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IX Reservations to the Genocide Convention">The Invalidity of Art. IX Reservations to the Genocide Convention</a></h2> <p itemprop="description" class="post_excerpt"> [Yonah Diamond is Senior Legal Counsel at the Raoul Wallenberg Centre for Human Rights] In recent years, States have increasingly turned to the ICJ to consider claims under the Genocide Convention, particularly to intervene in outbreaks of mass violence, based on its Article IX compromissory clause, giving the Court jurisdiction over disputes under the Convention. The full provision reads as follows:  Disputes...</p> <div class="post_info"> <div class="post_info_left"> <a href="http://opiniojuris.org/author/yonah-diamond/" title="Posts by Yonah Diamond" class="author url fn" rel="author">Yonah Diamond</a> <span class="post_author"> | </span> <a itemprop="url" class="post_comments" href="http://opiniojuris.org/2025/03/12/the-invalidity-of-art-ix-reservations-to-the-genocide-convention/#respond" target="_self"> 0 Comments </a> </div> <div class="post_info_right"> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </article> <article id="post-49220" class="post-49220 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-featured category-uncategorized category-technology tag-air-travel tag-biometric-data tag-counterterrorism tag-privacy"> <div class="post_content_holder"> <div class="post_image"> <a itemprop="url" href="http://opiniojuris.org/2025/03/06/travellers-surveillance-why-the-un-should-stop-supporting-the-surveillance-of-travellers-in-the-name-of-countering-terrorism/" title="Travellers’ Surveillance: Why the UN Should Stop Supporting the Surveillance of Travellers in the Name of Countering Terrorism"> <img width="1280" height="838" src="https://i2.wp.com/opiniojuris.org/wp-content/uploads/Face-technology.jpeg?fit=1280%2C838" class="attachment-full size-full wp-post-image" alt="" srcset="https://i2.wp.com/opiniojuris.org/wp-content/uploads/Face-technology.jpeg?w=1280 1280w, https://i2.wp.com/opiniojuris.org/wp-content/uploads/Face-technology.jpeg?resize=300%2C196 300w, https://i2.wp.com/opiniojuris.org/wp-content/uploads/Face-technology.jpeg?resize=768%2C503 768w, https://i2.wp.com/opiniojuris.org/wp-content/uploads/Face-technology.jpeg?resize=580%2C380 580w, https://i2.wp.com/opiniojuris.org/wp-content/uploads/Face-technology.jpeg?resize=700%2C458 700w" sizes="(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px" /> </a> </div> <div class="post_text"> <div class="post_text_inner"> <div class="post_text_holder"> <div class="blog_column1"> <div itemprop="dateCreated" class="date entry_date updated"> <span class="date_day">06</span> <span class="date_month">Mar</span> <meta itemprop="interactionCount" content="UserComments: 0"/> </div> </div> <div class="blog_column2"> <h2 itemprop="name" class="entry_title"><a itemprop="url" href="http://opiniojuris.org/2025/03/06/travellers-surveillance-why-the-un-should-stop-supporting-the-surveillance-of-travellers-in-the-name-of-countering-terrorism/" title="Travellers’ Surveillance: Why the UN Should Stop Supporting the Surveillance of Travellers in the Name of Countering Terrorism">Travellers’ Surveillance: Why the UN Should Stop Supporting the Surveillance of Travellers in the Name of Countering Terrorism</a></h2> <p itemprop="description" class="post_excerpt"> [Tomaso Falchetta is the Global Advocacy Coordinator at Privacy International] The last two decades have witnessed a sustained, widespread increase of securitisation and surveillance of international borders with every new major geopolitical development. Among many examples are 9/11, the Syrian conflict and the emergence of the foreign fighters’ phenomenon, COVID-19 Pandemic, etc. These in turn further strengthened the hand of those...