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International Law & Armed Conflicts

Armed conflict raises some of the most fundamental questions in international law. This dossier examines the laws of war, international humanitarian law, accountability for war crimes, and the role of international courts and tribunals, with particular attention to ongoing conflicts and the legal challenges they present.

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The new kid on the block: the HCCH Judgments Convention of 2 July 2019

The HCCH has adopted a new convention that offers a facilitated regime of global circulation of court decisions in civil and commercial matters aiming to foster international trade. Care is needed to coherently shape the treaty’s place in existing regimes.

Ekaterina Pannebakker and Jeroen van der Weide • July 29, 2019

A never-ending story: EU postpones decision on negotiations with Albania and North Macedonia

This blog entry sheds some light on Council’s conclusions of 18 June 2019 in which any decision of opening accession negotiations with Albania and North Macedonia was postponed to October 2019. How to read this decision and what could its implications?

Darinka Piqani • July 01, 2019

Is fragmentation an issue or an exception? Analysis of the Tadic and Bosnian Genocide cases

Fragmentation occurs when international proceedings that involve the same parties and raise the same issues arrive at different conclusions. The conflict in the ICTY’s Tadic decision and the ICJ’s Bosnian Genocide decision – an issue or an exception?

Andrea Samardzija • June 17, 2019

The Grundgesetz turns 70 – On the Europeanness of the German Constitution

The European parliamentary elections commence and the German Constitution turns 70 today, both on the very same day. Although arguably coincidental, this overlap offers the opportunity to investigate how “European” today’s German Constitution is.

Frederik Behre • May 23, 2019

The motives for the period of office in the PCIJ and their implementation in the ICJ today

In recent years, elections of judges to the ICJ have shown their political side. States try to place their candidates for the term of nine years. This entry investigates how this period of office evolved and still influences the work of the court.

Laura Kreft • May 20, 2019

Finnish Constitutional Law Committee adopts ultra vires review of secondary EU law?

Constitutional Law Court’s ultra vires review of EU law, but similar actions by other European institutions have mostly stayed under the radar.

Tomi Tuominen • February 26, 2019 • 1 comment