EJIL:Talk!

EJIL: Talk!

• The Inter-American Court of Human Rights’ Advisory Opinion on the Climate Emergency: A Global South Contribution to Climate Governance juillet 18, 2025
  On 3 July 2025, Justice Nancy Hernandez, President of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACtHR), announced the issuance of the new Advisory Opinion on the Climate Emergency (AO-32). In front of the crowded room where landmark cases have been litigated, Justice Hernandez summarised the most important aspects of the long-awaited AO-32 during a live-streamed […]
  Juan Auz
• A Commentary on the Land and Maritime Delimitation and Sovereignty over Islands (Gabon/Equatorial Guinea) (2025) juillet 17, 2025
  The two African states of Equatorial Guinea and Gabon were the focus of recent international attention. And there is a good reason for that. On 19 May 2025, the International Court of Justice (henceforth: ICJ) delivered the merits of its long-awaited ruling in the case of Land and Maritime Delimitation and Sovereignty over Islands (Gabon/Equatorial Guinea) […]
  Andreas Giorgallis
• Threat of ICJ Claim Based on Soleimani Assassination Remains a Card in Iran’s Hand juillet 16, 2025
  The United States’ military operation against Iran has raised important questions about the legality of the strike and potential fora in which Iran could bring claims against the United States. Although, as recently argued on this blog, the International Court of Justice (“ICJ”) may not have jurisdiction to hear Iran’s claims based on the United […]
  Joseph Klingler
• Dripping Water Wears Through Stone: Convention on the Establishment of the International Organization for Mediation Signed in Hong Kong, China juillet 15, 2025
  On May 30, 2025, the Convention on the Establishment of the International Organization for Mediation was signed in Hong Kong, China, with 33 States as the founding parties. Led by China, the International Organization for Mediation (IOMed) represents the first permanent inter-governmental dispute settlement organization dedicated to mediation. Before the IOMed era, China had already […]
  Wenyan Feng
• “Justice is more than just a judgment” An interview with the President of the United Nations International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals, Judge Graciela Gatti Santana juillet 14, 2025
  On 19 March 2025, I interviewed Judge Graciela Gatti Santana, President of the United Nations International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals (the ‘IRMCT’ or ‘Mechanism’). It was a wide-ranging conversation in which we discussed, among other things, the downsizing of the IRMCT, attempts to rewrite history in Rwanda and the former Yugoslavia and the sad […]
  Edward Haxton
• A State consent dilemma in the current work of the International Law Commission on the theory of sources juillet 14, 2025
  The International Law Commission (ILC) has published its advance report on the work completed during its 76th session this May. This post focuses on progress in two topics related to the theory of sources: the second reading of conclusions on general principles of law, and the first reading of conclusions on subsidiary means for the […]
  Dmytro Soldatenko
• Announcements: UN Audiovisual Library of International Law; Transnational Value Chains and International Law juillet 13, 2025
  1. New Additions to the UN Audiovisual Library of International Law. The Codification Division of the Office of Legal Affairs recently added the following materials to the United Nations Audiovisual Library of International Law: two lectures in English and Spanish on  “Ten Years of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals: Achievements and Challenges”, by Judge […]
  Mary Guest
• Gender Persecution at the International Criminal Court: The ICC Issues Arrest Warrants against Taliban Leaders for Crimes against Humanity juillet 11, 2025
  On 8 July 2025, Pre-Trial Chamber II of the International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants against two senior Taliban leaders in the Situation in Afghanistan. The Office of the Prosecutor (OTP) hailed the warrants as an ‘important vindication and acknowledgement of the rights of Afghan women and girls’, with their issuance receiving extensive media attention […]
  Miles Jackson
• In defense of a human right to democracy: Reflections on the pending Advisory Opinion before the Inter-American Court of Human Rights juillet 11, 2025
  On the 26th of March of this year the Secretariat of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (‘IACtHR’ or ‘the Court’) issued a press release communicating the request for an advisory opinion presented by the republic of Guatemala focused on democracy and its protection in the Inter-American human rights system. Throughout their filing, Guatemala explores […]
  Ecab Amor Vázquez
• The European Court’s Merits Judgment in Ukraine and the Netherlands v. Russia: As Good as It Gets (Almost) juillet 10, 2025
  In a landmark ruling, the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights yesterday delivered its much-anticipated merits judgment in Ukraine and the Netherlands v. Russia (nos. 8019/16, 43800/14, 28525/20 and 11055/22). The judgment is here; the Court’s press release summarizing it is here. For more background, see my post from last week and […]
  Marko Milanovic