Monica Hakimi
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Monica Hakimi is the William S. Beinecke Professor of Law at Columbia Law School and Co-Editor-in-Cheif of the American Journal of International Law.
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The Prohibition of Annexations and ICJ’s Advisory Opinion on the Occupied Palestinian Territory
The International Court of Justice issued its much-anticipated advisory opinion in Legal Consequences arising from the Policies and Practices of Israel in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem on July 19, 2024. It is a blockbuster opinion, and a sweeping defeat for Israel. With it, the Court confidently asserts a powerful role in determining…
Is the Prohibition of Forcible Annexations of Territory a Jus Cogens Norm?
International law prohibits states from forcibly acquiring the territory of other states. But does this prohibition of the annexation of territory have the status of a peremptory or jus cogens norm? The question is unsettled. In the recent set of submissions to the International Court of Justice in the advisory opinion proceeding…
Pigs, Positivism, and the Jus ad Bellum
April 27, 2018
Monica Hakimi
Now that the dust from the U.S.–U.K.–French operation against Syria has settled, I want to follow up on something I said when news of it first broke. Like most commentators, I argued that the operation did not satisfy the formal legal doctrine on the use of force. By this I meant that it was inconsistent with the…
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Popular articles by Monica Hakimi
The Prohibition of Annexations and ICJ’s Advisory Opinion on the Occupied Palestinian Territory
The International Court of Justice issued its much-anticipated advisory opinion in Legal Consequences arising from the Policies and Practices of Israel in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem on July 19, 2024. It is a blockbuster opinion, and a sweeping defeat for Israel. With it, the Court confidently asserts a powerful role in determining…
North Korea and the Law on Anticipatory Self-Defense
March 28, 2017
Monica Hakimi
Media reports over the last few weeks indicate that the already tense relationship between North Korea and the United States is getting worse. Now that North Korea is nearly ready to test an intercontinental ballistic missile, the United States has said that it will get more confrontational. U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson even suggested…
The Attack on Syria and the Contemporary Jus ad Bellum
April 15, 2018
Monica Hakimi
The United States, Britain, and France have attacked various chemical weapons facilities in Syria. Even before they acted, a number of commentators claimed that any such attack would be internationally unlawful. Below, I explain why that claim is too simplistic and how we should situate the operation in the jus ad bellum going forward.