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Beyond “Good Neighborliness” in the ICJ 1 October 2018 Judgment in Bolivia v. Chile: Do Human Rights and Sustainable Development Obligate Creating Negotiated Access for Landlocked Bolivia to the Pacific Ocean? On 1 October 2018, the International Court of Justice issued its Judgment on the Merits in Obligation to Negotiate Access …

The ICJ’s Provisional Measures Order in Alleged Violations of the 1955 Treaty (Iran v United States) The ICJ this morning issued its Order regarding Iran’s request for the indication of provisional measures in Alleged Violations of the 1955 Treaty of Amity, Economic Relations, and Consular Rights (Iran v United States). …

Palestine Sues the United States in the ICJ re Jerusalem Embassy On Friday Palestine instituted proceedings against the United States of America before the International Court of Justice, claiming that the US violated the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations by moving its embassy to Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. …

New Challenges to International Law: A View from The Hague Nijhoff Law Specials, Volume: 96 Editor: Steven van Hoogstraten International law and the Hague, the city where so many institutions of international law are established, are intimately connected. This book presents the views developed by some of the active players …

Part I: The Partition of the Chagos Archipelago and the Haunting Spectre of the South West Africa Cases The advisory proceedings concerning the Legal Consequences of the Separation of the Chagos Archipelago from Mauritius in 1965 are over, but an opinion that answers the legal questions raised in the request …

The ICC Has Jurisdiction over One Form of Genocide in the Rohingya Situation by Kevin Jon Heller A number of commentators — including me — have questioned whether the OTP should open an investigation into Myanmar’s treatment of the Rohingya if that investigation would be limited to the crime against …

Supreme Court of Spain: UN Treaty Body individual decisions are legally binding The Spanish Supreme Court has established that the views expressed by UN Human Rights Treaty Bodies in individual complaints are binding on the State. The Court ordered Spain to pay €600,000 in compensation to Ángela González for the …

Towards an International Convention on Business and Human Rights by Carlos Lopez [Carlos Lopez is a Senior Legal Advisor at the International Commission of Jurists.] The first draft of one of the most important international human rights treaties of recent years, and instrument addressing on business and human rights has …

Here Comes the Name Again: Treaty Making at the Epicenter of the Greek Debate over the agreement with the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia This week, the Prime Ministers and Foreign Ministers of Greece and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia reached agreement over the long running dispute regarding the …

The End of the Iran Deal and the Future of the Security Council Snapback by Jean Galbraith [Jean Galbraith is an Assistant Professor at the University of Pennsylvania Law School.] Yesterday, President Trump announced that the United States will withdraw from the Iran deal. He is not claiming any major …