New Volume: Max Planck Yearbook of United Nations Law

The latest volume of the Max Planck Yearbook of United Nations Law (Vol. 26, 2022) is out. Contents include:

• Thematic Forum: ‘The International Court of Justice at 75: an Assessment’
• Interview: in Conversation with Judge Abdulqawi Ahmed Yusuf
• Interview: in Conversation with Judge Hilary Charlesworth
• Interview: in Conversation with Philippe Gautier
• Interview: in Conversation with Cristina Hoss
• Thematic Articles
• Paula Wojcikiewicz Almeida & Giulia Tavares Romay, Opening the World Court to the International Community: an Empirical Analysis of Non-party Participation in the International Court of Justice
• Michael A. Becker, Pay No Attention to that Man behind the Curtain: the Role of Civil Society and Other Actors in Decisions to Litigate at the International Court of Justice
• Amanda Bills, Revisiting the Standard of Proof for Charges of Exceptional Gravity before the International Court of Justice
• Serena Forlati & Paula Wojcikiewicz Almeida, Is There a Role for Intervener States in Inducing Compliance with Decisions of the International Court of Justice?
• Zuzanna Godzimirska, The Legitimacy of the International Court of Justice from the Vantage Point of UN Members
• Sondre Torp Helmersen, The Application of Teachings by the International Court of Justice, 2016– 2022
• Gleider Hernández, ‘With a Steady Hand’: Precedent and the International Court of Justice
• David Hongler, The International Court of Justice and Territorial Disputes: an Updated Systematization
• Vladyslav Lanovoy, Counter-Claims before the International Court of Justice: Incidental yet Independent
• Sotirios-Ioannis Lekkas, Panos Merkouris & Daniel Peat, The Interpretative Practice of the International Court of Justice
• Yishu Liu, Treating Evidence from Negotiations: the So-called Exclusionary Practice
• Cameron Miles, Anatomy of a Judgment or: Why Aren’t You Reading Djibouti v France?
• Kei Nakajima, Fact-Finding by Trade-off: Questions of Evidence and Its Interactions with Valuation in Compensation Cases before the International Court of Justice
• Victor Stoica, The Remedial Mechanisms of the International Court of Justice: Past and Present
• Katalin Sulyok, Framing Environmental Disputes and Scientific Knowledge by the International Court of Justice: Past Developments and Current Trends
• Julio A. Tilloy, The Unprecedented Legal Effect of a Precedent: the Chagos Advisory Opinion in Light of the Mauritius/ Maldives Judgment
• Kimberley N. Trapp, The ICJ and International Terrorism
• Articles on the Law and Practise of the United Nations (General Section)
• Nina Cozzi, Gender Equality in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development: the Missing Link between Equal Pay and Unpaid Care and Domestic Work
• Philipp Janig, Jane A. Hofbauer & Christina Binder, Peacekeeping in the Anthropocene: the Effects of Climate Change and Positive Human Rights Obligations in ‘Protection of Civilians’ Mandates
• Per Sevastik, Rule of Law and Human Rights: at the National and International Levels
• Marko Svicevic, The Invocation of Chapter vii in United Nations Security Council Resolutions: Qualification, Classification, and Legal Bindingness
• Michael Wood, The ILC’s First Reading Draft Articles on ‘Immunity of State Officials from Foreign Criminal Jurisdiction’ (2022)
• Reports and Documents
• Update on the Law and Practise of the United Nations - Statement by Mr. Miguel de Serpa Soares, Under-Secretary-General for Legal Affairs and United Nations Legal Counsel to the International Law Commission (2023)

New Issue: Journal of International Arbitration

The latest issue of the Journal of International Arbitration (Vol. 40, no. 6, 2023) is out. Contents include:

• Jennifer Kirby, International Arbitration and Artificial Intelligence: Ideas to Improve the Written Phase of Arbitral Proceedings
• Michael A. Greenop, Confidentiality in Arbitration: A Principled Response to the Opportunity for Codification in England and Wales
• Daniel Brinkman, Recognition and Enforcement of Annulment Judgments under the New York Convention
• Setyawati Fitrianggraeni, Eva Fatimah Fauziah, & Sri Purnama, Dealing with Unsatisfactory Arbitral Awards: Observing the Grounds of Annulment of Arbitral Awards in Indonesia
• Hanna L. Stamer, Should German Courts Review Competition Law Awards on the Merits? Significance of the German Federal Supreme Court’s Decision of 27 September 2022

Conference: YJIL's 50th Anniversary: Celebrating the Work of W. Michael Reisman

On March 8, 2024, the Yale Journal of International Law will celebrate its fiftieth anniversary with a conference on "Celebrating the Work of W. Michael Reisman." Program and registration are here.

