Category: International Law
A nation’s military and geo-strategic interests cannot, under international law, prevail over the sovereign rights of other states. Despite widespread international condemnation, state sovereignty, self-determination, and decolonization are fundamental legal principles the UK should honor ...
The National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls (MMIWG) has concluded that Canada has committed genocide against its Indigenous peoples. This is bolstered by a dense, sophisticated 46-page supplementary legal analysis appended ...
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – Iran’s United Nations ambassador accused the United States on Monday of showing no respect for international law by imposing new sanctions on Iran, describing tensions between the pair as “really dangerous” ...
No, rules are not made to be broken — certainly not when formalized in an international treaty. This year marks the 70th anniversary of the Fourth Geneva Convention — the most recent revision of the ...
Globally, international investment law – the world of Bilateral Investment Treaties (BITs), the Free Trade Agreement chapters, and investor-state dispute settlements (ISDS) – is in flux. Developed and developing countries alike have found themselves disenchanted ...
Supreme Court Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio acknowledged the conflict between the Philippine Constitution and international law on whether national territory included areas in the West Philippine Sea within 370 kilometers from the country’s coastline, ...
US President Donald Trump has based his foreign policy on a series of harsh economic blockades, each designed to frighten, coerce, and even starve the target country into submitting to American demands. While the practice ...
