Douglas Guilfoyle
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Douglas Guilfoyle is Professor of International Law and Security at the School of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of New South Wales Canberra. He blogs in a personal capacity and his views do not represent those of his employer or any other organisation.
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Clashes in the South China Sea: Escalation at Second Thomas Shoal
Over recent months, the frequency and seriousness of interactions between PRC Coast Guard and maritime militia forces, and Philippines Coast Guard and Armed Forces units in the vicinity of Second Thomas Shoal has escalated significantly. 17 June 2024 saw an incident involving China Coast Guard (CCG) small craft blocking in and surrounding Philippine Coast Guard…
The Australia-Tuvalu Falepili Union Treaty: Security in the face of climate change … and China?
On 9 November 2023, Australia and the Tuvalu signed the world’s first climate resettlement treaty. Tuvalu is a Pacific Island State of only 26 square kilometres in area, with over half its population living on the atoll of Funafuti. It has a mean elevation of less than 2 metres above sea level and is profoundly threatened by climate…
Small states, legal statecraft and opening submissions in the ITLOS climate change advisory proceedings
September 18, 2023
Douglas Guilfoyle
On Monday 11 September 2023 the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea began its historic hearing of oral statements in Request for an Advisory Opinion submitted by the Commission of Small Island States on Climate Change and International Law. The impassioned opening submissions given by the Prime Ministers of Antigua and Barbuda and Tuvalu, the founding…
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Popular articles by Douglas Guilfoyle
So, you want to do a PhD in international law?
August 22, 2012
Douglas Guilfoyle
I’ve become frustrated recently at the lack of practical information for those contemplating PhD level study, especially in my own field. Information about the practical pitfalls, perils and joys of further study. So I decided to write a series of blog posts on the topic, pointing to relevant resources. (This is aimed at graduate students in the English…
Part I- This is not fine: The International Criminal Court in Trouble
March 21, 2019
Douglas Guilfoyle
Editor's note: This is Part I of a three-part series. There is now a real sense that the International Criminal Court is in trouble. The questions are: how much, why and what is to be done? The UK pulled no punches in its statement to the 17th International Criminal Court Assembly…
The Australia-Tuvalu Falepili Union Treaty: Security in the face of climate change … and China?
On 9 November 2023, Australia and the Tuvalu signed the world’s first climate resettlement treaty. Tuvalu is a Pacific Island State of only 26 square kilometres in area, with over half its population living on the atoll of Funafuti. It has a mean elevation of less than 2 metres above sea level and is profoundly threatened by climate…