# international law (news sources) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 2 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover international law. Page: Feed: --- ## [Autonomous Weapons Systems Mini-Symposium: Crunch Time for the Discussion About Autonomous Weapons](http://opiniojuris.org/2026/08/27/autonomous-weapons-systems-mini-symposium-crunch-time-for-the-discussion-about-autonomous-weapons/) _2026-08-27 · Rain Liivoja · Opinio Juris_ \[Rain Liivoja is a Professor at the University of Queensland Law School and a Director of the Asia-Pacific Institute for Law and Security.\] Editorial Note: This post forms the first of three posts of the Opinio Juris mini-symposium on the upcoming meeting of the Group of Governmental Experts on Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems within the auspices of the Convention on... ## [Human Rights at Sea and Spain’s 2026 Migration Paradox](http://opiniojuris.org/2026/08/26/human-rights-at-sea-and-spains-2026-migration-paradox/) _2026-08-26 · Francisco Javier Rozas Porras · Opinio Juris_ \[Francisco Javier Rozas Porras is a Spanish lawyer and PhD researcher in international law of the sea at the DEHUKAM Institute / Ankara University. He holds an LL.M. in Maritime Law from ICADE University in Madrid, Spain.\] Introduction In 2026, Spain’s migration policy features a striking paradox. The Government has launched one of the most ambitious regularization processes in Europe... ## [States Can Fight Federal Overreach by Protecting State Data](https://www.justsecurity.org/149225/states-fight-federal-overreach-protect-state-data/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=states-fight-federal-overreach-protect-state-data) _2026-08-26 · Steven J. Kochevar · Just Security_ States must be vigilant stewards of their data — auditing what they hold, limiting what they share, and enforcing legal constraints against federal overreach. The post States Can Fight Federal Overreach by Protecting State Data appeared first on Just Security . ## [Experts Declare International Law Principles Supporting Women’s Resistance to Gender Apartheid](https://www.justsecurity.org/154673/international-law-gender-apartheid/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=international-law-gender-apartheid) _2026-08-26 · Hannah Garry · Just Security_ A declaration signed by leading international law and human rights experts calls for codifying gender apartheid as a crime against humanity and outlines key principles. The post Experts Declare International Law Principles Supporting Women’s Resistance to Gender Apartheid appeared first on Just Security . ## [Domestic and Regional Pressures Strain Ethiopia’s Fragile Peace](https://www.justsecurity.org/154852/ethiopia-horn-africa-regional-tensions/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ethiopia-horn-africa-regional-tensions) _2026-08-26 · Lesley Anne Warner · Just Security_ Renewed clashes in Tigray and tensions between Ethiopia and other Horn of Africa nations threaten a regional security crisis. The post Domestic and Regional Pressures Strain Ethiopia’s Fragile Peace appeared first on Just Security . ## [Early Edition: August 26, 2026](https://www.justsecurity.org/155288/early-edition-august-26-2026/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=early-edition-august-26-2026) _2026-08-26 · Elisabeth Jennings · Just Security_ Sign up to receive the Early Edition in your inbox here. A curated weekday guide to major news and developments over the last 24 hours. Here’s today’s news: IRAN WAR U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has told several of his foreign counterparts in recent days that “for the time being” the United States is not \[…\] The post Early Edition: August 26, 2026 appeared first on Just Security . ## [Hey Soulless Sister: Regulating AI Music Under International Copyright Law](http://opiniojuris.org/2026/08/26/hey-soulless-sister-regulating-ai-music-under-international-copyright-law/) _2026-08-26 · Lara Manbeck · Opinio Juris_ \[Lara Manbeck is an Associate Legal Officer at the International Court of Justice. She holds a JD from Columbia Law School, an MPhil from the University of Cambridge, and a BA from New York University. Abhijeet Shrivastava is a public international lawyer and holds an LLM from the University of Cambridge and a BA, LLB (Hons) from OP Jindal Global... ## [Timeline of Boat Strikes and Related Actions](https://www.justsecurity.org/124002/timeline-vessel-strikes-related-actions/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=timeline-vessel-strikes-related-actions) _2026-08-26 · Jeremy Chin · Just Security_ A timeline that chronicles major events in the Trump administration’s campaign of lethal strikes against suspected drug traffickers in the Caribbean and Eastern Pacific. The post Timeline of Boat Strikes and Related Actions appeared first on Just Security . ## [Conclusion to the Symposium on Reframing Transitional Justice: Walking With and Together](http://opiniojuris.org/2026/08/26/conclusion-to-symposium-on-reframing-transitional-justice-walking-with-and-together/) _2026-08-26 · Mark Drumbl · Opinio Juris_ \[Mark A. Drumbl is Class of 1975 Alumni Professor of Law and Director of Transnational Law Institute, Washington and Lee University. Kirsten J. Fisher is an Associate Professor with the Department of Political Studies, University of Saskatchewan.