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To Remove Or Not To Remove The Sudan Genocide Case From The ICJ’s General List By Provisional Measures Order – EJIL: Talk! – Go Health Pro

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To Remove Or Not To Remove The Sudan Genocide Case From The ICJ’s General List By Provisional Measures Order – EJIL: Talk! – Go Health Pro

Prelude to Sudan v. UAE

As evident from Sudan’s Application Instituting Proceedings in Sudan v. UAE before the International Court of Justice (ICJ or Court) and the UAE’s declaration demanding the “immediate dismissal” of that case, it was predicted that the provisional measures hearing of 20 April 2025 would largely concentrate on the dual between “prima facie jurisdiction” and “manifest lack of jurisdiction.” Indeed, Sudan argued that the Court had prima facie jurisdiction while the UAE insisted that the Court’s lack of jurisdiction was manifest. In line with the recent trend of the Court, it was predictable that Sudan would confront the risk of its case being removed from the General List of the ICJ as a result of the UAE’s claim of the ICJ’s “manifest lack of jurisdiction” (see, Verbatim Record 2025/2, p.16, §6).

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Science, Technology, “Human” Dignity and Rules – EJIL: Talk! – Go Health Pro

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To Remove Or Not To Remove The Sudan Genocide Case From The ICJ’s General List By Provisional Measures Order – 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.’ As in previous industrial revolutions –bolstered by scientific discovery– bold entrepreneurs seek to influence decision-makers and shape social and legal rules to achieve the precarious assembly of raw materials, energy, labour, and … Read more

‘Rights of Nature’ in Human Rights Courts or a Parallel Protection System? – EJIL: Talk! – Go Health Pro

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To Remove Or Not To Remove The Sudan Genocide Case From The ICJ’s General List By Provisional Measures Order – 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.’ What role, if any, do human rights courts have in the protection of the natural world? Advisory Opinion 23 by the Inter-American Court on Human Rights marked, in my view, a potentially … Read more

Emerging Animal Rights and Their Anthropo-, Zoo- and Ecocentric Justifications – EJIL: Talk! – Go Health Pro

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To Remove Or Not To Remove The Sudan Genocide Case From The ICJ’s General List By Provisional Measures Order – EJIL: Talk! – Go Health Pro

The idea of expanding the normative framework of human rights to nonhuman entities is not quite new, but ever-so topical in the age of AI, corporate human rights, and the rise of the global Rights of Nature movement. Although animals may be paradigmatic (non)human rights aspirants, animal rights proper have not yet been adjudicated, let … Read more

Obstacle or Precursor to Human Rights Accountability? – EJIL: Talk! – Go Health Pro

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To Remove Or Not To Remove The Sudan Genocide Case From The ICJ’s General List By Provisional Measures Order – EJIL: Talk! – Go Health Pro

Introduction The topic of debate is whether corporate human rights pose an obstacle or precursor to their own accountability for human rights violations. Many might have an intuitive response: if corporations can be held responsible for human rights violations, they also should have protected rights and access to courts to enforce those rights. Or vice … Read more