Stamboulakis: Comparative Recognition and Enforcement: Foreign Judgments and Awards

Drossos Stamboulakis (Monash Univ.) has published Comparative Recognition and Enforcement: Foreign Judgments and Awards (Cambridge Univ. Press 2022). Here's the abstract:

This book provides the first detailed analysis of recognition and enforcement of foreign judgments and awards in civil and commercial matters from a transnational perspective. This perspective facilitates greater understanding of the present state of recognition and enforcement and offers insight into the establishment and operation of key modern instruments. This book represents a timely contribution, as instruments harmonising and promoting recognition and enforcement are increasingly being considered and implemented internationally. Many countries have recently reiterated their commitment to improving access to justice and have indicated an intention to sign one or both of the treaties designed to harmonise and promote recognition and enforcement of civil and commercial judgments internationally: the 2005 Choice of Court Convention or the 2019 Judgments Convention. This book is an essential resource for policymakers, scholars, and intergovernmental organisations to understand the nature and origin of recognition and enforcement approaches, as well as their application, interpretation, and future directions.

Bordin, Müller, & Pascual-Vives: The European Union and Customary International Law

Fernando Lusa Bordin (Univ. of Cambridge), Andreas Th. Müller (Universität Innsbruck), & Francisco Pascual-Vives (Universidad de Alcalá) have published The European Union and Customary International Law (Cambridge Univ. Press 2022). The table of contents is here. Here's the abstract:

The book gathers a group of scholars interested in both public international law and EU law to cover different facets of the relationship between the European Union and customary international law. Considering the distinct perspectives taken by international law and EU law, while also looking into the space in between the two, individual chapters tackle complex questions such as whether and on what bases the European Union is bound by customary international law as a matter of international law and EU law; how the European Union contributes to the development of international custom; and how different stakeholders – the Court of Justice of the European Union, the EU's political organs and EU citizens – rely upon customary rules. The book thus offers a systematic account of the relevance of customary international law for the external relations and internal functioning of what is no doubt the most remarkable regional international organization of our time.

Cho & Kurtz: Investing the ASEAN Way: Theories and Practices of Economic Integration in Southeast Asia

Sungjoon Cho (Chicago-Kent College of Law) & Jürgen Kurtz (European Univ. Institute) have published Investing the ASEAN Way: Theories and Practices of Economic Integration in Southeast Asia (Cambridge Univ. Press 2022). Here's the abstract:

In recent decades, South East Asia has become one of the world's most popular destinations for foreign investment. The member states of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) have employed varying modalities to pursue first security and then economic cooperation. This book explores regional law and governance in ASEAN through the lens of its regulation of foreign investment. It adopts a new framework to identify the unique ontological autonomy of the ASEAN Investment Regime beyond a simple aggregation of its individual member states. It deploys a sociology-led approach (especially constructivism) and emphasizes ideational factors (such as culture and norms) that guide state actions from within. The book explores the manner in which ASEAN's history and culture have fundamentally shaped its foreign investment policies, leading to outcomes that often depart fundamentally from the external structure and script of Global Investment Law.

Gao & Zhou: Between Market Economy and State Capitalism: China's State-Owned Enterprises and the World Trading System

Henry Gao (Singapore Management Univ. - Law) & Weihuan Zhou (Univ. of New South Wales - Law) have published Between Market Economy and State Capitalism: China's State-Owned Enterprises and the World Trading System (Cambridge Univ. Press 2022). Here's the abstract:

One major issue facing the world trading system today is how to deal with the challenge of China's state capitalism. Many commentators believe that the existing WTO rules are insufficient and, thus new rules are needed. This book challenges this conventional wisdom. Through meticulous studies and fresh analysis of the commitments in China's WTO accession package, existing rules on state capitalism in WTO agreements and recent attempts to make new rules on these issues at the bilateral, regional and multilateral levels, this book argues that existing WTO rules, especially those on subsidies, coupled with China-specific rules in its accession protocol, do provide feasible tools to counter China's state capitalism. This book also discusses the reasons for the lack of usage of these rules and provides concrete policy suggestions on how the rules may be better utilized, as well as how to conduct constructive negotiations on new rules in the WTO and beyond.

Likibi: La protection internationale de l’enfant en situation de migration

Romuald Likibi has published La protection internationale de l’enfant en situation de migration (Éditions du Panthéon 2022). Here's the abstract:

Les migrations internationales sont en constante augmentation et il en est de même du nombre de mineurs engagés, volontairement ou non, dans un processus migratoire. Il était devenu important d’avoir un ouvrage sur les différentes formes de protection auxquelles ils peuvent prétendre en fonction de leur situation (demandeur d’asile, réfugié, apatride, déplacé, migrant, étranger accompagné ou isolé…). Cette étude est à destination des travailleurs sociaux, des associations de défense des droits des migrants, mais surtout des dirigeants politiques et des États. Ces derniers se doivent de respecter la totalité de leurs engagements internationaux et d’apporter une réelle assistance à une catégorie particulièrement vulnérable.

Call for Papers: The Ukrainian Conflict in the Global Legal Contexts: Tracing the Past in the Present

The Ius Commune research programme "Constitutional Processes in the Global Legal Order" has issued a call for papers for a workshop on "The Ukrainian Conflict in the Global Legal Contexts: Tracing the Past in the Present," to take place May 11, 2023, in Maastricht. The call is here.

Call for Submissions: Borders, Boundaries and the Law (Birkbeck Law Review)

The Birkbeck Law Review has issued a call for submissions for a special issue on "Borders, Boundaries and the Law." The call is here.

Call for Papers: South Asian Perspectives on Environmental Protection and Forest Rights: Emerging Trends and Practices

The Center for International Law and Global Governance at GLA University, the Faculty of Law at Tribhuvan University, and the Department of Law at Bangladesh Army International University of Science and Technology have issued a call for papers for an online conference on "South Asian Perspectives on Environmental Protection and Forest Rights: Emerging Trends and Practices," to take palce March 24-25, 2023. The call is here.

Bak McKenna: Reckoning with Empire: Self-Determination in International Law

Miriam Bak McKenna (Roskilde Univ. - Institute of Social Science and Business) has published Reckoning with Empire: Self-Determination in International Law (Brill | Nijhoff 2022). Here's the abstract:

The book adopts a new approach to self-determination’s international legal history, tracing the ways in which various actors have sought to reinvent self-determination in different juridical, political, and economic iterations to create the conditions for global transformation. The value of the book’s approach lies not only in a more nuanced understanding of self-determination’s legal history, but in excavating the multiple ways in which actors, particularly those from the Global South, have challenged the existing normative and legal structures which rendered them unequal under the European system of international law. Rethinking this process touches on issues that are relevant not only to debates about the enduring legacy of imperialism in our present, but also to contemporary discussions of the position self-determination has come to occupy in international law.

Ramcharan, Brett, Clark, & Parker: The Protection Roles of Human Rights NGOs: Essays in Honour of Adrien-Claude Zoller

Bertrand Ramcharan, Rachel Brett, Ann Marie Clark, & Penny Parker have published The Protection Roles of Human Rights NGOs: Essays in Honour of Adrien-Claude Zoller (Brill | Nijhoff 2022). The table of contents is here. Here's the abstract:

This book focuses, for the first time ever, on the protection roles of human rights NGOs since the establishment of the United Nations and the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. It also looks at how NGOs are responding to future challenges such as artificial Intelligence, robots in armed conflicts, digital threats, and the protection of human rights in outer space. Written by leading NGO human rights practitioners from different parts of the world, it sheds light on the multiple roles of the leading pillar of the global human rights movement, the Non-Governmental Organizations.

