initially by the Scottish Council on Global Affairs. The IPLR Hub aims to bring […]Mary Guest
- International Humanitarian Law and Propaganda: Is Propagandist Media Still Protected in War? juin 20, 2025In the most recent episode of Israeli attacks on Iran, on Monday, 16 June 2025, Israeli forces struck the headquarters of the Iranian state broadcaster in Tehran. In a post on X, the Israeli Defence Minister immediately claimed responsibility, stating ‘The propaganda and incitement broadcasting authority of the Iranian regime was attacked by the IDF […]Florian Bayer
- SS and Others v Italy – or doubling down on Banković juin 19, 2025I am still in shock. The publication of S.S. and Others v Italy on 12 June 2025 was long awaited. After months of work along with the applicants, seven years later, this is a disgruntling result – not only for the applicants, but for the international human rights community as a whole. As lead counsel, […]Violeta Moreno-Lax
- S.S. and Others v. Italy: Killing by Omission, Confirmed by Design juin 19, 2025On 12 June the European Court of Human Rights issued its judgment in S.S. and Others v. Italy (App. No. 21660/18). The Court declared inadmissible the claims of seventeen applicants intercepted at sea and subjected to grave harm through a Libyan-led operation underwritten by the Italian state. At the heart of the judgement is the […]Itamar Mann