The COSAS 4 Prosecution and the Direct Application of Customary International Law in South Africa – EJIL: Talk! – Go Health Pro

The COSAS 4 Prosecution and the Direct Application of Customary International Law in South Africa – EJIL: Talk! – Go Health Pro

On 14 April 2025, the High Court in South Africa handed down judgment in a challenge by two accused to charges brought against them by South Africa’s National Prosecuting Authority (NPA). The charges concern an attack on 15 February 1982 by the South African Police on the COSAS 4—Eustice Madikela, Peter Matabane, Fanyana Nhlapo and … Read more

What President Trump’s “Reciprocal” Tariffs Mean for International (Trade) Law – EJIL: Talk! – Go Health Pro

The COSAS 4 Prosecution and the Direct Application of Customary International Law in South Africa – EJIL: Talk! – Go Health Pro

When US President Donald Trump announced the imposition of “reciprocal” tariffs on virtually the entire globe on April 2nd, many observers felt that they were witnessing a historic event—the “end of globalization as we know it”, the starting shot to an economic calamity on the scale of the Covid-19 pandemic or, as the prime minister … Read more

Green Court – South Korean Constitutional Court Rules Landmark Climate Judgement – EJIL: Talk! – Go Health Pro

The COSAS 4 Prosecution and the Direct Application of Customary International Law in South Africa – EJIL: Talk! – Go Health Pro

In February 2025, the South Korean government promised a long-term plan to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050, whereas previous plans were limited to 2030. In this post, I examine how a court case considering the United Nations (UN) Framework Convention on Climate Change influenced this shift. The Constitutional Court’s ruling in D.H. Kim et al … Read more

Greenland’s Application for Membership to the International Football Community – EJIL: Talk! – Go Health Pro

The COSAS 4 Prosecution and the Direct Application of Customary International Law in South Africa – EJIL: Talk! – Go Health Pro

Before President Trump began using the world’s largest island nation as a political football, even going so far as to threaten annexation, Greenlanders have long desired autonomy – including in the world of sport. The Football Association of Greenland (KAK), founded in 1971, represents and governs the sport in the country. As an autonomous territory of the Kingdom of Denmark, yet geographically located in North America, Greenland has developed its own distinct football identity. The game is the most popular national sport throughout the country. Due to the harsh climate and vast distances for club teams, the Greenlandic Football Championship is unique, operating in only one location during the course of a week. Due to Greenland’s recent application for membership to the Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football (Concacaf), this post explores Greenland’s ambition to become an independent nation in the world of football.

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A Matter of Coherence? – EJIL: Talk! – Go Health Pro

The COSAS 4 Prosecution and the Direct Application of Customary International Law in South Africa – EJIL: Talk! – Go Health Pro

Editor’s note: This post is part of the EJIL:Talk! Symposium on ‘Expanding Human Rights Protection to Non-Human Subjects? African, Inter-American and European Perspectives.’ Advocates of so-called robot rights argue for the inclusion of artificial intelligence (AI) in human rights protection from two fundamentally different perspectives. The first argument for coherence is as follows: If courts … Read more