New Volume: Max Planck Yearbook of United Nations Law

The latest volume of the Max Planck Yearbook of United Nations Law (Vol. 25, 2021) is out. Contents include:

• Gabriela Argüello, The International Maritime Organization’s Contribution to Regime Interaction: Past, Present, and Future
• José-Miguel Bello y Villarino, Middle Point, End of the Road or Just the Beginning? Anticorruption Efforts, Failures and Promises at the United Nations
• Guilherme Canela, Namara Burki, & Samrita Menon, UNESCO’S Judges’ Initiative: Training the Custodians of the Legal System on Freedom of Expression, Access to Information and the Safety of Journalists
• Jacob Katz Cogan, ‘Mechanisms’ at the United Nations
• Pierre-Marie Dupuy, The Constitutional Dimension of the UN Charter Revisited: Almost One Quarter of a Century Later
• Rana Moustafa Essawy, Closing the Doors on Health Nationalism: The Non-emptiness of the Legal Duty to Cooperate in Pandemic Response under Lex Specialis
• Francesco Francioni, Cultural Heritage and Human Rights
• Michael Lysander Fremuth & Konstantina Stavrou, The Future We Want? Reflections on the Exercise of the United Nations Security Council Members’ Veto Powers towards the International Criminal Court
• Rosana Garciandia & Philippa Webb, The UN’s Work on Racial Discrimination: Achievements and Challenges
• Rainer Grote, The Human Rights Council at 15: How (Not) to Promote Human Rights in Times of Growing Political Polarization
• Tomas Hamilton & Göran Sluiter, Principles of Reparations at the International Criminal Court: Assessing Alternative Approaches
• Elena Ivanova, Intervention in Inter-State Arbitration, including the Case of UNCLOS Annex VII Arbitration
• Gerd Oberleitner, The United Nations and International Humanitarian Law: The Past 75 Years
• Sara Palacios-Arapiles, The Interpretation of Slavery before the International Criminal Court: Reconciling Legal Borders?
• Ernst-Ulrich Petersmann, The UN Sustainable Development Agenda and Rule of Law: Global Governance Failures Require Democratic and Judicial Restraints
• Yann Prisner-Levyne, Wildlife Crime: Story of an International Law Lacuna
• Anni Pues, The UN General Assembly as a Security Actor: Appraising the Investigative Mechanism for Syria
• Chie Sato, The Necessity of a Global Legal Framework for Protection of Marine Biodiversity in Areas beyond National Jurisdiction: Could the BBNJ Agreement Provide the Basis for an Integrated Framework?
• William Schabas, Race, Human Rights and the Global South at the First Session of the UN General Assembly
• Omri Sender & Michael Wood, The Work of the International Law Commission between 1997 and 2022: A Positive Assessment
• Dinah Shelton, The Development of Human Rights Law and Challenges Faced by UN Treaty Bodies 1969–2022
• Tommaso Soave, Digital Humanitarians and International Lawyers: Worlds apart or Two Sides of the Same Coin?
• Paulina Starski & Friedrich Arndt, The Russian Aggression against Ukraine – Putin and His ‘Legality Claims’
• Ramona Vijeyarasa, Three Decades of CEDAW Committee General Recommendations: A Roadmap for Domestication, Reporting and Stronger Accountability for Women’s Rights

New Issue: Review of International Organizations

The latest issue of the Review of International Organizations (Vol. 18, no. 1, January 2023) is out. Contents include:

• Ryan Brutger, Stephen Chaudoin, & Max Kagan, Trade Wars and Election Interference
• Mintao Nie, IOs’ selective adoption of NGO information: Evidence from the Universal Periodic Review
• Katharina Meissner, How to sanction international wrongdoing? The design of EU restrictive measures
• Krishna Chaitanya Vadlamannati & Samuel Brazys, Does cultural diversity hinder the implementation of IMF-supported programs? An empirical investigation
• Thomas Dörfler & Mirko Heinzel, Greening global governance: INGO secretariats and environmental mainstreaming of IOs, 1950 to 2017
• David A. Steinberg & Yeling Tan, Public responses to foreign protectionism: Evidence from the US-China trade war
• Thomas Edward Flores, Gabriella Lloyd, & Irfan Nooruddin, When TED talks, does anyone listen? A new dataset on political leadership
• Yu Wang & Randall W. Stone, China visits: a dataset of Chinese leaders’ foreign visits

New Issue: Journal of International Arbitration

The latest issue of the Journal of International Arbitration (Vol. 39, no. 6, 2022) is out. Contents include:

• Jacob Grierson, Two Brief Comments on the Law Commission’s Proposed Reform of the Arbitration Act 1996
• Charles Tay, Satellite Launch and Production Services and Arbitration in the Chinese Private Sector
• Martim Della Valle & Pedro Schilling de Carvalho, Corruption Allegations in Arbitration: Burden and Standard of Proof, Red Flags, and a Proposal for Systematization
• Gary J. Shaw, Michael Evan Jaffe, & Lindsey Mitchell, Exercising Governmental Authority to Claim Section 1782 Assistance: What Does It Mean?
• W.J.L. de Clerck, Dutch Supreme Court Finds for the First Time on Corruption and Arbitration in Context of Annulment Proceedings: Case Report on the Bariven and Yukos Decisions

Shany: Digital Rights and the Outer Limits of International Human Rights Law

Yuval Shany (Hebrew Univ. of Jerusalem - Law) has posted Digital Rights and the Outer Limits of International Human Rights Law (German Law Journal, forthcoming). Here's the abstract:

This article explores the extent to which key normative and institutional responses to the challenges raised by the digital age are compatible with, or interact with, changes in key features of the existing international human rights law (IHRL) framework. Furthermore, the article claims that the IHRL framework is already changing, partly due to its interaction with digital human rights. This moving normative landscape creates new opportunities for promoting human rights in the digital age, but might also raise new concerns about the political acceptability of IHRL. Following an introduction, Part One of the article will describe the development of digital human rights, using a “three generations” typology. The Second Part will explain how new developments in the field of digital human rights coincide with broader developments in IHRL, including: the extra-territorial application of human rights, obligations on governments to actively regulate private businesses and the erosion of normative boundaries separating specific human rights treaties from other parts of IHRL and international law. These two segments are followed by concluding remarks.

New Issue: Journal of World Trade

The latest issue of the Journal of World Trade (Vol. 57, no. 1, 2023) is out. Contents include:

• Andrew D. Mitchell & Neha Mishra, A New Digital Economy Collaboration in the Indo-Pacific: Negotiating Digital Trade in the Australia-India CECA
• Gilbert Gagné & Camille Jean-Desnoyers, Cultural Services in Australia and New Zealand’s Preferential Trade Agreements
• Olim Latipov, Christian Lau, Kornel Mahlstein, & Simon Schropp, Quantifying the Impact of the Latest US Tariff Sanctions on Russia: A Sectoral Analysis
• Matilda Gillis, The ‘Level Playing Field’ Metaphor: Revealing a Competitive Move in EU Free Trade Agreements
• Kamala Dawar, The EU 2022 International Procurement Regulation Enters in to Force Reciprocity

New Issue: Legal Issues of Economic Integration

The latest issue of Legal Issues of Economic Integration (Vol. 49, no. 4, 2022) is out. Contents include:

• Editorial: On Digital Sovereignty, New European Data Rules, and the Future of Free Data Flows
• Rudolf Adlung & Bregt Natens, The Time Factor in the MFN Obligation in Services Trade: Will the Lion Ever Roar?
• Lennard Michaux, Procedural Customization & the Limits of Internal Market Law: The ECJ Conducting the Judicial Dialogue
• Khuong-Duy Dinh, Revisiting the Principle of Territoriality in Preferential Rules of Origin: Are Territoriality Requirements Obsolete?
• Julia Ya Qin, Turkey–Pharmaceuticals: The First WTO Arbitration for Appellate Review

New Issue: International Interactions

The latest issue of International Interactions (Vol. 48, no. 6, 2022) is out. Contents include:

