Strategic climate litigation and polarisation: Fanning or smothering the flames of societal conflicts?

What, if any, should the role of courts be in reconciling the pressing need for climate action in an atmosphere of deep-running social tension?

Christina Eckes • June 28, 2022

No, Russia cannot be removed from the UN Security Council

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has drawn attention to a major problem in the UN system: Russia’s veto power in the Security Council. The proposed solution to remove Russia from the UNSC is misguided.

Joris van de Riet • March 22, 2022

A Uniting for Peace Response to Disuniting for War: The Role of the two Political Organs of the UN

This blog briefly addresses the involvement and interaction of the two main political organs of the United Nations, the Security Council and the General Assembly, in the Ukraine crisis.

Nico Schrijver • March 18, 2022

International Court of Justice Orders Russia to Immediately Suspend Military Operations in Ukraine

On 16 March 2022, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in the Hague ordered Russia to ‘immediately suspend the military operations that it commenced on 24 February 2022 in the territory of Ukraine’.

Cecily Rose • March 17, 2022

A Series of Leiden Law Blogs on the Russian aggression in Ukraine

Europe is shocked, the world is shocked, by the Russian aggression in Ukraine and the human suffering as a result of Russia’s flagrant violation of key rules of international law.

Niels Blokker • March 15, 2022

International Space Regulation: A vital endeavour or a burden on the current international legal system?

The ever-present issue of orbital and space debris, future space colonies and mining operations, bring new legal challenges that current international law cannot cope with.

Deniz Nikolay Dirisu • November 18, 2021

UN accountability & the Bosnian War

The UN needs to be held legally accountable for its actions during the Bosnian War to achieve justice for Bosnian War survivors and to live up to its own legal and moral standards.

Mathes Rausch • October 05, 2021

Impact of an asteroid on Earth: the need for legal clarifications

Scientists believe that the fall of a destructive asteroid on Earth is not entirely unlikely. If so, what would be the means of defence available to States in order to comply with international law?

Aniela Barug, Konstantinos Andritsos, Siti Jamaldin and Jacomo Restellini • June 08, 2020

The UNSC: An Outdated System facing a Modern Crisis?

Is COVID-19 only a matter of public health? Is it not a threat to international peace and security? Qualifying COVID-19 as a mere matter of “public health” is highly reductive.

Dorine Nauleau • March 27, 2020