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Resolution 2728 (2024) has legally binding effect. Eran Sthoeger makes the claim that the Security Council’s resolution 2728, which demanded an immediate ceasefire in Gaza, is “not legally bi...

https://www.ejiltalk.org/resolution-2728-2024-is-a-binding-council-resolution/

Despite its name, the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) also protects non-human beings. On several occasions, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has recognized that the protectio...

https://www.ejiltalk.org/animal-welfare-and-the-evolution-of-public-morality-requirement-to-stun-animals-prior-to-ritual-slaughter-is-convention-proof/

The Office of the Prosecutor (OTP) of the International Criminal Court (ICC) launched a public consultation on its Draft Policy on Complementarity and Cooperation (‘Draft Policy’) on 6 Octobe...

https://www.ejiltalk.org/bringing-justice-closer-to-victims-and-creating-a-community-of-practice-some-thoughts-on-ways-to-implement-the-icc-otps-policy-on-complementarity-and-cooperation/

On 14 November 2023, a French court issued an arrest warrant for Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad on “charges of complicity in crimes against humanity and complicity in war crimes”. This d...

https://www.ejiltalk.org/french-contributions-to-the-issue-of-head-of-state-immunity-with-regard-to-international-crimes/

The post is based on my previous one “La missione EUNAVFOR Aspides dell’Unione europea e l’applicazione ratione temporis del diritto di legittima difesa”, published (in Italian) on SIDIBl...

https://www.ejiltalk.org/eunavfor-aspides-and-the-ratione-temporis-application-of-the-right-of-self-defence/

Resolution 2728 on the situation in Gaza is not legally binding. This conclusion is not counterintuitive or surprising. Rather it is the result of a sound understanding of the practice of the Sec...

https://www.ejiltalk.org/resolution-2728-on-israel-gaza-is-significant-but-it-is-not-a-binding-council-decision/

The United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) establishes a comprehensive dispute settlement mechanism applicable to any dispute, subject to the exhaustive list of limitations and ...

https://www.ejiltalk.org/preservation-of-territorial-integrity-a-substantive-rule-under-unclos/

Article 437 of the Ukrainian Criminal Code outlaws planning, preparation or initiation of an aggressive war or an armed conflict, conspiring for any such purpose or waging of an aggressive war or...

https://www.ejiltalk.org/are-you-a-leader-ukraines-supreme-court-clarifies-the-definition-of-the-crime-of-aggression/

Anyone who is a regular reader of EJIL will know that we publish statistics each year on the submissions we receive as well as on articles accepted and published. We consider this to be part of o...

https://www.ejiltalk.org/vital-statistics-behind-the-numbers/

Victoria Skeie discusses the complexities and challenges of the ship recycling industry, with a focus on the shortcomings of the Hong Kong International Convention for the Safe and Environmentall...

https://www.ejiltalk.org/two-weeks-in-review-8-21-april-2024/