A first look at the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework: What’s in it for Indo-Pacific participants, and can it succeed? (Part 1) By Celine Lange Published on 10 November 2022 In February 2022, the President of the United States announced the launch of a new Indo-Pacific Strategy, characterised as heralding a US re-engagement with the region, which …

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A first look at the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework: What’s in it for Indo-Pacific participants, and can it succeed? (Part 2) By Celine Lange Published on 10 November 2022 Part 2 of the blog series on the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework (IPEF), launched in May 2022 by President Biden, examines the possible benefits of the Framework for …

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Climate Litigation and the Limits of Legal Imagination: A Reply to Corina Heri By Benoit Mayer (Associate Professor, The Chinese University of Hong Kong) Published on 4 November 2022 Corina Heri’s article in the European Journal of International Law argues that ‘protection against the human rights impacts of climate change under the ECHR (European Convention …

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We Read 22 Intervention Declarations So You Don’t Have To Reviewing Key Themes and Arguments in Ukraine v. Russia* by Juliette McIntyre, Ori Pomson & Kyra Wigard Published on 27 October 2022 Introduction If you follow the activity of the International Court of Justice (Court or ICJ) at all, you will not have failed to …

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What to Expect in Upcoming Provisional Measures Proceedings in Equatorial Guinea v France (No. 2) by Cecily Rose, Assistant Professor of Public International Law, Grotius Centre, Leiden University Published on 19 October 2022 These days, it seems that applications instituting proceedings before the International Court of Justice (ICJ) are almost always accompanied by a request …

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Symposium: The Second World War in Asia: Justice Efforts, War Memory, and Reparations Memory-Making on the Ground: Peace Boat and Japanese World War II Narratives by Lim Jia Yi (Research Fellow, Singapore War Crimes Trials Project) Published on 7 October 2022 No one country is ever simply either a victim or an aggressor… What is immoral …

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Symposium: The Second World War in Asia: Justice Efforts, War Memory, and Reparations Digital Humanities and World War Two in Asia: the Battle of Hong Kong 1941 Project as Example by Associate Professor Kwong Chi Man (Hong Kong Baptist University) Published on 5 October 2022  On 8 December 1941, as part of the larger conflict between …

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Symposium: The Second World War in Asia: Justice Efforts, War Memory, and Reparations Words Matter, Translation Matters by Professor Kayoko Takeda (Rikkyo University) Published on 3 October 2022 Translation creates opportunities for a state to promote its narrative of war memories while meeting potentially conflicting political expectations of different parties, domestic and international. This was the …

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Symposium: The Second World War in Asia: Justice Efforts, War Memory, and Reparations Northeast Asia’s War Reparations Movement: Towards the Messy Uncertainty of Democracy, Civil Society and Rule of Law by Professor Timothy Webster (Western New England University School of Law) Published on 30 September 2022 For the past thirty years, domestic courts in the Asia-Pacific …

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Symposium: The Second World War in Asia: Justice Efforts, War Memory, and Reparations Problems of Justice in the Post-War Allied War Crimes Trials of Japanese Suspects by Professor Robert Cribb (Australian National University) and Professor Sandra Wilson (Murdoch University) Published on 28 September 2022 After the Second World War in Asia finally ended in August 1945, …

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Symposium: The Second World War in Asia: Justice Efforts, War Memory, and Reparations The Tokyo Trial and its Legacy by Professor Neil Boister, University of Canterbury, New Zealand Published on 26 September 2022 Introduction The Tokyo Judgment was handed down by majority on the 12th November 1948, nearly three quarters of a century ago. After …

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Symposium Introductory Blog The Second World War in Asia: Justice Efforts, War Memory, and Reparations by Associate Professor Cheah W.L. (National University of Singapore, Faculty of Law) Published on 26 September 2022  This symposium on the Second World War in Asia is co-organized by CIL Dialogues and the International Criminal Law Interest Group of the …

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