THE very wise and practical statesmen who in 1787 assembled in Philadelphia to frame a charter of government for the thirteen states, which should "form a more perfect union" than the existing ...

Among the greatest achievements of the United Nations is the development of a body of international law, which is central to promoting economic and social development, as well as to advancing ...

"The law had been broken by a sea Power but was still the law; it was necessary that this should be brought before the public mind. The law was not like a teacup or a pitcher which, once broken, was ...

In celebration of Veterans Day and the 101st anniversary of the armistice with Germany that ended World War I, University of Pennsylvania history professor Peter Holquist spoke on Monday afternoon ...

President of the International of Justice, Judge Abdulqawi Yusuf, High Commissioner for Human Rights, Ms. Michelle Bachelet Jeria, Under-Secretary-General for Legal Affairs and United Nations Legal ...

Vol. 16, Problems of Peace and War, Papers Read before the Society in the Year 1930 (1930), pp. 119-129 (11 pages) Cambridge University Press (www.cambridge.org) is the publishing division of the ...

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Hikmahanto Juwana, Indonesia-appointed International Law Commission (ILC) candidate for 2028-2032 term, emphasizes the crucial role of developing countries' perspective in ...

International humanitarian law is part of the body of international law that governs relations between States. IHL aims to limit the effects of armed conflicts for humanitarian reasons. It aims to ...

The concept of exceptionalism is often invoked to explain “the Palestinian question” within the international system. Palestine is framed as an anomaly: an anachronistic settler-colonial project, ...