Is International Law International? Exploring its normative underpinnings
1. Introduction Is International Law International? The title of the celebrated book authored by Anthea Roberts[1] poses a prima facie straightforward, binary question. In line with Roberts’s high quality scholarship, the book raises challenging questions that go deep to issues, such as the source of international law’s authority and the structure of the international order....
The work of the ILC on the environment and armed conflicts: Enhancing protection for the ‘silent victim of warfare’? / Zoom In
Protection of the environment during armed conflicts: An appraisal of the ILC’s work
1. Introduction Being responsive to the devastating effects that armed conflicts cause on the environment, the International Law Commission (ILC) has recently taken on board the issue of the protection of the environment in relation to armed conflicts. Special Rapporteur Marie Jacobsson has already submitted three reports addressing the protection of the environment by reference...
