Setting the Scene In the wake of the terrorist attack in Jammu and Kashmir in April 2025, the Government of India launched what it called…

Introduction  In times of political crisis and attacks against the foundations of political liberalism, can we put our trust in lawyers and other legal occupations to…

On May 7, the Associated Press published an unconfirmed report indicating that the Trump Administration is considering adopting the term “Arabian Gulf” in place of the historically…

Two cardinal principles of international law emerging from the defeat of Nazism in 1945 were territorial integrity and self-determination in the sense of the political independence of equal…

The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) held its 75th Executive Committee session from 14 October to 18 October 2024. Among many items on…

Victims’ rights to participate in international criminal justice have long been celebrated as empowering victims to have their say, share their experiences, engage in truth-seeking,…

“Never has [an international law professor] sensed such profound skepticism about the legitimacy and usefulness of the discipline he teaches. Hasn’t the appalling conflict unfolding before our…

Germany’s newly released National Security Strategy (NSS) has (intentionally or not) entered a contentious global contest over the political framing of international legal order. Germany has long…

Much of international law is about ordering. But in her article in EJIL issue 33(3), Michelle…

Philip Allott is a mind-altering substance. It is not possible to leave one of his lectures, or to read one of his books or articles, without undergoing a…