When we talk about international law, we talk about how the world is ruled. When doing so, we speak of States, territories and borders, often picturing them against a world map familiar from school… ...

On 16 March 2026, the Brussels Court of Appeal (hereafter, the “Court”) issued an interlocutory judgment in summary proceedings (référé) concerning the alleged failure of the Belgian State to comply ...

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… ...

This post assesses the legality of the closure of the Strait of Hormuz from the perspective of the law of armed conflict at sea. In the context of the rights of neutral States, it discusses the pas… ...

Now, however, the UK government has announced that it is engaging in direct action to intercept some Iranian missiles directed against UK allies in the Gulf, and also that it would permit the United ...

Early on Saturday morning, 3 January, the United States attacked Venezuela. Aerial strikes were carried out in Caracas, Miranda, La Guaira, and Aragua, alongside covert operations conducted by spec… ...

The Finnish prosecution of the Eagle S demonstrates this gap vividly. On Christmas Day 2024, the tanker’s anchor dragged for nearly a hundred kilometres across the seabed, severing several submarine ...

In my previous post, I discussed the bottom line of the ICJ’s UNRWA advisory opinion – essentially the Court’s finding that Israel’s obligations under IHL, IHRL and the UN Charter compelled it not to ...

The Court’s (near-)unanimity is perfectly justified. Many of the Court’s conclusions are beyond any reasonable disagreement. There is, however, a variety of interesting, more conceptual points that ...

On 6 October, the International Criminal Court (ICC) issued its much-anticipated Abd-Al-Rahman trial judgment, in which the defendant was convicted of crimes against humanity and war crimes committ… ...

This year marks the 15th anniversary of one of the most quietly revolutionary institutions in global governance: the Office of the United Nations Ombudsperson to the ISIL (Da’esh) and Al-Qaida ...

For the last six years, together with a handful of colleagues and friends from around the world, we have worked with the Government of Vanuatu to develop and implement a legal strategy to turn the … ...