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

The latest volume of the Chinese (Taiwan) Yearbook of International Law and Affairs (Vol. 41, 2023) is out. Contents include:

• Articles
• Natalie Klein, Nuclear Submarines under AUKUS and Implications for International Law in the Indo-Pacific
• Hitoshi Nasu, The Strategic Use of International Law in the Crisis of Taiwan Strait
• International Law and the Rights of Women in East Asia Carole J. Petersen, A Comparative Study of the Impact of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women
• Jason Rudall, The Energy Transition and Investor-State Dispute Settlement in Asia: On Managing Expectations and Avoiding Sagas
• Yi Tang, Charting a New Legal Order: ASEAN’s Arbitration Reform in Taming the “Unruly Horse” of Public Policy Exception
• Kentaro Nishimoto, Can Marine Protected Areas be Established in the South China Sea under the BBNJ Agreement?
• Miriam Cohen, Climate Change Proceedings as a Watershed Moment: Public Interest in the Jurisprudence of the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea
• Kuang-hao Hou, Warning against Silverfish in Democracy: Decaying Constitutionalism in the Society of Taiwan
• Thanapat Chatinakrob, Legal Risks and Challenges of Unregulated AI: An Analysis of International Legal Frameworks for Mitigating Risks and Ensuring Ethical and Legal Compliance in the Development and Deployment of AI
• Ángeles Jiménez García-Carriazo & Suriya Narayanan Sundararajan, Transfiguring Islands to Rocks: Examining the Effects of Sea Level Rise in Light of Article 121 of UNCLOS
• Chung-Han Yang, Evaluating Taiwan – U.S. Bilateral Engagements in the Trade-Climate Change-Energy Nexus: Lessons and Opportunities for the Taiwan – U.S. Initiative on 21st Century Trade
• Special Report
• Hsiu-Feng Lin, The Review of Key Cases Involving the Republic of China (Taiwan) in Japanese Courts

New Issue: Melbourne Journal of International Law

The latest issue of the Melbourne Journal of International Law (Vol. 25, no. 1, 2024) is out. Contents include:

• Philippa Webb, From Crisis to Epoch: How to Understand This Era of International Law?
• Tom Frost & C.R.G. Murray, The Mists of Time: Intertemporality and Self-Determination's Territorial Integrity Rule in the ICJ's Chagos Advisory Opinion
• Ben Hines, Reinterpreting the Legality of Forcible Self-Defence in Response to Non-Kinetic Cyber Attacks
• Alison McCook & Donald R. Rothwell, Territorial Disputes and Deep-Sea Mining in the South China Sea
• Samuel Berhanu Woldemariam, Amy Maguire, & Jason von Meding, A Centenary of Multilateral Response to Forced Human Displacement: Legacies, Limitations and the Future

New Volume: Baltic Yearbook of International Law

The latest volume of the Baltic Yearbook of International Law (Vol. 22, 2023) is out. Contents include:

• Special Theme: ESIL Research Forum “Regional Developments of International Law in Eastern Europe and Post-Soviet Eurasia” Held in April 2023 in Tartu, Estonia
• Liliya Khasanova, Conceptual Discrepancies in Russian and Western Approaches to the International Regulation of Cyber [Information] Space
• Rustam Atadjanov, Implementation of International Human Rights Law during Situations of Violence: The Central Asian Experience
• Sara Eftekhar Jahromi, Gaps and Innovation(s) in the Aktau Convention
• Júlia Miklasová, Russian Approaches to Post-Soviet Secession: Bad Faith Argumentation and Its Limits
• Artur Simonyan, Three Patterns of Desovietizing International Law
• Miłosz Gapsa, On the Importance of Provisional Measures in Ukraine’s Cases against Russia
• Saskia Millmann & Pia Hüsch, Civilian Non-violent Defence against Russian Warfare – Eastern European Strategies and the Gap between Civilians and Combatants in Customary International Humanitarian Law
• Frederik Rogiers, There and Back Again, Russia’s Evolving Approach to the Freedom of Navigation  
• General Articles
• Edmunds Broks, Arnis Buka, Lolita Buka & Artūrs Kučs, Limiting the Right to Access Asylum: A Case Study of Latvia’s Response to the Migration Crisis on the Latvia-Belarus Border

Webinar: The Role of International Law and Institutions in Attaining Goal 1 of the SDGs

On February 7, 2025, the International Bar Association’s Poverty and Social Development Committee Interest Group will host a webinar supported by the Human Rights Research and Education Council of the University of Ottawa on “The Role of International Law and Institutions in Attaining Goal 1 of the SDGs.” The panel discussants will be Obiora Okafor (Johns Hopkins Univ.), Kavell Joseph (World Bank), and Satyajit Gupta (EXLservice). The moderator will be Christiana Sagay (Univ. of Ottawa). Details are here.

New Issue: European Convention on Human Rights Law Review

The latest issue of the European Convention on Human Rights Law Review (Vol. 5, no. 4, 2024) is out. Contents include:

• Kanstantsin Dzehtsiarou, 'KlimaSeniorinnen Revolution': The New Approach to Standing
• Julia Laffranque, KlimaSeniorinnen – Climate Justice and Beyond
• George Letsas, The European Court’s Legitimacy After KlimaSeniorinnen
• Vladislava Stoyanova, Correlativity Between Human Rights and Positive Obligations and Its Role for the Execution of Judgments Delivered by the European Court of Human Rights
• Pieter Cannoot, Y v France: Intersex Rights in the Age of Subsidiarity

Call for Papers: 14th Annual Conference of the African Society of International Law

The African Society of International Law has issued a call for papers for its 14th Annual Conference, to take place October 17-18, 2025, in Maputo. The theme is: "Africa, Culture, and International Law." The call is here.

