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Child Marriage in Somalia: Legal Pluralism and the Limits of International Human Rights Implementation

Introduction: Child Marriage in Contemporary Somalia In 2025, Somalia ratified the African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child.[1] Ten years earlier, the country had also ratified the…

Why the decolonisation of Ceuta should not be a “taboo topic”

Introduction: The events of 31 July 2026 and preliminary remarks On Thursday, 30 July 2026, roughly 50,000 to 60,000 migrants crossed from Morocco into the Spanish exclave of Ceuta. The…

Inclusive Urban Transitions and Planning Law in East Africa: A Comparative Review of Kenya, Rwanda, and Ethiopia

Introduction Rapid urbanisation across East Africa presents opportunities and profound challenges for sustainable and equitable development. While urban populations have grown rapidly, this growth has not consistently translated into improved…

Decentering Legal Research: Decolonial Approaches, Normative Pluralism, and Epistemic Justice from the Congolese Context

Introduction On 3 April 2026, within the framework of the Séminaires Boussoles at the Faculty of Law and Criminology of the Université catholique de Louvain, Nina Bries Silva and I…

Are attacks on energy infrastructure in armed conflict compatible with international humanitarian law, given their environmental and humanitarian consequences?

Introduction The ongoing conflict between Iran and US/Israeli forces has proved to have a significant effect on the environment, while also raising serious issues regarding international humanitarian law. What began…

An Appraisal of the updated FMO/DEG/Proparco’s Independent Complaints Mechanism Policy: Assessing its Prospects and Potential Impact on Access to Remedy

Introduction The Independent Complaints Mechanism (ICM) is a grievance mechanism of three leading European bilateral Development Finance Institutions (DFIs), namely Dutch Nederlandse Financierings-Maatschappij voor Ontwikkelingslanden N.V. (FMO), German Deutsche Investitions-…

Women’s human rights, marriage, and moral pluralism in Africa: a daughter’s reflections

Introduction Third World Approaches to International Law ( TWAIL) aims to be the voice of a historically voiceless global south on the international law scene. It seeks to “ re-tell…

An analysis of the term ‘judicialization’ through J Oloka-Onyango’s, “ When Courts Do Politics “

To judicialize or not to judicialize? You know when people ask, ‘How did we get here?’ I sometimes think maybe we never really left that given place to begin with.…

The New UN Declaration on the Transatlantic Slave Trade: Reflections on the Future of the Afro-Caribbean Movement for Reparatory Justice

The Dawn of a New Era for Reparatory Justice? On 25 March 2026, the UN General Assembly adopted a historic Declaration, designating the transatlantic slave trade as “the gravest crime…

State obligations in addressing Climate Change: The interplay between the climate treaty regime and international Human Rights law

Introduction Recent climate events illustrate the growing human impact of climate change.[1] However, the legal framework governing state responsibility remains fragmented. This short piece argues that while climate treaties provide…