Justice with Jon Faine

Does a ceasefire agreement have any legal force? Dr Marika Sosnowski explains

Justice with Jon Faine

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Melbourne Law School and host Jon Faine bring you Justice: a weekly podcast about the law behind the news.

There is a legal vacuum behind attempts to forge a ceasefire inthe wars in Gaza and Ukraine. Does international law have any real power in these times of global turmoil? And how can a ceasefire agreement be enforced when one party is a ‘non-state entity’? Dr Marika Sosnowski from the Peter McMullinCentre on Statelessness at Melbourne Law School explains.

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