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.

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 Ntina Tzouvala, Juliette McIntyre and Imogen Saunders.

Coming soon.

Music: Sam Barsh, Oils of Au Lait.