In the wake of a new year, EJIL: Talk! has featured posts tackling a wide array of pressing issues, including international criminal justice, environmental law, the Russia-Ukraine war, human rights, investment review mechanisms, and more—some of which continue to trace the lasting impacts of key events of the past year. Wishing our readers happy holidays … Read more
Advanced economies, and in particular China and the US, are engaging in a new technological arms race. China is trying to catch up technologically to the US and the US is doing everything it can to prevent that from happening. It perceives Chinese technological advances as a threat to its national security. Outbound investment screening … Read more
A proposal to establish a new mechanism (its legal status is unclear) within international ocean governance is being debated. France has been the main proponent of the proposed Intergovernmental (or International, this is being discussed) Platform for Ocean Sustainability (IPOS). The EU has funded its development and IPOS currently has ‘official support’ from Chile and … Read more
2024 marks ten years since the African Union (AU) states adopted the Protocol on Amendments to the Protocol on the Statute of the African Court of Justice and Human Rights (Malabo Protocol), which would create a regional criminal court for Africa. The Protocol would add a criminal section alongside the general and human rights sections … Read more
Humanity now stands at a total population of 8.1 billion, of which 2 billion are mothers. Apropos of this year’s Christmas celebrations throughout the Christian part of humanity, I’ve often had occasion to observe to my students that the classic Nativity story is also a stirring narrative of how the birth of Jesus Christ occurred … Read more
