The Opacity of Economic Coercion

Jessica Whyte In February 2020, Venezuela submitted a referral to the International Criminal Court (ICC) alleging that the economic sanctions imposed on it by the United States constituted a crime against humanity. Although Venezuela...

Unilateral Coercive Measures: Effects and Legality Issues

Alena F. Douhan Today the world is experiencing an enormous expansion of unilateral sanctions, in various forms: comprehensive, sectoral, targeted, economic, financial, cyber, primary and secondary, as well as civil and criminal charges for...

Symposium Workshop: TWAIL & Economic Sanctions

The Yale Journal of International Law along with the Law & Political Economy Project and Blog is hosting a Symposium on Third World approaches to international law (TWAIL) and economic sanctions. As part of the Symposium, there...

Symposium: Managing Mixed Migration

Managing Mixed Migration The term “mixed migration” is typically used to describe the cross-border movements of people who are prima facie refugees and people who move for economic reasons. But the term also characterizes...

Virtual Symposium: China and the International Legal Order

China and International Legal Order Virtual Symposium HILJ-YJIL-Oxford | October 15, 2020  To register, please click the link and provide your name, email address, affiliation, and job title (including student)​: ​https://harvard.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_RCxnlKkiQMujwaF1UdyTPg​.   As deglobalization...

Symposium: International Trade in the Trump Era

The international trade order is in crisis. Since the election of President Donald J. Trump, the United States has initiated—and escalated—a trade war with China, forced the renegotiation of the North American Free Trade...