Call for Papers: Recharacterising International Disputes: Exploring the Phenomenon of Multi-Fora Litigation

A call for papers has been issued for a conference on "Recharacterising International Disputes: Exploring the Phenomenon of Multi-Fora Litigation," to be held June 12-13, 2024, at Maastricht University. The call is here.

New Issue: Questions of International Law

The latest issue of Questions of International Law / Questioni di Diritto Internazionale (no. 102, 2023) is out. Contents include:

• Advisory opinions on climate change: Leading from the bench?
• Introduced by Annalisa Savaresi
• Irini Papanicolopulu, The climate change advisory opinion request at the ITLOS
• Margaretha Wewerinke-Singh, Ayan Garg, & Jacques Hartmann, The advisory proceedings on climate change before the International Court of Justice
• Monica Feria-Tinta, An advisory opinion on climate emergency and human rights before the Inter-American Court of Human Rights

Conference: 118th ASIL Annual Meeting

On April 3-6, 2024, the American Society of International Law will hold its 118th Annual Meeting in Washington, DC. The theme is: "International Law in an Interdependent World." The preliminary program is here. Registration is now open, with the early bird discount ending on January 29, 2024.

Call for Papers: Socio-economic rights and non-discrimination at the intersection of the market, the border, and the welfare state

A call for papers has been issued for a workshop on "Socio-economic rights and non-discrimination at the intersection of the market, the border, and the welfare state," to be held May 27-28, 2024, at Lund University. The call is here.

New Issue: Journal of World Trade

The latest issue of the Journal of World Trade (Vol. 57, no. 6, 2023) is out. Contents include:

• Axel Berger, Sait Akman, Bozkurt Aran, Carlos P. Braga, Rajeev Kher, Douglas Lippoldt, Stormy-Annika Mildner, Arun Nair, Claudia Schmucker, & Maarten Smeets, Reforming the WTO through Inclusive and Development-friendly Plurilaterals
• Csongor István Nagy, The EU’s New Regime on Foreign Subsidies: Has the Time Come for a Paradigm-Shift?
• Julien Chaisse, Strategic Evolution: The Changing Face of US Development Finance in World Trade
• Jingxia Shi & Fenghua Li, Aligning the BRI With Sustainable Development: A Regulatory Framework and Its Implementation
• Hazel V. J. Moir, Europe’s GI Policy and New World Countries
• Andrew D. Mitchell & Elizabeth Chin, The WTO Joint Statement Initiative on E-commerce: Navigating Digital Trade Rules in a Fragmented World
• Boyeon Kim, Regulating SOEs Through the SCM Agreement: Utilizing the ‘Public Body’ Jurisprudence to Cover SOEs

New Issue: Revista Española de Derecho Internacional

The latest issue of the Revista Española de Derecho Internacional (Vol. 75, no. 2, 2023) is out. Contents include:

• Editorial
• Fausto Pocar, Con motivo del 75 aniversario de la "REDI"
• Estudios
• Oriol Casanovas y La Rosa, Setenta y cinco años de derecho internacional público en la "Revista Española De Derecho Internacional"
• Ignacio de la Rasilla del Moral, La historia del derecho internacional en la "Revista Española de Derecho Internacional" (1948-2022)
• José Carlos Fernández Rozas, La aportación de la "Revista Española de Derecho Internacional" a la difusión del Derecho internacional privado
• Caterina García i Segura, Setenta y cinco años de Relaciones Internacionales en la "Revista Española de Derecho Internacional"
• Antonio Remiro Brotóns, El discreto encanto -y desencanto- de la "Revista Española de Derecho Internacional" 1948-1978
• Eulalia W. Petit de Gabriel, La "Revista Española de Derecho Internacional". Historia, identidad y desafíos en su 75 aniversario
• Miguel Angel Acosta Sánchez, Sobre la inmigración irregular como amenaza a la seguridad y su "nueva" dimensión como instrumento de presión política: el caso de Marruecos
• María Carro Pitarch, El “Acuerdo BBNJ”: Hacia un nuevo régimen para la conservación y el uso sostenible de la diversidad biológica marina en zonas fuera de la jurisdicción nacional
• María Victoria Cuartero Rubio, Algunas reflexiones sobre el acceso a la justicia en Derecho internacional privado
• Adriana Fillol Mazo, El estatus jurídico de los animales en los conflictos armados
• Eduardo Jiménez Pineda, La zona contigua. La interpretación de su régimen jurídico por la jurisprudencia internacional
• Patricia Orejudo Prieto de los Mozos, La identidad de género en el derecho internacional privado español
• Karlos Pérez de Armiño, La reforma del pilar de paz y seguridad de Naciones Unidas. Respuesta a los nuevos desafíos y al riesgo de irrelevancia
• Foro
• Miguel Gardeñes Santiago, La ley 8/2021, de medidas de apoyo a las personas con discapacidad, y la regulación de los poderes preventivos otorgados en previsión de una futura discapacidad: Nota introductoria
• Mònica Vinaixa i Miquel, Los poderes preventivos en el Derecho internacional privado español: una aproximación crítica a la Ley 8/2021, de 2 de junio
• José María Valls Xufré, El poder preventivo en derecho interregional

