Amidst negotiations on the recast of the Energy Taxation Directive, this post argues that the current tax exemption for fuel used by commercial aircrafts and ships may be incompatible with the prohibition on state aid and the polluter-pays principle. ...
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Veröffentlicht: 14.10.2025
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In the aftermath of Sudan v. United Arab Emirates, debate has flared about the use of judicial economy by the International Court of Justice (ICJ). By rejecting Sudan’s request for interim protection and striking the case from the General List in one breath, the Court seemed to privilege docket discipline and efficiency over a fuller airing of arguments. Critics, including several judges in dissent, warned of the costs: a truncated right to be heard, a...
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Veröffentlicht: 14.10.2025
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Veröffentlicht: 13.10.2025
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On 12 May 2025, the Council of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) announced that it had adopted a decision holding the Russian Federation responsible for the downing of Malaysia Air flight MH17 in 2014. Acting under Article 84 of the Chicago Convention on International Civil Aviation (Chicago Convention) regarding the settlement of disputes, 22 Council members voted in favor of the decision, three members against and ten abstained. The decision is noteworthy in that...
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Veröffentlicht: 13.10.2025
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The Department of International Law of the Geneva Graduate Institute is seeking to recruit a PhD candidate funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation for four years. The candidate will be affiliated with a research project in which Professor Fuad Zarbiyev is the principal investigator as research assistant and is expected to write a PhD dissertation broadly connected to the theme of that research project. More information about the position and the project can be...
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Veröffentlicht: 13.10.2025
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Nikolaos Voulgaris (European Law and Governance School) has published The ICJ and Multi-forum Litigation Strategy (Brill | Nijhoff 2025). Here's the abstract: "In a world where inter-State multi-forum litigation multiplies, so does the risk of courts becoming diplomatic platforms to air State grievances." Nowadays, the ICJ is called to confront this risk when dealing with the main political issues of the day. The book draws inferences from legal and political sciences to assess ICJ authority...
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Veröffentlicht: 13.10.2025
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A call for submissions has been issued for the 2026 update of the Cyber Law Toolkit, an online resource on international law and cyber operations. The call is here. ...
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Veröffentlicht: 13.10.2025
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On October 22, 2025, Newcastle Law School's Non/Human Law Research Group will host a lecture by Susan Marks (LSE) on "If the World Is a Family, What Kind of Family Is It?" The lecture will take place online and in person. Details are here. ...
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Veröffentlicht: 13.10.2025
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Emma J Breeze (University of Birmingham - Law), Mark Drumbl (Washington and Lee Univ. - Law), Gerry Simpson (London School of Economics - Law), & Marianne Wade (Univ. of Birmingham - Law) have published The Character of International Law: A Festschrift for Rob Cryer (Hart Publishing 2025). The table of contents is here. Here's the abstract: Professor Robert Cryer was a foundational voice in modern international criminal law. This book celebrates his character, his life,...
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Veröffentlicht: 12.10.2025
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1. International Seminar on The Right to Strike under International Law. On 8 October 2025, the International Court of Justice closed the public hearings for its advisory opinion on the “Right to Strike under ILO Convention No. 87.” This case will have major implications for international and domestic labour law, as well as the regulation of the right to strike, worldwide. In the wake of these hearings, the Jack and Mae Nathanson Centre on Transnational...
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Veröffentlicht: 12.10.2025
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On June 30th 2025, an international arbitration tribunal at the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) held that Peru had breached its obligations under the Canada – Peru Free Trade Agreement (FTA) by failing to provide full protection and security (FPS) and fair and equitable treatment to the Canadian mining company Lupaka Gold Corp. The case concerned the occupation of the mining site, as well as blockades and protests by the Parán community...
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Veröffentlicht: 10.10.2025
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On October 16, 2025, the Jack and Mae Nathanson Centre on Transnational Human Rights, Crime and Security at York University will host an online seminar on "The Right to Strke Under International Law." Details are here. ...
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Several weeks ago, it was reported by Reuters (here) that the United States would seek to radically reshape the 1951 Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees (1951 Convention) at a side event it had organised at the 80th session of the UN General Assembly. On the date on writing – 25 September 2025 – the Deputy Secretary of State, Christopher Landau, hosted a panel entitled, ‘Global Refugee Asylum System: What Went Wrong and How...
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Veröffentlicht: 09.10.2025
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The Special Jurisdiction for Peace (Jurisdicción Especial para la Paz, JEP) issued its first convictions on September 16 and 18, 2025. The JEP forms part, alongside other bodies, of the Comprehensive System for Truth, Justice, Reparation, and Non-Repetition (Sistema Integral de Verdad, Justicia, Reparación y No Repetición, SIVJRNR) — a transitional justice framework established by the 2016 Peace Agreement between the government and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC-EP) and later incorporated into the country’s...
