Public International Law

A Reply to Professor Kraska on the Iranian Shootdown of the US Global Hawk Drone _ 17072019

Editorial Board
1398-04-26

Prof. Kraska has argued in his latest EJIL: Talk! article that the incident regarding the downing of a US drone by Iran happened due to the scarce knowledge of international law by an Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) commander. While I do appreciate Prof. Kraska’s discretion in referring to US intelligence sources, on the other hand the US President himself openly provided to the media the same assessment.

Misunderstanding of International Aviation Law May be Behind Iran’s Shootdown of the U.S. Global Hawk Drone _ 01072019

Editorial Board
1398-04-10

The recent shootdown of the U.S. drone likely arose from a lack of understanding of international aviation law and Iran’s rights and responsibilities as a party to the 1944 Convention on Civil Aviation (the Chicago Convention) and the rules promulgated by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO).

The US withdrawal from the Iran deal: One year on

Editorial Board
1398-02-19

On 8 May last year, US President Donald J. Trump announced that the United States would pull out of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), which sets limits on Iran’s nuclear programme to ensure that it cannot produce nuclear weapons. Despite the US withdrawal, the JCPOA remains in force; it is a multilateral agreement to which seven of the original eight parties still adhere.

Dissecting international concerns about Iran’s missiles

Editorial Board
1397-08-28

While trying to save the 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), or the Iran nuclear deal, some European leaders have stepped up pressure on Iran’s ballistic missile programme, simultaneously demanding talks and threatening sanctions. Iran—which sees ballistic missiles as crucial to the country’s defence—has responded by saying that its missile programme is non-negotiable.

Do Irans New Space Launchers Violate International Law?

Editorial Board
1397-10-29

This is not the first time the U.S. has criticized Irans space-launch vehicles, and it is not the first time Iran has rejected that critique. But who is right? Does Security Council Resolution 2231 forbid Iran from testing new space-launch vehicles? Relatedly, can Iran readily convert its space-launch vehicles, which are purportedly designed to launch telecommunication satellites into lower orbit, into ICBMs capable of reaching the U.S.?

Degrading the International Law by the Trump Administration Regarding the JCPOA

Editorial Board
1397-09-25

One of the most contentious decisions taken by President Trump is the withdrawal from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), colloquially known as the ‘Iranian nuclear deal’, and the re-imposition and possible expansion of nuclear-related sanctions on 8 May 2018 and 5 November 2018.

The Iranian Suit against the US Sanctions and the 1955 Treaty of Amity: Brilliant Plan or Aberration?

Editorial Board
1397-06-17

The Iranian economy is already feeling the effects of the United States economic sanctions that are successively being reinstated following the US withdrawal from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) on 8 May 2018. In an attempt to save what can be saved, Iran seized the International Court of Justice in July requesting the latter to order and declare that the 8 May and subsequent sanctions are unlawful; that the United States shall stop its threats with respect to the further announced sanctions and that it shall compensate Iran.

Report of the Public Hearings on the Request for the Indication of Provisional Measures Submitted by Iran in the case concerning Alleged Violations of the 1955 Treaty of Amity

Editorial Board
1397-06-09

Following the Islamic Republic of Iran’s application against the United States of America concerning alleged violations of the Treaty of Amity, Economic Relations and Consular Rights between Iran and the United States of 15 August 1955 (Treaty of Amity) and also Request for the indication of provisional measures both of which submitted on 16 July 2018, the proceedings of hearings for indication of provisional measures has taken place from 27 to 30 August 2018.

ICJ asks the US to prevent taking any further actions regarding anti_Iran sanctions

Editorial Board
1397-05-04

ICJ President, in the case concerning Alleged violations of the 1955 Treaty of Amity, Economic Relations, and Consular Rights (Islamic Republic of Iran v. United States of America), has sent a letter to US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo calling on the US “to not take any new actions in order to change the situation".

The Israeli Strikes on Iranian Forces in Syria: a case study on the use of force in defence of annexed territories

Editorial Board
1397-03-19

Reacting to the alleged Iranian attack and to Syria and Iran’s condemnation of Israel’s response as an act of aggression against Syria, the governments of the United States, the United Kingdom and Germany explicitly referred to Israel’s right to act in self-defence against Iran.

Heritage Destruction _ Human Rights and International Law

Editorial Board
1397-01-26

The Grotius Centre for International Legal Studies and the Leiden-Delft-Erasmus Centre for Global Heritage and Development will host the first edition of the Heritage Destruction, Human Rights, and International Law Summer School.

Challenges before the United States President in Attacking Syria

Editorial Board
1397-01-24

Started in 2011, conflict in Syria is one of the controversial and complicated conflicts that has ever happened so far. It has been put forward by the United States and its allies alleging that the Government of Syria has used chemical weapons against its own people; however, these allegations have never been verified by an authentic entity such as the United Nations or Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW).

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