If you have yet to hop on the reggaeton train that has engulfed the globe - you are one of few. Born from a fusion of Jamaican dancehall and reggae and Latin rhythms and culture, reggaeton and other genres that blend musical elements from multiple cultures present a challenging puzzle for scholars of international law; namely, within international copyright law. When dealing with a work or, in this case, a genre, that, at its very core, is “a movement built on shared identity [and] diaspora”, the question becomes whether the international system’s lack of uniform copyright laws from which a country cannot deviate has created an…

        On September 22, 2026, the White House announced that the United States of America, the Kingdom of Denmark, and the government of Greenland signed an agreement. The new agreement is an amended and supplemented version of the 1951 Defense Agreement. This was in response to threats from President Donald Trump towards Greenland and Denmark. This agreement is critical to the defense of the United States and NATO, and reaffirms Denmark’s sovereignty, but also recognizes Greenland’s right to self-determination.         Greenland is an island located in the North Atlantic Ocean. Roughly eighty percent of its territory is covered by ice. Greenland is an autonomous…

Photo Courtesy: Alev Takil, Unsplash Photos         White-collar crime traditionally encompasses offenses committed for financial gain through deception, abuse of trust, or misuse of authority. Common examples have traditionally included fraud, bribery, insider trading, tax evasion, and money laundering. However, the United Kingdom’s Crime and Policing Act 2026 expands corporate criminal liability beyond traditional economic offenses. This creates a new form of prosecution that has huge implications for multinational corporations operating across jurisdictions.         According to the United Kingdom’s Home Office, this reform strengthens corporate accountability by addressing the difficulties prosecuting large organizations where decision-making authority is dispersed across business functions. As the corporate…

About two-thirds of the Earth’s oceans lie beyond any single state’s jurisdiction, waters colloquially known as the high seas. No global treaties have offered a way to set aside protected areas within these vast expanses, until that changed on January 17, 2026, when the Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction (BBNJ) Agreement, entered into force. Also referred to as the High Seas Treaty, its first Conference of the Parties (COP), due within a year, will set the rules forcreating the first high seas marine protected areas (MPAs). These developments raise acumbersome question: what is a protected area worth if the states fishing it never joined the BBNJ? Part III of the Agreement…

A report released on International Women’s Day 2026 by the UN Secretary-General found that, globally, women hold only 64% of the legal rights of men, thereby exposing them to “discrimination, violence, and exclusion at every stage of their lives.” Six months later, on September 17, 2026, this year’s UN General Assembly published a joint report by UN Women and the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs titled The Gender Snapshot 2026. The annual report tracks progress on “Sustainable Development Goals” (SDGs). SDGs, which include ending gender-based poverty, food insecurity, and violence against women, and promoting female education, leadership, and equal pay, are social and economic benchmarks. They are measured…

On Wednesday, May 20, when Detroit-bound Air France Flight 378 approached Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport (DTW), U.S. Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) denied it permission to land and redirected it to Montréal-Trudeau International Airport (YUL) in Canada. Their single error? They allowed a citizen of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Congo) to board the flight amidst a travel restriction from the U.S. The World Health Organization (WHO) advised that countries avoid closing their borders for international travel and trade on Ebola-infected regions and supported the International Civil Aviation Organization’s (ICAO) insistence that international air travel was safe. Nevertheless, on May 17, the WHO declared a state of emergency…

Texas Oil tycoon, T. Boone Pickens, once said: “Oil is the blood of the economy, but it’s also the poison.” Oil is not merely a commodity, required to keep the lights on and cars moving, but it can be used as a geopolitical tool. The 1973 Middle Eastern oil embargo displayed the distinct power oil has over geopolitical considerations and actions. Oil like air, in the modern age, is a necessity for life which can be turned into a weapon. On February 28, 2026, the United States and Israel commenced a concentrated bombardment campaign against Iran. The conflict, now a regional war, has culminated in the destruction of US military facilities in the region and…

The use of film and video footage in modern international conflicts has become increasingly central to how international law identifies and prosecutes potential war crimes, and assesses other global conflicts. The intersection of film documentation and international conflict has strengthened with the globalization of social media and other filming resources in order to document events around the world. A recent example comes from the February 28, 2026 visual documentation of a U.S missile striking a military target adjacent to a school in Iran, killing over 160 civilians, many being children. Under the International Humanitarian Law, this has become a pivotal key for assessment by investigators and legal experts to see…

On April 7, 2026, President Trump announced a two-week ceasefire with Iran after previously threatening to “send them back to the stone age” with overwhelming military force. The announcement appeared to mark a turning point and potential pathway toward de-escalation following weeks of intensifying conflict. The administration framed the agreement narrowly. Iran would reopen the Strait of Hormuz in exchange for a cessation of U.S. military action, while both parties would engage in further negotiations in Pakistan for a broader resolution. However, the terms of the agreement were never clearly defined, and competing interpretations quickly emerged. Pakistan, which brokered the deal, along with Iranian officials, asserted that the U.S. had…

Since the release of GLP-1s on the public market, citizens from countries across the globe have flocked to what some medical professionals have called this new generation’s miracle drug. According to the Indiana University School of Medicine, prior research suggests that, in the United States alone, the use of GLP-1s have increased by fortyfold between 2017 and 2021. While it is true that the United States has the largest GLP-1 market in the world, data from the last few years shows that GLP-1s have become popular in other markets such as the United Kingdom, who is currently leading the European market with their rise in NHS Ozempic Prescriptions. Looking at…