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Over the past two years, international courts have entered the climate arena with unusual force. Advisory opinions from the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea, the International Court...

A Proposal to Strengthen Gender Equality by Understanding Economic Violence and Dependency in International Law “Economic violence against women and girls was one of the forms of gender-based violence that...

On March 6, 2026, an incident seemingly ripped from a poorly written crime thriller created the premises for new diplomatic friction between Hungary and Ukraine. Hungarian authorities intercepted two Ukrainian armored...

In international law, the development of legal theories has always been a political weapon. The developments in recent months have further intensified the drama of the debates within the field...

Theoriebildung war im Völkerrecht schon immer ein politisches Kampfinstrument. Die Entwicklungen der vergangenen Monate haben die Dramatik der Auseinandersetzungen innerhalb der Völkerrechtswissenschaft nochmals verschärft. Eine jüngst in den USA stattgefundene,...

On April 3, 1946, the International Court of Justice (‘ICJ’ or ‘the Court’) held its first ever meeting. The Court’s 80th birthday offers an opportunity to reflect upon what the...

Is it immoral to be in debt? When can debt be odious? Hendrik Simon discusses these questions with Edward Jones Corredera, author of Odious Debt, a genealogy of the morality...

In recent years, the selective compliance and the repeated non-compliance of parties with provisional measures at the International Court of Justice have dented the legitimacy of the Court (see further...

On 22 October 2025, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) issued its advisory opinion on the Obligations of Israel in Relation to the Presence and Activities of the United Nations,...

On 25 October 2025, the European Commission (‘EC’) put forth a proposal to amend the EU Deforestation-Free Products Regulation 2023/115 (‘EUDR’). After two months of negotiations at the European Union...

More than three years later, obscured by the Pakistan-Afghanistan tensions, Afghan women face a reproductive crisis that the world cannot ignore. The Taliban’s ban on access to contraceptives has had...

The remarks of US Secretary of State Marco Rubio at the Munich Security Conference illustrate contemporary anxieties about the “rules-based order” (RBO). Rubio declared that “[…] we can no longer place the so-called global order...

Globalization in the 21st century has created a governance gap that continues to have adverse effects on society, especially in Africa. Although the United Nations Human Rights Council (HRC) endorsed...

As we approach the ten-year anniversary of the UK’s decision to leave the European Union, sentiment is stirring once again for major reform to Europe’s international organisations. This time, the...

Can human rights obligations limit arms exports to states that are believed to be committing war crimes and genocide? As Israel’s offensives in Gaza escalated in late 2023, cases challenging...

On January 3, the US launched an attack on the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela and kidnapped President Nicolás Maduro. While the legal assessment appears largely undisputed (see here, here, here;...

On 18.12.2025 the Court of Justice of the European Union (‘CJEU’) issued its much-anticipated judgment on the appeal against the General Court’s order in Hamoudi v. Frontex. In a ‘rare’,...

On 22 October 2025, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) published the long-awaited Advisory Opinion on the Obligations of Israel in relation to the Presence and Activities of the United...

Even though previous U.S. administrations have certainly also pursued ‘America First’ policies, defined as the advancement of national, or rather corporate interests through U.S. foreign policy, including through overt and...

Economic violence, the systematic restriction of access to economic resources, employment, property or decision-making, constitutes one of the most insidious yet concealed forms of gender-based violence (GBV). By undermining economic...

In late 2025, the Council of Europe adopted the Convention establishing an International Claims Commission for Ukraine (Draft Convention), constituting a most ambitious effort to develop a reparations mechanism for...

The operation launched by the United States in Venezuela on 3 January 2026, culminating in the abduction of President Nicolás Maduro, has already been analysed through familiar lenses: the legality...

In conversations with colleagues and friends, one word returns with striking regularity: crisis. From democratic backsliding and authoritarian governance to annexation, war, genocide, and humanitarian catastrophe, crisis appears as the...

On 23 July 2025, the International Court of Justice delivered its Advisory Opinion on the Obligations of States in Respect of Climate Change, outlining the States’ obligations under treaty and...