New Issue: Revue Générale de Droit International Public

The latest issue of the Revue Générale de Droit International Public (Vol. 127, no. 3, 2023) is out. Contents include:

• Robert Charvin, "Nous, peuples des Nations Unies": la Charte menacée, les grandes puissances, la doctrine... Quelle démocratie por la politique extérieure?
• Edoardo Stoppioni, La fin de l'organe d'appel de l'OMC: chronique d'une mort annoncée
• Marie Suzel Tabard, La Cour Internationale de Justice, le solidarisme et la rigeur du syllogisme: l'ordonnance du 5 juin 2023

New Issue: Nordic Journal of Human Rights

The latest issue of the Nordic Journal of Human Rights (Vol. 41, no. 4, 2023) is out. Contents include:

• Elisa Fornalé, Vulnerability, Intertemporality, and Climate Litigation
• Kaisa Huhta, Conceptualising Energy Justice in the Context of Human Rights Law
• Kjersti Skarstad, Oppression or Support? Social Policy in the Lives of Persons with Intellectual Disabilities
• Hannah Ji-Jia Liu, Obligation to Provide Sexuality Education: Reviewing Women’s Right to Sexual and Reproductive Health under UN Human Rights Treaties
• Sean Molloy, Exclusionary Inclusion? Peace Agreements and Provisions on Child Protection
• Marc A. Stuhldreier, The Gewirthian Needs-Based Hierarchy: A Concept for Prioritising Conflicting Norms in International Law
• Tomas Wedin, Samuel Moyn and Marcel Gauchet on the Relationship Between Human Rights, Neoliberalism, and Inequality

New Issue: Journal of Conflict Resolution

The latest issue of the Journal of Conflict Resolution (Vol. 68, no. 1, January 2024) is out. Contents include:

• Articles
• Michael A. Jensen, Neil Ferguson, Sheehan Kane, & Gary LaFree, Choosing Where to Fight: Do Social Networks Distinguish American ISIS Foreign Fighters from ISIS-Inspired Terrorists?
• Lu Liu & Manuel Eisner, Beyond Ransom and Political Concessions? Explaining Changes in Insurgents’ Kidnapping Involvement Versus Event-frequency
• Chia-yi Lee & Yasutaka Tominaga, The Determinants of Terrorist Listing
• Nadiya Kostyuk & Erik Gartzke, Fighting in Cyberspace: Internet Access and the Substitutability of Cyber and Military Operations
• James D. Kim, The Long-run Impact of Childhood Wartime Violence on Preferences for Nuclear Proliferation
• Chanelle Duley & Prasanna Gai, Electoral Integrity, the Concession of Power, and the Disciplining Role of Protests
• Data Set Feature
• Sara Hellmüller, Xiang-Yun Rosalind Tan, & Corinne Bara, What is in a Mandate? Introducing the UN Peace Mission Mandates Dataset

New Volume: Chinese (Taiwan) Yearbook of International Law and Affairs

The latest volume of the Chinese (Taiwan) Yearbook of International Law and Affairs (Vol. 40, 2022) is out. Contents include:

