Bertrand Ramcharan is Visiting Professor of International Law at Lund University, Sweden. He has held various positions at the United Nations, including Acting United Nations High Commissioner for ...

Israel intercepted Gaza aid flotilla in international waters – is it legal? - Israel’s interception of a Gaza-bound aid flotilla raises legal questions about enforcing blockades in international water ...

In the aftermath of Hamas’s attack on Israel, and Israel’s ensuing bombardment campaign of the Gaza Strip, there is much discussion, by both experts and non-experts, about international humanitarian ...

Yuval Shany, an expert on international law at Hebrew University in Jerusalem, said as long as Israel’s blockade of Gaza is “militarily justified” to keep out weapons and the ship intended to break it ...

In February, President Trump issued an executive order pulling the United States out of the U.N. Human Rights Council. Less widely noted were other provisions in the order mandating a review of “all ...

According to a UN legal framework, a nation's territory does not extend beyond 19km from its shores but enforcing international maritime law is a challenge across the globe.