Nelle scorse settimane ha suscitato grande attenzione e dibattito l’approvazione, da parte del Consiglio di Sicurezza (CdS) delle Nazioni Unite, della risoluzione 2334 del 2016, che ha ribadito con nettezza l’illegalità internazionale degli insediamenti israeliani nel Territorio Palestinese occupato dal 1967, inclusa Gerusalemme Est. E’ passato quasi inosservato, invece, un importante appello sottoscritto, proprio alla vigilia del voto del CdS, da più di 200 giuristi e docenti di diritto internazionale contro i provvedimenti adottati da diversi Stati per sanzionare, ed in alcuni casi criminalizzare, il movimento “Boicottaggio, Disinvestimento e Sanzioni” (BDS), da anni impegnato nel promuovere scelte di consumo critico dei cittadini e di non collaborazione economica di istituzioni nazionali e locali con aziende ed enti implicati nell’occupazione israeliana della Cisgiordania e nelle pratiche che violano i diritti umani dei Palestinesi.

Especially on occasion of the judgment R (Miller) -v– Secretary of State for exiting the European Union, issued by the High Court on November 3 (on which see Martinico), some have started considering whether the UK may revoke its withdrawal from the Union after having notified it pursuant to Art. 50 TEU. The main argument put forward by the advocates of this idea is that, since revocation is not expressly forbidden, it should be available to the UK. Others may add to this view that revocation would be consistent with the principle to preserve treaties from being terminated.

Brexit opens totally new scenarios not only for politicians, but also for legal scholars. And all opinions deserve the greatest attention. Yet, I think that a deeper scrutiny of this option leads to different conclusions.

In fact, the issue concerning revocability of Brexit has been advanced especially within the constitutional debate internal to the UK legal order, and was mainly justified to temporarily overcome the dilemma whether Brexit can be validly notified by the UK Government alone, or a prior vote by the UK Parliament is required. In this sense, if revocation were possible, the above dilemma might be solved after Brexit having been notified by Rt Hon Theresa May; subsequently, the UK institutions would have time to solve their constitutional conundrum. The legal dispute might indeed be decided soon by the UK Supreme Court in the Article 50 ‘Brexit’ appeal (the hearing began on December 5, 2016 and a judgment is awaited); however, the debate on revocation has crossed the UK borders and is being analysed also from the international legal plane. Doubts have hence arisen whether Brexit might be revoked during the notice period running between the withdrawal notification to the European Council and the subsequent two years (or the extra-period unanimously decided pursuant to the same TEU provision), as per Article 50.3 TEU.

Giuseppe Martinico, Scuola Universitaria Superiore Sant’Anna Come era prevedibile, viste anche le grandi attese suscitate dai blog di settore, R (Miller) v Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union della High Court ha subito scatenato un’intensa discussione dai contorni non solo tecnici, ma anche, inevitabilmente, politici. Da una parte,

Edoardo Stoppioni, Max Planck Institute Luxembourg In three judgments rendered on 5th October 2016, the International Court of Justice decided for the first time that it could not entertain an entire case for absence of dispute between the parties at the time of the application. In doing so, the Court