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Azmi is a Legal Researcher and Ciara Laverty is a Legal Adviser with UpRights, an NGO which builds partnerships with victims, civil society, and judicial authorities to document human rights violations and international crimes, and identify and pursue effective legal pathways to accountability, including in the contexts of Ukraine and North Korea] Recent reporting has confirmed the deployment of...</p> <div class="post_info"> <div class="post_info_left"> <a href="http://opiniojuris.org/author/nurul-mohd-azmi/" title="Posts by Nurul Mohd Azmi" class="author url fn" rel="author">Nurul Mohd Azmi</a> and <a href="http://opiniojuris.org/author/ciara-laverty/" title="Posts by Ciara Laverty" class="author url fn" rel="author">Ciara Laverty</a> <span class="post_author"> | </span> <a itemprop="url" class="post_comments" href="http://opiniojuris.org/2025/02/10/north-korean-pows-in-ukraine-navigating-the-legal-framework-for-transfer-or-repatriation/#respond" target="_self"> 0 Comments </a> </div> <div class="post_info_right"> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </article> <article id="post-49103" class="post-49103 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-asia-pacific category-featured category-uncategorized category-symposia category-themes tag-gender-equality"> <div class="post_content_holder"> <div class="post_image"> <a itemprop="url" href="http://opiniojuris.org/2025/02/07/symposium-by-gqual-on-cedaws-gr40-an-opportunity-for-asia-pacific-build-on-the-momentum-of-gr-40/" title="Symposium by GQUAL on CEDAW’s GR40: An Opportunity for Asia-Pacific – Build on the Momentum of GR 40"> <img width="1792" height="1024" src="https://i1.wp.com/opiniojuris.org/wp-content/uploads/Designer-88.jpeg?fit=1792%2C1024" class="attachment-full size-full wp-post-image" alt="" srcset="https://i1.wp.com/opiniojuris.org/wp-content/uploads/Designer-88.jpeg?w=1792 1792w, https://i1.wp.com/opiniojuris.org/wp-content/uploads/Designer-88.jpeg?resize=300%2C171 300w, https://i1.wp.com/opiniojuris.org/wp-content/uploads/Designer-88.jpeg?resize=768%2C439 768w, https://i1.wp.com/opiniojuris.org/wp-content/uploads/Designer-88.jpeg?resize=580%2C331 580w, https://i1.wp.com/opiniojuris.org/wp-content/uploads/Designer-88.jpeg?resize=345%2C198 345w, https://i1.wp.com/opiniojuris.org/wp-content/uploads/Designer-88.jpeg?resize=700%2C400 700w" sizes="(max-width: 1792px) 100vw, 1792px" /> </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">07</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/2025/02/07/symposium-by-gqual-on-cedaws-gr40-an-opportunity-for-asia-pacific-build-on-the-momentum-of-gr-40/" title="Symposium by GQUAL on CEDAW’s GR40: An Opportunity for Asia-Pacific – Build on the Momentum of GR 40">Symposium by GQUAL on CEDAW’s GR40: An Opportunity for Asia-Pacific – Build on the Momentum of GR 40</a></h2> <p itemprop="description" class="post_excerpt"> The adoption of General Recommendation 40 by the CEDAW Committee in October 2024 represents a significant milestone in the push for greater representation of women in international decision-making spaces.   This post will focus on an area that General Recommendation 40 will have an impact: the leadership of women from the Asian region in international justice and accountability. This long-overdue discussion is...</p> <div class="post_info"> <div class="post_info_left"> <a href="http://opiniojuris.org/author/priya-pillai/" title="Posts by Priya Pillai" class="author url fn" rel="author">Priya Pillai</a> <span class="post_author"> | </span> <a itemprop="url" class="post_comments" href="http://opiniojuris.org/2025/02/07/symposium-by-gqual-on-cedaws-gr40-an-opportunity-for-asia-pacific-build-on-the-momentum-of-gr-40/#respond" target="_self"> 0 Comments </a> </div> <div class="post_info_right"> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </article> <article id="post-48985" class="post-48985 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-asia-pacific category-environmental-law category-featured category-foreign-relations-law category-international-criminal-law category-international-human-right-law category-international-humanitarian-law category-national-security-law category-north-america category-use-of-force"> <div class="post_content_holder"> <div class="post_image"> <a itemprop="url" href="http://opiniojuris.org/2025/01/28/moyn-heller-the-vietnam-war-and-international-law/" title="Moyn & Heller, “The Vietnam War and International Law”"> <img width="2000" height="1308" src="https://i2.wp.com/opiniojuris.org/wp-content/uploads/original-1.jpg?fit=2000%2C1308" class="attachment-full size-full wp-post-image" alt="" srcset="https://i2.wp.com/opiniojuris.org/wp-content/uploads/original-1.jpg?w=2000 2000w, https://i2.wp.com/opiniojuris.org/wp-content/uploads/original-1.jpg?resize=300%2C196 300w, https://i2.wp.com/opiniojuris.org/wp-content/uploads/original-1.jpg?resize=768%2C502 