Editor's note: We are updating this article as this story develops. Last updated at 2:30 pm Eastern Time. Israel launched airstrikes targeting Hamas leaders in Doha, Qatar, a major non-NATO ally that hosts the largest U.S. military base in the Middle East, which houses at least 10,000 American troops. The attack appears to be the first ever Israeli airstrike on the territory of an Arab Persian Gulf state. The bombing killed several Hamas staffers, but the group's negotiating team survived, ac...| Responsible Statecraft
Mohamed Thahir Sulaiman explores how the Global South has challenged mainstream notions of what it means for a state to be specially affected when it comes to customary international law formation. Sulaiman argues that the doctrine of specially affected states can be used to counteract hegemonic international law and amplify the voices of the Global South in shaping customary international law.| TWAILR
The U.S. military strike that killed 11 people on a boat in the Caribbean on Sept. 2 is an act of murder and a violation of international law, experts say. By Elizabeth Weill-Greenberg Truthout Experts are condemning the U.S. military strike that killed 11 people on a boat in the Caribbe| Consortium News
The International Court of Justice's advisory opinion recognizes that inadequate climate action is not just bad policy – it may breach international law.| E-International Relations
If aggression has become ordinary, it is because the order has adjusted to accommodate it.| E-International Relations
Applying a new label to an old problem does not transform the problem. Nor does it grant the U.S. president or the U.S. military expanded legal authority to kill civilians. The post Using Labels, Not Law, to Justify Lethal Force: Inside the Venezuelan Boat Strike appeared first on Just Security.| Just Security
The Trump administration’s extraordinary lethal attack on a purported drug smuggling vessel – and its vow that it is the start of a campaign – raise significant legal issues. The post Legal Issues Raised by a Lethal U.S. Military Attack in the Caribbean appeared first on Just Security.| Just Security
When women are walked to their deaths with the world watching, international law must offer more than words. It must deliver protection with power. The post When Law Fails Women: Jirgas, Gender Violence, and the Collapse of International Accountability appeared first on Just Security.| Just Security
Positive international law is today in the grip of an unprecedented crisis of legitimacy and effectiveness, a phenomenon highlighted by King Mohammed VI in his speech at the opening of the 82nd session of the Institute of International Law, held in Rabat on August 24, 2025.| Morocco World News
By Sanjana Kumar — The climate crisis has been described internationally as “the greatest human rights challenge of the 21st century.” Despite this, there has been great difficulty in legally recognizing it as such. This article focuses on existing variability across paradigms used to assess climate suffering, exploring the legal basis for framing bureaucratic failure to address preventable harm as a violation of human rights. While the principle of a human rights framework exists withi...| Princeton Legal Journal
By: Adebayo Majekolagbe Decision Commented On: Obligations of States in Respect of Climate Change, Advisory Opinion of the International Court of Justice (2025) PDF Version: Canada’s Internationally Wrongful Climate Acts Over the past decade, litigants—mainly young people—have petitioned domestic courts worldwide to assess if governments are doing enough to combat climate change. Courts in Europe, […] The post Canada’s Internationally Wrongful Climate Acts first appeared on ABLawg.| ABLawg
Global activists aim to halt the Gaza genocide by interrupting the flow of arms to Israel.| Truthout
There was a small glimmer of good news on climate change last week: The International Court of Justice ruled that nation states have legal obligations under climate treaties and customary international law to protect "the climate system and other parts of the environment from anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions.” … Continue reading →| Unsolicited Feedback
Journal of Political Risk, Vol. 13, No. 7, July 2025| Journal of Political Risk
More than 40,000 infants face the risk of death due to Israel’s continued ban on the entry of baby formula into Gaza, local authorities say.| Palestine Chronicle
Donald Trump withdrawing US from UN bodies, tearing up climate change treaties, attacking multilateral orgs, like Presidents Bush, Obama, Reagan. Imperialism is bipartisan in Washington.| Geopolitical Economy Report
The United Nations has said Keir Starmer's ban of Palestine Action could be a breach of international law as it was "disproportionate and unnecessary" to ban the group after it spray-painted an RAF aircraft red last month.| The Daily Sceptic
Topline takeaways World’s highest court finds all nations have a legal responsibility to act to reduce climate risk. Climate protection and a healthy, clean environment are implicit in all ot…| Climate Civics
Several Germans were killed by Israel in Gaza. Even though these are criminal offences, the German government does not want to prosecute them. International lawyers and the Left Party group in the Bundestag are criticising this. Since the attack by Palestinian groups on Israel on 7 October 2023 and Israel’s subsequent war, the German government […]| Matthias Monroy
From drone strikes to facial scans, legal frameworks are being bent to justify AI-powered targeting and biometric control in a new era of algorithmic warfare.| Untold Mag
Join us for an online event to launch the International Procedural Law Research Hub. The IPLR Hub will be based at the University of Glasgow School of Law, led by Dr Matina Papadaki and James Devaney, and funded initially by the Scottish Council on Global Affairs.| Scottish Council On Global Affairs
