On 28 February 2024, the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, announced that ‘it is time to start a conversation about using the windfall profits of frozen Russian assets to … ...

State officials lie all the time. Authoritarian states are almost by definition systematically deceiving their own populations, attempting (and often succeeding) in devaluing the whole idea of truth.

Some two hours after the Nobel Prize Committee announced the award of the Peace Prize to Navi Pillay for her work on international law and the establishment of international accountability for ...

Sailing Yacht A in the Gulf of Trieste, seized in 2022 under the EU sanctions regime. It is well known that the EU has a complicated relationship with international investment arbitration. Whilst t… ...

On 20 May 2026, the United Nations General Assembly adopted resolution A/80/L.65 welcoming the Advisory Opinion of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on the Obligations of States in Respect o… ...

Introduction The International Health Regulations (IHR) are, for the moment, the sole global binding legal instrument in force for the prevention and control of the international spread of disease.… ...

Building on the excellent post by Michelle Burgis-Kasthala on UNSC Resolution 2803 and President Donald Trump’s Comprehensive Plan to End the Gaza Conflict, annexed to this “deeply problematic Reso… ...

Over the past few years, a rapidly expanding network of ‘critical minerals’ agreements has added further complexity to global trade and investment frameworks. The surge in deal making is driven by … ...

The last two weeks have primarily grappled with the implications of the Chişinău Declaration, along with Israel’s continued policies concerning occupied Palestine: the establishment of ad hod military ...

This level of repression has triggered widespread concern and international mobilisation. Feminist advocates, legal scholars, and international institutions have intensified calls for legal ...