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- The AfCHPR’s New Due Diligence Benchmark in Centre for Human Rights v. Tanzania opiniojuris.org/2026/01/22/t...
- Unequal Treaties Revisited: Coercive Trade Agreements in a Fragmented Global Economy opiniojuris.org/2026/01/21/u...
- Optional but Unequal: Why a Sex-Based Turn and a New Optional Protocol Could Undermine the Global Fight Against Gender-Based Violence opiniojuris.org/2026/01/20/o...
- Ex Post State Responsibility for Politically Manufactured Disasters opiniojuris.org/2026/01/19/e...
- Debate Over a New Judicial Package in Türkiye Heightens the Urgency of Kaos GL v. Türkiye Before the ECtHR opiniojuris.org/2026/01/16/d...
- Critical Juncture for the Proposed Crimes Against Humanity Treaty opiniojuris.org/2026/01/16/c...
- The UN’s Obligation to Prevent Genocide in el-Fasher: Is it Time for the UNSC to Authorize Force? opiniojuris.org/2026/01/15/t...
- Domicide in Ukraine: Destruction of Homes During Armed Conflict and the Case of Ukraine and the Netherlands v Russia opiniojuris.org/2026/01/15/d...
- Venezuela Beyond the Use of Force and Maduro’s Immunity opiniojuris.org/2026/01/14/v...
- War on Drugs at Sea: Lethal Interdiction, IHRL, and the “No Survivors” opiniojuris.org/2026/01/14/w...
- A Fairer Tax System is a Global Human Rights Imperative opiniojuris.org/2026/01/13/a...
- The Art of the Steal: Does the EU’s Mutual Assistance Clause Protect Greenland? opiniojuris.org/2026/01/12/t...
- Innovative but Precarious: The Challenge of Running Open-Source Investigations Labs at Public Universities opiniojuris.org/2026/01/12/i...
- ‘Giving Effect’ to VCLT: Analysing the Treaty Interpretation Route Taken by the Panel and the Arbitrators in China-Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights opiniojuris.org/2026/01/12/g...
- The Occupied Palestinian Territories and the Responsibility to Protect (Part 2) opiniojuris.org/2026/01/09/t...
- The Occupied Palestinian Territories and the Responsibility to Protect (Part 1) opiniojuris.org/2026/01/09/t...
- From Policy to Practice: Operationalising Environmental Justice opiniojuris.org/2026/01/09/f...
- Justice Delayed is Justice Denied: Why Afghan Survivors Need Sustained ICC Action opiniojuris.org/2026/01/08/j...
- Nuremberg: How to Put the Banality of Evil on Trial (and on Screen)? opiniojuris.org/2026/01/07/n...
- Welcome Back to the Rule of Guns and Lawyers: A Tale of Two Ursulas, From Ukraine to Venezuela opiniojuris.org/2026/01/07/w...
- Repression of Civil Disobedience: Pathways to Protect Activists opiniojuris.org/2026/01/07/r...
- Cat Bonds on the Nile: A Risk-Sharing Approach to the Nile Waters Dispute opiniojuris.org/2026/01/06/c...
- The United States’ Attack Against Venezuela: Might Does Not Make Right opiniojuris.org/2026/01/06/t...
- Parody or Death? Refugee Law in Populist Regimes opiniojuris.org/2026/01/05/p...
- Welcoming Our New Editorial Assistant opiniojuris.org/2026/01/12/w...
- The French Court of Cassation Endorses Head of State Absolute Personal Immunity from Foreign Jurisdiction opiniojuris.org/2025/12/23/t...
- The Crime of Persecution in Yekatom and Ngaïssona: An Intersectionality-Based Critique opiniojuris.org/2025/12/23/t...
- Space-Based Espionage Under International Law: Legal Ambiguities and the Case of Israel opiniojuris.org/2025/12/23/s...
- Between Sovereignty and Universality: Iran’s Draft Bill on International Crimes in Comparative Perspective opiniojuris.org/2025/12/22/b...
- As Violence in Nigeria’s Middle Belt Region Continues, Justice is Urgently Needed opiniojuris.org/2025/12/22/a...
- Governance in the Grip of Debt opiniojuris.org/2025/12/22/g...
- Place-Based Teaching of IHL: Field-Notes from Atlantic Canada opiniojuris.org/2025/12/19/p...
- US Sanctions Against the ICC: From Stupor to Action opiniojuris.org/2025/12/19/u...
- A World in Upheaval, International Law Out of Frame opiniojuris.org/2025/12/19/a...
- The U.S. National Security Strategy: A Strategy for U.S. Security or a Plan for U.S. Monopolies? opiniojuris.org/2025/12/18/t...
- The War on Drugs is not a War (Part II): Classification Challenges opiniojuris.org/2025/12/18/t...
- The War on Drugs is not a War (Part I): Foreign Military Interventions Against Drug Cartels opiniojuris.org/2025/12/18/t...
- Redefining the Rules for a New Generation of National Laws and Agreements in Commercial Space Mining opiniojuris.org/2025/12/18/r...
- The Flight MH17 Case and the Scope of the Appellate Jurisdiction of the ICJ opiniojuris.org/2025/12/17/t...
- The Trump Administration’s Subversion of the State Department’s Human Rights Reporting (Part 2) opiniojuris.org/2025/12/17/t...
- The Trump Administration’s Subversion of the State Department’s Human Rights Reporting (Part 1) opiniojuris.org/2025/12/17/t...
- Article 63 as Evidence Law: The Gambia v Myanmar and the Missing Intervener opiniojuris.org/2025/12/17/a...
- Gaza, Genocide, and the UN General Assembly (Part 2) opiniojuris.org/2025/12/16/g...
- Gaza, Genocide, and the UN General Assembly (Part 1) opiniojuris.org/2025/12/16/g...
- When Tech Disrupts Faster Than Rules Adapt: Drafting Emergency Guidance for AI-Affected Evidence opiniojuris.org/2025/12/16/w...
- Reviewing Afghan Evacuation and Resettlement opiniojuris.org/2025/12/16/r...
- Baltic Backdrop: Sanctions Evasion and the Legal Limits of Maritime Enforcement opiniojuris.org/2025/12/15/b...
- Why Ukraine and the International Community Should Demand that Russia Renounce Territorial Expansion opiniojuris.org/2025/12/15/w...
- Justice for Children Part 2: What Child-Centered Justice Requires opiniojuris.org/2025/12/15/j...
- Justice for Children Part 1: Progress Made, Gaps Remaining opiniojuris.org/2025/12/15/j...