Ukraine Symposium – War Termination: Legal Implications for International Security

Ukraine Symposium – War Termination: Legal Implications for International Security

Ukraine Symposium – War Termination: Legal Implications for International Security The Kremlin announced on June 20 that it would finalize a date for a third round of peace talks with Ukraine. This follows two meetings in Istanbul on May 16 and June 2, 2025, marking...
Operation Rising Lion and the Self-Defense Condition of Immediacy

Operation Rising Lion and the Self-Defense Condition of Immediacy

Operation Rising Lion and the Self-Defense Condition of Immediacy On 13 June, Israel launched Operation Rising Lion, striking Iranian military leadership and critical infrastructure as well as key personnel involved in Iran’s nuclear weapons development program. Just...
Interpreting the Law of Self-Defense

Interpreting the Law of Self-Defense

Interpreting the Law of Self-Defense The 13 June 2025 Israeli attack (Operation Rising Lion) on Iranian nuclear and military infrastructure, as well as senior military leaders and nuclear scientists, sparked a sophisticated debate over the parameters of the...
Israel (and the United States) vs. Iran: Self-Defence and Forcible Counterproliferation

Israel (and the United States) vs. Iran: Self-Defence and Forcible Counterproliferation

Israel (and the United States) vs. Iran: Self-Defence and Forcible Counterproliferation A number of experts have set out their position on whether Israel has a credible claim to self-defence as a legal basis for its recent and ongoing series of strikes against Iranian...
Select IHL Issues Arising from the Israel-Iran Conflict

Select IHL Issues Arising from the Israel-Iran Conflict

Select IHL Issues Arising from the Israel-Iran Conflict The Israeli strikes on Iran on 13 June 2025 and the ensuing attacks from both sides have raised important questions of international law. Several questions concern the legal basis under the ius ad bellum for the...