In recent years, a growing number of observers across the world have begun to question whether the principles of international law are applied equally to ...

The United Nations Charter is our only “rules based international order”, akin to a world constitution and further developed through international treaties such as the Vienna Convention on the Law of ...

The fact that a person who committed an act which constitutes a crime under international law acted as Head of State or responsible Government official does not relieve him from responsibility under ...

Daily compliance of international law remains the norm. Violations do occur – sometimes brazenly – but they are exceptions.

Some European leaders’ comments are going even further than overlooking the unlawful nature of the war—and could open the ...

THE very wise and practical statesmen who in 1787 assembled in Philadelphia to frame a charter of government for the thirteen states, which should "form a more perfect union" than the existing ...

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights is generally agreed to be the foundation of international human rights law. Adopted in 1948, the UDHR has inspired a rich body of legally binding ...

Neither Israel nor Iran is a party to the 2008 Convention on Cluster Munitions. Thus, the case against Iran rests on whether ...

At a UNSC meeting, India criticised Pakistan's airstrikes on Afghanistan, highlighting the tragic toll on civilians and ...