• Vivian P. Ta-Johnson, Eric Keels & A. Burcu Bayram, How women promote peace: Gender composition, duration, and frames in conflict resolution
• Dawid Walentek, Reputation or interaction: What determines cooperation on economic sanctions?
• Christopher S. P. Magee & Tansa George Massoud, Diffusion of protests in the Arab Spring
• Yufan Yang, Joshua Tschantret & Cody Schmidt, Is terrorism deadlier in democracies?
• Matthew DiGiuseppe & Colin M. Barry, Do consumers follow the flag? Perceptions of hostility and consumer preferences
• Herman Wieselgren, Sexual violence along ethnic lines? Revisiting rebel-civilian ethnic ties and wartime sexual violence
• Rafael Mesquita, Rodrigo Martins & Pedro Seabra, Estimating ideal points from UN General Assembly sponsorship data

New Issue: Journal of International Wildlife Law & Policy

The latest issue of the Journal of International Wildlife Law & Policy (Vol. 25, no. 3, 2022) is out. Contents include:

• Marcus B. Reamer, Recovery of the Eastern North Pacific Gray Whale: A Case Study
• Andrew J. Wright & Hilary B. Moors-Murphy, Regulating Impacts of Noise on Marine Mammals in North America: An Overview of the Legal Frameworks in Canada and the United States
• Jiaxin Xu, Zhijia Liu & Matthew S. Leslie, A Comparative Analysis of US and Japanese News Reports on Whaling Suggests Strategies to Improve Bilateral Communication on Commercial Whaling in Japan

New Volume: African Yearbook of International Law

The latest volume of the African Yearbook of International Law (Vol. 24, 2019) is out. Contents include:

• Special Theme / Thème spécial : African Regional Law and Health – Present Status and Prospects / Le droit régional africain et la santé – État des lieux et perspectives
• Mutoy Mubiala, Note introductive au thème spécial sur le Droit régional africain et santé – État des lieux et perspectives 
• Edefe Ojomo, From International to Regional Health Law: A West African Perspective 
• Pythagore Nono Kamgaing, La Commission africaine des droits de l’homme et des peuples et la mise en œuvre du droit à la santé 
• Karim Zaouaq, Le droit à la sante des personnes handicapées : quelle place dans le système africain des droits de l’homme ? 
• Emmanuel Guematcha, Transitional Justice and Health Protection: Assessing the Contribution of International Criminal Proceedings and Truth Commissions in Africa 
• Patrick Juvet Lowé Gnintedem, Les organisations régionales africaines de la propriété intellectuelle et l’accès aux médicaments dans des situations de pandémie 
• Mutoy Mubiala, La “responsabilité d’assister” et sa mise en œuvre dans la lutte contre les pandémies en Afrique 
• Jimmy Niamadjomi Museni, Plaidoyer pour un cadre institutionnel régional en faveur de l’action des régions et villes africaines dans le contexte des urgences de santé publique de portée internationale 
• General Articles / Articles généraux
• Dirdeiry M. Ahmed, Between Intangibility and Uti Possidetis: The Debate on Title to Territory in Africa 
• Aimé Parfait Niyonkuru, La protection africaine des droits de l’homme à l’épreuve des retraits de la déclaration faite conformément à l’article 34 (6) du protocole créant la Cour ADHP 
• Samson Mwin Sôg Mé Dabiré, La peine de mort dans le système africain de protection des droits de l’homme et des peuples : positions de la Commission et de la Cour africaines 
• Bernard Ntahiraja, Universal Jurisdiction and the Extraordinary African Chambers in the Senegalese Judicial System: Towards a Replicable Enforcement Model? 
• Catherine Maia, Recognition of Peremptory Human Rights Norms: A Dialogue to Be Revived between International and Regional Jurisdictions 
• Udoka Ndidiamaka Owie, The Precariousness of Self-Defence in International Law by the Targeted Killing of Major General Soleimani of Iran by the United States 

New Issue: International Review of the Red Cross

The latest issue of the International Review of the Red Cross (Vol. 105, no. 922, April 2023) is out. The theme is: "Persons with disabilities in armed conflict." Contents include:

• Robert Mardini, Persons with Disabilities in Armed Conflicts: From Invisibility to Visibility
• Nicolas Hocq & Nour Assaf, Voices of resilience: The perspective of persons with disabilities in armed conflict
• Alex Garcia, Dreams of a Deafblind Person!
• Interview with His Royal Highness Prince Mired bin Raad Zeid Al-Hussein of Jordan
• Interview with His Excellency Pekka Haavisto: Foreign Minister of Finland
• Interview with Gerard Quinn: Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
• Sonia Crenn & Charlotte Mohr, The protection of persons with disabilities in armed conflict: An empty shelf in an IHL-specialized library?
• Janet E. Lord, Accounting for disability in international humanitarian law
• Alexander Breitegger, Increasing visibility of persons with disabilities in armed conflict: Implications for interpreting and applying IHL
• Andrew Begg, From invisibility to positive legal protection: The drafting of Article 11 of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Intersectionality
• Sara La Vecchia, The protection of women and girls with disabilities in armed conflict: Adopting a gender-, age- and disability-inclusive approach to select IHL provisions
• Emina Ćerimović, At risk and overlooked: Children with disabilities and armed conflict
• Mar Maltez, “I’mpossible”: Some challenges of implementing international law in the area of humanitarian affairs for persons with disabilities
• Ibrahim Ngila Kikuni & Florent Munenge Mudage, Protecting disabled people during armed conflict in North Kivu: Challenges and perspectives
• Alice Priddy, Who is the civilian population? Ensuring IHL is implemented for the protection of the entirety of the civilian population – including persons with disabilities
• Bonnie Docherty & Alicia Sanders-Zakre, The origins and influence of victim assistance: Contributions of the Mine Ban Treaty, Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and Convention on Cluster Munitions
• Mariana Díaz Figueroa, Anderson Henao Orozco, Jesús Martínez & Wanda Muñoz Jaime, The risks of autonomous weapons: An analysis centred on the rights of persons with disabilities Interlinkages with other normative frameworks
• Gauthier de Beco, Taking economic and social rights earnestly: What does international human rights law offer persons with disabilities in situations of armed conflict?
• Steve Tiwa Fomekong, Article 12 of the Protocol on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in Africa: A critical analysis
• Ahmed Al-Dawoody & William I. Pons, Protection of persons with disabilities in armed conflict under international humanitarian law and Islamic law
• Carolin Funke, No context is too challenging: Promoting, doing and achieving inclusion in the humanitarian response in South Sudan
• Kirsten Young, Exclusive humanitarianism: Policy recommendations for genuine inclusion of persons with disabilities in humanitarian action Mina C. Mojtahedi, Riikka Mikkola & Niklas Saxén, Advancing rights and inclusion of persons with disabilities in humanitarian action: a donor perspective
• Sarah Miller, Mental health and the law: What else is needed for particularly vulnerable contexts facing armed conflict and development obstacles?
• Bogna Ruminowicz, Advancing towards inclusive peace and security: Persons with disabilities and Security Council Resolution 2475
• Gopal Mitra & Georgia Dominik, United Nations Disability Inclusion Strategy: A framework to accelerate transformative change for persons with disabilities in the peace and security pillar
• William I. Pons, Janet E. Lord & Michael Ashley Stein, Addressing the accountability void: War crimes against persons with disabilities
• Kate McInnes, Opportunities and failures to prosecute violence against persons with disabilities at the international tribunals for the former Yugoslavia, Rwanda and Sierra Leone
• Alexa Magee, No longer the “forgotten victims of armed conflict”: Operational and legal considerations for accountability mechanisms regarding crimes affecting persons with disabilities
• Ashira Vantrees, Inaccessible justice: The violation of Article 13 of the CRPD and the ICC’s role in filling the accountability gap

