An Introduction Valentina Vadi, Perfect War: Alberico Gentili on the Use of Force and the Early Modern Law of Nations Camilla Boisen, Hugo Grotius, Declaration of War, and the International Moral Order Philippine Christina Van den Brande, ‘Remedium repraesaliarum’: The Medieval and Early Modern Practice and Theory of Reprisal within the Just War Doctrine Randall Lesaffer, Grotius on Reprisal Rotem Giladi, Corporate Belligerency and the Delegation Theory from Grotius to… [read post]

Evidence from the Convention Against Torture Kelebogile Zvobgo, Human Rights versus National Interests: Shifting US Public Attitudes on the International Criminal Court Valentina Carraro, Promoting Compliance with Human Rights: The Performance of the United Nations’ Universal Periodic Review and Treaty Bodies Tobias Lenz, Alexandr Burilkov, & Lora Anne Viola, Legitimacy and the Cognitive Sources of International Institutional Change: The Case of Regional Parliamentarization … [read post]

 There's also a gentle plug for Information Influx from Joao Quintais and Christina Angelopoulos. [read post]

Hence, I'm here announcing another opinion that I have co-drafted with an amazing team of scholars, including Martin Senftleben (lead author), Christina Angelopoulos, Valentina Moscon, Miquel Peguera and Ole Rognstad, and has been endorsed by more than sixty other acadamics so far: The Recommendation on Measures to Safeguard Fundamental Rights and the Open Internet in the Framework of the EU Copyright Reform  This Recommendation supports the argument that the proposed… [read post]