Nico Krisch
About/Bio
Nico Krisch is a professor of international law at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies in Geneva. He is also the coordinator of the Global Governance research programme at the Institut Barcelona d’Estudis Internacionals (IBEI), a fellow at the Hertie School of Governance in Berlin, and a member of the Council of the International Society of Public Law (ICON-S). His work focuses on the law of global governance and the politics of international law. His book, Beyond Constitutionalism: The Pluralist Structure of Postnational Law was awarded the 2012 Certificate of Merit by the American Society of International Law.
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Speaking the Law, Plausibly: The International Court of Justice on Gaza
January 27, 2024
Nico Krisch
The ICJ’s decision on provisional measures is remarkable, somewhat paradoxically, precisely not because of the measures it indicates. The measures consist, for the most part, in a reproduction of the obligations under the Genocide Convention which are important, but of course also well-known – and Israel has always claimed that it was abiding by them. The…
Jurisdictional Hierarchies between Form and Fact: A Rejoinder to Roger O’Keefe
October 3, 2022
Nico Krisch
To what extent is the law of jurisdiction implicated in (hierarchical) structures of global governance? My article, ‘Jurisdiction Unbound: (Extra)territorial Regulation as Global Governance‘, pursues this question and traces how the current law of jurisdiction, quite in contrast with the often territorial, sovereignty-based imagery surrounding it, is highly permissive, especially when it comes to extraterritorial business regulation.
After Hegemony: The Law on the Use of Force and the Ukraine Crisis
March 2, 2022
Nico Krisch
Most questions on the law on the use of force surrounding the Russian invasion in Ukraine are straightforward. There is simply no plausible legal justification for the invasion, and Putin’s attempt at creating one through recognizing the ‘people’s republics’ of Donetsk and Luhansk and then claiming collective self-defence and the need to protect them from Ukrainian ‘genocide’ is…
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Popular articles by Nico Krisch
After Hegemony: The Law on the Use of Force and the Ukraine Crisis
March 2, 2022
Nico Krisch
Most questions on the law on the use of force surrounding the Russian invasion in Ukraine are straightforward. There is simply no plausible legal justification for the invasion, and Putin’s attempt at creating one through recognizing the ‘people’s republics’ of Donetsk and Luhansk and then claiming collective self-defence and the need to protect them from Ukrainian ‘genocide’ is…
Speaking the Law, Plausibly: The International Court of Justice on Gaza
January 27, 2024
Nico Krisch
The ICJ’s decision on provisional measures is remarkable, somewhat paradoxically, precisely not because of the measures it indicates. The measures consist, for the most part, in a reproduction of the obligations under the Genocide Convention which are important, but of course also well-known – and Israel has always claimed that it was abiding by them. The…
Crimea and the Limits of International Law
March 10, 2014
Nico Krisch
The situation in Crimea has left many an international lawyer in shock. It seems to transport us back to past times when the superpowers did what they pleased and the others suffered what they must. The end of the Cold War, so we hoped, had ushered in a different era in which international law found greater respect. The…