In this episode Douglas Guilfoyle and Kevin Heller discuss arguments that the Oslo Accords mean the the International Criminal Court lacks jurisdiction over the actions of Israeli national in Palestine. Kevin recommends articles on the topic in a special issue of vanderbilt Journal of International Law (https://scholarship.law.vanderbilt.edu/vjtl/vol49/iss2/); Douglas recommends Monique Cormier's, "The Jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court over Nationals of Non-States Parties" (https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/jurisdiction-of-the-international-criminal-court-over-nationals-of-nonstates-parties/0FC0B6291D0ECDCDADAEE7167B3B1594).

Music: Sam Barsh, Oils of Au Lait

In this episode the Called to the Bar team hit the conference circuit! Hosts Juliette McIntyre and Douglas Guilfoyle interview a range of special guests at the 2024 Australia New Zealand Society of International Law annual conference in Melbourne, and the Blue Security early career workshop in Manila. Featured guests include: Mellissa Stewart (University of Hawaii); Philippa Webb (University of Oxford); Frances Anggadi (University of Wollongong); Holly Cullen (University of Western Australia); Yvonne Breitwieser-Faria (University of Queensland); Tamer Morris (University of Sydney); Bec Strating (LaTrobe University); Muhamad Arif (Griffith University); Thư Nguyễn Hoàng Anh (National University of Singapore); Su Wai Mon (University of Malaya); and Alex De La Cruz (Tilburg University).

8. Aggression and the Political Economy of War

In this episode Douglas Guilfoyle and Ntina Tzouvala discuss Ntina's article "Aggression, Capitalism, and International Law: Missed Opportunities or Structural Constraints?" https://academic.oup.com/clp/advance-article/doi/10.1093/clp/cuae006/7690074

Ntina's recommendations:

Joanna Kyriakakis, Corporations, Accountability and International Criminal Law, https://www.e-elgar.com/shop/gbp/corporations-accountability-and-international-criminal-law-9780857939494.html ;

Scott Veitch, Law and Irresponsibility, https://www.routledge.com/Law-and-Irresponsibility-On-the-Legitimation-of-Human-Suffering/Veitch/p/book/9780415442510 ;

Antony Loewenstein, The Palestine Laboratory, https://shop.redflag.org.au/products/the-palestine-laboratory ;

and here is Margot the kitten: https://x.com/djag2/status/1813360318468571429 !

Music: Sam Barsh, Oils of Au Lait

This week host Tamsin Phillipa Paige and guest Holly Cullen discuss the long and tortuous history of attempts to extradite Wikileaks founder Julian Assange from the UK to the USA on espionage charges.

Here are Holly's recommendations for further reading:

Suzanne Akila, 'Networks of Protection' in Holly Cullen, Joanna Harrington and Catherine Renshaw, eds., Experts, Networks and International Law (Cambridge University Press, 2017) 21.

Select Articles from The Conversation on legal issues relating to Assange:

'Julian Assange is free, but curly legal questions about his case remain', The Conversation, 26 June 2024.

https://theconversation.com/julian-assange-is-free-but-curly-legal-questions-about-his-case-remain-233339

'Julian Assange plea deal: what does it mean for the Wikileaks founder and what happens now?', The Conversation, 25 June 2024.

https://theconversation.com/julian-assange-plea-deal-what-does-it-mean-for-the-wikileaks-founder-and-what-happens-now-233207

'Julian Assange's appeal to avoid extradition will go ahead. It could be legally groundbreaking', The Conversation, 20 May 2024.

https://theconversation.com/julian-assanges-appeal-to-avoid-extradition-will-go-ahead-it-could-be-legally-groundbreaking-227859

'Explainer: what charges does Julian Assange face, and what's likely to happen next?', The Conversation, 12 April 2019.

https://theconversation.com/explainer-what-charges-does-julian-assange-face-and-whats-likely-to-happen-next-115362

'UN decision is not "the end of the road" that Assange claims it is', The Conversation, 6 February 2016.

https://theconversation.com/un-decision-is-not-the-end-of-the-road-that-assange-claims-it-is-54257

Music: Sam Barsh, Oils of Au Lait

This week hosts Juliette McIntyre and Douglas Guilfoyle discuss academic career advice, clashes in the South China Sea and Palestine before the ICJ. Recommendations include:

Douglas' 2012 pieces on doing a PhD in international law (https://www.ejiltalk.org/so-you-want-to-do-a-phd-in-international-law/; and https://www.ejiltalk.org/how-to-survive-a-phd-in-international-law/); and on mental health in academia (https://www.afronomicslaw.org/category/analysis/symposium-early-career-international-law-academia-mental-health-academia-some).

