Symposium: 125 years of the Permanent Court of Arbitration: A Retrospective and exploration of New Frontiers The Permanent Court of Arbitration through the Ages by Liyuan Feng Published on 12 December 2024 In 2024, the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) celebrates 125 years of existence. The PCA was established by the Convention for the Pacific […]

The ICC arrest warrants in the Palestine Situation: double standards, limitations and opportunities By Alessandra Spadaro Published on 11 December 2024 On 21 November 2024, Pre-Trial Chamber I of the International Criminal Court (ICC) issued the first arrest warrants for crimes committed in the Situation in the State of Palestine. The warrants of arrest for […]

Milieudefensie et al. v. Shell: Analysis and Commentary of the Hague Court of Appeal’s Decision By Jolene Lin Published on 18 November 2024 On 12 November 2024, the Hague Court of Appeal handed down its much-anticipated decision in Milieudefensie et al. v. Shell (commonly referred to as the ‘Shell climate case’). The case revolves around […]

Benefit v Consent: CJEU’s Front Polisario II Judgment and the Law of Self-Determination By Andrea Maria Pelliconi and Jed Odermatt Published on 15 November 2024 On 4 October 2024, the Grand Chamber of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) found that fisheries and trade agreements concluded between the European Union (EU) and […]

Symposium | Building Resilience: Advancing Local R&D and Production of Health Products in the WHO Pandemic Agreement Decoding Technology Transfer in the Proposed WHO Pandemic Accord By Kashish Aneja Published on 14 November 2024 Introduction The COVID-19 pandemic exposed critical weaknesses in global preparedness, particularly in the equitable access and distribution of health technologies like diagnostics, […]

Symposium | Building Resilience: Advancing Local R&D and Production of Health Products in the WHO Pandemic Agreement Navigating the Tensions Between Self-Reliance and Global Cooperation in Pandemic Preparedness By Ronald Eberhard Tundang Published on 13 November 2024 Introduction The COVID-19 pandemic has fundamentally altered the global landscape of pharmaceutical supply chains, exposing critical vulnerabilities and driving […]

Symposium | Building Resilience: Advancing Local R&D and Production of Health Products in the WHO Pandemic Agreement The Pandemic Treaty – A Role for Local Capacity in Addressing Vaccine Inequity and Lack of Access? By Nicole D. Foster Published on 12 November 2024 The Director General of the World Health Organization (WHO), Tedros Ghebreyesus’ August 14 […]

Symposium | Building Resilience: Advancing Local R&D and Production of Health Products in the WHO Pandemic Agreement Research and Development in the Pandemic Agreement: Self-Limiting Treatymaking By Pedro A. Villarreal Published on 11 November 2024 The rapidness with which new vaccines were developed against COVID-19 is often touted as a success story of scientific discovery. What […]

Symposium | Building Resilience: Advancing Local R&D and Production of Health Products in the WHO Pandemic Agreement Building Resilience: Advancing Local R&D and Production of Health Products in the WHO Pandemic Agreement Introduction to the Symposium By Ayelet Berman Published on 11 November 2024 “Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day; […]

Symposium: High Politics at the International Court of Justice The politics of facts before the International Court of Justice By Ana Luísa Bernardino Published on 23 October 2024 There was a time in the history of the International Court of Justice (ICJ), in the years immediately following its establishment and, most acutely, in the aftermath […]

Symposium: High Politics at the International Court of Justice The International Court of Justice’s intrinsic powers to decide all cases brought before it By Ambassador Carlos Argüello Published on 22 October 2024 This symposium invites us to reflect on the proliferation of cases concerning “high politics” adjudicated at the International Court of Justice (ICJ or […]

Symposium: High Politics at the International Court of Justice The Power of the World Court Unleashed: The Chagos Archipelago Advisory Opinion and Decolonisation By Trung Nguyen Published on 21 October 2024 British colonialism marked a dark page in humankind’s history and it still haunts us today like the ghost of Hamlet’s father. The story of […]