\] These five commentaries are so much more than interlocutions or interventions. Indeed, they feel like expansions of the community of the book itself,... ## [Symposium on Reframing Transitional Justice: Race, Gender, and the Architecture of Redress](http://opiniojuris.org/2026/08/26/symposium-on-reframing-transitional-justice-race-gender-and-the-architecture-of-redress/) _2026-08-26 · Saheli Chakraborty · Opinio Juris_ \[Saheli Chakraborty is an Assistant Professor at The West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences, India.\] Mark Drumbl and Kirsten Fisher’s Reframing Transitional Justice bears a striking resemblance to the animating image from Salvador Dalí’s The Persistence of Memory, a work that distorts the visible surface, warping the underlying reality without fully obscuring it. This is an apt… ## [Save with community-voted codes (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/QQpc6PY4RcYP) _2026-08-26 · **Sponsored**_ Search thousands of community-verified coupon codes — 100% free, no account needed. ## [When Will the OTP Seek to Confirm the Charges Against Netanyahu and Gallant?](http://opiniojuris.org/2026/08/26/when-will-the-otp-seek-to-confirm-the-charges-against-netanyahu-and-gallant/) _2026-08-26 · Kevin Jon Heller · Opinio Juris_ This is not a rhetorical question. The arrest warrants for Netanyahu and Gallant were issued on 21 November 2024, 21 months ago. The next step is to confirm the charges contained in the arrest warrants, yet there is no indication that the Deputy Prosecutors, who have been in charge of the OTP since May 2025, have any intention of doing... ## [Is Trump pushing Iceland into the EU?](https://www.justsecurity.org/154931/is-trump-pushing-iceland-into-eu/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=is-trump-pushing-iceland-into-eu) _2026-08-25 · Erlingur Erlingsson · Just Security_ Iceland may seek European integration partly as a hedge against a more capricious and unpredictable United States, and others may follow. The post Is Trump pushing Iceland into the EU? appeared first on Just Security . ## [“Can We Do This?”: The Role of Military Leaders and Their Legal Advice](https://www.justsecurity.org/151984/role-military-leaders-legal-advice/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=role-military-leaders-legal-advice) _2026-08-25 · Daniel Maurer · Just Security_ On the role of U.S. military leaders in addressing legal constraints and strategic questions. The post “Can We Do This?”: The Role of Military Leaders and Their Legal Advice appeared first on Just Security . ## [The UAE’s Responsibility for Atrocities in Sudan](https://www.justsecurity.org/153990/uae-responsibility-atrocities-sudan/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=uae-responsibility-atrocities-sudan) _2026-08-25 · Jenny Maddocks · Just Security_ An expert analyzes whether the UAE bears State responsibility for the atrocities committed by the RSF and associated forces in Sudan. The post The UAE’s Responsibility for Atrocities in Sudan appeared first on Just Security . ## [Symposium on Reframing Transitional Justice: Reflections on Witnessing and the Right to be Known](http://opiniojuris.org/2026/08/25/symposium-on-reframing-transitional-justice-reflections-on-witnessing-and-the-right-to-be-known/) _2026-08-25 · María Estrada-Fuentes · Opinio Juris_ \[María Estrada-Fuentes is a lecturer in socially engaged performance at The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, University of London. Her forthcoming monograph is titled Applied Theatre Colombia: Embodying Transitional Justice (Methuen Drama, 2027).\] In his Theses on the Philosophy of History, Walter Benjamin engages in a series of reflections around the past and ideas of the past.… ## [Symposium on Reframing Transitional Justice: Transitional Justice’s “Unit of Analysis” Problem](http://opiniojuris.org/2026/08/25/symposium-on-reframing-transitional-justice-transitional-justices-unit-of-analysis-problem/) _2026-08-25 · Frédéric Mégret · Opinio Juris_ \[Frédéric Mégret is Full Professor and Hans & Tamar Oppenheimer Chair in Public International Law at McGill University, Faculty of Law.