EJIL: Talk!

Within three months of instituting proceedings against Israel in the case concerning the Application of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide in the Gaza Strip,...

https://www.ejiltalk.org/request-for-clarification-or-modification-of-the-provisional-measures-orders-different-paths-same-destination/

Mohamed Wa Baile, a Swiss citizen of Kenyan origin, was stopped by the municipal police in the Zurich train station when he was on his way to work. According to the police officer in charge, he s...

https://www.ejiltalk.org/wa-baile-c-suisse-a-victory-against-racial-profiling/

The law on decolonization has two primary objectives: transfer power from colonizer to people in accordance with their will and protect the people until that happens. On 21 March 2024, Advocate...

https://www.ejiltalk.org/ag-capetas-western-sahara-opinions-undermining-the-law-of-decolonization/

Since declaring independence in 2008, Kosovo has made the recognition of its statehood and the related issue of its membership in international organizations a priority of its foreign policy. Aft...

https://www.ejiltalk.org/council-of-europe-kosovo-ante-portas/

Perhaps the thorniest issue that the European Court had to address in Klimaseniorinnen was how to square the prohibition on actio popularis with the granting of standing to the applicant associat...

https://www.ejiltalk.org/did-the-court-in-klimaseniorinnen-create-an-actio-popularis/

1. Call for Applications: 4th Kırımlı Dr. Aziz Bey International Humanitarian Law Competition & Advanced Summer School. This summer school and competition will take place between 9 – 14 Sept...

https://www.ejiltalk.org/announcements-cfa-international-humanitarian-law-competition-chatham-house-countermeasures-in-cyberspace-summer-school-in-eu-external-relations-law-cfp-journal-of-international-la/

Recently, arguments have emerged that a universal source exists from which it is automatically possible to derive binding due diligence obligations for states in relation to all forms of activiti...

https://www.ejiltalk.org/a-general-obligation-of-due-diligence-in-international-law/

Back in 2016 I wrote a post on horrible metrics, which was in essence an extended moan about the use of various metrics, including citations, indices and impact factors, to assess the quality of ...

https://www.ejiltalk.org/horrible-metrics-part-deux/

Introduction The activities of Greenpeace vessels have a habit of triggering the further illumination and development of international law. Greenpeace’s “Stop Deep Sea Mining” campaign is n...

https://www.ejiltalk.org/on-whose-authority-freedom-of-navigation-and-protests-in-the-2023-nori-d-area-incident/

There has been much focus on Israeli violations of international humanitarian law (jus in bello) and possible genocide in Gaza. Less attention has been paid to Israel’s claim to self-defence (j...

https://www.ejiltalk.org/does-israel-have-the-right-to-self-defence-and-what-are-the-restrictions/