On April 27, 2025, an unexpected rise in water levels of the Jhelum river in Pakistan-Administered Kashmir [‘PAK’] caused flooding in the region, with residents struggling to ‘protect lives and property’. A week later, India again released water from dams in Indian-Administered Kashmir [‘IAK’] without notifying Pakistan that water levels in the Chenab river would rise as a result. These incidents come days after India announced that the ‘Indus Waters Treaty, 1960 will be held in abeyance with immediate effect until Pakistan credibly and irrevocably abjures its support for cross-border terrorism’.
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US Withdrawal from NATO and Its Impact on Access to Greenland
The US has long expressed interest in acquiring Greenland. Most recently, President Trump indicated a desire to ‘get’ the island by whatever means necessary. While the motivations remain somewhat unclear, there is – despite political rhetoric – no doubt as to Danish sovereignty over the island. Refusals to rule out…
A Legal Framework for a Russia-Ukraine Peace Agreement
Reports of a possible Russia-Ukraine peace agreement continue to bubble and churn. The latest is an apparent Russian rejection of a peace plan floated by the Trump transition team. Uncertainty over the specifics of an agreement is likely to continue at least until the new administration takes office. But potential provisions are almost certainly being…
Toward a universal treaty on ‘Protection of Persons in the Event of Disasters’
On Wednesday 6th December, the UN General Assembly adopted by consensus resolution A/C.6/79/L.16 submitted by the UNGA Sixth Committee (here). Based on this resolution, the UNGA has decided to ‘elaborate and conclude a legally binding instrument on the protection of persons in the event of disasters, without prejudice to the legal effects of any particular provisions…
Azerbaijan v Armenia: Reciprocity and the temporal scope of jurisdictional clauses in erga omnes partes proceedings?
On 12 November 2024, the ICJ released its judgment on preliminary objections in the Azerbaijan v Armenia. As the parallel case of Armenia v Azerbaijan, it invokes alleged violations of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (CERD) and is based on the compromissory clause in Art 22 CERD. Although lodged…
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