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- Sudan’s Death Sentences Against RSF Leaders: Complementarity and Accountability Under International Law 11/08/2026On 12 July 2026, the Anti-Terrorism and Crimes Against the State Court in Port Sudan sentenced General Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo (‘Hemedti’), commander of Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces (RSF), and fifteen others to death in absentia (See also here and here). The convictions relate to the killing of West Darfur Governor Khamis Abdallah Abakar in June […]Samson Ristom Asfaha
- Ensuring Accountability and Remedy for Victims of Mercenarism: Colombia at an Inflection Point 10/08/2026In March 2026, the Colombian Parliament and then-President Petro agreed to accede to the International Convention against the Recruitment, Use, Financing and Training of Mercenaries (International Convention). With the deposit of the accession instruments, Colombia will end a multi-year gap in the Convention’s adoption and become its 39th State party. This move represents a significant […]Sorcha MacLeod
- Two Weeks in Review: 27 July—7 August 2026 09/08/2026‘We like lists, because we don’t want to die.’ At least according to Umberto Eco. He had in mind our love of all things limitless when confronted with our own very discouraging, humiliating limit: death. But it applies equally to editorial introductions. The last two weeks have ranged wider than sensible categorisation can enclose—leaving the […]Sebastian von Massow
- Announcements: CfS Doctoral and Early-Career Scholars Colloquium; CfP Romanian Yearbook of International and European Law; CfS Trade, Law and Development; CfE The Konkoop Early Careers Lab; Head of FAO’s Development Law Service Vacancy; CfP Symposium on The Global Arms Race and Armed Conflict 09/08/20261. Call for Submissions: Doctoral and Early-Career Scholars Colloquium – Fairness in International Economic Adjudication – Procedure, Substance, and Institutional Design. Submissions are invited for this colloquium to be held on 10 December 2026 at the University of Geneva. The colloquium will explore competing conceptions of fairness in the interpretation, application, and institutional development of […]Mary Guest
- Location, Location, Location: The UK Supreme Court’s Judgment in Shehabi v. Bahrain 07/08/2026In August 2022, I co-authored a post on the English case of Al-Masarir v. Saudi Arabia [2022] EWHC 2199, where Knowles J held that Saudi Arabia had no immunity under Section 5 of the UK State Immunity Act 1978 (‘UK SIA’) for its use of Pegasus spyware to hack the devices of Mr Al-Masarir, a […]Daisy Peterson
- Towards a Fit-for-Purpose International Drug Control System 06/08/2026The Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND) is the United Nations commission with primary responsibility for the application of the three drug conventions. At its 68th session in 2025, it adopted Resolution 68/6 on the establishment of an independent expert panel to review the implementation of those three conventions, along with other international drug policy commitments. […]Elīna Šteinerte
- National Security as a Sword for Expropriation: The UK-China BIT on the Brink 05/08/2026The UK government nationalised British Steel on 16 July 2026. The nationalisation was carried out under the Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Act 2026. Jingye Group, a Chinese enterprise, had acquired the company in 2020 with a pledged investment of £1.2 billion. Jingye has now initiated consultation procedures under the UK-China Bilateral Investment Treaty of 1986 (the […]Yin Wei
- Trade with the Settlements: How EU Law Points the Way Out of the Deadlock 04/08/2026The International Court of Justice’s Advisory Opinion of 2024 on Legal consequences arising from the policies and practices of Israel in the Occupied Palestinian Terrritory, including East Jerusalem has prompted many scholarly comments on third states’ obligations to react to violations of international law by Israel in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT) (notably here and […]Nicolas Angelet
- Announcements: CfS Fairness in International Economic Adjudication; CfParticipants Geneva Trade Week’s Curated Conversations; CfP Rules-Based International Order in Latin America & the Caribbean; The Normative Dimension of EU Communication Conference; RRU International Law Week 02/08/20261. Call for Submissions: Fairness in International Economic Adjudication – Procedure, Substance, and Institutional Design. Submissions are invited for the Doctoral and Early-Career Scholars Colloquium “Fairness in International Economic Adjudication: Procedure, Substance, and Institutional Design”, to be held on 10 December 2026 at the University of Geneva. The colloquium will explore competing conceptions of fairness in the interpretation, application, and institutional […]Mary Guest
- A Third Category of Enforced Disappearance? The Committee on Enforced Disappearances’ Article 34 Resolution on Mexico 31/07/2026In April 2026, the Committee on Enforced Disappearances (CED) adopted a resolution under Article 34 of the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance (hereinafter “the Convention”) and urgently brought the matter before the UN General Assembly. Article 34 empowers the CED to bring a situation to the attention of the […]Salvador Leyva Morelos-Zaragoza