In this blogpost, Professor Alexander Orakhelashvili discusses latest bids by Palestine and Kosovo to join international organisations
Category: International Law
You are OK for now, but we are watching you
Professor Alexander Orakhelashvili discusses the International Court’s latest Order in Nicaragua v Germany
US Inflation Reduction Act: Yet Another Green Industrial Policy on Trial at the WTO
In this post, Dr Henok Asmelash discusses the consistency of the US Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) with the WTO legal framework and its possible implications
The indispensable party doctrine resurfaces in Nicaragua v Germany
In this post, Professor Alexander Orakhelashvili addresses the invocation of the Monetary Gold doctrine in the ongoing litigation of Nicaragua v Germany before the International Court of Justice
Legal arguments and political cost: the latest debate on armed conflicts, Ukraine and the “co-party” status
In this post, Professor Alexander Orakhelashvili addresses the latest debate on State participation in international armed conflicts.
Of propriety and discretion, or what the UK Government has told the International Court
In this post, Professor Alexander Orakhelashvili addresses UK’s submissions made before the International Court of Justice in advisory proceedings concerning Palestine.
Lessons from litigating war (by other means)
In this post, Professor Alexander Orakhelashvili comments on the decision of the International Court of Justice to dismiss the main jurisdictional claim of Ukraine in the case relating to the Genocide Convention
Aligning International Trade Law with the Energy Transition
In this post, Dr Henok Asmelash discusses the issue of greenhouse emissions in the light of international trade law
Multilateral Diplomacy and the Critical Mass of International Power
In this post, Professor Alexander Orakhelashvili introduces and discusses the the basic concept of the critical mass of international power as the basis for multilateral diplomacy in the area of crisis management, and highlights inter-disciplinary dimensions of this matter.
From “dualism” towards isolationism? Or why the Government keeps losing cases
Inaugural lecture of Professor Alexander Orakhelashvili, given at the University of Birmingham, 21 November 2023