When States make reservations to treaties, confusion ensues. The legal effect of these reservations among the parties to the treaty is complex. After World War II, it was uncertain as to what the [...]

The North Sea Continental Shelf Case is a classic case for something other than what the case is ultimately about. Argued and decided in the late 1960s, this case came in the midst of the [...]

The 2002 Arrest Warrant case of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) about former Congolese Foreign Minister Yerodia stumped a rapid movement towards prosecuting both former and sitting high [...]

Court cases need not be old for these cases to become classics. The Jurisdictional Immunities case between Germany and Italy is an insta-classic. The International Court of Justice (ICJ) clearly [...]

Sometimes a national court decision will have just as much impact on international law and international legal argument, as any judgement coming from the International Court of Justice. The issue [...]

Today’s case between India and Pakistan before the International Court of Justice (ICJ) regards the arrest, trial and death sentence of Kulbushan Sudhir Jadhav, an Indian national, by Pakistan. [...]

I’ll come right out and say it. We expect too much from international law. Even law in general, and lawyers and layman alike. We expect international law to always provide a solution for the [...]

It has been a few days since the United States conducted a cruise missile strike against an airfield in Syria in retaliation after horrible pictures of a chemical attack on civilians spread [...]

In my quest to fully comprehend US constitutional law before I comment on it, I thought I’d start with an introductory book. My knowledge of US law as a Dutch- and international lawyer is [...]