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The United States-Cuba Oil Embargo and International Law

Experts on naval warfare examine the international law dimensions of the United States campaign against Cuba. The post The United States-Cuba Oil Embargo and International Law appe...

Every state cites international law. Not everyone means the same thing by it.

A response to Bhavan Jaipragas, “Obsessed? A joint fixation on maritime rules is in Asean’s shared interest” (The Straits Times, 29 April…Continue reading on Medium »

International Law and American Courts: Ignoring the Framers

The current treatment of international law in the United States is a very significant departure from what the Framers prescribed, with great care and specificity, in the Nation’s C...

Announcements: CfP Journal of International Law of Peace and Armed Conflict; CfP European Yearbook of Constitutional Law

1. Call for Papers: Journal of International Law of Peace and Armed Conflict. The Journal of International Law of Peace and Armed Conflict (JILPAC / HuV) invites submissions for it...

Where the Law Gets Thin: The Jurisdictional Gap Pirates Exploit

UNCLOS’s piracy provisions codified a model rooted in older piracy patterns that don’t match today’s near-shore threat. Today, piracy is a recurring, adaptive threat. The post Wher...

Announcements: Second World Approaches to International Law Webinar; CfP Yearbook of International Humanitarian Law; CfP...

1. Webinar on Second World Approaches to International Law. Exploring international law as a complex set of practices and ideas shaped by dominant discourses and their blind spots,...

Remarks of Incoming ASIL President Oona Hathaway

In her address to the ASIL annual meeting, incoming president Oona Hathaway says international law has never mattered more than it does right now. The post Remarks of Incoming ASI...

Law without Borders? Extraterritorial Regulation and Unilateral Action

In an increasingly multipolar world, national and regional actors are reasserting regulatory control over cross-border economic activities. States such as the United States and Chi...

Shooting Down Civil Aircraft: What International and U.S. Law Say About a Charge in the Raul Castro Indictment

Q&A providing an overview of the legal framework governing shootdowns, including their status under both international and domestic U.S. law The post Shooting Down Civil Aircra...

Codifying Coercion: Iran’s “New Legal Regime” and the Law of International Straits

The Legal Novelty of the Proposal  International commentary on the Strait of Hormuz crisis has focused, understandably, on the lawfulness of Iran’s closure. The more legally signif...

Follow the Law, not the Plan: Legal Considerations for Third States in Gaza

Third State’s support for Trump’s Gaza plan must remain strictly conditioned on compliance with international law and be continuously reassessed in light of evolving facts. The po...

Why international law can’t stop mass atrocities

Law can hold power to account in theory, but has it been enough?

On the State Department Memorandum “Operation Epic Fury and International Law”

Former State Department attorney's critique of the Department's Iran war memorandum on “Operation Epic Fury and International Law.” The post On the State Department Memorandum “Ope...

Announcements: Iran War Discussion; CfS ClimateXLaw Conference; CfP Law and Security; NILOS Moot Court Competition; ANZS...

1. The Iran War, the Use of Force and the new Middle East Discussion. The SLS International Law sections will be hosting Marc Weller (Chatham House) in a discussion with Solon Solo...

Domestic Courts and the States’ Obligation to Prevent Genocide and Serious Violations of IHL: The Brussels Court of Appe...

On 16 March 2026, the Brussels Court of Appeal (hereafter, the “Court”) issued an interlocutory judgment in summary proceedings (référé) concerning the alleged failure of the Belgi...

Operation Hellfire: A fun house mirror of international law

Given the current state of affairs of the world, it is rather timely to be contemplating what it would mean...

When Government Lawyers Say No

There are times when government lawyers (including military legal advisors) are faced with a stark choice. Their political masters (or their superiors in the military) are clearly...

From Option to Methodology: The ILC’s Missed Opportunity on Judicial Precedent

The International Law Commission (ILC), during its seventy-sixth session in May 2025, provisionally adopted the first-reading draft conclusions on Subsidiary means for the determin...

Announcements: CfP Mapping International Law’s Second Worlds; Digital Battlefields Summer School; From Transitional to T...

1. Call for Papers: SWAIL II – Mapping International Law’s Second Worlds: Middle Powers, Semi-Peripheries and Shifting Hierarchies in the Global Legal Order. Yong Pung How School o...

Law experts express concerns over ‘violations of international law’ in the war.

On Violence: Self-Defence to Self-Determination in International Law

There are moments when the international legal order reveals itself not through its rules but through the violence done in its name. Today’s expanding doctrine of self-defence—invo...

Codifying Forced Marriage in the Crimes Against Humanity Convention: From Jurisprudence to Treaty Text

States now have an opportunity to codify forced marriage as a specific violation in a proposed treaty on crimes against humanity. The post Codifying Forced Marriage in the Crimes A...

Laws/Rules Made Up to Apply to Israel

Over on X, @Optimist_Gaza challenged readers to list five examples of supposed international law Israel's critics invented to apply to… The post Laws/Rules Made Up to Apply to Isra...

International law experts allege violations in Iran war

The White House says it is making the entire region safer by eliminating short and long-term threats.