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The UN in the Line of Fire
On 22 October 2025, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) issued its advisory opinion on the Obligations of Israel in Relation to the Presence and Activities of the United Nations, Other International Organizations and Third States in and in Relation to the Occupied Palestinian
#AdvisoryOpinion #ArmedConflict #CustomaryInternationalLaw #Immunity #InternationalCourtOfJustice
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A Question of Authority and Risk
Editor’s Note: This post is part of a symposium relating to the ICRC's customary international humanitarian law study, featured across Articles of War and Völkerrechtsblog. The introductory post is available here. The symposium highlights presentations delivered at the young researchers' worksho
#ArmedConflict #CustomaryInternationalLaw #InternationalHumanitarianLaw
https://voelkerrechtsblog.org/a-question-of-authority-and-risk/
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Flying Too Low?
Artificial islands have become central flashpoints in maritime disputes, particularly in the South China Sea. Their strategic use by coastal states raises difficult questions under international law, especially regarding the rights of foreign aircraft to conduct overflight. While the legal position of maritime zones generated by natural features is rela
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Promise and Peril of Relying on Human Rights in the Customary International Humanitarian Law Study
Editor’s Note: This post is part of a symposium relating to the ICRC's customary international humanitarian law study, featured across Articles of War an
#CustomaryInternationalLaw #Development #HumanRights #InternationalHumanitarianLaw
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The Encyclopaedic Value of the ICRC’s Customary IHL Study
Editor’s Note: This post is part of a symposium relating to the ICRC's customary international humanitarian law study, featured across Articles of War and Völkerrechtsblog. The introductory post is available here. The symposium highlights presen
#ArmedConflict #CustomaryInternationalLaw #InternationalHumanitarianLaw
https://voelkerrechtsblog.org/the-encyclopaedic-value-of-the-icrcs-customary-ihl-study/
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Revisiting Customary IHL
Editors’ note: This post introduces a symposium relating to the ICRC's Customary International Humanitarian Law Study, featured across Articles of War and Völkerrechtsblog. The symposium highlights presentations delivered at the young researchers' workshop, Customary IHL: Revisiting the ICRC's
#ArmedConflict #CustomaryInternationalLaw #InternationalHumanitarianLaw #PeaceAndSecurity
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The Advisory Opinion on Obligations of States in Respect of Climate Change
Introduction
The International Court of Justice (ICJ) has delivered an Advisory Opinion on Obligations in Respect of Climate Change that meets the moment. That the members of the Court felt the weight of that moment o
#ClimateChange #CustomaryInternationalLaw #ObligationsErgaOmnes
Making #Ecocide an #InternationalCrime requires getting it incorporated into the national #criminallaw of as many countries as possible. It already is in a dozen or so (last time I checked), owing mainly to a 2023 #EU directive. Several States support incorporating it into the #ICC (#Belgium, #France, #Vanuatu, the #Maldives), but the Court can't have jurisdiction before ecocide becomes part of #CustomaryInternationalLaw.
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Sacred Days, Silent Guns?
#CustomaryInternationalLaw #InternationalHumanitarianLaw #Religion
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India, the Indus Waters Treaty, and the Limits of Good Faith
#CustomaryInternationalLaw #India #LawOfTreaties
https://voelkerrechtsblog.org/india-the-indus-waters-treaty-and-the-limits-of-good-faith/
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