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Public Law

Vaccine sovereignty and international law

Can international norms prioritise humanity before sovereignty? A pertinent question in the context of current vaccine hoarding.

Interdisciplinary Study of the Law

Walking a tightrope on an ethernet cable

The CRC Committee’s 25th General Comment Children’s Rights in relation to the digital environment

New opportunities in the prosecution of gender-based violence: Intersectionality and grounds for persecution

The recent appointment of Karim A. A. Khan as the new Prosecutor of the ICC – who will take office in June 2021 – offers new insights into prosecutorial strategies, particularly in relation to sexual violence.

Interdisciplinary Study of the Law

From force to consent: a new definition of rape in the Netherlands

On International Women’s Day the Dutch Minister of Justice introduced a new Bill on sex crimes. Rape and sexual assault will no longer depend on force but on the absence of consent. Why the reform and what will it yield?

Public Law

Universal Jurisdiction: Road to Justice for the Yazidis?

Almost seven years following ISIL’s genocide against the Yazidi community, will justice ever be served? Germany offers a glimmer of hope for accountability.

Public Law

Afghanistan’s request for deferral: A procedural dead end

Remaining dormant up until the request, Afghanistan’s invocation of Article 18 of the Rome Statute with regards to the ICC’s investigation only delays the inevitable.