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Symposium on the CCW GGE LAWS: Once in a Lifecycle-Same as It Ever Was in the GGE’s Elements

Netta Goussac is an Associate Senior Researcher at the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute and Associate Partner at Lexbridge. Netta has taken part in the GGE since 2017 and was a ...
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‘To Destroy the Group Physically’? Part 1: The Genocide Convention, its Travaux, and Related Problems with the Dominant Interpretation

Zsuzsanna Deen-Racsmány holds a Ph.D. in public international law from Leiden University. She is an independent researcher and has worked, inter alia, at Leiden University and the University of ...
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Symposium on Jurisdiction, Responsibility, and Temporality: Nicaragua v. Germany Before the ICJ – Temporality and Third-State Responsibility in Prolonged Occupations

Ihsan Adel is the Founder and Chair of Law for Palestine and an international lawyer currently pursuing a PhD in Germany.] The preliminary objections proceedings in Nicaragua v Germany raise a ...
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‘To Destroy the Group Physically’? Part 2: What the ICJ Did Not Say in Bosnia v. Serbia—But Read into it in Croatia v. Serbia

Zsuzsanna Deen-Racsmány holds a Ph.D. in public international law from Leiden University. She is an independent researcher and has worked, inter alia, at Leiden University and the University of ...
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Introduction to the Symposium on Jurisdiction, Responsibility and Temporality: Nicaragua v. Germany Before the ICJ

Jinan Bastaki is Associate Professor of Legal Studies at New York University, Abu Dhabi.] The International Court of Justice’s proceedings in Alleged Breaches of Certain International ...
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Symposium on Jurisdiction, Responsibility, and Temporality: Nicaragua v. Germany Before the ICJ – Nicaragua’s Monetary Gold Problem (and its Solution)

Adil Ahmad Haque is a Distinguished Professor of Law and Judge Jon O. Newman Scholar at Rutgers Law School.] In its Preliminary Objections, Germany argues that Nicaragua’s claims are inadmissible ...
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Goodbye Göran

Jens David Ohlin is Allan R. Tessler Dean & Professor of Law at Cornell Law School. He is also an Emeritus Contributor to Opinio Juris.] I long ago stopped blogging, but a recent development ...
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Positive Retorsion and the Power and Responsibilities of States Parties to Protect the ICC

Jens Iverson is an assistant professor of international law at Leiden University.] In November 2025, I wrote on this site about The Power and Responsibility of the EU to Protect the ICC from US ...
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Iran’s Strikes on Kurdish Parties: CCF’s Unenforceability as a Sign of Structural Inequality in IHL

Arez Rizgari is an Iranian scholar. The author is writing under a pseudonym because they are concerned that this post will subject them to political retaliation or restrictions on their academic ...
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Symposium on Climate (Im)Mobility and the African Court’s Climate Advisory Opinion: Addressing Climate Adaptation and Displacements – The Role of Legal Empowerment in ...

Dr Wambua Kituku is the executive director of Kituo Cha Sheria (KITUO), Kenya’s oldest legal empowerment civil society organization (CSO). KITUO is a member of the Global Strategic Litigation ...
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Symposium on Climate (Im)Mobility and the African Court’s Climate Advisory Opinion: An Opportunity for Leadership on Migrants’ Rights

Luwam Dirar is an Associate Professor of Law and Associate Dean of Faculty Research and Development at Western New England University School of Law. Ian Kysel is a Clinical Professor of Law and ...
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Symposium on Jurisdiction, Responsibility, and Temporality: Nicaragua v. Germany Before the ICJ – Empty Promises: Germany’s Questionable Commitment to International Law

Matthias Goldmann is Professor of International Law at EBS University (Oestrich-Winkel, Germany) and a Senior Research Fellow at the Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and ...