\] As transitional justice as a paradigm enters an age of maturity, it is no wonder that this is prompting more reflexivity. It may be ironic that the critique – biting as it sometimes may be – arises at a... ## [Symposium on Reframing Transitional Justice: With or Without the State? An Anarchist Reading of Reframing Transitional Justice](http://opiniojuris.org/2026/08/24/symposium-on-reframing-transitional-justice-with-or-without-the-state-an-anarchist-reading-of-reframing-transitional-justice/) _2026-08-24 · Julia Emtseva · Opinio Juris_ \[Julia Emtseva is an Assistant Professor of Law at HEC Paris and co-founder and convener of the ESIL Interest Group on Critical Approaches to International Law.\] A quiet pattern runs through the third part of Reframing Transitional Justice – Refractions: Gender, Race, Authoritarianism – that I had the honor to comment on, where the authors ask how transitional justice (TJ)... ## [Symposium on Reframing Transitional Justice: Why Boundaries Matter](http://opiniojuris.org/2026/08/24/symposium-on-reframing-transitional-justice-why-boundaries-matter/) _2026-08-24 · Ligeia Quackelbeen · Opinio Juris_ \[Ligeia Quackelbeen is an Assistant Professor of (European and international) criminal law at Tilburg University and Principal Investigator of the project, Conversations with Judges (2023-2028).\] This summer, when I was invited to author a commentary on the provocative volume Reframing Transitional Justice, edited by Mark A. Drumbl and Kirsten J. Fisher, I found myself immersed in another book.… ## [When the President Does It …](https://www.justsecurity.org/150422/when-the-president-does-it/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=when-the-president-does-it) _2026-08-21 · Michael Dreeben · Just Security_ Lessons from Nixon's forgotten essay in defense of his infamous remark. The post When the President Does It … appeared first on Just Security . ## [Commandeering, Coercion, and Executive Power](https://www.justsecurity.org/149211/commandeering-coercion-executive-power/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=commandeering-coercion-executive-power) _2026-08-21 · Jessica Bulman-Pozen · Just Security_ States have constitutional protections against commandeering and coercion — but face a new challenge when the federal government sidelines states completely. The post Commandeering, Coercion, and Executive Power appeared first on Just Security . ## [Fast, secure international transfers (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/x7fusC1XqJ2L) _2026-08-21 · **Sponsored**_ Bank transfer, cash pickup, mobile wallet — low fees and real-time tracking ## [Early Edition: August 21, 2026](https://www.justsecurity.org/154807/early-edition-august-21-2026/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=early-edition-august-21-2026) _2026-08-21 · Elisabeth Jennings · Just Security_ Sign up to receive the Early Edition in your inbox here. A curated weekday guide to major news and developments over the last 24 hours. Here’s today’s news: IRAN WAR Vice President JD Vance said yesterday that the war with Iran has entered a “new phase” of economic pressure. “We’re going to keep that going because \[…\] The post Early Edition: August 21, 2026 appeared first on Just Security . ## [The Missing Perpetrator and the Missing Victim: What France’s First Conviction for the Yazidi Genocide Reveals](http://opiniojuris.org/2026/08/21/the-missing-perpetrator-and-the-missing-victim-what-frances-first-conviction-for-the-yazidi-genocide-reveals/) _2026-08-21 · Natia Navrouzov · Opinio Juris_ \[Natia Navrouzov is a lawyer and the Executive Director of Yazda, a global Yazidi organisation that has documented ISIL’s crimes since 2014 and supports survivors of the Yazidi genocide through legal, psychosocial, and advocacy work\] On 20 March 2026, the Paris Assize Court convicted Sabri Essid of genocide and crimes against humanity for atrocities committed against the Yazidi community in... ## [Al-Hol Camp: Closure, Security Implications, and the Legal Obligations of States and the International Community](http://opiniojuris.org/2026/08/21/al-hol-camp-closure-security-implications-and-the-legal-obligations-of-states-and-the-international-community/) _2026-08-21 · Fadel Abdulghany · Opinio Juris_ \[Fadel Abdulghany is executive director of the Syrian Network for Human Rights and author of The Use of Chemical Weapons in Syria and the Failure of the International Community and Undermining the Independence of the Judiciary in Syria and Pathways to Its Reform.