768w, https://i2.wp.com/opiniojuris.org/wp-content/uploads/original-1.jpg?resize=580%2C379 580w, https://i2.wp.com/opiniojuris.org/wp-content/uploads/original-1.jpg?resize=700%2C458 700w" sizes="(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px" /> </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">28</span> <span class="date_month">Jan</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/2025/01/28/moyn-heller-the-vietnam-war-and-international-law/" title="Moyn & Heller, “The Vietnam War and International Law”">Moyn & Heller, “The Vietnam War and International Law”</a></h2> <p itemprop="description" class="post_excerpt">The inimitable Sam Moyn and I have a chapter on the Vietnam War and international law in the Cambridge History of the Vietnam War: Volume 3, Endings and Aftermaths, which was just published by Cambridge University Press. Here are the opening paragraphs: There have been thousands of histories of the Vietnam War, but none assigns a pivotal role to international law....</p> <div class="post_info"> <div class="post_info_left"> <a href="http://opiniojuris.org/author/kevinjonheller/" title="Posts by Kevin Jon Heller" class="author url fn" rel="author">Kevin Jon Heller</a> <span class="post_author"> | </span> <a itemprop="url" class="post_comments" href="http://opiniojuris.org/2025/01/28/moyn-heller-the-vietnam-war-and-international-law/#respond" target="_self"> 0 Comments </a> </div> <div class="post_info_right"> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </article> <article id="post-48969" class="post-48969 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-asia-pacific category-europe category-featured category-uncategorized category-north-america tag-data-sovereignty tag-technology"> <div class="post_content_holder"> <div class="post_image"> <a itemprop="url" href="http://opiniojuris.org/2025/01/20/from-the-ashes-of-the-empires-towards-global-convergence-in-approaches-to-data-governance/" title="From the Ashes of the “Empires”: Towards Global Convergence in Approaches to Data Governance?"> <img width="1792" height="1024" src="https://i1.wp.com/opiniojuris.org/wp-content/uploads/Designer-24.jpeg?fit=1792%2C1024" class="attachment-full size-full wp-post-image" alt="" srcset="https://i1.wp.com/opiniojuris.org/wp-content/uploads/Designer-24.jpeg?w=1792 1792w, https://i1.wp.com/opiniojuris.org/wp-content/uploads/Designer-24.jpeg?resize=300%2C171 300w, https://i1.wp.com/opiniojuris.org/wp-content/uploads/Designer-24.jpeg?resize=768%2C439 768w, https://i1.wp.com/opiniojuris.org/wp-content/uploads/Designer-24.jpeg?resize=580%2C331 580w, https://i1.wp.com/opiniojuris.org/wp-content/uploads/Designer-24.jpeg?resize=345%2C198 345w, https://i1.wp.com/opiniojuris.org/wp-content/uploads/Designer-24.jpeg?resize=700%2C400 700w" sizes="(max-width: 1792px) 100vw, 1792px" /> </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">20</span> <span class="date_month">Jan</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/2025/01/20/from-the-ashes-of-the-empires-towards-global-convergence-in-approaches-to-data-governance/" title="From the Ashes of the “Empires”: Towards Global Convergence in Approaches to Data Governance?">From the Ashes of the “Empires”: Towards Global Convergence in Approaches to Data Governance?</a></h2> <p itemprop="description" class="post_excerpt"> [Alexandros Bakos is a Postdoctoral Fellow (Industrial Policy and Digital Development Project) at the College of Law, Hamad Bin Khalifa University. Amna Zaman is a S.J.D. Candidate and Fellow at the Industrial Policy and Digital Development Project, College of Law, Hamad Bin Khalifa University. 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The tribunal considered confirmation of an indictment for the crime of aggression,...</p> <div class="post_info"> <div class="post_info_left"> <a href="http://opiniojuris.org/author/zak-yacoob/" title="Posts by Zak Yacoob" class="author url fn" rel="author">Zak Yacoob</a> <span class="post_author"> | </span> <a itemprop="url" class="post_comments" href="http://opiniojuris.org/2024/10/18/decision-of-the-court-of-the-citizens-of-world-on-the-proposed-indictment-of-xi-jinping-the-opinion-of-presiding-judge-z-m-yacoob/#respond" target="_self"> 0 Comments </a> </div> <div class="post_info_right"> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </article> <article id="post-48420" class="post-48420 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-asia-pacific category-courts-and-tribunals category-featured category-international-criminal-law category-public-international-law tag-china tag-courts-tribunals"> <div class="post_content_holder"> <div class="post_image"> <a itemprop="url" href="http://opiniojuris.org/2024/10/17/decision-of-the-court-of-the-citizens-of-world-on-the-proposed-indictment-of-xi-jinping-the-opinion-of-judge-bhavani-fonseka/" title="Decision of The Court of the Citizens of World on the Proposed Indictment of