</p> <div class="post_info"> <div class="post_info_left"> <a href="http://opiniojuris.org/author/tomaso-falchetta/" title="Posts by Tomaso Falchetta" class="author url fn" rel="author">Tomaso Falchetta</a> <span class="post_author"> | </span> <a itemprop="url" class="post_comments" href="http://opiniojuris.org/2025/03/06/travellers-surveillance-why-the-un-should-stop-supporting-the-surveillance-of-travellers-in-the-name-of-countering-terrorism/#respond" target="_self"> 0 Comments </a> </div> <div class="post_info_right"> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </article> <article id="post-49199" class="post-49199 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-featured category-uncategorized tag-treaties tag-un-charter"> <div class="post_content_holder"> <div class="post_image"> <a itemprop="url" href="http://opiniojuris.org/2025/02/27/dispute-over-the-panama-canal-enter-the-u-n-charter/" title="Dispute over the Panama Canal? Enter the U.N. Charter"> <img width="2958" height="2016" src="https://i0.wp.com/opiniojuris.org/wp-content/uploads/Panama-Canal.jpg?fit=2958%2C2016" class="attachment-full size-full wp-post-image" alt="" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/opiniojuris.org/wp-content/uploads/Panama-Canal.jpg?w=2958 2958w, https://i0.wp.com/opiniojuris.org/wp-content/uploads/Panama-Canal.jpg?resize=300%2C204 300w, https://i0.wp.com/opiniojuris.org/wp-content/uploads/Panama-Canal.jpg?resize=768%2C523 768w, https://i0.wp.com/opiniojuris.org/wp-content/uploads/Panama-Canal.jpg?resize=580%2C395 580w, https://i0.wp.com/opiniojuris.org/wp-content/uploads/Panama-Canal.jpg?resize=700%2C477 700w, https://i0.wp.com/opiniojuris.org/wp-content/uploads/Panama-Canal.jpg?w=2120 2120w" sizes="(max-width: 2958px) 100vw, 2958px" /> </a> </div> <div class="post_text"> <div class="post_text_inner"> <div class="post_text_holder"> <div class="blog_column1"> <div itemprop="dateCreated" class="date entry_date updated"> <span class="date_day">27</span> <span class="date_month">Feb</span> <meta itemprop="interactionCount" content="UserComments: 0"/> </div> </div> <div class="blog_column2"> <h2 itemprop="name" class="entry_title"><a itemprop="url" href="http://opiniojuris.org/2025/02/27/dispute-over-the-panama-canal-enter-the-u-n-charter/" title="Dispute over the Panama Canal? Enter the U.N. Charter">Dispute over the Panama Canal? Enter the U.N. Charter</a></h2> <p itemprop="description" class="post_excerpt"> [Alonso E. Illueca is an Associate professor of international law and human rights at Universidad Santa María La Antigua] In recent weeks the President of the United States of America, Donald Trump has repeatedly asserted that he is going to “take back” the Panama Canal. By doing so and not ruling out the use of force, he has threatened the territorial...</p> <div class="post_info"> <div class="post_info_left"> <a href="http://opiniojuris.org/author/alonso-illueca/" title="Posts by Alonso Illueca" class="author url fn" rel="author">Alonso Illueca</a> <span class="post_author"> | </span> <a itemprop="url" class="post_comments" href="http://opiniojuris.org/2025/02/27/dispute-over-the-panama-canal-enter-the-u-n-charter/#respond" target="_self"> 0 Comments </a> </div> <div class="post_info_right"> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </article> <article id="post-49196" class="post-49196 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-featured category-uncategorized category-international-humanitarian-law category-middle-east category-use-of-force tag-occupation tag-palestine"> <div class="post_content_holder"> <div class="post_image"> <a itemprop="url" href="http://opiniojuris.org/2025/02/25/the-nature-and-implications-of-israeli-occupation-of-the-palestinian-territory-part-ii/" title="The Nature and Implications of Israeli Occupation of the Palestinian Territory: Part II"> <img width="6000" height="4000" src="https://i0.wp.com/opiniojuris.org/wp-content/uploads/Photo_Putting-the-ICCs-Palestine-Investigation-into-Context_Qalqilya-2017.jpg?fit=6000%2C4000" class="attachment-full size-full wp-post-image" alt="" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/opiniojuris.org/wp-content/uploads/Photo_Putting-the-ICCs-Palestine-Investigation-into-Context_Qalqilya-2017.jpg?w=6000 6000w, https://i0.wp.com/opiniojuris.org/wp-content/uploads/Photo_Putting-the-ICCs-Palestine-Investigation-into-Context_Qalqilya-2017.jpg?resize=300%2C200 300w, https://i0.wp.com/opiniojuris.org/wp-content/uploads/Photo_Putting-the-ICCs-Palestine-Investigation-into-Context_Qalqilya-2017.jpg?resize=768%2C512 