\] For six years, Al-Hol camp in northeastern Syria was the world’s largest and most troubled detention site linked to the Islamic State… ## [Iran’s Strikes on the Kurdistan Region: The Limits of Self-Defence Against Non-State Actors](http://opiniojuris.org/2026/08/21/irans-strikes-on-the-kurdistan-region-the-limits-of-self-defence-against-non-state-actors/) _2026-08-21 · Arez Rizgari · Opinio Juris_ \[Arez Rizgari is an Iranian scholar. The author is writing under a pseudonym because they are concerned that this post will subject them to political retaliation or restrictions on their academic freedom by Iranian authorities.\] On the morning of 17 July 2026, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) struck the offices of the Komala Party of Iranian Kurdistan in the... ## [New International Criminal Court Sanctions and the Threat to U.S. Democracy](https://www.justsecurity.org/154666/icc-sanctions-threat-us-democracy/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=icc-sanctions-threat-us-democracy) _2026-08-20 · Lisa Davis · Just Security_ The U.S. sanctions against International Criminal Court judges and officials are a threat to constitutional rights in the United States. The post New International Criminal Court Sanctions and the Threat to U.S. Democracy appeared first on Just Security . ## [Introduction to “Fight Back: How States Can Counter Authoritarianism” Series](https://www.justsecurity.org/149030/fight-back-states-counter-authoritarianism-series-introduction/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=fight-back-states-counter-authoritarianism-series-introduction) _2026-08-20 · Erwin Chemerinsky · Just Security_ State and local governments have constitutional and legal powers that can be harnessed to challenge repressive federal actions and to advance meaningful freedom and equality. The post Introduction to “Fight Back: How States Can Counter Authoritarianism” Series appeared first on Just Security . ## [“Fight Back: How States Can Counter Authoritarianism” Series](https://www.justsecurity.org/154548/fight-back-states-counter-authoritarianism-series/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=fight-back-states-counter-authoritarianism-series) _2026-08-20 · Just Security · Just Security_ A series exploring the powers and authorities state and local governments have to check federal overreach and protect democratic norms and individual rights. The post “Fight Back: How States Can Counter Authoritarianism” Series appeared first on Just Security . ## [The Road to Dismantling the ICC Runs Through Tokyo](https://www.justsecurity.org/154571/us-dismantling-icc-challenges-tokyo/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=us-dismantling-icc-challenges-tokyo) _2026-08-20 · Mieczysław (Mietek) Boduszyński · Just Security_ The ICC's ability to function will depend significantly on Japan's response to the U.S. sanctions against the Court's Japanese president. The post The Road to Dismantling the ICC Runs Through Tokyo appeared first on Just Security . ## [The 2026 Deadlock Over Consultative Status Under the Antarctic Treaty](http://opiniojuris.org/2026/08/20/the-2026-deadlock-over-consultative-status-under-the-antarctic-treaty/) _2026-08-20 · Luis Valentín Ferrada · Opinio Juris_ \[Luis Valentín Ferrada (Chile) is a professor of international law at the Universidad de Chile, Faculty of Law, where he leads the Antarctic Studies Program (U-Antártica) and is a principal investigator at the Millennium Institute for Biodiversity of Antarctic and Subantarctic Ecosystems (BASE). He collaborates with different research teams of the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research… ## [Early Edition: August 20, 2026](https://www.justsecurity.org/154606/early-edition-august-20-2026/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=early-edition-august-20-2026) _2026-08-20 · Elisabeth Jennings · Just Security_ Sign up to receive the Early Edition in your inbox here. A curated weekday guide to major news and developments over the last 24 hours. Here’s today’s news: IRAN WAR President Trump yesterday vowed to impose “TREMENDOUS economic consequences” on countries that do business with Iran. In his social media post, Trump did not specify what \[…\] The post Early Edition: August 20, 2026 appeared first on… ## [Refer a Friend, Earn Rewards (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/crAD2HlG2Izp) _2026-08-20 · **Sponsored**_ Earn rewards when friends get the Graphite Business Card through your referral. ## [From Medkits to Punk Rock: Pop Culture and the Non-Negotiable Protection of the Red Cross Emblem](http://opiniojuris.org/2026/08/20/from-medkits-to-punk-rock-pop-culture-and-the-non-negotiable-protection-of-the-red-cross-emblem/) _2026-08-20 · Rafael Braga da Silva · Opinio Juris_ \[Rafael Braga da Silva is an international criminal and human rights lawyer\] The