New Issue: Ethics & International Affairs

The latest issue of Ethics & International Affairs (Vol. 36, no. 4, Winter 2022) is out. Contents include:

• Roundtable: Healing and Reimagining Constitutional (Liberal) Democracy
• David Ragazzoni, Introduction: New Directions in the Study of Constitutional Democracy
• Rogers M. Smith, The Risks and Benefits of National Stories
• Rosalind Dixon & David Landau, Healing Liberal Democracies: The Role of Restorative Constitutionalism
• Tom Ginsburg & Aziz Z. Huq, The Pragmatics of Democratic “Front-Sliding”
• Ran Hirschl, The “Era of the City” as an Emerging Challenge to Liberal Constitutional Democracy
• David Ragazzoni, Parties, Democracy, and the Ideal of Anti-factionalism: Past Anxieties and Present Challenges
• Ayelet Shachar, Solidarity in Place? Hope and Despair in Postpandemic Membership
• Feature
• Chris Armstrong & Duncan McLaren, Which Net Zero? Climate Justice and Net Zero Emissions
• Review Essay
• Christian Nikolaus Braun, But Is It Good Enough? Jus ad Vim and the Danger of Perpetual War

Van der Ploeg, Pasquet, & Castellanos-Jankiewicz: International Law and Time: Narratives and Techniques

Klara Polackova Van der Ploeg (Univ. of Nottingham - Law), Luca Pasquet (Utrecht Univ. - Law), & León Castellanos-Jankiewicz (Asser Institute for International and European Law) have published International Law and Time: Narratives and Techniques (Springer 2022). The table of contents is here. Here's the abstract:

This book explores the close, complex and consequential – yet to a large extent implicit – relationship between international law and time. There is a conspicuous discrepancy between international law’s technical preoccupation with the mechanics of temporal rules and the absence of more foundational considerations of how time – both as an irrepressible physical dimension manifesting in the passage of time, and as a social construct shaped by diverse social and cultural factors – impacts and interacts with international law. Divided into five parts and 21 chapters, this book explores key aspects of the relationship between international law and time and puts the spotlight on time’s fundamental significance for international law as a legal order and as a discipline. Pursuing diverse approaches to international law, the authors consider the notion, significance, manifestations, uses and implications of time in international law in a wide range of contexts, and offer insights into the various ways in which international law and international lawyers cope with time, both in terms of constructing narratives and in devising and employing particular legal techniques.

New Issue: Arbitration International

The latest issue of Arbitration International (Vol. 38, no. 3, September 2022) is out. Contents include:

• Articles
• Cameron Miles, Lawfare in Crimea: treaty, territory, and investor–state dispute settlement
• Simon Allison & Kanaga Dharmananda, Party crashers: issues in identifying parties and others bound by arbitration agreements
• Ilias Bantekas, Transnational arbitration agreements as contracts: in search of the parties’ common intention
• Gustavo Favero Vaughn & Kabir Duggal, On international arbitration, choice of substantive law, and the CISG: a case law study
• Arthur Lauvaux, Towards a bumpy ride into the sunset: on the mutual termination of IIAs and their sunset clauses
• Case Note
• Nartnirun Junngam, Thailand’s debut in investment treaty arbitration: the curious case of Walter Bau and its lessons for participants in international investment law

New Issue: Global Governance: A Review of Multilateralism and International Institutions

The latest issue of Global Governance: A Review of Multilateralism and International Institutions (Vol. 28, no. 4, October-December 2022) is out. Contents include:

• Helge Schumacher, Multiple Streams, Open Windows, and yet No Solution: How the Response to the Ebola Crisis Shaped the Discourse on Emergency Assistance under the Biological Weapons Convention
• Charles Roger, Jacint Jordana, Adam Holesch & Lewin Schmitt, Global Governance Research: Exploring Patterns of Growth, Diversity, and Inclusion
• Sara Hellmüller, Marie Lobjoy & Xiang-Yun Rosalind Tan, Beyond Generations: An Alternative Approach to Categorizing Peace Missions
• Bo Kyung Kim, Mutual Accountability in Fragile States: Seeking Strategic Responses through Partnership Platforms
• Luma Ramos & Kevin P. Gallagher, The IMF COVID-19 Surveillance Monitor
• Kathryn Chelminski, Liliana B. Andonova & Yixian Sun, Emergence and Structuring of the Clean Energy Regime Complex

New Issue: Intergovernmental Organisations In-House Counsel Journal

The latest issue of the Intergovernmental Organisations In-House Counsel Journal (no. 2, December 2022) is out. Contents include:

• Diana-Elena Dona & Marcin Marcin Krzemień, Will ESG Finance Go from E to S?
• James Wilson, A further Step Towards Harmonisation - DFI Cooperation in Private Equity Fund Investment
• Taos Aliouat, Legal Framework Applicable to European Union Funded Grants Administered by Multilateral Development Banks for Development Projects
• Vesselina Haralampieva, The Role of In-House Counsel in Driving the Climate Agenda
• Sandra Martinho, Looking at the "Tax" in ESG Through a Sustainable Investor Lens
• Markus Renfert & Begüm Naz Bayirbas, Taking Security over Insolvency: A Comparison Between the Turkish-Law Movables Pledge and the English-Law Floating Charge

Sadat & Castellanos-Jankiewicz: Mexico v. Smith & Wesson: Judge Dismisses Complaint Citing PLCAA and Standing Issues

Leila Nadya Sadat (Washinton Univ., St. Louis - Law) & León Castellanos-Jankiewicz (Asser Institute for International and European Law) have posted an ASIL Insight on Mexico v. Smith & Wesson: Judge Dismisses Complaint Citing PLCAA and Standing Issues.

New Volume: European Investment Law and Arbitration Review

The latest volume of the European Investment Law and Arbitration Review (Vol. 7, 2022) is out. Contents include:

• Nikos Lavranos & Ahmed Mazlom, The Investment Treaty Implications of Covid-19 Responses by States
• Ronan O’Reilly, EU-China Comprehensive Agreement on Investment – A Rebalancing of Investment Relations
• Lawrence Northmore-Ball, Jennifer Harvey, & Amber Courtier, Micula v Romania – A Saga of Lasting Significance
• Ondřej Svoboda, UNCITRAL Working Group III and Multilateral Investment Court – Troubled Waters for EU Normative Power
• Samuel Pape & Alice Zhou, Investment Protection Under the EU–UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement: Limited but Predictable?
• Marek Anderle & Andrej Leontiev, Here Comes Doomsday … Or Does It? – Implications of Achmea on Intra-EU Investment Arbitration in Light of Recent Case Law
• Lucian Ilie, Revisiting the Concept of Legitimate Expectations in Renewable Energy Treaty Cases
• Patrick Dumberry, Why Are Wrongful Acts Committed by Rebels during a Civil War Attributable to the State When They Are Successful? – A Critical Analysis of Theory and Practice
• Yash Shiralkar, Article 26(7) of the Energy Charter Treaty – An Analysis into Its Inadequacies and a Proposal for Potential Remedies (Winner of the Essay Competition 2021)
• Anina Liebkind, Fredrik Norburg, & Ossian Dittmer Hvarfner, The ECT, Achmea and Intra-EU Arbitration – Swedish Court Requests Preliminary Ruling from the CJEU
• Auriane Negret, Opinion of Advocate General Saugmandsgaard Øe in Anie and Others v. Italy – End of the Road for intra-EU ECT Arbitration?
• Philipp Stompfe, The Higher Regional Court of Frankfurt am Main Is the First European Court to Declare the Achmea Case a Landmark Decision with Significance for All Intra-EU BITS
• Julien Chaisse & Arjun Solanki, Raiffeisen Bank International AG V Croatia, ICSID Case No arb/17/34
• Malcolm Robach & Velislava Hristova, The Renewed Role of States in Investment Arbitration – Report of the 6th EFILA Annual Conference 2021
• Tim Maxian Rusche, How to Enforce the Achmea Judgment – Tools for EU Member States before, during and after Investment Arbitration Proceedings Brought by an Investor from Another EU Member State
• Giammarco Rao & Caroline Croft, States’ and Investors’ Views on ISDS Reforms – Closer than One Would Expect