Call for Papers: The Role of the Causal Inquiry for Finding Breaches of Human Rights Obligations under the European Convention on Human Rights

A call for papers has been issued for a workshop on "The Role of the Causal Inquiry for Finding Breaches of Human Rights Obligations under the European Convention on Human Rights," to take place June 5-6, 2025, at the Lund University Faculty of Law. Details are here.

New Volume: Max Planck Yearbook of United Nations Law

The latest volume of the Max Planck Yearbook of United Nations Law (Vol. 27, 2023) is out. Contents include:

• Thematic Forum: ‘Assessing the International Law Commission: The Past, Present, and Future’
• Kathrin Maria Scherr & Sai Sathyanarayanan Venkatesh, Interview: In Conversation with Professor Giorgio Gaja
• Omri Sender, Two Views of the International Law Commission: A Conversation with Professor Alain Pellet and Sir Michael Wood
• Thematic Articles
• Christiane Ahlborn, The Meaning of Codification and Progressive Development in the International Law Commission’s Mandate – Time for a Review?
• Fenella Billing, 75 Years of Progressive Legal Development by the International Law Commission: The Contribution to Regulation of Search and Rescue of Refugees and Migrants at Sea
• Martha M. Bradley, Quillene M. Vertue & Danielle Crafford, Protecting the Environment during Non-International Armed Conflicts: The International Law Commission’s perac Principles as a Blueprint for Deeds of Commitment
• Teresa M. Cabrita, The European Union’s Engagement with the United Nations International Law Commission: Process, Principles and Purpose
• Rishi Gulati, The International Law Commission’s Work on the Topic of the Settlement of Disputes to which International Organizations Are Parties: The Need for a Meaningful Outcome
• Felix Herbert, The ILC’s Function beyond Codification and Progressive Development: Catalysing Customary International Lawmaking
• Jessica Joly Hébert, Consent and the Law of State Responsibility: Going beyond the ILC’s Qualification of Consent as a Circumstance Precluding Wrongfulness
• Marja Lehto, Throughout the Conflict Cycle: International Law Commission Principles on Protection of the Environment in Relation to Armed Conflicts
• Rodolfo Ribeiro C. Marques, The International Law Commission and the Development of International Migration Law
• Arnold N. Pronto, The Reception by the Sixth Committee of the Output of the International Law Commission
• Aniruddha Rajput, The ‘Hybrid’ Nature of the International Law Commission
• Penelope Ridings, Women and the International Law Commission: Knocking at the Door of Gender Diversity
• Yejoon Rim, The Authority of the Work of the International Law Commission and Its Final Form
• Eran Sthoeger, The International Law Commission: Dispute Settlement and Dispute Settlement Clauses
• Patricia Galvão Teles & Juan Francisco Padin, The Contribution of the International Law Commission to the Development of the Nuremberg Principles and Its Continuing Relevance regarding the Fight against Impunity and the Consolidation of International Criminal Law
• Articles on the Law and Practise of the United Nations (General Section)
• Mohamed S. Helal, Coercion in Cyberspace – Taking Stock of the Debate
• Radhika Kapoor, A Transparency Deficit and an Equity Deficit: The Need to Reform the UN Security Council’s Sanctions Committees
• Patryk I. Labuda, International Law after the Russo-Ukrainian War: From the Zeitenwende to Multipolarity
• Tiyanjana Maluwa, The Ukraine War and the Paralysis of the Security Council: Ramifications for Africa’s Common Position on Security Council Reform
• Jessie Phyffer, Establishing the Erga Omnes Character of the Obligation to Prevent Transboundary Environmental Harm
• Reports and Documents
• Update on the Law and Practice of the United Nations - Statement by Mr. Miguel de Serpa to the International Law Commission (2024)

Lecture: Singh on "Oppenheim's Law, 1905"

On February 5, 2025, the Centre for Law and Social Justice at the University of Leeds School of Law will host an online talk by Prabhakar Singh (BML Munjal Univ. - Law) on "Oppenheim's Law, 1905." Details are here.

Ghandhi Research Seminar Series 2024-2025 Spring Semester Schedule

The spring semester schedule for Global Law at Reading's Ghandhi Research Seminar Series 2024-2025 is here.

Workshop: Textbooks as markers and makers of international law

On January 17, 2025, the European University Institute will host a workshop on "Textbooks as markers and makers of international law." Details are here.

Call for Papers: Shaping Appropriate ADR in International Law

The International Law Association Committee on Alternative Dispute Resolution in International Law has issued a call for papers for a conference on "Shaping Appropriate ADR in International Law," to take place April 7, 2025, in Florence. The call is here.

Mührel: Rights of Nature in Liberal Legal Systems and International Law: Beyond Legal Anthropocentrism

Jasper Mührel has published Rights of Nature in Liberal Legal Systems and International Law: Beyond Legal Anthropocentrism (Springer 2024). Here's the abstract:

Rights of nature are on the rise worldwide, having already been recognized in several states, especially in Latin America and Asia. For the first time in a monograph, this book offers answers to the questions of whether and how rights of nature can also be implemented in Western liberal legal systems and in international law. It traces how the latter are characterized by a deeply rooted anthropocentrism. While at first glance this seems to make the recognition of rights of nature difficult to conceive, the book shows that in the 21st century this strong anthropocentrism is neither helpful nor irrevocable, and that non-anthropocentric approaches can already be found in liberal legal systems and in international law. Against the backdrop of the pressing environmental crises of the Anthropocene, it offers liberal and international approaches to rights of nature. In doing so, the book analyzes the compatibility of rights of nature with Western liberal and international law and deals comprehensively with the criticism and potential benefits of rights of nature in order to ultimately provide concrete proposals for their implementation.