Brian McGarry
@brian_k_mcgarry
About/Bio
Brian McGarry is Assistant Professor of Public International Law at Leiden Law School’s Grotius Centre for International Legal Studies. He previously served as Lecturer at the Graduate Institute in Geneva and Visiting Professor at Sciences Po Law School in Paris. He tweets at @brian_k_mcgarry.
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Decoding Nicaragua’s Historic Request to Intervene in South Africa v Israel
February 21, 2024
Brian McGarry
Days before anyone could even read it, Nicaragua’s application to intervene under Article 62 of the ICJ Statute in South Africa v Israel made headlines around the world. To most observers, this intervention may recall those filed in Ukraine v Russia, another Genocide Convention case in…
The Competence of the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea in its New Advisory Proceedings on Climate Change
On the sidelines of last year’s COP26, Antigua and Barbuda and Tuvalu concluded the Agreement for the Establishment of the Commission of Small Island States on Climate Change and International Law (‘the Agreement’ establishing ‘the Commission’). The Agreement is open to signature by all 39 members of the Alliance of Small Island States, and currently also includes…
Mass Intervention?: The Joint Statement of 41 States on Ukraine v. Russia
May 30, 2022
Brian McGarry
On 20 May 2022, 41 states and the EU issued a Joint Statement regarding the pending ICJ proceedings in Ukraine v. Russia. The Joint Statement indicates that the signatories agree “to explore all options to support Ukraine in its efforts before the ICJ and to consider a possible intervention in these proceedings”. One of the signatories, Romania, had…
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Decoding Nicaragua’s Historic Request to Intervene in South Africa v Israel
February 21, 2024
Brian McGarry
Days before anyone could even read it, Nicaragua’s application to intervene under Article 62 of the ICJ Statute in South Africa v Israel made headlines around the world. To most observers, this intervention may recall those filed in Ukraine v Russia, another Genocide Convention case in…
The Competence of the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea in its New Advisory Proceedings on Climate Change
On the sidelines of last year’s COP26, Antigua and Barbuda and Tuvalu concluded the Agreement for the Establishment of the Commission of Small Island States on Climate Change and International Law (‘the Agreement’ establishing ‘the Commission’). The Agreement is open to signature by all 39 members of the Alliance of Small Island States, and currently also includes…
Mass Intervention?: The Joint Statement of 41 States on Ukraine v. Russia
May 30, 2022
Brian McGarry
On 20 May 2022, 41 states and the EU issued a Joint Statement regarding the pending ICJ proceedings in Ukraine v. Russia. The Joint Statement indicates that the signatories agree “to explore all options to support Ukraine in its efforts before the ICJ and to consider a possible intervention in these proceedings”. One of the signatories, Romania, had…