EJIL

Two Weeks in Evaluation, 22 April – 5 Might 2024 – EJIL: Discuss!

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Worldwide Courtroom of Justice Alexander Wentker and Robert Stendel present an evaluation of the Worldwide Courtroom of Justice’s (ICJ) choice to not point out provisional measures in opposition to Germany, as requested by Nicaragua concerning Germany’s assist for Israel within the Gaza battle. The authors spotlight the unconventional method taken by the Courtroom in its … Read more

Decision 2728 (2024) is a Binding Council Decision – EJIL: Speak!

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Decision 2728 (2024) has legally binding impact. Eran Sthoeger makes the declare that the Safety Council’s decision 2728, which demanded an instantaneous ceasefire in Gaza, is “not legally binding”. This conclusion, he asseverates, follows from “a sound understanding of the apply of the Safety Council beneath the Constitution”. The true place is that the Council’s … Read more

A Sympathy Borne out of Authorized Identification? (Re)Viewing Ethiopia’s Transfer to Acknowledge Somaliland’s Statehood from a Completely different Angle – EJIL: Speak!

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Introduction

Within the strategy of understanding the undeclared drivers behind Ethiopia’s transfer in direction of recognition of Somaliland’s statehood, this weblog submit sheds mild on how modifications in authorized identities information the decision-making strategy of States in worldwide regulation. It particularly examines the potential hyperlinks between Ethiopia’s shifting place on the precept of territorial integrity and its transfer to Somaliland’s recognition.

1. Ethiopia ‘Intends’ to Acknowledge Somaliland

On 1st January 2024, a significant occasion unfolded within the Horn of Africa because the Prime Minister of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, and the President of a self-proclaimed Republic of Somaliland signed a Memorandum of Understanding for Partnership and Cooperation in Addis Ababa.   The Memorandum, although its full contents should not but printed, has obtained worldwide consideration (together with  an enquiry on worldwide regulation’s use to assist Ethiopia discover a answer for its sovereign proper on entry to the ocean)  and has ignited heated reactions and oppositions, notably from the Federal Republic of Somalia, who claims Somaliland as a part of its personal (Northern) territory. Basing its arguments on worldwide regulation and its Structure, Somalia denounces the memorandum as “null and void”.

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