We also discuss the South China Sea arbitration (https://pcacases.com/web/sendAttach/2086) and coverage of recent developments in The Diplomat (https://thediplomat.com/tag/south-china-sea/).

Finally, Douglas is building a Lego cafe (https://twitter.com/djag2/status/1796306351163105746).

In this episode, Douglas Guilfoyle and Tamsin Phillipa Paige discuss the international law applicable to the use by Houthi insurgents of remotely pirated drone boats to attack merchant shipping in the Red Sea. It gets pretty geeky!

Tamsin's recommendations:

Austen Turk, Sociology of Terrorism (2004) https://www.annualreviews.org/content/journals/10.1146/annurev.soc.30.012703.110510?crawler=true&mimetype=application/pdf

Rob McLaughlin, 'Whither Recognition of Belligerency?' (2020) https://lieber.westpoint.edu/whither-recognition-of-belligerency/

Philip Drew, The Law of Maritime Blockade (2017) https://global.oup.com/academic/product/the-law-of-maritime-blockade-9780198808435

You might also like:

Tamsin Paige, "Piracy and Universal Jurisdiction" (2013) https://www6.austlii.edu.au/cgi-bin/viewdoc/au/journals/MqLawJl/2013/17.html

Douglas Guilfoyle, "The Laws of War and the Fight against Somali Piracy" https://law.unimelb.edu.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0008/1686284/Guilfoyle.pdf

Magne Frostad, 'Houthi Attacks on Merchant Vessels in the Red Sea' (2024) https://lieber.westpoint.edu/houthi-attacks-merchant-vessels-red-sea/ - not that we agree with all his points.

Music: Sam Barsh, Oils of Au Lait

A podcast of informal conversation about topical issues in international law, life in academia and whatever else is on our mind.

In this episode Douglas Guilfoyle and Imogen Saunders discuss small island states' campaign for climate justice through seeking advisory opinions from international courts and tribunals, including the International Court of Justice and the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea.

Imogen's reading recommendations:

Documents in the ICJ request for an advisory opinion on climate change: https://www.icj-cij.org/case/187/request-advisory-opinion

Cynthia Houniuhi, "Why I’m leading Pacific Islands students in the fight on climate change": https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-01751-1

Melbourne Journal of International Law special issue on international courts: https://classic.austlii.edu.au/au/journals/MelbJIL/2021/

Imogen Saunders, General Principles as a Source of International Law: https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/general-principles-as-a-source-of-international-law-9781509936083/

The "Marry me Juliette" Trilogy: https://jodimcalister.com.au/book-series/marry-me-juliet/

Music: Music: Sam Barsh, Oils of Au Lait.

A podcast of informal conversation about topical issues in international law, life in academia and whatever else is on our mind.

In this episode Douglas Guilfoyle and Ntina Tzouvala discuss the concept of genocide committed by inflicting conditions of life calculated to bring about a group's destruction and the question of Palestinian statehood. (Spoiler: it's a state.)

Ntina's reading recommendation: Noura Erakat, Justice for Some: Law and the Question of Palestine (Stanford 2019)

Music: Sam Barsh, Oils of Au Lait.

Strong language alert! In Episode 2 Tamsin Philippa Paige and Douglas Guilfoyle discuss why Russia is still on the Security Council and whether a Security Council veto can be circumvented, alongside reports that an ex-Mossad chief attempted to intimidate an International Criminal Court Prosecutor. In this episode, Douglas and Tamsin drink tea.

A podcast of casual conversation about topical issues in international law, life in academia and whatever else is on our mind. Hosted by Douglas Guilfoyle and featuring Juliette McIntyre. In this episode we discuss South Africa v Israel at the International Court of Justice and the International Criminal Court Prosecutor seeking arrest warrants for senior Hamas and Israeli leaders.

Music: Sam Barsh, Oils of Au Lait.