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Upstream Harms: OSI, AI Militarism, Big Tech, and Gaza
2+ day, 15+ hour ago (301+ words) [Patrick Brian Smith is an Assistant Professor and University Fellow at the University of Salford, where his research critically examines how evidence is mediated with a particular focus on open-source investigation, AI, and human rights] OSI (open source investigation) practices…...
Dynamics of Reciprocity in Disarmament Law: A Clinical Appraisal of the 11th NPT Rev Con Failure
2+ day, 15+ hour ago (241+ words) [Shun Oshita is a Lecturer at the Hiroshima Peace Institute, Hiroshima City University, specializing in international law and disarmament] Negative Reciprocity as Safety Net While reciprocity appears as a negotiation strategy at the 11th Rev Con, it serves as a safety…...
An Idea for Revitalizing Multilateralism
3+ day, 19+ hour ago (326+ words) [ANDRAS VAMOS-GOLDMAN is a former Canadian diplomat, international lawyer, social entrepreneur and university professor who played key roles on the UN Security Council team, in'the Sierra Leone Special Court Management Committee, and in helping to establish the International Criminal Court…...
Not Just a Bilateral Matter: Targeting Airports Under International Law and Erga Omnes Partes Obligations
3+ day, 19+ hour ago (214+ words) [Narek Abgaryan'is a legal professional specializing in public international law with expertise in international humanitarian law and the law of international treaties, currently focused on promoting international law and legal education in Armenia. Much has been written about the legality…...
The World Was All Before Them: Paradise Lost and International Law After Eden
3+ day, 20+ hour ago (505+ words) [Gustavo Leite Neves da Luz is a Postdoctoral Fellow at Dalhousie University. He holds a Ph D in International Law from the University of Hamburg. His research focuses on public international law, the law of the sea, and international environmental…...
What the First Conference on Transitioning Away from Fossil Fuels Means for the Duty to Co-operate
3+ day, 20+ hour ago (602+ words) [Joanna Wils is a Ph D researcher at the Institute for International law of KU Leuven, specialising in international environmental law. She holds an LL. M. in Environmental & Energy Law from NYU School of Law and currently serves as a Belgian UN…...
Removing the ICC Prosecutor? A Roadmap for What Comes Next
1+ week, 6+ day ago (72+ words) Sergey Vasiliev is a Professor of International Law at the Open University of the Netherlands and co-editor of Governance of International Courts and Tribunals: Institutions, Practices, and Norms (OUP, 2026).] A Process That Rewrote Its Own Rules The Right of Defence…...
Going Beyond Sexual Violence: Reproductive Violence as Genocide (Part I)
1+ week, 6+ day ago (190+ words) [Akila'Radhakrishnan'is an independent human rights lawyer and gender justice expert. She is the former President and Legal Director of the Global Justice Center. Payal Shah is an international legal expert on gender, health, and conflict. She serves as the Director…...
Going Beyond Sexual Violence: Reproductive Violence as Genocide (Part II)
1+ week, 6+ day ago (171+ words) [Akila'Radhakrishnan'is an independent human rights lawyer and gender justice expert. She is the former President and Legal Director of the Global Justice Center. Payal Shah is an international legal expert on gender, health, and conflict. She serves as the Director…...
Symposium on the 1951 Refugee Convention at 75: The Continuing Relevance of the 1951 Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees to the Judiciary in Canada
2+ week, 2+ day ago (1235+ words) [The Honourable Russel W. Zinn is a retired Justice of the Federal Court of Canada and President of the International Association of Refugee and Migration Judges] The Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees [the Convention] was adopted on July 28, 1951." It…...