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Can nations in the Global South achieve effective data sovereignty against the extraterritorial reach of US public law? Samuel W. Ugwumba Jr. explores this through Nigeria's comprehensive digital governance package.
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War near nuclear facilities tests whether IHL can restrain military operations before nuclear safety systems fail. Janakan Muthukumar argues for a risk-differentiated, hazard-based reading of IHL to better protect civilians from catastrophic nuclear harm.
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In today’s post Ilja Djatschkow explores immunities and diplomatic law by applying it to the cases of Nicolás Maduro and Jorge Glas.
In the newest entry to our interview series "The Person Behind the Practitioner", Aurelio Corneo interviews François Alabrune, French Ambassador to the Netherlands, former Director of Legal Affairs at the French MFA, and candidate for Judge at the International Court of Justice.
The US has sorted the world into three tiers of Al chip access-without negotiation or international law's consent. What happens when technological power reshapes global hierarchy in secret? Shivam Kumar discusses this issue in today's post.
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The first trial of the Polish Supreme National Tribunal started in June 1946. On its opening’s 80th anniversary, Alicja Polakiewicz reflects on historical lessons for the transitional justice process that is presently beginning to take shape in Syria.
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Sophie Girardini, Franziska Michel and Veronika Stockinger use this occasion to readdress Germany's long way ahead in taking responsibility for the genocide. They critically discuss Germany's ever present fear of reparations and its duty to memorialise the genocide from a human rights perspective.
