International Law Blog

By Konstantinos D. Magliveras, Professor of Public International Law at the University of the Aegean, Greece I. Introduction The Golan Heights (total area 1,800 square kilometers) lies in Southwest Syria and borders Lebanon, Israel and Jordan. Israel has occupied and administered it since the ‘Six-Day War’ in 1967; more than 20,000 Israeli citizens have settled […]

Dr Peter Lawrence is an Adjunct Senior Researcher at the University of Tasmania (UTAS) Law School, Coauthor of Representing Future Generations: Climate Change and the Global Legal Order with Michael Reder (Cambridge University Press, 2026) The 23 July 2025 International Court of Justice (ICJ) advisory opinion on climate change has many strengths but is fairly […]

By Dr Cyril Laucci, Lead Counsel for the Defence before the ICC On 24 July 2026, the decision was handed down. 82 States Parties concluded that the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (“ICC”), Karim Khan, had committed serious misconduct and a serious breach of his duties. This decision brought to a close the outlandish […]

Luciano Pezzano is a Researcher and Professor of Human Rights in the University of Business and Social Sciences (UCES, Argentina) and Lecturer of Public International Law in the National University of Cordoba (UNC, Argentina). In its historic resolution 79/122, the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) decided to convene the United Nations Conference of Plenipotentiaries on […]

By Federico Jarast, Jefe de Trabajos Prácticos at Buenos Aires University School of Law and Partner at Australis Arbitration, Buenos Aires. The nerve-wracking semifinal of the 2026 FIFA World Cup between Argentina and England might be open to conflicting appreciations on what happened on the field from two different points of view. From the sport´s […]

By Konstantinos D. Magliveras, Professor of Public International Law at the University of the Aegean, Greece I.  Introduction Presently, there is so much discussion on artificial intelligence (AI), which is logical as it is the one area where technology moves by leaps and bounds, not to mention the many hundreds of billions of USD in […]

Hassan Aslam Shad is an international lawyer and a geopolitical analyst based in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. He is a graduate of Harvard Law School, U.S.A. Long before missiles and lethal drones crossed borders during the brief four-day India-Pakistan conflict of May 2025, the first salvo had already been fired. It came from an Indian government […]

Fenella Billing is an Associate Professor at the Department of Law, Aalborg University, Denmark, where she teaches and researches in areas related to human rights and international law, EU law and comparative law. The Hormuz Strait is still a contentious chokepoint in international shipping. On 13 July 2024, the US President, Donald Trump, posted on […]

By Arianna De Vita, LLM in International Human Rights Law at the University of Essex and Dr. Matthew Gillett, Senior Lecturer University of Essex, Chair Rapporteur of UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention. Inflammatory and harsh statements are increasingly labelled as attacks, violence, or even declarations of war. But this prompts the question of whether […]

By Francesco Seatzu, Professor of International Law at the University of Cagliari, Italy On 9 June 2026, the Bureau of the Assembly of States Parties made a decision with regard to the ongoing crisis involving the personal conduct of ICC Prosecutor Karim Khan, having spent many months dealing with various allegations raised regarding his behavior […]

Obongodu Paul Unanam is a law graduate of the University of Uyo, Faculty of Law, specialising in anti-corruption law and public international law. He worked at the Ministry of Justice, Akwa Ibom State. He won the Dafe Akpeye SAN Essay Prize 2025 and was shortlisted for the PPLAAF/Step Up Nigeria Prize 2026. In July 2025, […]

By Josepha Close, PhD in International Law Part 1 – Criminalising and sanctioning environmental offences The revised directive on the protection of the environment through criminal law entered into force on 21 May 2024 in the European Union (EU), placing its member states under a two-year transposition obligation. It aims to ensure a more effective […]

By Konstantinos D. Magliveras, Professor of Public International Law at the University of the Aegean, Co-Editor of A Comparison of the European, Inter-American, African and Arab Human Rights Courts: Institutional Aspects (T.M.C. Asser Press / Springer 2025) The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) was established in 1961, at the height of the Cold War, […]

By Konstantinos D. Magliveras, Professor of Public International Law at the University of the Aegean, coeditor of A Comparison of the European, Inter-American, African and Arab Human Rights Courts: Institutional Aspects (T.M.C. Asser Press / Springer 2025) Recently, the Financial Times carried an article, which quoted Donald Tusk, the Prime Minister of Poland, as saying […]

Dr Cyril Laucci is Lead Counsel for the Defence at the International Criminal Court In December 2025, I wrote to deplore the isolation of individual International Criminal Court (“ICC”) judges, the Prosecutor, and Deputy Prosecutors targeted by US sanctions imposed pursuant to the February 2025 Executive Order 14203, “Imposing Sanctions on the International Criminal Court”, […]

Dr Cyril Laucci is Lead Counsel for the Defence, International Criminal Court In December 2025, I wrote a first post on US sanctions targeting the International Criminal Court (“ICC”) in retaliation for the issuance of arrest warrants in the Afghanistan and Palestine situations. In that post, I regretted the limited support that States Parties appeared […]

Ali Alabdali is a legal professional specializing in international law, with experience in diplomacy and international organizations. He currently holds an LLM from UC Berkeley and an LLB from City University of London and has started a PhD in public international law at Utrecht University Unlike its international status, international law is not representative of […]

By Mohammad Yousef, Ph.D. candidate in International Law at Ankara Yildirim Beyazit University In recent times, and in the aftermath of the American-Israeli aggression on Iran resulting in the assassination of the supreme leader and numbers of senior commanders and  high-ranking officials, the intensity of the military confrontation between the United States of America and the Islamic [&#823…

Nuno Marques is a Doctoral Researcher in Law and Cybersecurity at Leeds Law School, Leeds Beckett University and Assistant Professor in Cybersecurity at Oslo Metropolitan University. He also serves as Deputy Mayor of Notodden, Norway and is an International Election Observer with the Norwegian Refugee Council. Artificial intelligence (AI) is rapidly transforming the operational environment [&#823…