New Issue: Journal of International Humanitarian Legal Studies

The latest issue of the Journal of International Humanitarian Legal Studies (Vol. 13, no. 2, 2022) is out. Contents include:

• Michael N. Schmitt, International Humanitarian Law and the Conduct of Cyber Hostilities: Quo Vadis?
• I.M. Lobo de Souza, Nuremberg’s Enduring Legacy to International Justice
• Kevin Jon Heller & Lena Trabucco, The Legality of Weapons Transfers to Ukraine Under International Law
• Mais Qandeel & Jamie Sommer, Syria Conflict and its Impact: A Legal and Environmental Perspective
• Festus M. Kinoti, Might as Right? The Nature of Laws of War applicable to Targeting and Detention in International Armed Conflicts
• Pearce Clancy, The Law of Neutrality: Jus ad Bellum or Jus in Bello?
• Alessandra Spadaro, From Outlaws to Judges: Armed Groups and The Administration of Justice

New Issue: Journal of World Investment & Trade

The latest issue of the Journal of World Investment & Trade (Vol. 23, nos. 5-6, 2022) is out. Contents include:

• Editorial
• Christoph Schreuer, Investment Protection in Times of Armed Conflict
• Article
• Antonio R. Parra, The 2022 Amendments of the Regulations and Rules of the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes: Change and Continuity
• Special Issue: International Investment Law and Climate Change
• Sandrine Maljean-Dubois, Hélène Ruiz Fabri, & Stephan W. Schill, International Investment Law and Climate Change: Introduction to the Special Issue
• Mala Sharma, Integrating, Reconciling, and Prioritising Climate Aspirations in Investor-State Arbitration for a Sustainable Future: The Role of Different Players
• Markus Gehring & Marios Tokas, Synergies and Approaches to Climate Change in International Investment Agreements: Comparative Analysis of Investment Liberalization and Investment Protection Provisions in European Union Agreements
• Johannes Tropper & Kilian Wagner, The European Union Proposal for the Modernisation of the Energy Charter Treaty – A Model for Climate-Friendly Investment Treaties?
• Josephine Dooley, The Co-Existence of Mitigation and International Investment Law: A Practical Assessment of Climate Change Action Under Less ‘Green-Friendly’ Investment Agreements
• Gian Maria Farnelli, Investors as Environmental Guardians? On Climate Change Policy Objectives and Compliance with Investment Agreements
• Laura Létourneau Tremblay, In Need of a Paradigm Shift: Reimagining Eco Oro v Colombia in Light of New Treaty Language
• Ji Ma, Moving from the Brown Economy to the Green Economy: The Battle over International Intellectual Property
• Matteo Fermeglia, Cashing-In on the Energy Transition? Assessing Damage Evaluation Practices in Renewable Energy Investment Disputes

Chaumette & Tams: International Inspections/Les inspections internationales

Anne-Laure Chaumette (Université Paris Nanterre) & Christian J. Tams (Univ. of Glasgow - Law) have published International Inspections/Les inspections internationales (Brill | Nijhoff 2022). Here's the abstract:

International inspections are a common technique of international law. Inspectors visit prison camps, chemical factories, nuclear reactors, and research stations in Antarctica — to assess whether the provisions of international law are complied with. But notwithstanding this practical relevance, international lawyers have tended to neglect international inspections, at least as a general category: what studies exist, tend to focus on particular regimes, providing much detail but insufficient orientation.

The present volume takes a different approach. It looks at a wide range of inspection regimes and seeks to identify cross-cutting issues. While reflecting their heterogeneity, its central aim is to situate international inspections in the wider field of international law’s means of control and to highlight elements of unity in diversity. Combining panoramic and kaleidoscopic perspectives, the volume’s sixteen chapters encourage international lawyers to engage more fully with international inspections.

Les inspections internationales sont une technique courante du droit international. Les inspecteurs visitent des lieux de détention, des usines chimiques, des réacteurs nucléaires et des stations de recherche en Antarctique, pour évaluer si les règles du droit international sont respectées. Malgré cet intérêt pratique, les juristes internationaux ont eu tendance à négliger les inspections internationales, du moins en tant que catégorie générale : les études existantes tendent à se concentrer sur des régimes particuliers, fournissant beaucoup de détails mais sans réelle approche globale.

Le présent ouvrage adopte une démarche différente. Il examine un large éventail de régimes d'inspection et cherche à en dégager les éléments transversaux. Tout en reflétant l’hétérogénéité des inspections, ce volume a pour principal objectif de situer les inspections internationales dans le champ plus large des moyens de contrôle du droit international et de mettre en évidence leur unité au-delà de leur diversité. Combinant des perspectives panoramiques et kaléidoscopiques, les seize chapitres du volume encouragent les juristes internationaux à s'engager encore dans l’étude des inspections internationales.

Call for Submissions: Space laws and regulations. What role for public and private international law?

The Journal of Law, Market & Innovation has issued a call for submissions for a special issue on "Space laws and regulations. What role for public and private international law?" The call is here.

New Issue: Business and Human Rights Journal

The latest issue of the Business and Human Rights Journal (Vol. 7, no. 3, October 2022) is out. Contents include:

• Special Issue: Business and Human Rights in Latin America
• Editorial
• Humberto Cantú Rivera, Danielle Anne Pamplona & Ulf Thoene, Business and Human Rights in Latin America: An Introduction to the Special Issue
• Articles
• Cristina Blanco Vizarreta & Weronika Betta, Business and Human Rights in Latin America: A Systematic Review of Scholarship
• Nicolás M. Perrone, Bridging the Gap between Foreign Investor Rights and Obligations: Towards Reimagining the International Law on Foreign Investment
• Judith Schönsteiner, Inter-American Elements for a Systemic Approach to State-Owned Enterprises’ Human Rights Obligations
• Diana Guarnizo-Peralta, Marketing Ultra-Processed Food and Beverages to Children in Latin America: Business Responsibilities and State Duties
• Roger Merino, The Politics of Localizing Human Rights: Chinese Policies and Corporate Practices in Latin America
• Developments in the Field
• Laura Treviño Lozano, Is Latin America Missing the Links Between Procurement, Sustainability and Human Rights?
• Marco Alberto Velásquez-Ruiz & Carolina Olarte-Bácares, Access to Remedy and the Construction of Collective Memory: New Perspectives in the Realm of the Colombian Transitional Justice Project
• Danilo B. Garrido Alves, Daniela Arantes Prata & Camila Manfredini de Abreu, A New Route for Redress in the Samarco Case? An Overview of the Simplified Indemnification System’s (Un)Lawfulness
• Humberto Cantú Rivera & Miguel Barboza López, Corporate Liability for Human Rights Abuses in Latin American Courts: Some Recent Developments
• Rebecca DeWinter-Schmitt, Samuel Jones & Richard Stazinski, Missing in Action? Investor Responses to the War in Ukraine
• Antonella Angelini & Shauna Curphey, The Overlooked Advantages of the Independent Monitoring and Complaint Investigation System in the Worker-driven Social Responsibility Model in US Agriculture
• Ganna Khrystova & Olena Uvarova, Gender Component of Internal Displacement in Ukraine: A Case of Business (In)Capability to Localize Human Rights Impact Assessment

New Issue: International Organization

The latest issue of International Organization (Vol. 76, no. 4, Fall 2022) is out. Contents include:

