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The ebook ‘International Law 1000’ is now available widely. On Amazon, you can find it in the Kindle format. The .epub format ebook is available on Kobo, and the Dutch website [...]

Today’s case between India and Pakistan before the International Court of Justice (ICJ) regards the arrest, trial and death sentence of Kulbushan Sudhir Jadhav, an Indian national, by Pakistan. [...]

I’ll come right out and say it. We expect too much from international law. Even law in general, and lawyers and layman alike. We expect international law to always provide a solution for the [...]

It has been a few days since the United States conducted a cruise missile strike against an airfield in Syria in retaliation after horrible pictures of a chemical attack on civilians spread [...]

In my quest to fully comprehend US constitutional law before I comment on it, I thought I’d start with an introductory book. My knowledge of US law as a Dutch- and international lawyer is [...]

That was quite the weekend, with a row between The Netherlands and Turkey blowing up and almost culminating in an arrest and forced escort of a friendly nation’s minister. One can only imagine [...]

The International Court of Justice held its first hearing today in the case of Ukraine versus Russia. A high-profile case dealing with the conflict in eastern Ukraine and Russian’s involvement in [...]

Not long after their independence in the early 19th century, Bolivia and Chile fought the War of the Pacific after which Chile occupied a swath of Bolivian territory, and cut Bolivia off from [...]

So I now have four presidents on my all-time favorite US President list. After JFK, Obama now follows Thomas Jefferson. John Adams is relegated to fourth. Not much of a surprise there I think. [...]