The Law of Armed Conflict (LOAC), also known as international humanitarian law (IHL), is a set of rules that govern warfare and aim to minimize harm to civilians and non-combatants. Alexandra Meise joins podcast editor Ron Granieri to examine the development of LOAC, which stems from treaties like the Geneva Conventions, domestic laws of individual states, and the Rome Statute that established the International Criminal Court. Their conversation delves into war crimes, crimes against humanity...| A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast
Cultural property encompasses both tangible artifacts and intangible heritage that shapes societies. Historian Matthias Rogg is back in the studio, this time with Laurie Rush, an archaeologist and anthropologist working as a Department of the Army civilian at Fort Drum, NY. Laurie, who has extensive experience supporting the Army in cultural property protection missions, highlights the importance of preserving cultural heritage during conflicts. Their conversation turns to the need for increa...| A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast
Cultural property encompasses both tangible artifacts and intangible heritage that shapes societies. Historian Matthias Rogg and international law expert Lando Kirchmair delve into the critical issue of protecting cultural property during armed conflicts. They discuss the multifaceted threats to cultural property, including destruction, seizure, misuse, and humiliation. Their conversation emphasizes the vital role of international law in safeguarding cultural treasures. They also highlight ho...| A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast
Reflections From Within German International Law Scholarship| Verfassungsblog
Robert Knox and Eva Nanopoulos on the 'spectacular pseudo-sanctions' against Israel that were recently announced by the UK government, and their role in normalising the settler-colonial project.| Legal Form
Organ transplantation surgery has saved countless lives since its advent in the 1950s. As the techniques and technologies used in transplantation medicine improve, positive outcomes for donors and recipients are increasing. Demand for this treatment, however, far exceeds organ availability. It is estimated that legal transplants performed cover the needs of only 10% of all patients on waiting lists worldwide. As a result, thousands of people die every year waiting for this procedure.| HillNotes
What is the role of the (legal) intellectual in social transformation today, amid escalating environmental and economic injustice, and the rise of racist regimes worldwide? How should the tactics o…| TWAILR
A roundtable discussion involving Sumedha Choudhury, Julia Dehm, André Dao, Haris Jamil, Richard Joyce, Adil Hasan Khan, Tanvee Nandan, Dianne Otto and Saika Sabir, expressing their indebtedness to…| TWAILR
"The West was given a choice today between the international criminal law project it kicked off at Nuremberg and impunity for Israel. It is choosing the latter and thus will destroy the former"| Phoenix Media Co-operative
Over 38,000 bodies recovered and thousands still missing as Gaza's Civil Defense faces immense challenges in the wake of Israel's genocidal assault.| Palestine Chronicle
Jasmin Lilian Diab delves into the deceptive use of the term ‘evacuation’ in modern warfare, where it often masks forced displacement and population expulsion. Highlighting the Israeli-…| TWAILR
Issue 5 is out now, including articles on Bob Marley, the neoliberal transformation of the Indian state, teaching international economic law in Africa, children of African Irish descent, settler co…| TWAILR
The following cases represent a small fraction of potential human rights violations committed with American planes, shells, and bombs| Responsible Statecraft
IISD explores the legal consequences under international law for States that violate their international obligations.| Impakter
Contrary to the popular Zionist myth upon which the entire so-called 'peace process' was premised, UN Security Council Resolution 242 requires Israel to fully and immediately withdraw its armed forces from occupied Palestine.| Jeremy R. Hammond
Climate change—in the absence of legal and social protections—works as a threat multiplier that perpetuates gender inequalities and worsens socio-economic injustices in the MENA region| The Cairo Review of Global Affairs
Why do states ignore violations of international law in Gaza?| The Cairo Review of Global Affairs
Ende Mai legte der Internationale Seegerichtshof ein mit Spannung erwartetes Gutachten vor. Eine Gruppe kleiner Inselstaaten hatte den Seegerichtshof im Dezember 2022 angerufen, um die Frage zu klären, was die Pflichten der Vertragsstaaten des Seerechtübereinkommens für den Klimaschutz umfassen. Der Seegerichtshof kam zu dem Ergebnis, dass die Staaten verpflichtet sind, die Meeresverschmutzung zu verhindern. Auch wenn das Gutachten rechtlich nicht bindend ist, dürfte es Auswirkungen auf d...| PRIF BLOG
Sumedha Choudhury delves into the nuanced history of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) and its impact on minority rights. The author argues how minority oppression is not an aberrati…| TWAILR
In responding to the catastrophic humanitarian consequences of war in cities, it is crucial to pay attention to every individual death, injury, and incident of destruction and also to indirect harm to the collective population and its shared spaces—to the very fabric of the city.| Peace Policy
ICC Prosecutor Karim A.A. Khan is seeking arrest warrants against two Israeli leaders, including Netanyahu, and three Hamas officials.| Jeremy R. Hammond
Katherine M. Koza "argues that a new U.N. cybercrime treaty should build on the strengths of the Budapest Convention by including a clearer 'extradite-or-prosecute' requirement for its signatories and by creating strong privacy requirements to counterbalance the risks created by any data-sharing provisions."| The University of Chicago Law Review Online Archive
Responding to Profs. Chander & Schwartz’s Privacy and/or Trade, Profs. Kristina Irion, Margot E. Kaminski & Svetlana Yakovleva argue that "international trade as a regime is fundamentally the wrong forum for striking a balance" between "the free flow of information and the protection of data privacy."| The University of Chicago Law Review Online