• Articles
• Eun A Jo, Memory, Institutions, and the Domestic Politics of South Korean–Japanese Relations
• Minseon Ku & Jennifer Mitzen, The Dark Matter of World Politics: System Trust, Summits, and State Personhood
• Diana Kim & Yuhki Tajima, Smuggling and Border Enforcement
• Brandon K. Yoder & William Spaniel, Costly Concealment: Secret Foreign Policymaking, Transparency, and Credible Reassurance
• Joanne Yao, The Power of Geographical Imaginaries in the European International Order: Colonialism, the 1884–85 Berlin Conference, and Model International Organizations
• Research Notes
• Jill Sheppard & Jana von Stein, Attitudes and Action in International Refugee Policy: Evidence from Australia
• Michaela Mattes & Jessica L.P. Weeks, Reacting to the Olive Branch: Hawks, Doves, and Public Support for Cooperation

Schill & Tams: International Investment Protection and Constitutional Law

Stephan W. Schill (Univ. of Amsterdam - Law) & Christian J. Tams (Univ. of Glasgow - Law) have published International Investment Protection and Constitutional Law (Edward Elgar Publishing 2022). The table of contents is here. Here's the abstract:

This book develops a conceptual framework that captures not only the tensions between constitutional values that are common to liberal democracies – human rights, democracy, and the rule of law – and the investment treaty regime, but also the potential for co-existence and complementarity.

Contributions from leading experts in the field address how different systems of constitutional law interact with the investment treaty regime. Chapters provide a detailed overview of the various forms of interaction, and critically engage with the competing claims for supremacy that constitutional law and international investment law formulate. The book also addresses the reactions within the investment treaty regime to the demands formulated by constitutional law, in particular the use of constitutional analogies to understand international investment law and investor-state dispute settlement.

Call for Papers: 'Heads and Tails': Admissibility and Remedies at the European Court of Human Rights

A call for papers has been issued for a workshop on "'Heads and Tails': Admissibility and Remedies at the European Court of Human Rights," to take place June 15-16, 2023, at Utrecht University. The call is here.

Call for Papers: A Sustainable International Investment Law for Energy? The Role of the EU and the Troublesome Practice and Future of the Energy Charter Treaty”

DIEcon, the Interest Group on International Economic Law of the Italian Society of International Law and European Union Law, together with Professors Pia Acconci and Maria Rosaria Mauro, have issued a call for papers for a series of webinars on “A Sustainable International Investment Law for Energy? The Role of the EU and the Troublesome Practice and Future of the Energy Charter Treaty.” The deadline is January 6, 2023, midnight (CET). Proposals may be submitted in English and Italian. The call is here.

Special Issue: The 2020 Juba Agreement for Peace in Sudan and Prospects for Peacebuilding in Darfur

The latest issue of the African Conflict & Peacebuilding Review (Vol. 12, no. 2, Fall 2022) is a special issue on "The 2020 Juba Agreement for Peace in Sudan and Prospects for Peacebuilding in Darfur." Contents include:

• Andrea De Guttry, Melvis Ndiloseh, & Alessandro Mario Amoroso, A Comprehensive Path to Peace in Sudan
• Munzoul A. M. Assal, Forging the Juba Peace agreement: The Role of National, Regional, and International Actors
• Alessandro Mario Amoroso, A Legal Analysis of the Juba Agreement for Peace in Sudan and its Darfur Component
• Melvis Ndiloseh, Transitional Justice Provisions in the Juba Peace Agreement: A Critical and Prospective Overview
• Francesca Capone & Tommaso Totaro, A Critical Assessment of Reparations for Victims of Human Rights Violations in Darfur vis-à-vis International Standards
• Reem Abbas & Liv Tønnessen, Tokens of Peace? Women’s Representation in the Juba Peace Process
• Walters Tohnji Samah, The Juba Peace Agreement and the Protection of Displaced Persons: Between Regional Migratory Routes and IDP Camps
• Chiara Tea Antoniazzi, Land, Natural Resources, and Environmental Protection in the Juba Peace Agreement
• Andrea de Guttry, An Appraisal of the Juba Peace Agreement Monitoring and Implementation Mechanisms
• Amal Madibbo & Sabir Adam Hassan, Local, National, and International Actors and the Implementation of the Juba Agreement for Peace in Sudan: The Effects of Ethnicity
• Melvis Ndiloseh & Marialucia Benaglia, The 2020 Juba Peace Agreement: A Critical Analysis of the Building Blocks for Democratic Elections in Sudan
• Jacopo Branchesi & Francesco de Rosa, Economic Prospects and Challenges for Sudan After the Juba Peace Agreement: The Role of Development Endeavors in Promoting Peacebuilding and Community Stabilization in Darfur
• Zurab Elzarov, A New Security Model for Darfur: Between DDR, Integration, and a Joint Security Keeping Force
• Umberto Lattanzi, The Juba Peace Agreement in the Context of The Sudanese Constitution-Making Continuum

Clarenc Bicudo, Couveinhes Matsumoto, Nollez-Goldbach, & Norodom: Un droit international français ? Pratiques françaises du droit international

Nathalie Clarenc Bicudo, Florian Couveinhes Matsumoto, Raphaëlle Nollez-Goldbach, & Anne-Thida Norodom have published Un droit international français ? Pratiques françaises du droit international (Pedone 2022). Here's the abstract:

A l’heure où se rencontrent les courants contraires de la banalisation de l’application des règles internationales, et de la remise en cause de leur primauté en droit national, les organisatrices et l’organisateur de la 6ème Journée de Droit international de l’École normale supérieure ont estimé opportun de revenir sur la pratique française en matière de droit international, tant en amont et lors de sa formation (déclarations diverses, négociation, conclusion et ratification des traités) que lors de son application ou, mieux, de ses usages par les différents organes de l’État français (législateur, juge judiciaire, juge administratif, etc.). Classique, ce thème l’est certainement. On peut néanmoins le voir, non pas comme un regard nostalgique et autocentré, mais comme une contribution venue de France au vaste mouvement contemporain d’interrogation relative d’un côté aux foreign relations laws et de l’autre – un peu plus indirectement – au comparative international Law, c’est-à-dire aux versions nationales du droit international, et aux interrogations sur la montée en puissance d’un authoritarian international Law. Le sujet intéresse le droit international public mais aussi d’autres disciplines, notamment le droit constitutionnel, le droit international privé et le droit administratif. L’introduction générale rassemble donc les points de vue de spécialistes de ces disciplines à cet égard. Des questions plus circonscrites et plus techniques sont abordées ensuite, du point de vue de juges, administrateurs, jurisconsultes livrant ici leur expérience sur la façon dont, sur le terrain, le droit international est mobilisé dans l’exercice de leur mission. L’ensemble montre la prépondérance des pouvoirs présidentiel et ministériel, le peu de marge de manœuvre du Parlement dans la conduite des affaires étrangères, et également le caractère intéressé et en tout cas sélectif des emplois et interprétations des énoncés internationaux par le législateur et par les juges. Un constat qui n’étonnera pas l’habitué des pratiques juridiques internes ? Certes, mais également une somme d’informations rares et souvent de première main, qui font prendre conscience des transformations connues par les textes lorsqu’ils se rapprochent de leur consécration « positive » ou de leurs destinataires, et des manières dont citoyen.ne.s ou parlementaires pourraient participer davantage qu’ils et elles ne le font aujourd’hui à leur élaboration et à leur application.

