The ICJ Obligations of Israel Advisory Opinion – Qualifying Israel as an Occupying Power in the Gaza Strip

The ICJ Obligations of Israel Advisory Opinion – Qualifying Israel as an Occupying Power in the Gaza Strip

The ICJ Obligations of Israel Advisory Opinion – Qualifying Israel as an Occupying Power in the Gaza Strip Editors’ note: This post is part of a series featuring analysis of the 2025 International Court of Justice advisory opinion on obligations of Israel in and in...
In Honor of Françoise Hampson – Parsing Proportionality

In Honor of Françoise Hampson – Parsing Proportionality

In Honor of Françoise Hampson – Parsing Proportionality Editors’ note: This post is part of a series to honor Françoise Hampson, who passed away on April 18, 2025. These posts recognize Professor Hampson’s work and the significant contribution her scholarship...
The ICJ Obligations of Israel Advisory Opinion – How Indispensable Is the UN After All?

The ICJ Obligations of Israel Advisory Opinion – How Indispensable Is the UN After All?

The ICJ Obligations of Israel Advisory Opinion – How Indispensable Is the UN After All? Editors’ note: This post is part of a series featuring analysis of the International Court of Justice advisory opinion on Obligations of Israel as an Occupying Power. The...
The ICJ Obligations of Israel Advisory Opinion: A Quasi-Occupying Power?

The ICJ Obligations of Israel Advisory Opinion: A Quasi-Occupying Power?

The ICJ Obligations of Israel Advisory Opinion: A Quasi-Occupying Power? On 22 October 2025, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) published an advisory opinion under the descriptive yet unwieldy title, Obligations of Israel in Relation to the Presence and...
Protecting Inhabitants of Occupied Territory: Settler Violence in the West Bank

Protecting Inhabitants of Occupied Territory: Settler Violence in the West Bank

Protecting Inhabitants of Occupied Territory: Settler Violence in the West Bank On July 11, 2025, Israeli settlers allegedly beat Sayfollah Kamel Musallet, a Palestinian-American U.S. citizen and Florida native, to death during a confrontation near Al-Mazra’a...
Statehood and the Law of Armed Conflict

Statehood and the Law of Armed Conflict

Statehood and the Law of Armed Conflict This post highlights an important aspect of my latest monograph, The Essence and Reality of States – Effectiveness, Recognition and Legitimacy. The monograph is mainly about the genealogy of notions that have long informed...