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Collective self-defence and the criterion of a request for aid (2023)
Presentation / Conference
Green, J. A. (2023, September). Collective self-defence and the criterion of a request for aid. Paper presented at International Law and the Regulation of Resort to Force: Exhaustion, Destruction, Rebirth?, Faculty of Law, Palacký University Olomouc, Czech Republic

Violations of international humanitarian law in Ukraine and forums for redress and prosecution (2023)
Presentation / Conference
Quenivet, N. (2023, September). Violations of international humanitarian law in Ukraine and forums for redress and prosecution. Presented at Ukraine Practicum, Chapman University, USA

This is a lecture given to students attending the Ukraine Practicum module at Chapman University (USA). The lecture focuses on violations of international humanitarian law and the ways IHL can be implemented and enforced in the context of the armed c... Read More about Violations of international humanitarian law in Ukraine and forums for redress and prosecution.

The criminalization of solidarity in today’s European Union - Reflections and solutions (2023)
Presentation / Conference
Quenivet, N., Dadomo, C., & Tava, F. (2023, September). The criminalization of solidarity in today’s European Union - Reflections and solutions. Paper presented at ECPR Annual Conference, Prague, Czech Republic

Of all the concepts that are often evoked to tackle issues of political inclusion and exclusion, solidarity is perhaps the most frequently discussed. Although there is no unanimous agreement on a definition of this concept, which is variously referre... Read More about The criminalization of solidarity in today’s European Union - Reflections and solutions.

Fertile or futile grounds for excluding criminal responsibility? A critical analysis of the Ongwen judgment in relation to the claim of coercive environment (2023)
Journal Article
Nortje, W., & Quenivet, N. (in press). Fertile or futile grounds for excluding criminal responsibility? A critical analysis of the Ongwen judgment in relation to the claim of coercive environment. International Criminal Law Review, https://doi.org/10.1163/15718123-bja10158

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)
Journal Article
Nartey, M. (in press). Enforcing the legal principle of duty of care in corporate human rights violations and environmental damage cases in developing countries. Athens Journal of Law, https://doi.org/10.30958/ajl.X-Y-Z

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.

Sustainable development and environmental peacebuilding (2023)
Book Chapter
Das, O. (2023). Sustainable development and environmental peacebuilding. In D. Dam-de Jong, & B. Sjöstedt (Eds.), Research Handbook on International Law and Environmental Peacebuilding. Edward Elgar Publishing

In the face of various post-conflict challenges and conflicting priorities, it is tempting in the short term to dismiss environmental issues or setting them aside for later. However, taking this stance is short sighted as bringing in natural resource... Read More about Sustainable development and environmental peacebuilding.

European Solidarity - Interdisciplinary Perspectives (2023)
Book
Quenivet, N., & Tava, F. (2023). F. Tava, & N. Quenivet (Eds.). European Solidarity - Interdisciplinary Perspectives. ECPR PRess

What is solidarity and what makes us think it is something important? Is it just an abstract idea or something more like a prosocial practice that can grow to inform legal regulations and political decisions? How is it that solidarity is so widesprea... Read More about European Solidarity - Interdisciplinary Perspectives.

The Criminalization of Solidarity in Today's European Union (2023)
Book Chapter
Quenivet, N., Dadomo, C., & Tava, F. (2023). The Criminalization of Solidarity in Today's European Union. In European Solidarity - Interdisciplinary Perspectives (313-345). Colchester: ECPR Press

European solidarity is a contested concept. Social groups and political parties with different ideological orientations across the European Union often try to impose their own conception of solidarity to the detriment of alternative interpretations.... Read More about The Criminalization of Solidarity in Today's European Union.

Prosecuting the crime against humanity of apartheid. The historic first indictment in South Africa and the application of customary international law (2023)
Journal Article
Kemp, G., & Nortje, W. (in press). Prosecuting the crime against humanity of apartheid. The historic first indictment in South Africa and the application of customary international law. Journal of International Criminal Justice, https://doi.org/10.1093/jicj/mqad023

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.

Fundamental principles of international humanitarian law (2023)
Presentation / Conference
Quenivet, N. (2023, July). Fundamental principles of international humanitarian law. Presented at Transnational Journey of Law - PG Online Induction Course 2023-2024, Online (organised by India International University of Legal Education and Research, Goa, India)

This guest lecture introduces LLM students to the fundamental principles of international humanitarian law, using concrete examples of their application.

