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The Geopolitics of Shaming – In Conversation with Rochelle Terman

In this interview with RevDem editor Kasia Krzyżanowska, Rochelle Terman discusses her most recent book The Geopolitics of Shaming: When Human Rights Pressure Works—and When It Backfires published with Princeton University Press (2023). Rochelle Terman -- an assistant professor of the Department of Political Science at the University of Chicago. Her first book, The Geopolitics of Shaming: When Human Rights Pressure Works—and When It Backfires, was published in 2023 with Princeton University Press.

19.02.2024

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The Provisional Measures Order in South Africa v. Israel: A Closer Look at the ICJ Bench

On Friday, 26 January, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) indicated six provisional measures in the case South Africa brought against Israel under the Genocide Convention. The highly-anticipated Provisional Measures Order has already been helpfully analyzed in various places (see, for example, here and here). Rather than attempting to add to substantive analyses of the Order, in this post, I will analyze the Order by giving it context from a different perspective: that from the bench. While the voting pattern suggests a very high level of agreement, the individual expressions of judges highlight why the Court prioritized this high level of agreement. The individual opinions shed light on the reasons why judges voted in favour of (or against) the provisional measures, but the opinions also reveal that South Africa will face a high threshold should the case reach the merits stage.

15.02.2024