Bad day (week) for Ukraine at the @CIJ_ICJ. Apparently, an invocation of the Genocide Convention in bad faith to justify an act of aggression is not in itself a violation of the Convention. I understand where the Court is coming from, but I don't find the argument persuasive. /1 The Court is of course right in saying that the Convention cannot be interpreted to incorporate rules of international law that are extrinsic it. /2

Today, New Zealand 🇳🇿 has published its views on how international law applies to cyber operations. It contains some hot stuff on:
🔥 sovereignty
🔥 due diligence
🔥 collective countermeasures
So read on for a brief summary. *THREAD* But before we come to the juicy bits, let's start with something uncontroversial: use of force. Here, NZ
▶️ endorses the scale-and-effects test
▶️ gives disabling the cooling process in a nuclear reactor as an example of an armed attack. /2

Iran 🇮🇷 (!) has released its views on how international law applies in cyberspace. Here's a brief summary (thanks to @KuboMacak for the tip). *Thread*
nournews.ir/En/News/53144/… 1⃣ International law applies in cyberspace. This includes key principles such as
▶️ sovereignty & sovereign equality
▶️ prohibition of the use of force
▶️ prohibition of aggression
▶️ non-intervention
▶️ self-determination
▶️ good faith

France today published its views on how international law applies in cyberspace. It is a substantial document, containing many important points (and some disagreements with the #TallinnManual 2.0). Below a short thread abt France's view on peacetime int'l law in cyberspace. /2 France subscribes to the view that sovereigtny is a rule (rather than a mere principle) cyberattacks can violate a State's sovereignty.