Coup, Constitution and the Count: Zimbabwe’s Disputed Elections
In November 2017, Robert Mugabe’s 38-year rule ended. At the time, I called this what it was – a coup – though ...
Conflict and Human Rights
India’s Reaction to the 1st UN Report on Kashmir is Unwarranted
On June 14, 2018, the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, in recognition of the urgent need to ...
Let’s Talk About Kashmir: The Symbolic Significance Of The UN Report On Kashmir
On 14th June, 2018, The Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights published a 49 page report, the first one ...
Why There is No Right of Return
Previously, on this blog, Ms. Loureen Sayej wrote an interesting article entitled Palestinian Refugees and the ...
International Law Violations Underpin Tragedy in Gaza
The death of 60 Palestinians under Israeli fire at the Israel-Gaza border fence on May 14 has sent palpable ...
Palestinian Refugees and the Right of Return in International Law
On this 70th commemoration of the Nakba (catastrophe), Palestinian refugees and their descendants still constitute ...
Revolution and Counter-revolution in Egypt’s Emergency State
At the beginning of January, Egyptian president Abdel Fattah El Sisi declared a three-month extension of a ...
Addressing Gender Violence: The Urgent Need for Introspection by the ICC
The International Criminal Court (ICC) will celebrate its twentieth anniversary in 2018. While this torchbearer of ...
Retroactively Legalizing Illegal Settlements: What’s the ‘Greater Jerusalem’ Bill?
With Israeli settlement expansion continuing unabated in the West Bank and East Jerusalem, the Israeli Knesset’s ...
President Trump’s Recognition of Jerusalem: A Legal Analysis
In a proclamation signed on Wednesday, US President Donald Trump unilaterally recognized Jerusalem as Israel’s ...
Al-Bashir in Uganda: Head of State Immunity and the Rome Statute
Last month the High Court in Kampala declined to issue a provisional arrest warrant for visiting President of ...
“Butcher of Bosnia” Found Guilty of Genocide, Crimes Against Humanity and Violations of the Laws or Customs of War
As forecast earlier this week, the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia delivered the ...
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