International Law Talks

The Application of Ukraine against the Russian Federation is officially on the website of the International Court of Justice.

Latest developments | Proceedings instituted by Ukraine against the Russian Federation on 26 February 2022 | International Court of Justice Latest developments | Proceedings instituted by Ukraine against the Russian Federation on 26 February 2022

The United Nations Security Council met yesterday. In the closing remarks (at 1h.33min.25sec), the Ukrainian ambassador looks directly at the Russian ambassador, who chaired the works:

"Relinquish your duties, as a chair. Call Putin, call Lavrov, to stop aggression. [...] There is no purgatory for war criminals. They go straight to hell, ambassador."

Ukraine - Security Council, 8974th meeting | United Nations | UNTV Live (23 Feb 2022) - Official 1. Adoption of the agenda 2. Letter dated 28 February 2014 from the Permanent Representative of Ukraine to the United Nations addressed to the President of t...

We are pleased to announce the second session of International Law Talks with the topic: 'Human Rights Protection in the Event of Disasters', presented by Assistant Professor Andrés Bautista Hernáez, PhD (University of Malaga).

Andrés Bautista Hernáez is a Doctor of Law from the Universities of Malaga and Paris Nanterre. His thesis dealt with the international legal regulation of catastrophes in International Law. His lines of research are International Criminal Law, International Human Rights Law and, mainly (subject of his thesis), International Law related to Disasters in relation with Biolaw and human security. He has had the opportunity to work in this field in different collective works, as well as to present his studies at national and international conferences.

He has been a member of the Research Project on Biolaw (University of Seville) and of the Thematic Network (of excellence) ‘Current Challenges of International Law’, both funded by the Spanish Ministry of Education. He is currently a researcher in the following Projects: ‘Immigration and Law: current challenges from an interdisciplinary approach’, at the University of Malaga; PAIDI Project ‘International Criminal Cooperation’ of the Junta de Andalucía (Spanish Region); Project of the National Plan (Excellence) ‘Cooperation Mechanisms with the Authority for a more efficient application of Competition Law and Policy in Europe (EuroCoopCom)’.

In addition, he is a researcher and leads a Work Package in the Capacity Building in The Philippines on Legal High Education (CALESA), funded by the European Commission. Also, he is a member of the Coordinating Committee of the Interest Group on Biolaw of the European Society of International Law (ESIL-SEDI).