Can a Private Company Litigate the Common Heritage of Mankind? NORI, TOML and the Contractual Temptation By Francisco Javier Rozas Porras Published on 29 July 2026 The first surprise is not that deep-sea mining has reached the courtroom. It was always going to. The surprise is who arrived there first.  For half a century, the […]

Another Nail in the Coffin of Multilateralism? Deep Sea Minerals Corp.’ Application Outside the ISA Framework By Nicolò Andreotti Published on 8 April 2026 The governance of deep-sea mining has long been anchored in a single foundational premise: activities in the Area must be conducted ‘for the benefit of humankind as a whole’ under the […]

The Gambia v. Myanmar: A reflection on the consequences of serious breaches of peremptory norms before the ICJ By Luciano Pezzano & Diego Enrique Uribe Bustamante Published on 31 March 2026 The Application of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (The Gambia v. Myanmar) is a historical case. For […]

Armed Conflict Spillover into Neutral Exclusive Economic Zones: The Attack on IRIS Dena and Lessons for Southeast Asian States By Dita Liliansa Published on 30 March 2026 This article examines the recent attack on an Iranian warship in Sri Lanka’s Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) at the height of the US/Israel-Iran conflict, and its implications for […]

The World Trade Organization Belongs to the Future — But How Do We Get There? By Gabrielle Marceau and Jian Ling Teo Published on 25 March 2026 Introduction Trade has evolved and most modern transactions today have cross-border dimensions; thus, they become trade-related matters. In that context, the World Trade Organization (WTO) has proved to […]

The ISA’s approach to equitable benefit sharing: Is there room for the common heritage of mankind? By Kristine Gu Published on 18 February 2026 The 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) was drafted before states were capable of earnestly commencing deep seabed mining (DSM) activities. The wealth to be unlocked […]

What Trump’s Intervention in Venezuela reveals about International Law By Alexandra Hofer Published on 29 January 2026 On 3 January 2026, the US used force against Venezuela to kidnap its head of state, Nicolas Maduro, and his wife, Cilia Flores. The intervention marks the cumulation of the US desire for regime change in Venezuela and […]

Threats of Force under Article 2(4): From Abstraction to Practice By Davit Khachatryan Published on 23 January 2026 Trump’s recent statements on the use of power are striking for their candour. The usual diplomatic language and legal justifications are largely absent. In the aftermath of the illegal use of force in Venezuela, he has again […]

International Law on the Silk Road: Towards a New Methodological Paradigm By Sergey Sayapin Published on 6 January 2026 For several decades, international legal scholarship has been marked by a growing awareness of the limits of its canonical narratives. Critical and postcolonial approaches have exposed the Eurocentric foundations of the discipline, the structural inequalities embedded […]

Symposium | Imperialism, Sovereignty and the Making of International Law at 20 Empire Comes Home? The Continued Relevance of ISMIL today By Sundhya Pahuja The United States is flexing its muscles: Western countries with ‘special relationships’ are being bullied with tariffs; Canada is threatened with annexation; Western leaders are feeling ‘betrayed’. But they should not be surprised. […]

Symposium | Imperialism, Sovereignty and the Making of International Law at 20 Sources of Hope for Anti-Imperial International Law By Phattharaphong Saengkrai Faculty of Law, Thammasat University 1. Introduction There is an apparent paradox of hope in Imperialism, Sovereignty and the Making of International Law. The central arguments in this magisterial book do not immediately inspire much […]

Symposium | Imperialism, Sovereignty and the Making of International Law at 20 Searching for a middle ground? The Reception of Imperialism, Sovereignty, and the Making of International Law in China By Dr. Lin Zhaoran Since its publication two decades ago, Anthony Anghie’s Imperialism, Sovereignty, and the Making of International Law (ISMIL) has had profound impact around the […]