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The rise of twiplomacy and the making of customary international law on social media (2022)
Journal Article
Green, J. A. (2022). The rise of twiplomacy and the making of customary international law on social media. Chinese Journal of International Law, 21(1), 1-53. https://doi.org/10.1093/chinesejil/jmac007

Social media usage by States has increased exponentially in recent years. This phenomenon, known as "twiplomacy", has become ubiquitous. Given that almost every State in the world now issues statements via social media, this article examines the pote... Read More about The rise of twiplomacy and the making of customary international law on social media.

The rise of twiplomacy and the making of customary international law on social media (2021)
Presentation / Conference
Green, J. (2021, September). The rise of twiplomacy and the making of customary international law on social media. Presented at Society of Legal Scholars Annual Conference, Durham University

In recent years, there has been a huge rise in ‘twiplomacy’: that is, the use of social media as a means of direct diplomatic communication by states. Social media posts from the accounts of governments, government departments and individual high ran... Read More about The rise of twiplomacy and the making of customary international law on social media.

The first successful claim against the French State for failure to honour its obligation to combat global warming – Paris administrative court’s judgment of 3 February 2021 on climate change: The case of the century, or is it? (2021)
Journal Article
Dadomo, C. (2021). The first successful claim against the French State for failure to honour its obligation to combat global warming – Paris administrative court’s judgment of 3 February 2021 on climate change: The case of the century, or is it?. Environmental Liability, 26(3), 106-111

On 3 February 2021, the administrative court of Paris delivered its first judgment in a very publicised climate litigation case nicknamed the case of the century by the applicant associations. While this judgment is novel in so far as the court recog... Read More about The first successful claim against the French State for failure to honour its obligation to combat global warming – Paris administrative court’s judgment of 3 February 2021 on climate change: The case of the century, or is it?.

Protecting unaccompanied children in the UK (2021)
Book Chapter
Dadomo, C., Quénivet, N., & Querton, C. (2021). Protecting unaccompanied children in the UK. In M. D. Panforti, & C. Valente (Eds.), Protecting Unaccompanied Children: Towards European Convergence (303-325). Mucchi Editore

The duty to take precautions in hostilities, and the disobeying of orders: Should robots refuse? (2021)
Journal Article
Pollard, M., & Grimal, F. (2021). The duty to take precautions in hostilities, and the disobeying of orders: Should robots refuse?. Fordham International Law Journal, 44(3), 671-734

This Article not only questions whether an embodied artificial intelligence (“EAI”) could give an order to a human combatant, but controversially, examines whether it should also refuse one. A future EAI may be capable of refusing to follow an order,... Read More about The duty to take precautions in hostilities, and the disobeying of orders: Should robots refuse?.

Fleeing contemporary armed conflicts in international refugee law: Judicial practice in the European Union (2021)
Presentation / Conference
Querton, C. (2021, February). Fleeing contemporary armed conflicts in international refugee law: Judicial practice in the European Union. Presented at McLaughlin College Lunch Talks, York University, Toronto, Canada

As the number of forcibly displaced people in the world today is the highest ever recorded and most are fleeing situations of armed conflict and widespread violence, queries regarding the continued relevance of the 1951 Convention relating to the Sta... Read More about Fleeing contemporary armed conflicts in international refugee law: Judicial practice in the European Union.

“Embodied AI” and the direct participation in hostilities: A legal analysis (2020)
Journal Article
Pollard, M., & Grimal, F. (2020). “Embodied AI” and the direct participation in hostilities: A legal analysis. Georgetown Journal of International Law, 51(3), 513-564

This Article questions whether, under International Humanitarian Law (IHL), the concept of a “civilian” should be limited to humans. Prevailing debate within IHL scholarship has largely focused on the lawfulness (or not) of the recourse to autonomou... Read More about “Embodied AI” and the direct participation in hostilities: A legal analysis.

Gender and the boundaries of international refugee law: Beyond the category of ‘gender-related asylum claims’ (2019)
Journal Article
Querton, C. (2019). Gender and the boundaries of international refugee law: Beyond the category of ‘gender-related asylum claims’. Netherlands Quarterly of Human Rights, 37(4), 379-397. https://doi.org/10.1177/0924051919884764

The adoption of gender guidelines aiming to ensure consistency in gender-sensitive interpretation of the UN Refugee Convention definition demonstrates a general acceptance that gender is relevant to the question of who is a refugee. However, there is... Read More about Gender and the boundaries of international refugee law: Beyond the category of ‘gender-related asylum claims’.

Child Soldiers and the Defence of Duress under International Criminal Law (2019)
Book
Nortje, W., & Quenivet, N. (2019). Child Soldiers and the Defence of Duress under International Criminal Law. Palgrave Macmillan

This book investigates the use of duress as a defence in international criminal law, specifically in cases of child soldiers. The prosecution of children for international crimes often only focuses on whether children can and should be prosecuted und... Read More about Child Soldiers and the Defence of Duress under International Criminal Law.

The obligation to investigate after a potential breach of article 2 ECHR in an extra-territorial context: Mission impossible for the armed forces? (2019)
Journal Article
Quénivet, N. (2019). The obligation to investigate after a potential breach of article 2 ECHR in an extra-territorial context: Mission impossible for the armed forces?. Netherlands Quarterly of Human Rights, 37(2), 119-138. https://doi.org/10.1177/0924051919844374

© The Author(s) 2019. The growing number of military operations conducted by States Party to the European Convention on Human Rights abroad has led to a concomitant surge in court cases, notably relating to the duty to investigate an attack resulting... Read More about The obligation to investigate after a potential breach of article 2 ECHR in an extra-territorial context: Mission impossible for the armed forces?.

A (Wo)Man’s honour: Have the Geneva conventions lost their gender? (2019)
Presentation / Conference
Quenivet, N. (2019, April). A (Wo)Man’s honour: Have the Geneva conventions lost their gender?. Paper presented at Seminar to Mark 70 Years of the Geneva Conventions, Maynooth University, Ireland

The 1949 Geneva Conventions have often been criticised for failing to take into the specific situation of women in armed conflict and in fact for adopting an outdated and conservative view of women's role and position in society. This paper argues th... Read More about A (Wo)Man’s honour: Have the Geneva conventions lost their gender?.

The impact of Brexit on gender and asylum law in the UK (2019)
Book Chapter
Querton, C. (2019). The impact of Brexit on gender and asylum law in the UK. In M. Dustin, N. Ferreira, & S. Millns (Eds.), Gender and Queer Perspectives on Brexit (209-238). Palgrave Macmillan

The UK Government has remained silent regarding the envisaged system of international protection for refugees in the UK after the UK leaves the European Union (EU). In this context, this chapter contributes to knowledge by examining the likely impact... Read More about The impact of Brexit on gender and asylum law in the UK.