New Issue: Journal of the History of International Law / Revue d'histoire du droit international

The latest issue of the Journal of the History of International Law / Revue d'histoire du droit international (Vol. 24, no. 4, 2022) is out. Contents include:

• Raphael Schäfer & Maren Körsmeier, Spotlight Interview 2021: Gilad Ben-Nun, How Jewish Is International Law? (JHIL 2/2021)
• Alexander Batson, Acquisitive Prescription in Early Modern International Law
• Nicole Jenne, The Origins of Regional Ideas: International Law, External Legitimization and Latin America’s ‘legalismo’
• Mika Hayashi, Disarmament Debates around the 1899 Hague Peace Conference and the 1921–1922 Washington Conference: Community-Oriented Aspirations and Individual Security Concerns
• Damian Cueni & Matthieu Queloz, Theorizing the Normative Significance of Critical Histories for International Law

New Issue: Asia-Pacific Journal of Ocean Law and Policy

The latest issue of the Asia-Pacific Journal of Ocean Law and Policy (Vol. 7, no. 2, 2022) is out. Contents include:

• Special Issue: 2022 – APOLIA Conference: UNCLOS in Asia-Pacific – 40 Years and Onwards
• Youngmin Seo, Regime Creation for the South China Sea Dispute: The Feasibility of the Creation of the South China Sea Council 
• Suk Kyoon Kim, The Uncertain Status of the Korea-Japan Joint Development Agreement of the Continental Shelf and Its Prospects
• Makoto Seta, The Effect of the Judicial Decision of unclos Tribunals on the clcs Procedure: The Case of the South China Sea Dispute 
• Arron N. Honniball & Aristyo R. Darmawan, Article 51 of unclos at 40: Military Training as Other Legitimate Activities?
• Articles
• Pham Ngoc Minh Trang, Balancing Navigational Rights of Ships and Maritime Security of Coastal States: The Case of Designating Archipelagic Sea Lanes of Indonesia and the Philippines 
• Keyuan Zou & Lei Zhang, Removing Carbon Dioxide through Offshore ccs and Seaweed Cultivation in China: A Legal Perspective
• State Practice 
• Ana Lourdes L. Cosme, Philippines: How the Philippines Deal with Marine Litter
• Seokwoo Lee, Korea: The Touchstone of the New Korean Government’s International Litigation Policy to Resolve Marine Disputes: Japan’s Release of Fukushima Contaminated Wastewater 
• Current Legal Developments
• Clive Schofield & Robert van de Poll, Claims to Straight Baselines in the Asia-Pacific: Contrary to Customary International Law? 

New Volume: Baltic Yearbook of International Law

The latest volume of the Baltic Yearbook of International Law (Vol. 20, 2021) is out. Contents include:

• Lauri Mälksoo, The Estonian Tradition of International Law
• Martin Mändveer, Non-legally Binding Agreements in International Relations: An Estonian Perspective
• Sofia Bilous, Gaps and Peculiarities of Russian Legislation in Reference to International Instruments on Indigenous Peoples’ Rights
• Artur Simonyan, Eurasian Supranationalism: From Academic Discourse to the Eurasian Economic Union
• Carri Ginter & Piret Schasmin, Understanding and Effects of EU Directives
• Liina Lumiste, Russian Approaches to Regulating Use of Force in Cyberspace
• Eugene EG Tan & Benjamin Ang, ASEAN Ambiguity on International Law and Norms for Cyberspace
• Daniel Álvarez-Valenzuela & Francisco Vera-Hott, Cyber Operations in South America
• Lixin Zhu & Wei Chen, Chinese Approach to International Law with Regard to Cyberspace Governance and Cyber Operation: From the Perspective of the Five Principles of Peaceful Co-existence
• Tal Mimran, Between Israel and Iran: Middle-East Attitudes to the Role of International Law in the Cyber-Sphere
• Uchenna Jerome Orji, Interrogating African Positions on State Sponsored Cyber Operations: A Review of Regional and National Policies and Legal Responses

New Issue: Chinese Journal of International Law

The latest issue of the Chinese Journal of International Law (Vol. 21, no. 3, September 2022) is out. Contents include:

• Articles
• Peter Hilpold, The Responsibility to Rebuild, Transitional Justice, and Afghanistan: A Debacle as a Consequence of the Denial of Ownership
• Endalew Lijalem Enyew, Sailing with TWAIL: A Historical Inquiry into Third World Perspectives on the Law of the Sea
• Lucas Clover Alcolea, Arbitral Activism and Choice of Law under the ICSID Convention
• Xu Qian, Revisiting Proportionality in Investment Arbitration: Theory, Methodology, and Interpretation
• Special Section on The Gambia v. Myanmar
• Xiao Mao, Public-Interest Litigation before the International Court of Justice: Comment on The Gambia v. Myanmar Case
• Md. Rizwanul Islam, Not an Overreach of the Court’s Jurisdiction, Putting Erga Omnes into Motion: In Partial Response to Xiao Mao’s Comment on the ICJ’s Judgment on the Preliminary Objections in The Gambia v. Myanmar
• Letters to the Journal
• Xinxiang Shi, Opening the Pandora’s Box: The UK Supreme Court’s Decision in Basfar v. Wong
• Xiaofan Hu, Interpreting Diplomatic Immunity in the Context of Employment Maltreatment and Human Trafficking: Reyes v. Al-Malki
• Li Ke, The Sino-Lithuanian Crisis and the EU’s Request for Consultations with China at the WTO

New Volume: Canadian Yearbook of International Law

The latest volume of the Canadian Yearbook of International Law (Vol. 59, 2021) is out. Contents include:

• Articles
• Davorin Lapaš, Climate Change and International Legal Personality: “Climate Deterritorialized Nations” as Emerging Subjects of International Law?
• Select Réflexions épistémologiques sur l’illicéité résultant de l’incompatibilité du droit interne par rapport au droit international Emmanuel Simo, Réflexions épistémologiques sur l’illicéité résultant de l’incompatibilité du droit interne par rapport au droit international
• Julia Grignon, The “General Close of Military Operations” as the Benchmark for the Declassification of Armed Conflicts and the End of the Applicability of International Humanitarian Law
• Robert J. Currie & Elizabeth Matheson, State Responsibility for International Bail Jumping
• Amara Kone, La détermination de l’objet du différend et la compétence ratione materiae dans le contentieux des mesures conservatoires devant la Cour internationale de Justice
• Gail Lythgoe, The Changing “Landscape” of Sovereignty Viewed through the Lens of International Tax: Reterritorializing the Offshore
• Bjørn Kunoy, The Delimitation of Outer Continental Shelf Areas: A Critical Analysis of Courts’ and Tribunals’ Heterogeneous Approaches
• Christian Tshiamala Banungana, Vers l’intégration de l’écocide dans le Statut de Rome
• Vonintsoa Rafaly, The Concept of “Marine Living Resources”: Navigating a Grey Zone in the Law of the Sea
• Elen De Paula Bueno, Emílio Mendonça Dias Da Silva, An International Legal Perspective on Human Dignity: The Extrinsic Recognition of an Intrinsic Condition
• Notes and Comments
• Ljiljana Biukovic, The First Challenge to Canada’s Supply Management System under CUSMA: Tweaking the Supply Management System One Dispute at a Time
• Raphaël Maurel, La confirmation des évolutions récentes du droit des mesures conservatoires par et devant la Cour internationale de Justice: remarques sur les ordonnances en indication de mesures conservatoires du 7 décembre 2021 dans les affaires relatives à l’Application de la convention internationale sur l’élimination de toutes les formes de discrimination raciale (Arménie c Azerbaïdjan et Azerbaïdjan c Arménie)
• Geneviève Dufour & Pierre-Luc Morin, Buy America and Buy American: Can Canada Expect a Deal from the Biden Administration?

Seminar: Victim-centered International Law

On January 7, 2023, Ritsumeikan University, Kinugasa Campus, will host in-person and online a seminar on "Victim-centered International Law." The program is here. Registration is here.

