The Tank Man stopped the armoured column on 5 June 1989, the day following the Tiananmen square massacre. He was taken into custody by Chinese security officials. His fate is not known.

Today, the International Court of Justice delivered its order on the request for provisional measures in the matter of the Allegations of Genocide under the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (Ukraine v. Russian Federation). So we had booked a room for a campus screening of the session. We had…

A collection of documents, texts and materials on the war in Ukraine is now available → see www.doctorscommons.com/documents.

Legal Perspectives on the War in Ukraine In this Current Affairs Talk experts from Tilburg Law School explain and discuss several legal perspectives on the war in Ukraine. Dr. Ville Kari will discuss the use of force by states and refers to historical perspectives of the conflict. Prof.dr. Conny Rijken will explain migration law aspects and…

Speech given at Studium Generale, Tilburg University, 3 March 2022. I have been invited to say something about the events in Ukraine in the light of the international law on the use of force, and the history of international law. I will now do my best to present a brief, and hopefully simple, summary of…

Here we go. The site is up and running. The times are busy, so the site will remain under construction for a while. But we will be here eventually.