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Type of site | Blog |
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Owner | Independent (partnership with the International Commission of Jurists) |
Editors | Kevin Jon Heller, Julian Ku. |
URL |
opiniojuris |
Commercial | No |
Launched | 2005 |
Current status | Active |
Opinio Juris is a blog dedicated to the informed discussion of international law by and among academics, practitioners and legal experts, published independently in cooperation with the International Commission of Jurists. [1] It is one of the leading international law blogs. [2]
The blog was started in 2005 by Chris Borgen ( St. John’s University); Peggy McGuinness ( St. John’s University); and Julian Ku ( Hofstra). Kevin Jon Heller ( University of Copenhagen) joined in 2006.
In 2007, State Department Legal Adviser John Bellinger became a guest blogger for a week. This marked the first time that a US government official blogged in an official capacity on international law. [3]
Notable contributors to the blog have included British-French lawyer, academic, and author Philippe Sands, [4] American lawyer and U.S. official Harold Hongju Koh, [5] and Diego García-Sayán, UN Special Rapporteur on the independence of judges and lawyers. [6]
The blog is consistently cited in journal articles and research outputs. [7] [8] Opinio Juris blog posts are often cited in reports by Human Rights Watch and other news media. [9] [10] [11] [12] [13]
![]() | The topic of this article may not meet Wikipedia's
notability guideline for web content. (July 2022) |
Type of site | Blog |
---|---|
Owner | Independent (partnership with the International Commission of Jurists) |
Editors | Kevin Jon Heller, Julian Ku. |
URL |
opiniojuris |
Commercial | No |
Launched | 2005 |
Current status | Active |
Opinio Juris is a blog dedicated to the informed discussion of international law by and among academics, practitioners and legal experts, published independently in cooperation with the International Commission of Jurists. [1] It is one of the leading international law blogs. [2]
The blog was started in 2005 by Chris Borgen ( St. John’s University); Peggy McGuinness ( St. John’s University); and Julian Ku ( Hofstra). Kevin Jon Heller ( University of Copenhagen) joined in 2006.
In 2007, State Department Legal Adviser John Bellinger became a guest blogger for a week. This marked the first time that a US government official blogged in an official capacity on international law. [3]
Notable contributors to the blog have included British-French lawyer, academic, and author Philippe Sands, [4] American lawyer and U.S. official Harold Hongju Koh, [5] and Diego García-Sayán, UN Special Rapporteur on the independence of judges and lawyers. [6]
The blog is consistently cited in journal articles and research outputs. [7] [8] Opinio Juris blog posts are often cited in reports by Human Rights Watch and other news media. [9] [10] [11] [12] [13]