International law is not contingent upon flawless compliance but emerges from the interplay of institutional coherence, ...

International law tightly limits who may be targeted in armed conflict. Civilians are protected from attack unless they ...

Current political and economic issues succinctly explained. There is a persistent sense of failure in world affairs today. The aspirations of modernity—to make progress in the well-being of both ...

Following a period of relative post-Cold War peace, the beginning of the twenty-first century has seen a tremendous increase in the number of conflict events around the planet. As of late 2024, the ...

Bertrand Ramcharan is Visiting Professor of International Law at Lund University, Sweden. He has held various positions at the United Nations, including Acting United Nations High Commissioner for ...

A landmark advisory opinion from the International Court of Justice clarifies that states have a duty under international law to prevent climate harm – with serious implications for Australia’s fossil ...

Ankush Khardori is a senior writer for POLITICO Magazine and a former federal prosecutor at the Department of Justice. His column, Rules of Law, offers an unvarnished look at national legal affairs ...