symbol of the red cross against a white field has become common in modern media. It has been used in books, movies, videogames, toys and costumes throughout. Its meaning usually deemed obvious: a red cross on a white field equals health, healing, recovery. It is ubiquitous visual... ## [From Teachings as Repositories to Teachings as Gateways: Revisiting the Use of Teachings Under Article 38(1)(d) of the ICJ Statute in Germany v. Italy](http://opiniojuris.org/2026/08/20/from-teachings-as-repositories-to-teachings-as-gateways-revisiting-the-use-of-teachings-under-article-381d-of-the-icj-statute-in-germany-v-italy/) _2026-08-20 · Aldo Zammit Borda · Opinio Juris_ \[Aldo Zammit Borda is a Professor at The City Law School, City St George’s, University of London. Stefan Mandelbaum is a Lecturer at Leicester Law School, University of Leicester. Andrea Maria Pelliconi is a Lecturer in Human Rights Law at the University of Southampton.\] The ICJ’s 2012 judgment in Jurisdictional Immunities of the State (Germany v. Italy: Greece intervening) has... ## [Venezuela’s “Firm and Unwavering” Decision to Leave the International Criminal Court: From the Political Turmoil to the Legal Loopholes](http://opiniojuris.org/2026/08/19/venezuelas-firm-and-unwavering-decision-to-leave-the-international-criminal-court-from-the-political-turmoil-to-the-legal-loopholes/) _2026-08-19 · Efrén Ismael Sifontes Torres · Opinio Juris_ \[Efrén Ismael Sifontes Torres is an Ayudante de Segunda in international law courses, and the academic co-coordinator of the Observatory of International Humanitarian Law, for the University of Buenos Aires School of Law\] On 24 July, the Venezuelan’s interim authorities announced through their Minister of Foreign Affairs’ X account, the “firm and unwavering” decision to withdraw from the Rome… ## [The U.S. Government Must Preserve the Soft Power of Its Sanctions](https://www.justsecurity.org/150886/us-government-soft-power-sanctions/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=us-government-soft-power-sanctions) _2026-08-19 · Anton Moiseienko · Just Security_ To maintain sanctions' effectiveness as a tool, governments should strive to implement them with clarity, consistency, and credibility. The post The U.S. Government Must Preserve the Soft Power of Its Sanctions appeared first on Just Security . ## [Early Edition: August 19, 2026](https://www.justsecurity.org/154539/early-edition-august-19-2026/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=early-edition-august-19-2026) _2026-08-19 · Elisabeth Jennings · Just Security_ Sign up to receive the Early Edition in your inbox here. A curated weekday guide to major news and developments over the last 24 hours. Here’s today’s news: IRAN WAR President Trump said yesterday that there were “no talks or conversations going on, or scheduled” with Tehran. Trump also said that the U.S. naval blockade on \[…\] The post Early Edition: August 19, 2026 appeared first on Just Security… ## [Litigation Tracker: Legal Challenges to Trump Administration Actions](https://www.justsecurity.org/107087/tracker-litigation-legal-challenges-trump-administration/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tracker-litigation-legal-challenges-trump-administration) _2026-08-19 · Just Security · Just Security_ A public resource tracking all the legal challenges to the Trump administration's executive orders and actions. The post Litigation Tracker: Legal Challenges to Trump Administration Actions appeared first on Just Security . ## [The Ignored Dictatorship of Nicaragua: Legalization of the Authoritarian Regime and the Constant Deterioration of Human Rights](http://opiniojuris.org/2026/08/19/the-ignored-dictatorship-of-nicaragua-legalization-of-the-authoritarian-regime-and-the-constant-deterioration-of-human-rights/) _2026-08-19 · Tomás Cristóbal Alonso Sandoval · Opinio Juris_ \[Tomás Cristóbal Alonso Sandoval Tomás has a PhD in Advanced Studies in Human Rights (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid), and is a lawyer, international litigator, university professor, and researcher\] The Forgotten Dictatorship: An Authoritarianism Operating in Silence The expression “forgotten dictatorship” accurately describes the Nicaraguan situation because, although international… ## [The Expansionist Approach of Self-defence has Undermined International Law](http://opiniojuris.org/2026/08/19/the-expansionist-approach-of-self-defence-has-undermined-international-law/) _2026-08-19 · Benazir Jatoi · Opinio Juris_ \[Benazir Jatoi is a UK-based human rights lawyer from Pakistan. She has consulted with the UNFPA and UNWomen, Pakistan.