International Law Blog

By Konstantinos D. Magliveras, Professor of Public International Law at the University of the Aegean, Greece I. Introduction The Golan Heights (total area 1,800 square kilometers) lies in Southwest Syria and borders Lebanon, Israel and Jordan. Israel has occupied and administered it since the ‘Six-Day War’ in 1967; more than 20,000 Israeli citizens have settled […]

Dr Peter Lawrence is an Adjunct Senior Researcher at the University of Tasmania (UTAS) Law School, Coauthor of Representing Future Generations: Climate Change and the Global Legal Order with Michael Reder (Cambridge University Press, 2026) The 23 July 2025 International Court of Justice (ICJ) advisory opinion on climate change has many strengths but is fairly […]

By Dr Cyril Laucci, Lead Counsel for the Defence before the ICC On 24 July 2026, the decision was handed down. 82 States Parties concluded that the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (“ICC”), Karim Khan, had committed serious misconduct and a serious breach of his duties. This decision brought to a close the outlandish […]

Luciano Pezzano is a Researcher and Professor of Human Rights in the University of Business and Social Sciences (UCES, Argentina) and Lecturer of Public International Law in the National University of Cordoba (UNC, Argentina). In its historic resolution 79/122, the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) decided to convene the United Nations Conference of Plenipotentiaries on […]

By Federico Jarast, Jefe de Trabajos Prácticos at Buenos Aires University School of Law and Partner at Australis Arbitration, Buenos Aires. The nerve-wracking semifinal of the 2026 FIFA World Cup between Argentina and England might be open to conflicting appreciations on what happened on the field from two different points of view. From the sport´s […]