768w, https://i0.wp.com/opiniojuris.org/wp-content/uploads/Photo_Putting-the-ICCs-Palestine-Investigation-into-Context_Qalqilya-2017.jpg?resize=580%2C387 580w, https://i0.wp.com/opiniojuris.org/wp-content/uploads/Photo_Putting-the-ICCs-Palestine-Investigation-into-Context_Qalqilya-2017.jpg?resize=700%2C467 700w, https://i0.wp.com/opiniojuris.org/wp-content/uploads/Photo_Putting-the-ICCs-Palestine-Investigation-into-Context_Qalqilya-2017.jpg?w=2120 2120w, https://i0.wp.com/opiniojuris.org/wp-content/uploads/Photo_Putting-the-ICCs-Palestine-Investigation-into-Context_Qalqilya-2017.jpg?w=3180 3180w" sizes="(max-width: 6000px) 100vw, 6000px" /> </a> </div> <div class="post_text"> <div class="post_text_inner"> <div class="post_text_holder"> <div class="blog_column1"> <div itemprop="dateCreated" class="date entry_date updated"> <span class="date_day">25</span> <span class="date_month">Feb</span> <meta itemprop="interactionCount" content="UserComments: 0"/> </div> </div> <div class="blog_column2"> <h2 itemprop="name" class="entry_title"><a itemprop="url" href="http://opiniojuris.org/2025/02/25/the-nature-and-implications-of-israeli-occupation-of-the-palestinian-territory-part-ii/" title="The Nature and Implications of Israeli Occupation of the Palestinian Territory: Part II">The Nature and Implications of Israeli Occupation of the Palestinian Territory: Part II</a></h2> <p itemprop="description" class="post_excerpt"> [Captain Peter S. Konchak is a Judge Advocate in the United States Army who is currently assigned to the Office of the Staff Judge Advocate for III Armored Corps and Fort Cavazos, and whose academic work is focused on matters of national security law and policy] The views expressed in this article are those of the author and do not represent...</p> <div class="post_info"> <div class="post_info_left"> <a href="http://opiniojuris.org/author/peter-s-konchak/" title="Posts by Peter S. Konchak" class="author url fn" rel="author">Peter S. 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However, one particular EO jolted many from their numbness, not because it...</p> <div class="post_info"> <div class="post_info_left"> <a href="http://opiniojuris.org/author/benjamin-thorne/" title="Posts by Benjamin Thorne" class="author url fn" rel="author">Benjamin Thorne</a> <span class="post_author"> | </span> <a itemprop="url" class="post_comments" href="http://opiniojuris.org/2025/02/25/artificial-sanctions-potential-implications-of-us-sanctions-on-the-iccs-use-of-ai-and-digital-evidence/#respond" target="_self"> 0 Comments </a> </div> <div class="post_info_right"> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </article> <article id="post-49182" class="post-49182 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-announcements category-calls-for-papers category-events category-uncategorized"> <div class="post_content_holder"> <div class="post_text"> <div class="post_text_inner"> <div class="post_text_holder"> <div class="blog_column1"> <div itemprop="dateCreated" class="date entry_date updated"> <span class="date_day">23</span> <span class="date_month">Feb</span> <meta itemprop="interactionCount" content="UserComments: 0"/> </div> </div> <div class="blog_column2"> <h2 itemprop="name" class="entry_title"><a itemprop="url" href="http://opiniojuris.org/2025/02/23/events-and-announcements-23-february-2025/" title="Events and Announcements: 23 February 2025">Events and Announcements: 23 February 2025</a></h2> <p itemprop="description" class="post_excerpt"> To have your event or announcement featured in next week’s post, please send a link and a brief description (1-2 paragraphs) to ojeventsandannouncements@gmail.com. Call for Papers Nottingham International Criminal Justice Conference: International criminal justice and its international institutions are in a truly agenda-shaping moment. 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Historically, accountability for violations of international humanitarian law (IHL), has mainly been a matter of individual criminal processes. 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