Treaty-based law under strain in Antarctica: future challenges for Australia
In many ways a microcosm for the international rules-based order, what does the ailing Antarctic Treaty System say about treaty-based law broadly?
Drugs in sport and international law
Legislation giving effect to international agreements is interpreted according to orthodox principles of statutory construction. By STEPHEN TULLY.
A marriage of minds
Jane McAdam and Ben Saul met as teenagers and started dating while studying arts/law at the University of Sydney. Partners for 18 years, they are…
Timor-Leste v Australia: privilege, security and international law
In the case of Timor-Leste v Australia the International Court of Justice ordered Australia to ensure the correspondence it seized between Timor-Leste and its legal advisers relating…
Sometimes being beaten up is better
Zimbabwean human rights lawyer Beatrice Mtetwa has endured unspeakable violence and indignity in her quest for justice.
War and Peace
FOR THE FIRST TIME IN ITS 150-YEAR HISTORY, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has appointed a woman, Dr Helen Durham, as the…