Exploring the application of international law to humanitarian crises and examining the role that the law plays in protecting human security during times of emergency.

Volume 11(1) published

22 June 2020

Our Volume 11(1) has been published, with contributions from Karolina Aksamitowska, Cédric Cotter and Ellen Policinski, Rob Grace, Hyeran Jo, Diego Mauri, Tara Smith, and Margherita Stevoli.

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Current Issue: Volume 11(2) (December 2020)

International Law in a Time of Pandemic

Russell Buchan, Emily Crawford and Rain Liivoja

COVID-19 Response and International Law

The Right to International Solidarity and Humanitarian Assistance in the Era of COVID-19 Pandemis

Pouria Askary and Farzad Fallah

The Legal Response to Pandemics: The Strengths and Weaknesses of the International Health Regulations

Gian Luca Burci

Prevent, Respond, Cooperate States’ Due Diligence Duties vis-à-vis the COVID-19 Pandemic

Antonio Coco and Talita de Souza Dias

The COVID-19 Pandemic, Geopolitics, and International Law

David P Fidler

International Human Rights Law and the Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic

Sarah Joseph

The Second Most Difficult Job in the World: Reflections on COVID-19

Jan Klabbers

International Law Perspectives on Cruise Ships and COVID-19

Natalie Klein

Apocalypse Now? Initial Lessons from the COVID-19 Pandemic for the Governance of Existential and Global Catastrophic Risks

Hin-Yan Liu, Kristian Lauta, and Matthijs Maas

COVID-19 Claims and the Law of International Responsibility

Martins Paparinskis

The COVID-19 Infodemic and Online Platforms as Intermediary Fiduciaries under International Law

Barrie Sander and Nicholas Tsagourias

Articles and Notes

Classifying Non-International Armed Conflicts: The ‘Territorial Control’ Requirement under Additional Protocol II in an Era of Complex Conflicts

Martha M Bradley

The Problem with the Crime of Forced Migration as a Loophole to ICC Jurisdiction: The PTC’s Decision on Myanmar and the Risk to Vulnerable Populations

Kirsten J Fisher

The ‘Revolving Door’ of Direct Participation in Hostilities: A Way Forward?

Alessandro Silvestri

Book Review Essay

International Law as a Help or Hinderance to World Peace [Alex J Bellamy, World Peace (And How We Can Achieve It) (Oxford University Press 2019)]

Alexander Gilder

Book Review

Simon McKenzie, Disputed Territories and International Criminal Law: Israeli Settlements and the International Criminal Court (Routledge 2020)

Hannes Jöbstl

Peer Reviewers of Volume 11

Contents of Volume 11

Previous Issue: Volume 11(1) (June 2020)

Editorial

Russell Buchan, Emily Crawford and Rain Liivoja

Articles and Notes

Traditional Approaches to the Law of Armed Conflict: Disseminating IHL through the Receptor Approach

Karolina Aksamitowska

A History of Violence: The Development of International Humanitarian Law Reflected in the International Review of the Red Cross

Cédric Cotter and Ellen Policinski

Humanitarian Negotiation with Parties to Armed Conflict: The Role of Laws and Principles in the Discourse

Rob Grace

International Humanitarian Law on the Periphery: Case of Non-state Armed Actors

Hyeran Jo

The Holy See’s Position on Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems: An Appraisal through the Lens of the Martens Clause

Diego Mauri

A Framework Convention for the Protection of the Environment in Times of Armed Conflict: A New Direction for the International Law Commission’s Draft Principles?

Tara Smith

Famine as a Collateral Damage of War

Margherita Stevoli

Journal of International
Humanitarian Legal Studies

ISSN: 1878-1373 (print)
ISSN: 1878-1527 (online)

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