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Recent Publications:
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A Targeted Killing in Canada?
Canada and India’s dispute over the killing of Hardeep Singh Nijjar raises complex international legal issues involving sovereignty and human rights.
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Unilateral Sanctions Under International Human Rights Law: Correcting the Record
Fellmeth argues that UN Special Rapporteur Douhan’s report on sanctions is flawed in evidence, interpretation, and application of international law.
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Implementing Integrated Deterrence in the Cyber Domain: The Role of Lawyers
Caroline Krass discusses the lawyers’ role in integrated deterrence at the U.S. Cyber Command Legal Conference, noting cybersecurity and compliance.
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Weapons Against the Weak
Sanctions enable Global North to coerce Global South. With rising multipolarity, this trend may shift, altering global economic dynamics.
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Discussant Comments
Achiume highlights global racial justice implications of sanctions, using TWAIL and LPE perspectives, urging a reset in sanctions debates.
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The Brutal Impact of Sanctions on the Global South
Sanctions and their damage to the Global South by actively undermining economic development systems and resources.
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The Antinomies of “Peaceful” Economic Sanctions
The antinomies of “peaceful sanctions” as symptomatic of the material basis of the international legal order.
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The Fog of Peace: Who Profits from Economic Sanctions?
Sustaining the myth of the dichotomy between the domains of war and peace exacerbates the vulnerability of certain states.
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Economic Sanctions and Humanitarian Principles: Lessons from International Humanitarian Law
Sanctions often serve as a means of waging economic warfare in an era of intensified geopolitical tension.
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Successful Failures: Economic Sanctions, Humanitarianism, and the Undoing of Post-Colonial Sovereignty
The successful failure of the humanitarian critique of economic sanctions as it relates to humanitarian relief provided to Afghans.
Recent Publications:
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- YJIL Forum
A War Crimes “Wiki”: The Need for an Open Database to Ensure Syrian Accountability
Just over a month ago, a Swedish court became the first court anywhere to convict an individual associated with the Assad regime for war crimes.
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- YJIL Forum
More Privacy Principle: A Reply to Asaf Lubin
In his reply to The Privacy Principle, Asaf Lubin queries whether the right to privacy meets the criteria of a general principle of law.
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- Book Review
Book Review: The Child in International Refugee Law
Human rights give legal expression to our most foundational shared precepts of justice.
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- YJIL Forum
Building a Durable Legal Framework in Space: The Extraterrestrial Impact of the South China Sea Dispute
Just a few weeks ago, tech titan Elon Musk announced his lofty intention to send the first colonists to Mars by 2024.
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- Features Essays
Section 7 of the United Kingdom Bribery Act 2010: A “Fair Warning” Perlustration
“Within the past year, the tides of global corruption have begun a perceptible shift. In a growing number of countries …”
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- Features Essays
A Principled Defence of the International Human Right to Privacy: A Response to Frédéric Sourgens
Frédéric Sourgens’s recent article, The Privacy Principle, dares to ask a provocative question: can international law regulate global surveillance pro
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- YJIL Forum
The Case of Kim Jong-nam and Questions of International Law
At first glance, an assassination is a straight forward violation of international law.
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- Features Essays
A General Look at Specific Jurisdiction
Towards a unified theory of “arising out of” or “related to” jurisdiction where the defendant’s forum conduct contributed to the plaintiff’s claims
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- YJIL Forum
A Closer Look at the Korean Constitutional Court’s Ruling on Park Geun-hye’s Impeachment
The Constitutional Court of the Republic of Korea unanimously approved the National Assembly’s December 2016 vote to impeach President Park Geun-hye.
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- YJIL Forum
President Trump’s Budget Blueprint and U.N. Blue Helmets
On March 16th, President Trump released an initial budget outline for fiscal year (FY) 2018.
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- Book Review
Book Review: Europe’s Justice Deficit?
Speaking in October 2014, László Andor, Commissioner for Employment, Social Affairs, and Inclusion of the European Commission, surveyed the damage …
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- Features Essays
Grey Zones in the International Law of Cyberspace
This Essay identifies certain critical grey zones of international law that are susceptible to exploitation when conducting cyber operations.
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- YJIL Forum
Understanding War-Sustaining Targeting: A Rejoinder to Iulia Padeanu
Ms. Iulia Padeanu says, “Accepting that War-Sustaining Objects are ‘Legitimate Targets’ under IHL is a Terrible Idea,” but I say shouldn’t we use …
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- YJIL Forum
Disaster Risk Governance and COVID-19 – Accountability, Transparency, and Corruption
This essay discusses three related elements of disaster risk governance: accountability, transparency, and corruption.
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- YJIL Forum
When Do Treaties Preempt State Law?
The American Law Institute is in the middle of an effort to update its Restatement (Third) of the Foreign Relations Law of the United States …
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- YJIL Forum
Treasuring the “Treasure Island of Korea”: A Cautionary Tale of Chinese Real Estate Development in Jeju Island
Home to the highest mountain in South Korea, the world’s longest lava caves, and unique lava forests, Jeju Island is the only place on Earth to …
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- YJIL Forum
Accepting that War-Sustaining Objects Are “Legitimate Targets” Under IHL Is a Terrible Idea
In a recent article, Professor Ryan Goodman puts forth a controversial argument: “war sustaining” objects in non-international armed conflicts …
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- YJIL Forum
Exiting the United Nations: Paths and Potential
On the very first day of the 115th Congress, Representative Mike Rogers (R-AL) introduced H.R. 193, the American Sovereignty Restoration Act of 2017.
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- Symposia
Symposium: Brexit and the Law
“Breaking up is Hard to Do,” the song goes, and for graphic proof, we need look no further than the United Kingdom’s June 23, 2016 referendum to leave
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