“We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be.”— Kurt Vonnegut, Mother Night
Arunava Banerjee
On the 16th of October, the Taliban concluded its eight-day visit to India. This visit held
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The ‘Great Weight’ of Treaty Monitoring Bodies on The International Court of Justice
By Aman Kumar
Sarthak Sahoo
The twentieth century saw and indulged licentiously in the proliferation of international fora responsible for ‘enforcing’ international law. Numerically significant, but comparatively understudied amongst these are the treaty monitoring bodies (‘TMBs’). These bodies are responsible for a variety…
“Common Sense” of the advisory Opinion and its limitations
By Aman Kumar
Chhaya Bhardwaj
The ICJ’s Advisory Opinion on Climate Change appears to be one of those few beacons of hope that continue to strengthen the international climate rule of law. To celebrate and echo the advisory, twelve scholars came together for…
Common But Differentiated Responsibilities in the Advisory: Development and Equity
By Aman Kumar
Chhaya Bhardwaj and Suraj Pratim Saikia
The International Court of Justice’s (ICJ/Court) 2025 Advisory Opinion (AO) on Climate Change offers a foundational, albeit cautious, articulation of the principle of common but differentiated responsibility based on respective capabilities (CBDR-RC). The majority…
Customary International Law and the Duty to Prevent Harm
By Aman Kumar
Dr. Sudipta Roy Choudhwry
Introduction
In its Advisory Opinion on the Obligations of States in Respect of Climate Change (AO/Opinion), delivered on 23 July 2025, the International Court of Justice (ICJ/Court) clarified the binding legal duty to prevent significant transboundary…
Are States obligated to protect the climate system? ICJ gives the legal substratum for State Responsibility
By Aman Kumar
Abhinandita Biswas
Introduction
In the Advisory Opinion (AO), the International Court of Justice (ICJ) answered on the legal consequences that States may incur by their acts or omissions in causing harm to the climate system and other parts of the…