In this post, Professor Alexander Orakhelashvili critiques assertions made by applicant and intervening States in the Ukraine v Russia case that the International Court of Justice has jurisdiction under the Genocide Convention
Category: International Law
Confuse the law, protect the aggressor: lex ferenda and the ICRC’s (mis)definition of “international armed conflict”
In this post, Professor Alexander Orakhelashvili critiques the ICRC’s approach on international armed conflicts
Use of force and legal reasoning: selectivity unbound?
In this post, Professor Alexander Orakhelashvili comments on contributions relating to the legal regime of the use of force by professors Ingrid (Wuerth) Brunk and Monica Hakimi, co-editors in chief of the American Journal of International Law.
Of apples, oranges and analogies: keeping use of force and State responsibility separate
In this post, Dr Alexander Orakhelashvili comments on the recent academic debate regarding the use of force and self-defence in international law
Transitional Justice and Distributive Justice in post conflict societies
In this post, Dr Felix Torres discusses the issues of transitional Justice and distributive Justice in post conflict societies
Pan-Asianism and International Law
In this blogpost, professor Mohammad Shahabuddin introduces and discusses his latest research findings on pan-Asianism and international law
Withdrawal in all but name: Government’s response to Parliamentary Committee’s comments on the Bill of Rights Bill
In this post, Dr Alexander Orakhelashvili discusses the Government’s response to the Parliamentary Committee’s critique of the Bill of Rights Bill
Putin in the dockyard? Or whatever international lawyers ought to (have) reflect(ed) on
In this post, Dr Alexander Orakhelashvili discusses the arrest warrant issued by the International Criminal Court’s (ICC) prosecutor against the President of Russia Vladimir Putin
“One of the first victims of war is the healthcare system itself,” Marco Balden, ICRC Chief War Surgeon
Dr Emma Breeze discusses the issues of protecting healthcare in armed conflicts
How (not) to recognise Kosovo: judicial pragmatism or judicial whitewash?
In this post, Dr Alexander Orakhelashvili discusses the judgment by the Court of Justice of the European Union on legal status of Kosovo