• Essay
• Ying-jeou Ma, Reflections on Why I Studied International Law and How I Used It to Help my Country and People
• Articles
• David Proaño Alcívar, States in Danger of Extinction: The Case of the Republic of Kiribati
• Tomas Hamilton & Gabriele Caon, Corporate Accountability for Atrocity Crimes in Myanmar: Business Complicity in the Investigations of the UN Fact-Finding Mission
• Sungjin Kang, The DEPA and ASDEA: Template for Digital Trade Agreements for Indo-Pacific?
• Mao-wei Lo, Can the CPTPP Help? The (Un)expected Roles of the CPTPP to Eradicate Forced Labor Issues in Taiwanese Distant Water Fisheries
• Special Reports: Indo-Pacific Strategies
• Desirée LeClercq, The Indo-Pacific Economic Framework for Prosperity: Promise or Peril for Labor Governance through Trade Instruments?
• Yurika Ishii, The Connectivity in the Indo-Pacific: Policies and Strategies of the ASEAN, the US, and the EU
• Arie Afriansyah & Aristyo Rizka Darmawan, Sailing between Reefs: Balancing Indonesia’s Maritime Security Cooperation in the Indo-Pacific
• Stefanie Schacherer, The EU and the Indo-Pacific Region – Prospects of a Green Partnership
• Special Reports: Taiwan and International Law
• David KC Huang & Nigel N.T. Li, National Identity in Taiwan: A Doctrinal Analysis through the Lens of Democratism
• Tsung-Ling Lee, Taiwan and the 2005 International Health Regulations (IHR): Covid-19 and the Evolving Landscape of Global Health
• Ying-Jun Lin, No Pay, No Gain? APEC and Taiwan’s Experiences

New Issue: Italian Review of International and Comparative Law

The latest issue of the Italian Review of International and Comparative Law (Vol. 3, no. 2, 2023) is out. Contents include:

• Special Issue: The Judicial Protection of the Environment in International and European Law
• Claudia Candelmo, Lorenzo Cecchetti, Domenico Pauciulo & Pierfrancesco Rossi, The Judicial Protection of the Environment in International and European Law
• Jorge E. Viñuales, Second Thoughts? The International Adjudication of Environmental Disputes 30 Years Later
• Riccardo Luporini, Climate Change Litigation before International Human Rights Bodies: Insights from Daniel Billy et al. v. Australia (Torres Strait Islanders Case)
• Antonio Mariconda, Victim Status of Individuals in Climate Change Litigation before the ECtHR: Between Old Certainties and New Challenges
• Federica Passarini, Legal Standing of Individuals and NGOs in Environmental Matters under Article 9(3) of the Aarhus Convention
• Pierre Clément Mingozzi, The Contribution of itlos to Fight Climate Change: Prospects and Challenges of the cosis Request for an Advisory Opinion
• Julio Alberto Tilloy, The ITLOS Jurisprudence Regarding the Procedural Obligation to Conduct an Environmental Impact Assessment and Its Significance for Deep Seabed Mining
• Francesca Sironi De Gregorio, Proving Environmental Harm in Inter-State Litigation: Challenges and Evolving Strategies
• Camilla Burelli, The Deterrent Effect of Financial Sanctions Pursuant to Article 260(2) TFEU in the Context of Violations of Environmental Obligations 367
• Nadia Perrone, Perspectives of Extraterritorial Jurisdiction for Environmental Damage in the Proposal of the European Directive on Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence
• Marco Pasqua, Authorisations to Emit Greenhouse Gases – A Conflict-of-Laws Perspective
• Anna Facchinetti, State Immunity from Civil Jurisdiction in Transboundary Environmental Litigations
• Francesco Gallarati, Is Climate Emergency a Constitutional Emergency? A Critical Appraisal
• Roberto Louvin, Ezio Benedetti & Pasquale Viola, Comparative Public Law and Water Crisis: Environmental Cost, Participation, and Alternative Dispute Resolution
• Articles
• Elena Corcione, Is There a Role for Domestic Law in the Interpretation of the European Convention on Human Rights? Why Autonomous Concepts Are not That Autonomous After All
• Franco Peirone, Another Brick in the Building of the EU Rule of Law: Anti-Corruption
• Case Notes
• Giacomo Biagioni, Recognition of a Danish Monetary Penalty in Employment Matters and Public Policy
• Alessandro Nascimbeni, The Italian Supreme Court and the European ne bis in idem Principle: A Correct Decision Worthy of Some Criticism
• Matilde Rocca, Upholding Maritime Migrants’ Rights at the Borders of Europe – J.A. and Others v. Italy
• Recent Developments
• Silvia Talavera Lodos, Reframing Special Protection and Immigration as an Emergency: Italy’s Not-So-Novel Approach

Call for Papers: Social Hierarchies in Catastrophic Times: International Law, Critique, and Structural Change

A call for papers has been issued for a workshop on “Social Hierarchies in Catastrophic Times: International Law, Critique, and Structural Change,” to take place September 3-7, 2024, in Kochi. The call is here.

Call for Submissions: Polish Yearbook of International Law

The Polish Yearbook of International Law has issued a call for submissions for its next volume (vol. 43, 2023). The deadline is January 31, 2024. The call is here.