Paying for colonial atrocities. The paradoxical outcome and the unexpected adverse consequences of the German-Namibian settlement concerning the genocide against the Herero and Nama (2023)
Book Chapter
Kemp, G. (2023). Paying for colonial atrocities. The paradoxical outcome and the unexpected adverse consequences of the German-Namibian settlement concerning the genocide against the Herero and Nama. In K. Bachmann (Ed.), German Colonialism in Africa (111-135). Berlin: Peter Lang International Academic Publishers. https://doi.org/10.3726/b20859

This chapter critically assesses the Namibian-German settlement regarding the genocide against the Herero and Nama in historical, legal, and political perspectives.

Understanding the link between contested territories, war crimes and economic crimes - prosecution and prevention (2023)
Presentation / Conference
Quenivet, N. (2023, June). Understanding the link between contested territories, war crimes and economic crimes - prosecution and prevention. Presented at Economic Crime, Cybercrime and Economic Security in Ukraine, University of Portsmouth

After presenting the concept of war crimes, this presentation explores whether economic crimes (in a wide understanding of the concept) committed in the occupied territories of Ukraine can be prosecuted as war crimes. The second part of the presentat... Read More about Understanding the link between contested territories, war crimes and economic crimes - prosecution and prevention.

Violations of international humanitarian law and human rights in Ukraine: The damning reports of the UN and the OSCE (2023)
Presentation / Conference
Quenivet, N. (2023, June). Violations of international humanitarian law and human rights in Ukraine: The damning reports of the UN and the OSCE. Presented at Russia’s War in Ukraine and International Law, Online

The paper presents the findings of the OSCE and UN reports on the conflict in Ukraine. It focuses on two issues: the treatment of prisoners of war and the protection of children (notably against forcible transfer).

La gestion de la pandémie de Covid-19 par le Royaume-Uni: Confinement et déconfinement d’un territoire morcelé (2023)
Book Chapter
Dadomo, C. (2023). La gestion de la pandémie de Covid-19 par le Royaume-Uni: Confinement et déconfinement d’un territoire morcelé. In J. Fougerouse (Ed.), La gestion de la pandémie de Covid par les États: Les institutions publiques à l'épreuve (267-278). Brussels: Bruyland/Larcier

Au sortir de trois longues années de dures et astreignantes négociations sur le Brexit, le gouvernement « au service de Sa Majesté » pour qui « le monde n’est pas suffisant » (« Global Britain »), n’a pas su en effet, dans les premiers mois de 2020,... Read More about La gestion de la pandémie de Covid-19 par le Royaume-Uni: Confinement et déconfinement d’un territoire morcelé.

‘Twiplomacy’ and the making of customary international law on social media (2023)
Presentation / Conference
Green, J. (2023, April). ‘Twiplomacy’ and the making of customary international law on social media

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. This paper examines whether social media posts by states can contribute, directly and in themselves... Read More about ‘Twiplomacy’ and the making of customary international law on social media.

Country guidance, country of origin information and the international protection needs of persons fleeing armed conflicts (2023)
Journal Article
Querton, C. (2023). Country guidance, country of origin information and the international protection needs of persons fleeing armed conflicts. Refugee Survey Quarterly, 42(2), 204-244. https://doi.org/10.1093/rsq/hdad003

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.

The nature of the request requirement for collective self-defence (2023)
Presentation / Conference
Green, J. (2023, March). The nature of the request requirement for collective self-defence

The right of collective self-defence has been invoked more by states over the last 10 years than at any other point in the UN era – including it forming one of the (spurious) justifications advanced by Russia for its 2022 invasion of Ukraine. Most of... Read More about The nature of the request requirement for collective self-defence.

Imagine you were a judge of the Nuremberg trials and you were sent to the ICC in 2020 (2023)
Presentation / Conference
Quenivet, N. (2023, February). Imagine you were a judge of the Nuremberg trials and you were sent to the ICC in 2020. Presented at The Nuremberg Principles: The Contemporary Challenges, Washington DC

The premise of my presentation today is that the definition of war crimes in the Nuremberg Principles is a ‘mother’ definition, one that can lead to the criminalisation of further violations of international humanitarian law. After all, Principle VI(... Read More about Imagine you were a judge of the Nuremberg trials and you were sent to the ICC in 2020.