Outputs (71)

Leave no one behind: Making the ‘shared values of human dignity’ in international law central to achieving the SDGs agenda in relation to migrants in the global tropics (2025)
Journal Article

The global migration crisis, driven mainly by armed conflicts and human rights abuses in the world, is wreaking havoc on the ‘leave no one behind’ (LNOB) transformative promise of the UN Agenda 2030, thus raising questions whether the crisis is beyon... Read More about Leave no one behind: Making the ‘shared values of human dignity’ in international law central to achieving the SDGs agenda in relation to migrants in the global tropics.

International criminal tribunals as triggers of institutional change? (2025)
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The current article examines whether international criminal tribunals (ICT) can be regarded as actors of international relations, which trigger domestic policy changes in countries under their jurisdiction. Drawing on the concepts of ‘third party enf... Read More about International criminal tribunals as triggers of institutional change?.

Protection from indiscriminate violence in armed conflict: The scope of subsidiary protection in the European Union (2025)
Journal Article

The article discusses the relationship between subsidiary protection status granted to persons fleeing indiscriminate violence in armed conflicts under Article 15(c) of the EU Qualification Directive/Regulation and international humanitarian law. Thi... Read More about Protection from indiscriminate violence in armed conflict: The scope of subsidiary protection in the European Union.

Making sense of interlinkages in EU marine environment legislation: Unearthing effectiveness (2024)
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Crises such as water quality, pollution, climate change, overfishing, biodiversity, energy, waste, and carbon sequestration mean that legislation protecting the marine environment is under intense pressure to be effective and to demonstrate positive... Read More about Making sense of interlinkages in EU marine environment legislation: Unearthing effectiveness.

Who is the true wife? The recognition of overseas marriage and divorce (2024)
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In Uchechukwu-Onwukibo v Onwukibo and others [2023] EWHC 2812 (Fam) the Family Division of the High Court had to determine whether the applicant or first respondent was the ‘true wife’ of Mr Onwukibo who died in September 2021. The parties and the de... Read More about Who is the true wife? The recognition of overseas marriage and divorce.

Using fraternity and human dignity to counter the criminalization of solidarity in the European Union (2024)
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Over the past decades, a logic of border control and securitization, a combination of legal, political and social elements and factors, has developed in European States. The 2015 migration crisis has only exacerbated this negative approach towards mi... Read More about Using fraternity and human dignity to counter the criminalization of solidarity in the European Union.

Fertile or futile grounds for excluding criminal responsibility? A critical analysis of the Ongwen judgment in relation to the claim of coercive environment (2023)
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Dominic Ongwen was convicted and sentenced for numerous atrocities by the International Criminal Court (icc) in 2021. The Defence focused on the coercive environment that Ongwen was subjected to from his abduction as a boy until his surrender as an a... Read More about Fertile or futile grounds for excluding criminal responsibility? A critical analysis of the Ongwen judgment in relation to the claim of coercive environment.

Enforcing the legal principle of duty of care in corporate human rights violations and environmental damage cases in developing countries (2023)
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Corporate accountability for human rights violations in international legal systems has proven to be a watershed. This is because there are inadequacies in the existing accountability mechanisms as well as several other legal problems and factual obs... Read More about Enforcing the legal principle of duty of care in corporate human rights violations and environmental damage cases in developing countries.

Prosecuting the crime against humanity of apartheid. The historic first indictment in South Africa and the application of customary international law (2023)
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Apartheid is a crime against humanity, yet no person has ever been prosecuted for this crime. In 2021 two individuals were indicted in South Africa for the crime of apartheid. This is an historic first in the country which gave the policy of aparthei... Read More about Prosecuting the crime against humanity of apartheid. The historic first indictment in South Africa and the application of customary international law.

The provision of weapons and logistical support to Ukraine and the jus ad bellum (2023)
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This editorial considers the support currently being supplied to Ukraine following Russia’s ongoing full-scale invasion, which began in February 2022. Western states have provided significant aid to Ukraine in the form, inter alia, of modern weapons... Read More about The provision of weapons and logistical support to Ukraine and the jus ad bellum.

Country guidance, country of origin information and the international protection needs of persons fleeing armed conflicts (2023)
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The article explores whether the European Union Agency for Asylum's country guidance (CG) reflects the international protection needs of persons fleeing armed conflicts. It uses the Agency's guidance on Iraq as a case study through the lens of object... Read More about Country guidance, country of origin information and the international protection needs of persons fleeing armed conflicts.

Embodied artificial intelligence and jus ad bellum necessity: Influence and imminence in the digital age (2022)
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In “re-opening” the classic debate surrounding a state’s wider right of self- defense (in light of emerging technologies, and via the “lens” of influence communications), the authors controversially “close” the following discussion in favor of allowi... Read More about Embodied artificial intelligence and jus ad bellum necessity: Influence and imminence in the digital age.

The conflict in Ukraine and genocide (2022)
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Since the beginning of the conflict between Russia and Ukraine that started on 24 February 2022 accusations of genocide have been levelled against each other by both sides. This article focuses on the claim that Russia is carrying out a genocide in U... Read More about The conflict in Ukraine and genocide.

Women in refugee law, policy and practice: An introduction to the refugee survey quarterly special issue (2022)
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As co-founders and conveners of the Women in Refugee Law (WiRL) network, we are delighted to introduce this Special Issue. The contributors are WiRL members who take forward the network's objectives of recentring the study of refugee women by reviewi... Read More about Women in refugee law, policy and practice: An introduction to the refugee survey quarterly special issue.

Non-State actors of protection and the sliding scale of protection for refugee women (2022)
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The article argues that although the gradual recognition of non-State actors as agents of persecution was hailed as a success in ensuring better protection for refugee women at risk of harm from their community or family, the associated development o... Read More about Non-State actors of protection and the sliding scale of protection for refugee women.

International criminalization and the historical emergence of international crimes (2022)
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This article examines international criminalization, the process by which particular acts come to be established as international crimes in world politics. While international legal scholars suggest international criminalization constitutes a legal p... Read More about International criminalization and the historical emergence of international crimes.

Editorial: Sexuality, gender and asylum: Refugees at a crossroads (2022)
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Human rights have been increasingly recognized irrespective of one's sexual orientation of gender identity (SOGI) at international, regional and domestic levels; however, legal frameworks do not yet tackle violations of such rights effectively. As a... Read More about Editorial: Sexuality, gender and asylum: Refugees at a crossroads.

Russia’s attack on Ukraine and the jus ad bellum (2022)
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The 24 February 2022 Russian invasion of–or ‘special military operation’ in–Ukraine has sent shock waves across the globe. In this editorial the Editors-in-Chief of JUFIL examine in detail the legal justifications advanced by President Putin for Russ... Read More about Russia’s attack on Ukraine and the jus ad bellum.

One step forward, two steps back? Interpreting 'particular social group' in the European Union (2022)
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The article tests the claim of feminist scholars that concerns about gender have been marginalised in refugee law, by exploring the interpretation given to the concept of a 'Particular Social Group' set out in the 1951 Refugee Convention. It is argue... Read More about One step forward, two steps back? Interpreting 'particular social group' in the European Union.

The rise of twiplomacy and the making of customary international law on social media (2022)
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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.