Feb 23, 2021 | Edition 20, Editions, Editorials
Welcome to the FEBRUARY 2021 issue of ANZSIL Perspective. My editorial team and I are delighted to launch the ANZSIL Perspective online platform www.anzsilperspective.com where you can find all our latest Perspectives and our archive. Over the last year since we have...
Feb 23, 2021 | Edition 20, Law of the Sea, Perspectives
On 28 January 2021 a Special Chamber of the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS) delivered its decision in the preliminary objections stage of the Indian Ocean maritime boundary dispute between Mauritius and the Maldives. Belying its dry...
Feb 23, 2021 | Edition 20, Editions, Perspectives, Torture
Recently ANZSIL member Douglas Guilfoyle discussed the concern that the Brereton report into war crimes by Australians in Afghanistan apparently finds no evidence that “there was knowledge of, or reckless indifference to, the commission of war crimes, on the part of...
Feb 23, 2021 | Book Reviews, Edition 20
One of the key issues in the UN system that has bedevilled international lawyers since 1945 is how the term ‘a threat to the peace’ in article 39 of the UN Charter should be understood. When invoked, the term unlocks the Security Council’s extensive Chapter VII powers...
Feb 23, 2021 | Book Reviews, Edition 20
Malcolm Dando; Springer, 2020; PAGES 210; €155,99; ISBN 978-3-030- 53790-0 In many scientific fields, dual use is seen as an opportunity, not a risk. As limitations on the development and use of biological and chemical weapons have developed over the years, one of the...
