Dynamic Differentiation and Common but Differentiated Responsibilities under the Paris Agreement: Some clarification but not yet clarity

A Digital Infrastructure for Ocean Biodiversity: Reimagining the BBNJ Clearing-House Mechanism

The Rockhopper Annulment: ICSID Procedural Integrity and the ECT

The July Revolution: Use of Lethal Force and the Right to Life

Reframing Conflict-Related Sexual Violence as Torture in the Democratic Republic of Congo

Introduction to the CILJ Symposium on 'Human Rights in Crisis: The July 2024 Revolution in Bangladesh'

The AG’s Opinion in Seraing: Protecting Autonomy and Integration, but at What Cost?

Removing Sudan v UAE from the ICJ’s General List: Striking the Right Balance?

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From Occupation to Genocide: Bridging the UN 2025 Gaza Report and the ICJ’s 2024 Advisory Opinion on the Occupied Palestinian TerritoriesInternational Court of JusticeGazagenocideOccupied Palestinian TerritoriesUN Fact-Findingoccupation

The Expansion of the ‘National Security’ Exception in Trade Law: Trump’s Tariffs and Broader Trendsinternational trade lawPOTUSUnited StatesTariffsUS domestic courtWorld Trade OrganizationBretton Woods

Space Traffic Management in the EU Space Act: Beneficial Extraterritoriality for Regulating Foreign Commercial Actors?international lawspace traffic managementextraterritorialityEU lawBrussels Effectsustainabilityinternational space lawregulating commercial actors

From Displacement to ‘Peace’: Legal Defects of the Washington Agreement between Armenia and Azerbaijanhuman rightsinternational lawNagorno-Karabakh ConflictArmeniapeace deal

Dynamic Differentiation and Common but Differentiated Responsibilities under the Paris Agreement: Some clarification but not yet clarityClimate Change Advisory Opinionscommon but differentiated responsibilitiesICJ Climate AOclimate justice

Historic emissions and the ICJ’s silence in its Advisory Opinion: Climate justice deferred?Advisory OpinionClimate Change Advisory OpinionsGlobal SouthICJ Climate AOclimate justice

Reframing Conflict-Related Sexual Violence as Torture in the Democratic Republic of Congosexual violenceRome Statuteinternational criminal lawtortureDRCofficial actor requirementnon-state actorConvention Against Torture

A Digital Infrastructure for Ocean Biodiversity: Reimagining the BBNJ Clearing-House MechanismBBNJCommon Heritage Principlemarine genetic resourcesclearing-housebenefit-sharingintellectual property

The ICJ’s Caution Regarding Precaution: Implications for Geoengineeringinternational lawInternational Court of JusticeGeoengineering

Closing the Rome Statute’s Gender Gap: Why Gender Apartheid Demands Codification

The ICJ climate advisory opinion and systemic integrationhuman rightslaw of the seaAdvisory OpinionClimate Changeclimate litigation

The Council of Europe’s Gambit: Redefining International Criminal Justice Through Ukraine’s Special TribunalRussiaUkraineSpecial Tribunalinternational judicial decisionaggressioninternational criminal lawaccountabilityimpunitytrials in absentiajurisdiction ratione personaecomplementarity

Investment Treaty Constraints on Armenia’s Planned Nationalisation of its Gridinternational lawExpropriationEnergy Charter Treatyinvestment arbitrationSCCnationalisationinterim measuresBilateral investment treaty BIT

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The Die Is Cast: Some Key Implications of the ICJ Advisory Opinion on Climate ChangeICJinternational lawClimate ChangePrevention PrincipleFossil Fuels and International LawFossil Fuel Treaty

The International Crimes (Tribunals) Act 1973 of Bangladesh: What is so ‘International’ about it?human rightsinternational lawBangladesh

The July Revolution: Executive Overreach and the Fair Trial Crisis during Bangladesh’s July Revolutionhuman rightsinternational lawAccess to JusticeSymposium on Human Rights in Crisis: The July Revolution in Bangladeshfair trial

The July Revolution: Student Politics in Bangladesh Violated Right to Lifehuman rightsinternational lawSymposium on Human Rights in Crisis: The July Revolution in Bangladeshright to lifestudent politics

The July Revolution: Internet Shutdown and Media Restrictions to Curtail Freedom of Expressionhuman rightsinternational lawFreedom of ExpressionSymposium on Human Rights in Crisis: The July Revolution in Bangladeshinternet shutdown

The July Revolution: Use of Lethal Force and the Right to Lifehuman rightsinternational lawequalityprotestSymposium on Human Rights in Crisis: The July Revolution in Bangladeshright to lifelaw enforcement

The July Revolution: Quota, Discrimination and Equality in International Lawhuman rightsSymposium on Human Rights in Crisis: The July Revolution in BangladeshBangladeshquotaprotests

Introduction to the CILJ Symposium on ‘Human Rights in Crisis: The July 2024 Revolution in Bangladesh’human rightsinternational lawprotestSymposium on Human Rights in Crisis: The July Revolution in BangladeshBangladeshJuly Revolution

Genocidal Intent Revisited: Collective Erasure vs. Individual Annihilationhuman rightsinternational lawComplicitySudanGenocide ConventionUAE

Reclaiming Uncertainty: (Re)thinking the Principle of Legitimate Expectation – A Critical Reading Based on the Eco Oro v Colombia Decisioninternational lawdecolonisationInvestment LawCritical Theorythe Principle of Legitimate Expectation

The Rockhopper Annulment: ICSID Procedural Integrity and the ECTICSIDinvestment treaty arbitrationMarine EnvironmentInternational Arbitrationannulment

The Latest Consular Access Case before the ICJ: Some Merit Speculation in France v Iran Casehuman rightsinternational lawInternational Court of Justiceconsular rights

The AG’s Opinion in Seraing: Protecting Autonomy and Integration, but at What Cost?SwitzerlandEUInternational ArbitrationInternational Sports Law

Removing Sudan v UAE from the ICJ’s General List: Striking the Right Balance?international lawjurisdictionGenocide Conventiontreaty reservationscompromissory clauseICJ court procedure

Should Negative Emissions Count Toward Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) under the Paris Agreement? Pros and Cons Considering Early Submissions in the Third Round of NDCsinternational lawClimate ChangemitigationNationally Determined Contributions (NDCs)Carbon Dioxide Removal

The Scope of Protection of the Principle of Sovereign Immunity against Insolvency Challenges in the European Single MarkettaxinsolvencyECJ preliminary rulingsovereign immunitystate immunityeuropean single market

Labelling Drug Cartels as Terrorist Organisations: Can the US Invoke a Right to Self-defence?self-defenceuse of forceterritorial integrityinternational lawterrorismarmed attackUN Chartercounterterrorismsovereigntyself-defense