Yusra Suedi
About/Bio
Yusra Suedi is a Lecturer in International Law at the University of Manchester. She holds a PhD in Public International Law from the University of Geneva and is the author of The Individual in the Law and Practice of the International Court of Justice (Cambridge University Press, 2025). She has worked for the UN, international courts, and in cases before the International Court of Justice.
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Africa’s Turn: The African Court’s Advisory Opinion on Climate Change
May 22, 2025
Yusra Suedi
On 2 May 2025, the African Court of Human and Peoples’ Rights (AfCHPR, the Court) received a request for an advisory opinion concerning the obligations of states in the context of climate change. This development was anticipated: as early as 2023, there were indications such a request was in preparation (at 54:30) and, that same year, the…
The Recent Genocide Cases and Public Interest Litigation: A Complicated Relationship
Here we go again! On 1 March 2024, Nicaragua instituted proceedings before the International Court of Justice (ICJ, the Court) against Germany for complicity in genocide. This marks another development in a series of disputes pending before the Court in the last four years, where it is asked to decide on whether a State has committed genocidal…
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The Recent Genocide Cases and Public Interest Litigation: A Complicated Relationship
Here we go again! On 1 March 2024, Nicaragua instituted proceedings before the International Court of Justice (ICJ, the Court) against Germany for complicity in genocide. This marks another development in a series of disputes pending before the Court in the last four years, where it is asked to decide on whether a State has committed genocidal…
Africa’s Turn: The African Court’s Advisory Opinion on Climate Change
May 22, 2025
Yusra Suedi
On 2 May 2025, the African Court of Human and Peoples’ Rights (AfCHPR, the Court) received a request for an advisory opinion concerning the obligations of states in the context of climate change. This development was anticipated: as early as 2023, there were indications such a request was in preparation (at 54:30) and, that same year, the…