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Whither War; Whither the Law of War
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How might we change the way we – and all our leaders think – so that we never go to war?
The war between Russia and Ukraine, as well as the conflict in Gaza, have galvanised thinking about, and action by, the bodies administering, the laws of war.
National court processes - applying ‘universal jurisdiction’ for example – may bring international war criminals to justice. Informal processes can provide material capable of developing national laws and of providing evidence to assist the formal courts. But do these processes do anything to protect from future wars?
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1914 lecture by Robert Lansing, US Secretary of State in WWI, on sovereignty jstor.org/stable/4617008
Raphael Lemkin’s book in which genocide first defined.
Axis Rule in Occupied Europe: Laws of Occupation, Analysis of Government, Proposals for Redress. Second Edition by the Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. ... the Laws of War Publications of the Carnegie) Paperback – 4 Jun. 2008
Genocide Convention – Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the crime of Genocide
https://treaties.un.org/doc/publication/unts/volume%2078/volume-78-i-1021-english.pdf
Evidence of UK and USA avoiding Article 1 undertaking of the Genocide Convention by instructing staff never to use the word genocide
https://www.jstor.org/stable/41917771?seq=9
https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episodes/m0020xmq/corridors-of-power-should-america-police-the-world
Case concerning supply of spare parts for F35 jets
Al-Haq v Secretary of State for Business and Trade [2025]
Iran Tribunal
https://irantribunal.com/home/
The second tribunal in which GN took part
https://www.tribunal1965.org/en/international-peoples-tribunal-ipt-1965/
China Tribunal Judgment
https://chinatribunal.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/ChinaTribunal_JUDGMENT_1stMarch_2020.pdf
Uyghur Tribunal Judgment
https://uyghurtribunal.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/UT_Judgment_E-PDF_activelinks_20Feb2023_FINAL.pdf
[Note ‘Account of How the Uyghur Tribunal Came into Being’, pp v-xx, gives detailed account of how this particular type of tribunal came to be constructed and why
28 May 2024 Guardian article concerning threats to ICC Chief Prosecutor
https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/may/28/israeli-spy-chief-icc-prosecutor-war-crimes-inquiry
Justice For All and How to Achieve It: Citizens, lawyers and the law in the age of human rights – Sir Geoffrey Nice QC, Hardcover - Scala Books16 October 2017.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Justice-All-How-Achieve-Citizens/dp/1785511238
This event was on Tue, 21 Oct 2025
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