Air Strikes in Syria, and the Climate Summit

International law is everywhere in the news this week.

The U.S. began airstrikes against ISIS in Syria this week, which has led to questions about the legal authority for such strikes, and whether they are lawful under international law (some different views here, here, here, and here). The U.N. General Assembly is also getting under way, and President Obama spoke to the General Assembly today, making the legal and policy case for the strikes against ISIS.

There is also the climate change conference underway in New York this week (official site for the summit is here), in which the international community attempts to lay the foundation for a treaty to be agreed to in 2015 in Paris. The absence of India and China at the meeting has led to some pessimism. President Obama addressed the Summit earlier this week, below: