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Items by Nicolas Boeglin
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The US Embassy move to Jerusalem: the need for a response from the international community
In a recent meeting at the UN Security Council that took place on 15 May, 24 hours after the US official opened its embassy in Jerusalem, we heard from a British delegate that: “Our position on the status of Jerusalem and the move of the American embassy is well...
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Denmark’s decision to withdraw from airstrikes on Syria and Iraq
Denmark announced on Friday its decision to suspend military operations of its seven F-16 fighter jets in Syria and Iraq. At the beginning of the very same week, a military investigation indicated that Danish fighter jets were involved in a 17 September airstrike of the coalition, where a series...
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Experts unite to say that it is an ‘abuse’ to invoke ‘self-defence’ in response to terrorism
A collective open letter has been signed by many professors of international law and legal researchers. Entitled “A plea against the abusive invocation of self-defence as a response to terrorism” it has been circulating on the internet for a few weeks. Among the signatories, of which there are more than...