Responsibility of States & Other Entities

Winner of the Scribes Book AwardAs brilliantly imaginative as it is urgently timely.Richard H. Fallon, Jr., Harvard Law SchoolAt no time more than ...

The history of war is also a history of its justification. The contributions to this book argue that the justification of war rarely happens as emp...

Can the EU be held legally responsible for its contributions to human rights harms in its Integrated Border Management policy? Or do systemic legal...

Mechanisms for individuals to bring claims under international law have become increasingly common in recent decades, particularly in human rights ...

Winner of the 2021 Scribes Book AwardFrom two legal luminaries, a highly original framework for restoring confidence in a government bureaucracy in...

What constitutes a sovereign state in the international legal sphere? This question has been central to international law for centuries. Sovereignt...

When discussing exploitation in workplaces, governments typically deploy a rhetoric of personal responsibility: they place attention on employers w...

In 2022, the ILC adopted the Draft Conclusions on Peremptory Norms of General International Law. The text of the Draft Conclusions consists of twen...

The Yearbook on International Investment Law & Policy is an annual publication that provides a comprehensive overview of current developments i...

The Yearbook on International Investment Law & Policy is an annual publication that provides a comprehensive overview of current developments i...

Arms control and disarmament are key elements in promoting international peace and security. In recent decades the scope of disarmament law has bro...

Arms control and disarmament are key elements in promoting international peace and security. In recent decades the scope of disarmament law has bro...

It is beyond question that States have positive obligations under the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) to prevent and address harm and ri...

In 2011, the United Nations Security Council adopted Resolution 1973, authorizing its member states to take measures to protect Libyan civilians fr...