Let Those Without Sin Cast the First Stone

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Let Those Without Sin Cast the First Stone

12.09.2024

Kiran Mohan Vazhapully

It has been said that “satellites don’t have mothers”. However, a nuclear-material-laden satellite detonating in space could have consequences that produce ripple effects on global peace and security. This threat...

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Votes, Vetoes, and Vested Interests

10.04.2024

The International Court of Justice’s (ICJ) advisory proceedings regarding the Legal Consequences Arising from the Policies and Practices of Israel in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem have featured...

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Sea-Level Rise at the Security Council

08.05.2023

Rouven Diekjobst

In what has been termed a ‘signature event’ of the Maltese Presidency of the United Nations Security Council (the Council), the latter held an open debate on the implications of...

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What Needs to Be Said

16.09.2022

Maximilian Bertamini Tillmann Lindner

It seems these days that international law and its institutions are unable to keep power at bay. In recent times, the UN Security Council (SC) – one member in particular...

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The Past and Future of the International Criminal Court

The End of an (Unsuccessful) Era?

13.07.2022

Gabriel M. Lentner

Much hope was put into the possibility of gaining jurisdiction over situations in States which are not party to the Rome Statute through the UN Security Council (UNSC) referral mechanism....

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The Past and Future of the International Criminal Court

Referrals, Deferrals and Many Double Standards

12.07.2022

Lukas Emanuel Müller

The International Criminal Court’s (“ICC”) 20th birthday provides an opportunity to briefly recapitulate the troubled history of the relationship between the Security Council (“SC”) and the ICC. It all started...