BJILMay 32 minKeeping up with Promises made: US China Trade Agreement Phase 1Article by Amreen Taneja, The beginning of this year marked a potential end to the two-year long trade war between US and China dawning a...
BJILSep 6, 20195 minKeeping Pandora’s Box Open: Jus Cogens Norms and the Revision of the Theory of SourcesPhoto Credit: United Nations Photo, Article by Christian Delev, Introduction The chief assembly point of scepticism in the international ...
BJILFeb 25, 20193 minTHE IMPORTANCE OF NATO’S ROLE AS A DETERRENT TO ATTACKS IN THE 21ST CENTURYArticle by Francesco Arreaga Democratic governments must strive for peace and the preservation of freedom but must also be ready to count...
BJILFeb 17, 20195 minDenial of Consular Access through Modification of the Vienna Convention on Consular RelationsArticle by Shayan Ahmed. The following is a continuation from the previous article that had been published on the blog which can be found...
BJILFeb 9, 20193 minChina’s Belt and Road Policy: The New Marshall Plan or New Imperialism?Article by Kerensa Gimre China’s One Belt, One Road initiative will expend more than $1 trillion on infrastructure in more than 60 countr...
BJILFeb 9, 20193 minThe Dissolution of the INF Treaty and the Importance of the No First Use ActArticle by: Francesco Arreaga The Dissolution of the INF On February 2, 2019, the United States (US) began the process of withdrawing fro...
BJILFeb 3, 20193 minRegistration of International Agreements with the UN Secretariat: A Study of the Jadhav CaseArticle by Shayan Ahmed The oral hearings of the Jadhav Case (India v. Pakistan) are all set to take place at the International Court of ...
BJILNov 18, 20186 minINVESTMENT COURT SYSTEM: A DRACONIAN PROPOSALArticle by Amrit Singh Introduction to investment arbitration ISDS or investor-state dispute settlement is a procedural mechanism through...
BJILOct 14, 20184 minHuman Rights Abuses in Venezuela: How will the International Criminal Court React?Article by Sela Brown, JD 2021 In September, Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Paraguay, Peru, and Canada signed a letter asking the Internatio...
BJILOct 14, 20182 minCurrent Event for the Week of 10-12-2018: Signing of NAFTA 2.0, the USMCAArticle by Talha A. Mirza, JD 2021 Background Earlier this month, the United States (US) signed into effect the new USMCA (United States—...
BJILSep 23, 20186 minABUSE OF RIGHT IN INTERNATIONAL LAWArticle by Pulkit Dhawan Abuse of Right in international law denotes a situation where a state exercises its right in a manner which hamp...
BJILAug 18, 20187 minRefusal to Extradite Catalan Separatist Leaders & Limits of Judicial Cooperation in Criminal MattersArticle by: Nicolás Zambrana-Tévar LLM (LSE), PhD (Navarra) KIMEP University (Almaty, Kazakhstan) After a failed referendum for independe...
BJILMay 2, 20184 minTrashing NAFTA, Obstructing WTO: Trump's Judicial ProtectionismBy Anil Yilmaz The last two years saw the Trump Administration bringing about several impactful reforms in a multitude of socio-economic ...
BJILMay 2, 20184 minTrashing NAFTA, Obstructing WTO: Trump's Judicial ProtectionismBy Anil Yilmaz The last two years saw the Trump Administration bringing about several impactful reforms in a multitude of socio-economic ...
BJILFeb 24, 20184 minThe Breakdown of International Law in the South China SeaBy Edward Richter The United States (US) is on a collision course with China over the South China Sea. US attempts to enforce internation...
BJILOct 17, 20173 minLegality of EU-US Data Transfers to be Challenged Again Before European High CourtBy Stephen Dockery The Court of Justice of the European Union will soon take up the question of whether data management agreements betwee...
BJILOct 9, 20175 minThe Investment Court System (ICS) and the EU legal order: An Impossible Love Story?By Fatma Sassi On September 6, Belgium officially submitted its request to the Court of Justice of the European Union (“CJEU”) for an opi...
BJILOct 1, 20172 minThis Day in International Law: September 29By Sarah Pike September 29th, 1938, was the date of signing of the Munich Agreement. Germany, Italy, France, and the United Kingdom signe...
BJILMar 22, 20176 minThe Hypernormalization of International LawBy: Maximilian Oehl In his recent documentary, filmmaker Adam Curtis translates the term hypernormalization, originally created by Berkel...
BJILFeb 22, 20175 minSelf-determination in Western Sahara: A Case of Competing Sovereignties?By: Maribeth Hunsinger Western Sahara is a disputed territory in the Maghreb region of North Africa, bordering Morocco, Algeria, and Maur...