Ori Pomson
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Ori Pomson is a PhD candidate at the Faculty of Law, University of Cambridge. He previously served as Assistant Legal Adviser for Cyber Affairs at the International Law Department of the Israel Defence Forces (2015-2021).
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Interventions in Ukraine v Russia: Plus ça change?
On 6 August 2024, the International Court of Justice issued a press release relating to the pending Ukraine v. Russia case titled “Declarations of intervention under Article 63 of the Statute of the Court for the purposes of the merits stage of the proceedings”. The Court announced that, of the 32 states which had previously…
Goliath vs David (and Friends): A Recap of the Preliminary Objections Hearings in Ukraine v. Russia
Introduction Never before in the history of the Court have so many States’ representatives squeezed into the Great Hall of Justice for a contentious proceeding, as occurred in the preliminary objections hearings in Ukraine v. Russia which concluded on Wednesday. Not merely offering Ukraine and Russia a platform to trade political barbs, the proceedings raise a…
A Hot Potato: The ICJ’s Order on the Admissibility of 32 Declarations of Intervention in Ukraine v. Russia
On Friday 9 June 2023, the ICJ uploaded to its website a hotly anticipated order regarding the admissibility of the mass Article 63 interventions in the Ukraine v. Russia Genocide Convention case. This came at the end of a week of dramatic oral hearings in the…
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General Principles of Law Formed Within the International Legal System?
July 12, 2022
Ori Pomson
Article 38(1)(c) of the Statute of the International Court of Justice provides that one of the sources of international law is the general principles of law. This source of international law has given rise to many controversies. However, the issue which is giving rise to the most controversy in the International Law Commission’s ongoing work…
Goliath vs David (and Friends): A Recap of the Preliminary Objections Hearings in Ukraine v. Russia
Introduction Never before in the history of the Court have so many States’ representatives squeezed into the Great Hall of Justice for a contentious proceeding, as occurred in the preliminary objections hearings in Ukraine v. Russia which concluded on Wednesday. Not merely offering Ukraine and Russia a platform to trade political barbs, the proceedings raise a…
A Hot Potato: The ICJ’s Order on the Admissibility of 32 Declarations of Intervention in Ukraine v. Russia
On Friday 9 June 2023, the ICJ uploaded to its website a hotly anticipated order regarding the admissibility of the mass Article 63 interventions in the Ukraine v. Russia Genocide Convention case. This came at the end of a week of dramatic oral hearings in the…