New Issue: World Politics

The latest issue of World Politics (Vol. 70, no. 3, July 2018) is out. Contents include:

• Research Articles
• Fiona Shen-Bayh, Strategies of Repression: Judicial and Extrajudicial Methods of Autocratic Survival
• R. Daniel Kelemen & Tommaso Pavone, The Political Geography of Legal Integration: Visualizing Institutional Change in the European Union
• Cathie Jo Martin, Imagine All the People: Literature, Society, and Cross-National Variation in Education Systems
• Carlos Closa & Stefano Palestini, Tutelage and Regime Survival in Regional Organizations' Democracy Protection: The Case of MERCOSUR and UNASUR

ILR on Vacation

Light posting until August, as I'll be on vacation.

New Volume: Anuario Colombiano de Derecho Internacional

The latest volume of the Anuario Colombiano de Derecho Internacional (Vol. 11, 2018) is out. Contents include:

• Paula Wojcikiewicz Almeida, L’affaire des Immunités Juridictionnelles de l’Etat (Allemagne c. Italie): La Cour Internationale de Justice à contre-sens de l’évolution du Droit International
• Claudio Nash Rojas, La doctrina del margen de apreciación y su nula recepción en la jurisprudencia de la Corte Interamericana de Derechos Humanos
• Juan Sebastián Vera, ¿Por qué es importante que la Corte Penal Internacional condene más allá de toda duda razonable?
• María Carolina Romero Lares, Algunas consideraciones en torno a las deficiencias de la Convención de las Naciones Unidas sobre el Derecho del Mar para contribuir a la gobernanza sostenible de los océanos
• Erika Castro-Buitrago & Felipe Calderón Valencia, Un derecho ambiental democrático para Latinoamérica y el Caribe: los retos de la negociación del Acuerdo Regional sobre el Principio 10 de Río 92
• Juan Pablo Sarmiento Erazo, Cuando el comercio internacional se encontró con el medio ambiente, entre el soft law y la prohibición a las barreras al comercio
• María Alejandra Calle Saldarriaga, Sustainable Production and Trade Discrimination: An Analysis of the wto Jurisprudence
• Sebastián López Escarcena, Contextualizando el derecho administrativo global

Call for Papers: ESIL 2019 Research Forum

The European Society of International Law has issued a call for papers for its 2019 Research Forum, which will take place April 4-5, 2019, at the Institute for International Law and European Law, Faculty of Law, University of Göttingen. The theme is: "The International Rule of Law and Domestic Dimensions: Synergies and Challenges." The call is here.

New Issue: Journal of International Criminal Justice

The latest issue of the Journal of International Criminal Justice (Vol. 16, no. 2, May 2018) is out. Contents include:

• Article
• Barrie Sander, Justice as Identity: Unveiling the Mechanics of Legitimation in Domestic Atrocity Trials
• Symposium: The Intention of the Drafters - The ICC at 20
• Mark Klamberg & Göran Sluiter, Foreword
• Mark Klamberg, The Legality of Rebel Courts during Non-International Armed Conflicts
• Suzannah Linton, India and China Before, At, and After Rome
• Megan A. Fairlie, The Unlikely Prospect of Non-adversarial Trials at the International Criminal Court
• Fabricio Guariglia, ‘Admission’ v. ‘Submission’ of Evidence at the International Criminal Court: Lost in Translation?
• Silvia Fernández de Gurmendi, Enhancing the Court’s Efficiency: From the Drafting of the Procedural Provisions by States to their Revision by Judges
• Kimberly Prost, The Surprises of Part 9 of the Rome Statute on International Cooperation and Judicial Assistance
• Göran Sluiter, Enforcing Cooperation: Did the Drafters Approach It the Wrong Way?
• Anthology
• On the Establishment of Courts in Non-international Armed Conflict by Non-state Actors: Stockholm District Court Judgment of 16 February 2017
• Highlights
• Katerina I. Kappos, Current Developments at the International Criminal Court

New Issue: International Journal of Transitional Justice

The latest issue of the International Journal of Transitional Justice (Vol. 12, no. 2, July 2018) is out. Contents include:

• Articles
• Marcelo Torelly, Assessing a Late Truth Commission: Challenges and Achievements of the Brazilian National Truth Commission
• Sarah Jankowitz, The ‘Hierarchy of Victims’ in Northern Ireland: A Framework for Critical Analysis
• Jessica G Mecellem, Misfortune or Injustice? The Political Work of Postconflict Narrative in Contemporary Algeria
• Hakeem O Yusuf, Colonialism and the Dilemmas of Transitional Justice in Nigeria
• Sahla Aroussi, Perceptions of Justice and Hierarchies of Rape: Rethinking Approaches to Sexual Violence in Eastern Congo from the Ground up
• Bilge Sahin & Sidonia Lucia Kula, What Women Want before Justice: Examining Justice Initiatives to Challenge Violence against Women in the DRC
• Sherin Shefik, Reimagining Transitional Justice through Participatory Art
• Barrie Sander, Unveiling the Historical Function of International Criminal Courts: Between Adjudicative and Sociopolitical Justice
• Notes from the Field
• Bronwyn Harris, John Eyles, Pascalia O Munyewende, & Jane Goudge, Something Happened: Storytelling in a Violent Field
• Review Essay
• Lauren Marie Balasco, Locating Transformative Justice: Prism or Schism in Transitional Justice?