Xi Jinping – The Opinion of Judge Bhavani Fonseka"> <img width="615" height="379" src="https://i2.wp.com/opiniojuris.org/wp-content/uploads/scales-of-justice-full.jpg?fit=615%2C379" class="attachment-full size-full wp-post-image" alt="" srcset="https://i2.wp.com/opiniojuris.org/wp-content/uploads/scales-of-justice-full.jpg?w=615 615w, https://i2.wp.com/opiniojuris.org/wp-content/uploads/scales-of-justice-full.jpg?resize=300%2C185 300w, https://i2.wp.com/opiniojuris.org/wp-content/uploads/scales-of-justice-full.jpg?resize=580%2C357 580w" sizes="(max-width: 615px) 100vw, 615px" /> </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">17</span> <span class="date_month">Oct</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/2024/10/17/decision-of-the-court-of-the-citizens-of-world-on-the-proposed-indictment-of-xi-jinping-the-opinion-of-judge-bhavani-fonseka/" title="Decision of The Court of the Citizens of World on the Proposed Indictment of Xi Jinping – The Opinion of Judge Bhavani Fonseka">Decision of The Court of the Citizens of World on the Proposed Indictment of Xi Jinping – The Opinion of Judge Bhavani Fonseka</a></h2> <p itemprop="description" class="post_excerpt"> [Bhavani Fonseka is a constitutional law and transitional justice expert from Sri Lanka] ‘The Court of the Citizens of the World’ – a people’s tribunal – was organized by the Cinema for Peace Foundation, relating to alleged crimes committed by Xi Jinping, President of the People’s Republic of China. 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Marijuán asked...</p> <div class="post_info"> <div class="post_info_left"> <a href="http://opiniojuris.org/author/eva-buzo/" title="Posts by Eva Buzo" class="author url fn" rel="author">Eva Buzo</a>, <a href="http://opiniojuris.org/author/clare-brown/" title="Posts by Clare Brown" class="author url fn" rel="author">Clare Brown</a>, <a href="http://opiniojuris.org/author/kate-gibson/" title="Posts by Kate Gibson" class="author url fn" rel="author">Kate Gibson</a> and <a href="http://opiniojuris.org/author/pia-conradsen/" title="Posts by Pia Conradsen" class="author url fn" rel="author">Pia Conradsen</a> <span class="post_author"> | </span> <a itemprop="url" class="post_comments" href="http://opiniojuris.org/2024/07/16/argentinian-arrest-warrants-for-crimes-against-the-rohingya-the-power-of-small-states/#comments" target="_self"> 1 Comment </a> </div> <div class="post_info_right"> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </article> <article id="post-47864" class="post-47864 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-asia-pacific category-featured category-uncategorized category-symposia category-themes tag-reproductive-violence"> <div class="post_content_holder"> <div class="post_image"> <a itemprop="url" href="http://opiniojuris.org/2024/06/07/symposium-on-reproductive-violence-in-international-law-reproductive-violence-against-the-rohingya-a-perspective-on-myanmar/" title="Symposium on Reproductive Violence in International Law: Reproductive Violence Against the Rohingya – A Perspective on Myanmar"> <img width="1024" height="1024" src="https://i0.wp.com/opiniojuris.org/wp-content/uploads/Designer-12.jpeg?fit=1024%2C1024" class="attachment-full size-full wp-post-image" alt="" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/opiniojuris.org/wp-content/uploads/Designer-12.jpeg?w=1024 1024w, https://i0.wp.com/opiniojuris.org/wp-content/uploads/Designer-12.jpeg?resize=150%2C150 150w, https://i0.wp.com/opiniojuris.org/wp-content/uploads/Designer-12.jpeg?resize=300%2C300 300w, https://i0.wp.com/opiniojuris.org/wp-content/uploads/Designer-12.jpeg?resize=768%2C768 768w, https://i0.wp.com/opiniojuris.org/wp-content/uploads/Designer-12.jpeg?resize=580%2C580 580w, https://i0.wp.com/opiniojuris.org/wp-content/uploads/Designer-12.jpeg?resize=570%2C570 570w, https://i0.wp.com/opiniojuris.org/wp-content/uploads/Designer-12.jpeg?resize=500%2C500 500w, https://i0.wp.com/opiniojuris.org/wp-content/uploads/Designer-12.jpeg?resize=1000%2C1000 1000w, https://i0.wp.com/opiniojuris.org/wp-content/uploads/Designer-12.jpeg?resize=700%2C700 700w" sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /> </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">07</span> <span class="date_month">Jun</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/2024/06/07/symposium-on-reproductive-violence-in-international-law-reproductive-violence-against-the-rohingya-a-perspective-on-myanmar/" title="Symposium on Reproductive Violence in International Law: Reproductive Violence Against the Rohingya – A Perspective on Myanmar">Symposium on Reproductive Violence in International Law: Reproductive Violence Against the Rohingya – A Perspective on Myanmar</a></h2> <p itemprop="description" class="post_excerpt"> [Wai Wai Nu, originally from Myanmar, is the Founder and Executive Director of the Women’s Peace Network. 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