International Law Blog

Can an Aggressor Invoke Article 89 of the Chicago Convention? Reflections on the Appeal from the ICAO Council Decision dated 30 June 2025 (Russian Federation v. Australia and Netherlands) Case By Luciano Pezzano, 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 …

'Can an Aggressor Invoke Article 89 of the Chicago Convention? Reflections on the Appeal from the ICAO Council Decision dated 30 June 2025 (Russian Federation v. Australia and Netherlands) Case'
by Luciano Pezzano
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Russian Assets: the EU’s Dangerous Game Stephen Kelly is an Irish lawyer practising in the areas of civil and criminal litigation Current proposals to seize[1] Russian state assets to fund Ukraine’s military needs are at the core of a st…

'Russian Assets: the EU’s Dangerous Game'
by Stephen Kelly
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Navigating the Legal Landscape of Contemporary AI Warfare through the Lens of International Law: The Case of Lavender By Kian Biglarbeigi, Ph.D. candidate in International Law at the University of Tehran focusing on international humanitarian law, cyber operations, and the protection of human rights in armed confl…

'Navigating the Legal Landscape of Contemporary AI Warfare through the Lens of International Law: The Case of Lavender'
by Kian Biglarbeigi and Maedeh Safari
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'International Criminal Law at 80: A Positivist Perspective'
By Marco Vöhringer, Research and Teaching Associate at Leipzig University, Germany.
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“Too Soon To Say”: Revisiting Article IX Reservations and the Finality of the ICJ’s Dismissal in Sudan v. United Arab Emirates By Omar Khoury The story goes that in the 1950s, Zhou Enlai, the first premier of the People’s Republic of China, was asked by a European diplomat about the significance of the French Revolution. T…

'“Too Soon To Say”: Revisiting Article IX Reservations and the Finality of the ICJ’s Dismissal in Sudan v. United Arab Emirates'
by Omar Khoury
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In the first inter-state application, the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights hears DRC’s allegations against Rwanda 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:…

'In the first inter-state application, the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights hears DRC’s allegations against Rwanda'

By Konstantinos D. Magliveras, Professor of Public International Law at the University of the Aegean, Greece

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Obligations that remain following Trump’s withdrawal from numerous international entities by Sofia Atsopardi, doctoral candidate at Middlesex University London, currently completing her thesis on the ICJ Climate Change Advisory Opinion On 7 January 2026 the White House announced a Memor…

'Obligations that remain following Trump’s withdrawal from numerous international entities'
by by Sofia Atsopardi, doctoral candidate at Middlesex University London
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“Too Soon To Say”: Revisiting Article IX Reservations and the Finality of the ICJ’s Dismissal in Sudan v. United Arab Emirates By Omar Khoury The story goes that in the 1950s, Zhou Enlai, the first premier of the People’s Republic of China, was asked by a European diplomat about the significance of the French Revolution. T…

'“Too Soon To Say”: Revisiting Article IX Reservations and the Finality of the ICJ’s Dismissal in Sudan v. United Arab Emirates'
by Omar Khoury
internationallaw.blog/2026/01/19/t...

European Citizens' Initiative Give your support !

Sign this European Citizens' Initiative to demand the full suspension of the EU-Israel Association Agreement:

eci.ec.europa.eu/055/public/#...

In the first inter-state application, the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights hears DRC’s allegations against Rwanda 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:…

'In the first inter-state application, the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights hears DRC’s allegations against Rwanda'

By Konstantinos D. Magliveras, Professor of Public International Law at the University of the Aegean, Greece

internationallaw.blog/2026/01/12/i...

'International Criminal Law at 80: A Positivist Perspective'
By Marco Vöhringer, Research and Teaching Associate at Leipzig University, Germany.
internationallaw.blog/2025/12/22/i...

Russian Assets: the EU’s Dangerous Game Stephen Kelly is an Irish lawyer practising in the areas of civil and criminal litigation Current proposals to seize[1] Russian state assets to fund Ukraine’s military needs are at the core of a st…

'Russian Assets: the EU’s Dangerous Game'
by Stephen Kelly
internationallaw.blog/2025/12/15/r...

Navigating the Legal Landscape of Contemporary AI Warfare through the Lens of International Law: The Case of Lavender By Kian Biglarbeigi, Ph.D. candidate in International Law at the University of Tehran focusing on international humanitarian law, cyber operations, and the protection of human rights in armed confl…

'Navigating the Legal Landscape of Contemporary AI Warfare through the Lens of International Law: The Case of Lavender'
by Kian Biglarbeigi and Maedeh Safari
internationallaw.blog/2025/11/17/n...

The ECHR & the UK : Time to Leave? By Abigail Bazyluk, a recent law graduate from the University of Southampton Introduction The European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR or the Convention),[1] drafted by the Council of Europe (CoE)…

'The ECHR & the UK : Time to Leave?'
By Abigail Bazyluk
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Placing Politics over Law: The Folly of Conditional Recognition of a Palestinian State By Omar Khoury In 1917, British author Israel Zangwill pithily remarked: “‘Give the country without a people,’ magnanimously pleaded Lord Shaftesbury, ‘to the people without a country.’ Alas, it wa…

'Placing Politics over Law: The Folly of Conditional Recognition of a Palestinian State'
by Omar Khoury
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The Council of Europe steps up its action against Russia’s impunity for the War in Ukraine: The establishment of the International Claims Commission for Ukraine By Konstantinos D. Magliveras, Professor of Public International Law, University of the Aegean, Greece I. Introduction   On 16-17 May 2023, the 4th Summit of Heads of State and Government of t…

'The Council of Europe steps up its action against Russia’s impunity for the War in Ukraine: The establishment of the International Claims Commission for Ukraine'
by Konstantinos D. Magliveras, Professor of Public International Law, University of the Aegean
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While the perpetrators of Gaza’s genocide pose as its saviours, survivors return home – to a wasteland | Nesrine Malik Western leaders attending the Sharm el-Sheikh summit have enabled and sponsored this slaughter. They are in no position to build a Palestinian future, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik

While the perpetrators of Gaza’s genocide pose as its saviours, survivors return home – to a wasteland | Nesrine Malik

On World Food Day, Israel continues to restrict aid into Gaza Nearly 2 million people wait for food and water insecurity to end as at least 450 Palestinians have died of starvation.

"On World Food Day, Israel continues to restrict aid into Gaza
Two million people continue to face hunger and thirst, while more than 460 Palestinians have died from starvation."

A poem by the legendary Theodor Meron, a Holocaust survivor who (among many other things) served on the ICC Panel of Experts that approved the ICC Prosecutor's charges against Netanyahu, Gallant, Haniyeh, Sinwar, and Deif.

A Tale of Two Countries: The Rights and Obligations of Saudi Arabia and the United States as Third-Party States Arising out of the September 2025 Israeli Airstrikes on Qatar By Omar Khoury On September 9, 2025, Israel executed a series of airstrikes targeting a meeting of senior Hamas political figures in Doha, Qatar.[1] Israel’s attack has been denounced—in artfully w…

A Tale of Two Countries: The Rights and Obligations of Saudi Arabia and the United States as Third-Party States Arising out of the September 2025 Israeli Airstrikes on Qatar
by Omar Khoury
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Shops, restaurants vandalized in many cities to protest Israel’s flotilla interception Israel draws global condemnation after intercepting would-be blockade-busting ships without major incident; Colombia expels Israeli diplomats, cancels trade deal; Turkey, Hamas condemns 'terrorism'

"Israel draws global condemnation after intercepting would-be blockade-busting ships without major incident; Colombia expels Israeli diplomats, cancels trade deal; Turkey, Hamas condemns ‘terrorism’"

From Turkey to Argentina, protesters rally for Gaza flotilla | REUTERS YouTube video by Reuters

From Turkey to Argentina, protesters rally for Gaza flotilla | REUTERS
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Protests erupt around the world as Israel intercepts Global Sumud Flotilla YouTube video by Guardian News

Protests erupt around the world as Israel intercepts Global Sumud Flotilla
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Global Sumud Flotilla set to continue its mission to Gaza as Frontex declines to provide protection YouTube video by euronews

Global Sumud Flotilla set to continue its mission to Gaza as Frontex declines to provide protection

"The war in Gaza has, since October 7, 2023, killed more journalists than the U.S. Civil War, World Wars I and II, the Korean War, the Vietnam War (including the conflicts in Cambodia and Laos), the wars in Yugoslavia in the 1990s and 2000s, and the post-9/11 war in Afghanistan, combined."

What is the Aegean Sea spatial planning all about: a new avatar of confrontation or a step towards the joint management of a disputed area? Wissem Seddik is a doctor in public law. He prepared his thesis under the direction of Pr. Marie-Pierre Lanfranchi, in the DICE-CERIC of Aix-Marseille University. This thesis, entitled “Maritime pl…

What is the Aegean Sea spatial planning all about: a new avatar of confrontation or a step towards the joint management of a disputed area?
by Wissem Seddik
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