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The US attack on Venezuela highlights a shifting American foreign policy that dismisses a rules-based global order and focuses on economic interests and military might.
Should we push for a better UN that doesn’t reward the powerful by making them unaccountable? Absolutely. Should we scrap it altogether? No.
The Trump administration has used US domestic laws to justify capturing Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro. It’s a clear case of US exceptionalism.
The US intervention in Venezuela makes it clear NZ’s ‘softly softly’ foreign policy isn’t a feasible long-term response to a shifting world order.
It is hard to see how this can be anything other than a ‘use of force’ under article 2(4) of the United Nations Charter.
The International Court has set out clear rules for addressing climate change – and the rights of states to take legal action against others for breaching them.
Allegations are swirling around a US military strike on an alleged drug boat that resulted in 2 civilian deaths. A military law scholar outlines how facts and accountability can be determined.
The Trump administration’s military strategy in Latin America breaches long-established legal rules and norms in three key ways.
The plan proposed by the US and Russia appeared to reflect Vladimir Putin’s original war aims.
Labor has pledged to pass long-awaited environment laws this week. But the current reforms leave Australia open to legal challenge.
Canada and the European Union could amend key laws designed to shield companies from American sanctions, which could significantly aid in the operation of the International Criminal Court.
A landmark 1884 court ruling essentially outlawed ‘murder by necessity’ on the high seas. Is Donald Trump running afoul of the law with his boat strikes in the Caribbean and eastern Pacific?
New Zealand’s decision to renew oil and gas exploration could place it in breach of emerging international climate law.
Some observers will be sceptical about whether the court’s verdict will have any impact.
Former SAS soldier Oliver Schulz has pleaded not guilty to the war crime of murder. The case may raise previously untested laws both in Australia and globally.
An expert on international law and genocide explains.
Flotilla organisers say the Israeli military boarded their ships in international waters, where they have the right to freedom of navigation.
This legal analysis lists the atrocities committed by Israel in great detail.
An expert in international law explains that the Trump administration’s justification for deadly strike doesn’t hold water.
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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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Challis Chair of International Law, Sydney Law School, University of Sydney
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