Open the Floodgates: Standing for the Enforcement of Obligations Erga Omnes in the ICJ’s Advisory Opinion on Climate Change By Priya Urs Published on 11 August 2025 [Several themes discussed are elaborated in forthcoming articles in the British Yearbook of International Law and the International and Comparative Law Quarterly.] The International Court of Justice (ICJ, […]

Commentary on Remembering Peace in a Time of War: Why International Law Matters More Than Ever Peace and International Law – Some TWAIL Reflections By Antony Anghie Published on 30 July 2025 This collection of essays illuminates the rich, complex, multi-dimensional, contradictory relationships between peace on one hand, and international law and relations on the […]

Seven Groundbreaking Insights from the Inter-American Court’s Climate Advisory Opinion By Dr Mohammad Hazrati Published on 22 July 2025 Introduction On May 29, 2025, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACtHR) delivered its Advisory Opinion OC-32/25, requested by Chile and Colombia, addressing States’ obligations to respond to the climate emergency within the framework of international […]

Commentary on Remembering Peace in a Time of War: Why International Law Matters More Than Ever By Patricia Galvão Teles Published on 18 July 2025 At the time the world’s attention is so focused on war and conflict, it is important to remember and think about peace. The history of humankind has been filled with […]

Remembering Peace in a Time of War: Why International Law Matters More Than Ever A Message of International Law and Peace by Tommy Koh The wish above all other wishes is for peace.  The opposite of peace is war.  As some one who lived through the Second World War and the occupation of Singapore by […]

The AANZFTA Upgrade: The Three New Chapters (Part 1) By Miguel Jaime Encarnacion Published on 9 July 2025 The Second Protocol to Amend the Agreement Establishing the ASEAN-Australia-New Zealand Free Trade Area (AANZFTA) entered into force on 21 April 2025. Regarded as one of ASEAN’s most progressive Free Trade Agreements (FTAs), it is the latest […]

Remembering Peace in a Time of War: Why International Law Matters More Than Ever | Brokering Peace The ASEAN Way of Peace-Making by Johan Pahlepi Introduction Since ASEAN’s establishment in 1967 by the five founding nations Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, and Thailand, ASEAN has moved incisively towards cooperation and integration to stabilise a region once marked […]

Remembering Peace in a Time of War: Why International Law Matters More Than Ever | Brokering Peace For a Free and United Europe Building Integration, Ensuring Peace by Vincenzo Elia “In Peace, Sons bury their Fathers. In War, Fathers bury their Sons.” Herodotus The European Union’s Birthday “Europe Day” commemorates the Schuman declaration of 9 May […]

Remembering Peace in a Time of War: Why International Law Matters More Than Ever | Brokering Peace Regional Human Rights Courts as Peacebuilders by Hélène Tigroudja In its Judgment Sargsyan v. Azerbaijan (2017) dealing with the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict between Azerbaijan and Armenia, the European Court of Human Rights affirmed that: It is the responsibility of the […]

Remembering Peace in a Time of War: Why International Law Matters More Than Ever | Brokering Peace Peace Through Law: A Tale of Two Courts by Yang Wenlan & Celine Lange The Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) and the International Court of Justice (ICJ)—thereafter “the courts”—are widely viewed as symbols of peace and justice. Since their […]

Remembering Peace in a Time of War: Why International Law Matters More Than Ever | Building Peace Re-reading Article 39 of the UN Charter in the Language of Peace by Hla Yadanar Win Article 24 of the UN Charter grants the UNSC the ‘primary’ responsibility for the ‘maintenance of international peace and security,’ and its drafting history […]

Remembering Peace in a Time of War: Why International Law Matters More Than Ever | Building Peace Multiple Provisional Measures Requests before the ICJ: A Facilitator or Obstacle for Peace Processes? by Onur Uraz The International Court of Justice (ICJ), as the only judicial organ referred to in the UN Charter, is designed to be the apex […]