The End of ‘Contactless Control’ or the Time to Overcome Jurisdictional Constraints?
11.07.2025
Spyridoula (Sissy) Katsoni
On June 12, 2025, the European Court of Human Rights (‘Court’) published its much-anticipated ruling on the application of S.S. and Others v. Italy. And, in fact, the Court opted for an...
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The Road Not Taken?
23.06.2025
On 30 September 2024, the Republic of Lithuania took the noteworthy step of referring the situation in Belarus to the International Criminal Court’s Prosecutor. Lithuania’s referral alleges that crimes against...
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A Complex Relationship
24.10.2024
In Alleged Breaches of Certain International Obligations in respect of the Occupied Palestinian Territory (Nicaragua v. Germany), Nicaragua took Germany to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) for alleged violations...
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First Trial for Crimes Against Humanity in The Gambia Comes to an End
21.12.2023
Susann Aboueldahab
Inês Freixo
Rodolfo González Espinosa
On 30 November 2023, the first trial worldwide to address crimes against humanity committed in The Gambia during the ruling of former president Yahya Jammeh (1994 to 2016) came to...
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Border Dialectics: Progress, Regress, and Resistance
20.09.2023
Received knowledge about the protection of migrants in international law tells a story of progress. A story of expanded refugee definitions, complementary protection, and extraterritorial obligations. Yet a counternarrative has...
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Contemporary Sanctions as a Challenge to the Doctrine of Jurisdiction
10.05.2023
Contemporary sanctions based on extraterritorial control of national products and infrastructure such as currencies, high-tech products, and cyberspace are stretching established doctrines of states’ jurisdiction under international law. The presenter...
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Questions of Extraterritorial Jurisdiction in Ukraine and the Netherlands v. Russia
27.01.2023
On 25 January 2023, the European Court of Human Rights delivered its decision on the admissibility of the interstate complaints lodged by Ukraine and the Netherlands against Russia in relation...
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