New Issue: Revue Générale de Droit International Public

The latest issue of the Revue Générale de Droit International Public (Vol. 126, no. 3, 2022) is out. Contents include:

• In memoriam
• Philippe Couvreur, Antônio Augusto CANÇADO TRINDADE (1947-2022)
• Dossier : La pratique des organisations internationales
• Nicola Bonucci & Mariana Karttunen, Le partenariat pour l'efficacité des instruments internationaux: efforts collectifs pour l'amélioration des processus normatifs internationaux
• Gérard Cahin, Codification ou boîte à outils?: ecrire la pratique des organisations internationales
• Baptiste Tranchant, L'application contentieuse des normes techniques des organisations internationales
• Clémentine Emery & Michael Ostrove, Organisations internationales et personnes privées: quels recours, pour quels différends?

New Issue: International Human Rights Law Review

The latest issue of the International Human Rights Law Review (Vol. 11, no. 2, 2022) is out. Contents include:

• Padraig McAuliffe, Two Logics of Non-Recurrence after Civil Conflict
• Niaz A Shah, Re-colonisation of Jammu and Kashmir and the Right to Self-determination
• Clarence Itumeleng Tshoose & Mashele Rapatsa, Who Will Watch the Watchers? A Critical Perspective on Police Brutality in Post-Apartheid South Africa
• Amanda Spies, A Culture of Exclusion: Re-Configuring Inclusive Education in South Africa

Atadjanov: Domestic Implementation of Crimes against Humanity in Central Asia

Rustam Atadjanov (KIMEP Univ. - Law) has published Domestic Implementation of Crimes against Humanity in Central Asia (Asian Journal of Comparative Law, Vol. 17, no. 2, pp. 268-285, December 2022). Here's the abstract:

Crimes against humanity constitute mass crimes against civilian populations and represent the so-called ‘core crimes’ of international criminal law. Central Asian states have so far abstained from incorporating the corpus delicti of crimes against humanity in their criminal legislation. After a short overview of the current status of crimes against humanity under international law, this article analyses the domestic legislation of five Central Asian countries: Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan. It looks at current Criminal Codes to suggest how those could be strengthened by the inclusion of properly formulated crimes against humanity dispositions, taking into account the peculiarities of these national legal systems. The article also offers a brief review of possible factors which might have precluded the states in question from proper implementation. It argues in favour of such implementation, delineating its legal benefits and potential advantages for both State Parties and non-State Parties to the Rome Statute in Central Asia.

New Issue: International Organizations Law Review

The latest issue of the International Organizations Law Review (Vol. 19, no. 3, 2022) is out. Contents include:

• Samantha Besson, Democratic Representation within International Organizations: From International Good Governance to International Good Government
• Negar Mansouri, International Organizations and World Making Practices: Some Notes on Method
• Hans Peter Kunz-Hallstein, The New German Host State Act: Its Applicability to Earlier Established International Organizations and Their Organizational Units

Most Interesting 2022: De Lucia, Oude Elferink, & Nguyen: International Law and Marine Areas beyond National Jurisdiction: Reflections on Justice, Space, Knowledge and Power

The fourth in our series "Most Interesting 2022":

Vito De Lucia, Alex Oude Elferink & Lan Ngoc Nguyen, International Law and Marine Areas beyond National Jurisdiction: Reflections on Justice, Space, Knowledge and Power (Brill | Nijhoff 2022)

The edited volume revisits important issues linked to areas beyond national jurisdiction (ABNJ) from the novel perspective of justice, space, knowledge and power, giving a voice to alternative approaches in understanding the legal framework that regulates these areas. The book, bringing together leading scholars in the field, creates a bridge between the law of the sea, environmental law, human rights, dispute settlement, legal philosophy and critical legal theory. The edited volume is highly recommended for anyone who wishes to explore new layers of the regulation and management of ABNJ.

Catherine Blanchard
Assistant Professor of Public International Law
Utrecht University

New Issue: Melbourne Journal of International Law

The latest issue of the Melbourne Journal of International Law (Vol. 23, no. 1, July 2022) is out. Contents include:

• Lucas Lixinski, Jane McAdam, & Patricia Tupou, Ocean Cultures, the Anthropocene and International Law: Cultural Heritage and Mobility Law as Imaginative Gateways
• Ayşe Didem Sezgin & Ashleigh Best, Re-Imagining International Law's Environment: An Ecological Critique of International Food Law and International Disaster Law
• Tania Voon & Dean Merriman, Is Australia's Foreign Investment Screening Policy Consistent with International Investment Law?
• Yucong Wang, The Protection of Public Morals as an Exception to Indirect Expropriation: Opening the Floodgates to New, Eclectic Moral Crusades?
• Asad G Kiyani, Prosecutor v Abd-Al-Rahman: Human Rights, Customary International Law and the ICC's Non-Retroactivity Problem
• Emily Crawford & Aaron Fellmeth, The Brereton Report and the Fissures in the Law of Command Responsibility
• Josh T Taylor, The Ascendency of Diplomatic Expertise and Decline of Heritage Knowledge in World Heritage Decision-Making: The Curious Case of the Roşia Montană Mining Landscape's Dual World Heritage Inscription

New Issue: Human Rights Review

The latest issue of the Human Rights Review (Vol. 23, no. 4, December 2022) is out. Contents include:

• Andreas von Staden, The Conditional Effectiveness of Soft Law: Compliance with the Decisions of the Committee against Torture
• Johan Vorland Wibye, Beyond Acts and Omissions — Distinguishing Positive and Negative Duties at the European Court of Human Rights
• Morgan Barney, Amanda Murdie, Baekkwan Park, Jacqueline Hart, & Margo Mullinax, From Age to Agency: Frame Adoption and Diffusion Concerning the International Human Rights Norm Against Child, Early, and Forced Marriage
• Michał Sobczak, Innovation Despite Backsliding—the Importance of the Events of 7th August 2020 for Polish LGBTQIA Youth
• Tracy Smith-Carrier & Kathleen Manion, Bringing It All Together: Leveraging Social Movements and the Courts to Advance Substantive Human Rights and Climate Justice

New Issue: Journal of Conflict & Security Law

The latest issue of the Journal of Conflict & Security Law (Vol. 27, no. 3, Winter 2022) is out. Contents include:

• Rob McLaughlin, Tamsin Phillipa Paige, & Douglas Guilfoyle, Submarine Communication Cables and the Law of Armed Conflict: Some Enduring Uncertainties, and Some Proposals, as to Characterization
• Yurika Ishii, Doctrines of the Self-Defence on the High Seas under Law of the Sea
• Saeed Bagheri & Alison Bisset, International Legal Issues Arising from Repatriation of the Children of Islamic State
• Tim McFarland, Minimum Levels of Human Intervention in Autonomous Attacks
• Abdulmalik M Altamimi, The European Peace Facility and the UN Arms Trade Treaty: Fragmentation of the International Arms Control law?
• Niklas S Reetz, Same Same but Different? Why War-Sustaining Objects Can Be Destroyed but Not Targeted
• Wubeshet Tiruneh, The Obligation to Release and Repatriate Prisoners of Wars: Revisiting the Arbitral Award of Eritrea–Ethiopia Claims Commission

Lai & Mak: Belokon v. Kyrgyzstan: Practical Implications of Award Set-Asides Arising from Corruption Allegations

Roslyn Lai & Charles Ho Wang Mak have posted an ASIL Insight on Belokon v. Kyrgyzstan: Practical Implications of Award Set-Asides Arising from Corruption Allegations.

Villiger: Handbook on the European Convention on Human Rights

Mark E. Villiger (formerly, Judge, European Court of Human Rights) has published Handbook on the European Convention on Human Rights (Brill | Nijhoff 2023). Here's the abstract:

In clear and concise words, this Handbook offers a comprehensive and up-to-date overview of the European Convention and the European Court of Human Rights and its case-law. Numerous cross-references guide the reader through the various topics. Various summaries condense the different principles of the Court’s case-law.