New Volume: Asian Yearbook of International Law

The latest volume of the Asian Yearbook of International Law (Vol. 27, 2021) is out. Contents include:

• Amrith Rohan Perera & Karawita Arachchige Akalanka Nuwan Thilakarathna, M.C.W. Pinto’s Contribution to the Development of International Law
• J. Eduardo Malaya, Philippine State Practice on Diplomatic Privileges and Immunities
• Chun-i Chen, The Practices on Diplomatic Immunities and Privileges of the Republic of China on Taiwan: A Unique Case
• Rustam Atadjanov, Diplomatic Privileges and Immunities: Central Asian Law and Practice
• Dorothea Anthony, Diplomatic Privileges and Immunities: Australian Practice
• Muhammad Ekramul Haque & Azhar Uddin Bhuiyan, Diplomatic Immunity and Privileges: Bangladesh State Practice
• Pranjali Kanel, Diplomatic Privileges and Immunities: Looking at the Nepalese Approach

New Volume: Polish Yearbook of International Law

The latest volume of the Polish Yearbook of International Law (Vol. 42, 2022) is out. Contents include:

• Special Section: The War in Ukraine
• Anna Wyrozumska, The Russian “Special Military Operation” in Ukraine before International Courts
• Jerzy Kranz, Russian Crimes in Ukraine: Between Guilt and Responsibility
• Anastasiia Vorobiova, The “Lessons of Nuremberg”: Their Use and Abuse in the Current Russia-Ukraine War
• Tiina Pajuste & Julia Vassileva, Inclusion of Women in the Ukrainian Peace Process – Can International Law Play a Bigger Role in Ensuring Inclusion?
• Dominika Pietkun, The European Commission Filing Gaps in the FDI Screening Regulation in the Face of the War in Ukraine
• Aleksander Gubrynowicz, At the Crossroads of International Criminal Law, the Montreal Convention, International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights: Some Remarks on the Interpretation of International Law by the Hague District Court in the MH-17 Judgments and Their Potential Legacies
• General Articles
• Małgosia Fitzmaurice, Human Right to Clean Environment and the Rights of Nature in the Anthropocene
• Joanna Markiewicz-Stanny, Age Assessment: Polish Practice and International Standards
• Peter Hilpold & Julia Waibl, The Poet, the Law and the Protection of Individual Rights: An EU Reform Proposal from Literature
• Łukasz Gruszczyński & Réka Friedery, The Populist Challenge of Common EU Policies: The Case of (Im)migration (2015-2018)
• Izabela Jędrzejowska-Schiffauer, Łukasz Szoszkiewicz, Joseph Wilde-Ramsing, Katharine Booth, Pauline Barraud de Lagerie, & Beata Faracik, Towards EU-wide Mandatory Human Rights and Environmental Due Diligence for Business: A Breakthrough in Europe and Beyond?
• Sylwia Mazur, The Temporary Protection Directive is Dead, Long Live the Temporary Protection Directive! Indispensability of the Temporary Protection Scheme in the EU Legal Landscape
• Polish Practice
• Oktawian Kuc, Russian Properties in Warsaw. Decades-long Polish-Russian Diplomatic and Legal Battles for Parity and the Questions of Immunities in Polish Courts
• Aleksandra Mężykowska, Domestic practice: Resolutions of the Chambers of the Polish Parliament (Sejm and Senate) on recognition of Russia as a terrorist state in light of the practice of Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe and European Parliament
• Resolution of Sejm of the Republic of Poland of 14 December 2022 on the recognition of the Russian Federation as a state supporting terrorism
• Resolution of Senate of the Republic of Poland from 26 October 2022 on the recognition of the authorities of the Russian Federation as a terrorist regime
• Katarzyna Strąk, The Impact of the Return Directive on Polish Return Law and Practice – Recent Developments
• Book Reviews
• Michał Kowalski, Lukasz Gruszczynski, Marcin Menkes, Veronika Bílková and Paolo Davide Farah (eds.), The Crisis of Multilateral Legal Order. Causes, Dynamics and Implications, Routledge, London and New York 2023
• Bartłomiej Krzan, Oktawian Kuc, The International Court of Justice and Municipal Courts: An Inter-Judicial Dialogue, Routledge, London, New York: 2022
• Jakub Kociubiński, Maciej Bernatt, Populism and antitrust: the illiberal influence of populist government on the competition law system, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge: 2022
• Ewa Bujak, Chien-Huei Wu, Law and Politics on Export Restrictions. WTO and Beyond, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge: 2021