Barrister-at-Law (Lincoln’s Inn) Diploma of the Hague Academy of International Law. Upon Guyana’s accession to independence, its first Chancellor of the Judiciary, the great J.O.F. Haynes counselled ...

Legal principles matter as two major democracies—Taiwan and Ukraine—are threatened by superpower neighbors. Whether one argues about Taiwan’s status as a country or a province of China, it is a ...

In recent years, a growing number of observers across the world have begun to question whether the principles of international law are applied equally to ...

International law was meant to prevent atrocities, but selective enforcement and political manipulation now threaten to turn it into a tool of impunity.The post Hindsight is 20/20 appeared first on ...

International law consists of binding legal obligations among sovereign states. Two of the basic principles of the international legal system are that sovereign states are legally equal and ...

The fact that a person who committed an act which constitutes a crime under international law acted as Head of State or responsible Government official does not relieve him from responsibility under ...

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights is generally agreed to be the foundation of international human rights law. Adopted in 1948, the UDHR has inspired a rich body of legally binding ...

Daily compliance of international law remains the norm. Violations do occur – sometimes brazenly – but they are exceptions.

From the standpoint of international law, the dispute was conclusively resolved.

The National Committee for International Humanitarian Law (NCIHL) expressed its deep concern and strong condemnation of the m ...