Professor Simon Caney from the Department of Politics and International Studies, and Dr Sharifah Sekalala, Assistant Professor in the School of Law, were members of the Working Party which conducted an in-depth inquiry, reviewing the policies and practices of global health emergency research, and presented 24 recommendations for improvement in the form of an "ethical compass" to guide the decisions of those on the ground.

Dr Christine Schwobel-Patel, Associate Professor in Warwick Law School, comments:-

"The USA is claiming that it was acting in self-defence when it launched a strike on Iranian General Soleimani. Under Art. 51 United Nations Charter (UNC), the right to self-defence must follow an ‘armed attack’. It is clear that there was no armed attack on the USA by Iran. However, customary international law, which is a combination of state practice and what states believe to be legal, is broader than the wording of the UNC. After all, states cannot be expected to wait until they have been attacked, if they have intelligence that this is about to happen."

A new book by Dr Andi Hoxhaj from the University of Warwick School of Law offers fresh insights into EU anti-corruption policy with a particular focus on the EU Anti-Corruption Report of 2014, and argues that recent changes in approach may put the EU’s achievements in this area at risk by viewing corruption purely as an economic problem.

Dr Laura Lammasniemi, Assistant Professor in Warwick Law School, comments on the increasing frequency of attempts to claim "rough sex gone wrong" as a defence in murder trials.

"Following a high profile trial, a man has been convicted for the murder of British national, Grace Millane, in New Zealand. During the trial, the defendant attempted to introduce ‘rough sex’ or ‘sex game gone wrong’ as a defence. Efforts to raise this as a defence have recently occurred in several similar prosecutions in the UK. These cases, and their increasing frequency, are very troublesome from a legal perspective."

Dr George Meszaros, Associate Professor in Warwick Law School, comments on the political background to the Amazon rain forest fires.