Interesting research on the limited but still existent duty to rescue after a submarine attack on a vessel under international and US law. digital-commons.usnwc.edu/cgi/viewcont...
Congratulations! Looks good!
What rule follows from this? And how do Heads of Government feel about it?
Russia’s full-scale invasion began 4 years ago. It began in winter, and so this winter is the 5th. And, for civilians, the worst. Russia launches missiles and drones at energy infrastructure to force Ukrainians to endure the freezing cold. Here's how you can help
snyder.substack.com/p/the-long-u...
Hey Europe, it won't end with Greenland. Unless you push back. Stand up for yourself. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exclusi... en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exclusi...
Nice reporting!
Quote: “Independent prosecutors and judges are being equated with terrorists, organized criminals, and corrupt dictators.”
"The US sanctions policy thus proves to be not only an attack on the ICC, but an attack on the law itself."
KAI AMBOS on the far-reaching impact of the US sanctions against the ICC — and why the European Union must respond now.
verfassungsblog.de/sanctions-us...
Russia has issued criminal sanctions against ICC Judges. But they have less of an actual impact, because no law-abiding state will arrest and deport, and they won't go to Russia. www.themoscowtimes.com/2025/12/12/r...
If fentanyl (which is approved as an analgesic by the FDA) is a WMD (because overdoses kill people) then USAID cuts are _definitely_ a WMD. I would love it if politicians took the opioid crisis seriously instead of resorting to nonsense for cheap political gain. www.cgdev.org/blog/update-...
opiniojuris.org/2025/12/15/w... TLDR: Russia should be pressed to commit to not expanding its territory.This should be made enforceable through Treaty Law, UNSC Res., Russian Con law, and preemptive waiver of immunity over foreign assets. Too much to ask? That illustrates the point. Feedback welcome
The Trump Administration's betrayal of people from Afghanistan is disgusting. This is what I said about what we owe back in 2024.
Jus post bellum obligations of intervening states: A legal and ethical analysis of what we owe to the people of Afghanistan e-publica.pt/article/122066
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u... “Secretary of State Marco Rubio has ordered American diplomats in Europe and in Canada, Australia and New Zealand”… why those countries I wonder? “to press their host governments to restrict most immigration”
I love these comparisons. Naomi is a genius. www.justsecurity.org/124560/us-ca...
If something becomes a case when there is an arrest warrant or summons to appear, why aren't there cases listed from the Palestine and Ukraine situations?
Can someone explain to me when a "case" is a "case" at the ICC, at least according to its website? If the definition of a "case" is confirmation of charges, why is Al-Bashir a case? www.icc-cpi.int/cases?field_...
Congratulations!!!
Congrats John!!!
I was interviewed, along with Mark Drumbl and Sara Ochs, by The Globe and Mail about the recent sanctions. Gift link: www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/54dc6cf... If the gift link stops working: www.theglobeandmail.com/world/articl... tldr:
“The question is what friends of the court are going to do"
Feedback welcome on my latest post on @opiniojuris.bsky.social
'The “Camp Zeist” Solution to the Iranian Nuclear Problem: How the Scottish Court in The Netherlands Could Be a Model for a New Deal with Iran.' opiniojuris.org/2025/07/22/t...
Congrats Patrick! I’m torn between hoping you’ve told the whole world of oligarchy to get stuffed and worrying about you a little bit as a result. In any case, I hope it’s another smash that makes people think differently about big problems.
Link?
Sorry, Belarusian
...and shall order the proceedings be suspended until that person no longer holds that office or an appropriate waiver has been presented to the Special Tribunal. During the suspension, the Pre-Trial Judge shall not otherwise act upon the indictment."
Given 23.5, it's a tribunal for the Russian, Belorussian, and North Korean ministers of defence at most unless there's regime change? "Where the indictment concerns a head of State, head of government or minister of foreign affairs, the Pre-Trial Judge shall not confirm the indictment...
According to Article
9(4) of the Draft EPA, the host state agreement between the Netherlands and the Tribunal
would only enter into force upon the conclusion of a minimum number of such cooperation
agreements ...
... each EPA state could choose from the
template text a set of cooperation obligations...The chosen parts would then constitute the bilateral agreement which would be
concluded between the respective state and the Special Tribunal itself.
Interesting from Asser: Therefore, the Core Group also worked on a ‘template cooperation agreement’, which
constitutes a third layer next to the bilateral establishment agreement between Ukraine and
the CoE and the multilateral EPA.
Thoughts welcome! Just seeing this from Asser: www.asser.nl/media/798017...
Art. 14.1 Working language English.
Art. 22. Victims Representatives.
Art. 23: Referral from Prosecutor General of Ukraine as trigger.
Art. 28: Trial in absentia possible.
Art. 32: contempt.
Unclear on duty of states to cooperate or RS Art 98 equivalent.
search.coe.int/cm#{%22CoEId...
Statute of the Special Tribunal for the Crime of Aggression against Ukraine highpoints:
Art. 23. Personal immunity for sitting HoS, HoG, MFA!
Art 1: No temporal limit to jurisdiction.
Art 2: RS 8 bis equivalent.
Art. 4: RS 27 equivalent.
Art. 11.3.c independent Defence Unit under the Registry.
