The African Union and its member states are creating their own interpretation of immunity which will protect its heads of state from courts abroad.
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Cyber attacks are becoming part of traditional warfare, but who should be targeted in response and what force should be used?
Extradition is a heavily regulated and multi-stage process. For now, it’s impossible to say what awaits Assange.
International law has deep connections to structures of power and inequality. Thankfully, committed jurists like Fatou Bensouda are fighting oppression through their unapologetic acts of resistance.
If the Swedish charges against Assange are revived he could face a second extradition request, on top of the existing request from the US. Then it will be up to the UK to decide which to prioritise.
The Wikileaks founder has been removed from the Ecuadorean embassy after nearly seven years.
The new laws are an improvement, but still allow for continued cruelty to animals in the name of testing, and need to be more stringent.
Despite the growing role of data and technology in the world economy, there are very few rules to govern digital trade.
Even if the UK decides it can withdraw from the Irish backstop unilaterally under international law, there will be consequences.
Cyber attacks are a real and increasing threat to Australia, and the law lags a long way behind in both protection and recourse.
Dozens of cities, states and nations are enacting bans and restrictions on single-use plastic bags and other items. A legal expert explains how a global treaty could build on these efforts.
Interpol red notices play an important part in international policing. Here’s how they work and how the system could be improved to safeguard human rights.
Under international law, a mother escaping domestic violence with her children to another country is seen as an abductor. She is often ordered to return the child leading to catastrophic consequences.
How pirates helped to shape international criminal law.
For decades, international law did not allow one country to attack another that was using chemical weapons on its own people without UN approval. That’s changed, which means trouble for Syria.
A potentially historic ruling on genocide by a tribunal in Cambodia on Friday could unsettle understandings of the past among Cambodians - and create a precedent in international law.
The success of the women’s movement shows the importance of international solidarity.
Two decades ago, Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet was arrested in London, putting human rights abuses in the limelight.
Kenya has a legal framework that protects its citizens from racism but there are challenges with its implementation
With the 2018 Nobel Peace Prize awarded to two leaders who fight against sexual violence as a tool of war, we looked into our archive to find stories about those efforts across the globe.
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Professor in Human Rights and International Law, University of Newcastle
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Professor of International Law, Australian National University
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Associate Professor (Law), Edith Cowan University
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Course Co-ordinator, International Law Clinical Program, ANU College of Law, Australian National University
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Associate Professor, The University of Western Australia
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Associate Professor of Law, Member of Deakin Cyber and the Centre for Law as Protection, Deakin University, Deakin University
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Senior Visiting Scholar with the Center for the Study of Genocide and Human Rights, Rutgers University
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Adjunct Professor, Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, University of Tasmania
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Challis Chair of International Law, Sydney Law School, University of Sydney
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Professor of Law, University of Waikato
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Associate Professor of Politics and Global Studies, Arizona State University
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Scientia Professor and ARC Laureate Fellow, Kaldor Centre for International Refugee Law, UNSW
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Professor of Law and International Peace Studies, University of Notre Dame
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Associate Professor, Deakin Law School, Deakin University
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Adjunct Professor in Law, The University of Western Australia