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Veröffentlicht: 09.10.2025
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The University of Lille will host an international conference on the 21st to the 22nd of May 2026 about “The legitimacy of legal decisions adopted under radical uncertainties”. Contributions are open to PhD students and early researchers....
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Veröffentlicht: 08.10.2025
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Among legal philosophers, debate over proportionality’s structure is far from settled. We discuss necessity via Alexy, Brems and Lavrysen. In EU personal data protection law, CJEU rulings give clarity but leave questions; ECtHR may enrich the debate....
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Veröffentlicht: 08.10.2025
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Another round of plastics negotiations, another disappointment. The negotiations, now in their third year, are already in overtime. They were supposed to wrap up last December in Busan, South Korea, at the fifth session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee on plastic pollution (INC-5.1). But the meeting ended with delegations still far apart, so a resumed fifth session (INC-5.2) was held in Geneva in August. A new year and a new venue, however, failed to produce...
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Veröffentlicht: 08.10.2025
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Dr Samira Allioui, Research fellow, Centre d'études internationales et européennes, Université de Strasbourg Photo credit: Ibrahim Rustanov, via Wikimedia Commons French Member of Parliament Philippe Latombe, who also sits on the board of the French data protection authority, the Commission Nationale de l’Informatique et des Libertés, brought an action, in his personal capacity, in the General Court of the European Union calling for the annulment of the Data Privacy Framework. On Wednesday, September 3,...
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Veröffentlicht: 07.10.2025
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Introduction The International Health Regulations (IHR) are, for the moment, the sole global binding legal instrument in force for the prevention and control of the international spread of disease. They are the successor of the pre-WHO international sanitary agreements that were taken over by the newly established WHO and replaced by a single regulation originally adopted in 1951. The IHR were partially revised in 1969 and overhauled with an entirely new approach in 2005; they...
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Veröffentlicht: 07.10.2025
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1. Introduction It has been more than a year since the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) delivered its groundbreaking climate judgment in Verein KlimaSeniorinnen Schweiz and Others v. Switzerland. In this case, brought by a group of older Swiss women, the ECtHR established two violations of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) – both on substance (Article 8 ECHR) and procedure (Article 6 ECHR). Its findings under Article 8, confirming that States have...
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Veröffentlicht: 06.10.2025
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The post Shadows of the Machine: AI, the Dark Web, and the Death of Humanity appeared first on Völkerrechtsblog. ...
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Veröffentlicht: 05.10.2025
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On 29 October 2025, Donald Trump unveiled his 20 point peace plan (20 Points) for the conflict in Gaza in a joint press conference with Benjamin Netanyahu. The proposal has been welcomed by leaders both in the West and the Middle East. On the Palestinian side, reactions have been more mixed. The plan doubtlessly suffers from serious shortcomings. To name just a few, it does not address the Israeli occupation of the West Bank including...
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Veröffentlicht: 03.10.2025
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Blog Name: International Law in BriefRussia Withdraws from the European Convention Against TortureAuthor: Özge KarsuOn September 29, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed the law on Russia’s formal withdrawal from the European Convention fImage: Featured Item: No...
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Veröffentlicht: 03.10.2025
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Immunities are back in vogue. And the debate about them – their relevance, and whether they can shield wanted war criminals from investigation, prosecution or issued arrest warrants – is again front and centre. Of critical importance, is the question of how States react to these debates, and the warrants that presage them. Philippe Sands in his latest bestseller, 38 Londres Street: On Impunity, Pinochet in England and a Nazi in Patagonia, reminds us of...
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Dimitry Kochenov, CEU Democracy InstitutePhoto credit: Charles J Sharp, via Wikimedia commons Past summer was marked by further deterioration of the Rule of Law standards in the EU, especially weakening judicial independence. In T.B. v. C.B. the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) ruled that unlawfully appointed judges on lawfully established courts, although presumably unable to adjudicate, can nevertheless be great administrators. Since they are not sitting as judges when deciding on...
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Veröffentlicht: 02.10.2025
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This will be a busy fall for French courts. Two major cases are testing France’s approach towards international justice. First, Roger Lumbala Tshitenga, a former Congolese warlord accused of crimes against humanity during the Second Congo War, is set to go on trial in November through December. Second, Eugene Rwamucyo, a former doctor accused of complicity in the 1994 Rwandan Genocide, has appealed his conviction and 27-year prison sentence issued against him last year. Both...
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Veröffentlicht: 02.10.2025
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As the 80th session of the United Nations General Assembly (‘GA’) high-level week draws to a close, the time has come for the GA to get busy with discussing the pressing issues on the table. Among them is addressing the precarious financial position of the UN. The UN already broke the record in 2023, with uncollected funds amounting to $ 859 million (here, para. 8). Since then, the Secretariat has continued to tighten its belt to reduce...
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Veröffentlicht: 01.10.2025
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