\] It is essential that countries critically re-examine the expansionist approach to self-defence. This is because it has become an arbitrary tool of affluent military powers to justify war and set dangerous precedents of raw and brutal force, causing devastating human… ## [The Government’s Unexplained Reversal on Social Media Disclosure Requirements](https://www.justsecurity.org/152181/unexplained-reversal-social-media-disclosure/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=unexplained-reversal-social-media-disclosure) _2026-08-18 · Nicola Morrow · Just Security_ Social media disclosure requirements implicate fundamental First Amendment rights, and the public has a right to know why they were implemented. The post The Government’s Unexplained Reversal on Social Media Disclosure Requirements appeared first on Just Security . ## [The Trump Administration’s Use of State Power Against Media: Keeping Track of the Big Picture](https://www.justsecurity.org/112792/trump-administrations-state-power-big-picture/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=trump-administrations-state-power-big-picture) _2026-08-18 · Rebecca Hamilton · Just Security_ Tracking the use of State power requires systematically identifying linkages between individual developments and broader trends. This interactive graphic offers one method. The post The Trump Administration’s Use of State Power Against Media: Keeping Track of the Big Picture appeared first on Just Security . ## [Lessons from the Karim Khan Affair and Proposals for Reform](http://opiniojuris.org/2026/08/18/lessons-from-the-karim-khan-affair-and-proposals-for-reform/) _2026-08-18 · William Schabas · Opinio Juris_ \[William A. Schabas is Professor of international law at Middlesex University London and Professor emeritus at Leiden University and the University of Galway\] There are important lessons to be learned from the lengthy crisis leading to the 24 July 2026 decision of the Assembly of States Parties to remove Karim Khan as Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court. This article... ## [Forced Sterilisation and Transformative Reparations: The Inter‑American Court’s Seminal Judgment in Ramos Durand et al. v. Peru](http://opiniojuris.org/2026/08/18/forced-sterilisation-and-transformative-reparations-the-inter%e2%80%91american-courts-seminal-judgment-in-ramos-durand-et-al-v-peru/) _2026-08-18 · Clara Sandoval · Opinio Juris_ \[Clara Sandoval is an international human rights lawyer, Honorary Professor at Essex University, and founding member of the Essex Transitional Justice Network. She is also a visiting professor at the Geneva Academy, and Director of Programmes at the Global Survivors Fund where she works on reparation.\] The author served as expert in this case, providing analysis on Peru’s reparations framework,... ## [Is Computer Data an ‘Object’ Under IHL? The Debate in Armed Conflict Involving Cyber Operations](http://opiniojuris.org/2026/08/18/is-computer-data-an-object-under-ihl-the-debate-in-armed-conflict-involving-cyber-operations/) _2026-08-18 · Kenaw Tesfaye Akililu · Opinio Juris_ \[Kenaw Akililu is currently a MAS candidate in the Master of Advanced Studies in Transitional Justice, Human Rights and Rule of Law at the Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights, and a former law lecturer at Bahir Dar University\] Introduction Cyber operations and targeting of cyber infrastructure, including data centres, are increasingly employed during armed conflict… ## [Dangerous Opportunity: Recognizing Somaliland – and New Realities](http://opiniojuris.org/2026/08/18/dangerous-opportunity-recognizing-somaliland-and-new-realities/) _2026-08-18 · Timothy William Waters · Opinio Juris_ \[Timothy William Waters is the Richard S. Melvin Professor at Indiana University Maurer School of Law, and author of Boxing Pandora: Rethinking Borders, States, and Secession in a Democratic World (Yale University Press, 2020). His new book on secession in the United States is tentatively titled Unmapping America: The Case for A New Declaration of Independence (The New Press, forthcoming... ## [The Psychology of Arbitration in the AI Era: Human–AI Interaction, Cognitive Bias, and the Reliability of Arbitral Decision-Making](http://opiniojuris.org/2026/08/17/the-psychology-of-arbitration-in-the-ai-era-human-ai-interaction-cognitive-bias-and-the-reliability-of-arbitral-decision-making/) _2026-08-17 · Amin Motamedi · Opinio Juris_ \[Amin Motamedi is an Arbitrator at the Iranian Chamber of Commerce (ACIC), a university lecturer, and holds a PhD in international law\] Artificial intelligence (AI) has increasingly been employed in a wide range of professional contexts, including legal analysis and dispute resolution. Practitioners have relied on AI tools to address legal questions, conduct analytical assessments, and, in certain…