New Issue: Leiden Journal of International Law

The latest issue of the Leiden Journal of International Law (Vol. 38, no. 4, December 2025) is out. Contents include:

• Editorial
• Joseph Powderly, Surabhi Ranganathan, Bojana Ristić, Ingo Venzke, & Rebecca O’Rourke, Going Open Access
• International Legal Theory
• Nicole Štýbnarová, Unwholesome marriages and diamond drills: The making of the UN Marriage Convention (1962)
• Rishabh Bajoria, Caste discrimination, international human rights, and Hinduism
• Jason Haynes, International human rights law’s complicity in status subordination: A postcolonial critique of treaty bodies’ engagement with human trafficking
• Tim Lindgren, In the name of nature: Making the League of Nations, the International Rights of Nature Tribunal and international law
• International Law and Practice
• Mingyan Nie, Legal measures to preserve lunar security and safety in the context of China–US competition to the Moon: An appraisal from China’s perspective
• Sava Jankovic & Volker Roeben, Mind the gap: The determination, legality and consequences of implicit threats of force
• Sandrine De Herdt, Mapping representation before the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea
• Hojjat Salimi Turkamani, The challenge of phasing out fossil fuels for highly fossil fuel-dependent countries in international law
• Corina Heri, Climate-related vulnerabilities and the European Court of Human Rights: Reimagining victim status through intersectional thinking
• International Criminal Courts and Tribunals
• Natasa Mavronicola & Mattia Pinto, Challenging punishment as the justice norm in the face of ongoing atrocities
• Grażyna Baranowska & Nasia Hadjigeorgiou, Living up to obligations through the International Red Cross? A critique of states’ attempts to shift obligations when addressing missing persons
• Miguel Manero de Lemos, The indictments against Adolf Hitler, their endorsement by the UNWCC, the IMT judgment and a twenty-first century immunity myth

Conference: 120th ASIL Annual Meeting

On April 22-25, 2026, the American Society of International Law will hold its 120th Annual Meeting in Washington, DC. The theme is: "Advancing and Defending The Rule of Law." Registration is now open, with the early bird discount ending on Feburary 10, 2026.

New Issue: Global Responsibility to Protect

The latest issue of Global Responsibility to Protect (Vol. 17, no. 4, 2025) is out. Contents include:

• Articles
• Fatih Cüre, Adapting Responsibility to Protect (R2P) for a Multipolar World: Sovereignty, Intervention, and Veto Power
• Chiara De Franco & Christoph O. Meyer, Media and Mass Atrocity Prevention: Three Pathways of Potential Influence
• Ainoa Cabada, R2P as an Early Warning Doctrine: Building a Case for the Establishment of an R2P Preventative Assessment Tool
• Andrew E. Yaw Tchie, Converging Global Norms and Institutional Policies with Bottom-Up Approaches to the Protection of Civilians
• Interventions Forum on Gaza
• Josie Hornung & Elisabeth Haugland Austrheim, Atrocity Prevention and the Applicability of R2P to Occupied Palestine
• Sarah Teitt, Israel, Gaza, and the Unrealised Promise of the Responsibility to Protect
• Jeremy Moses, Gaza and the Perils of Militarised Humanitarianism: Universal Values, Politics, and the Hypocrisy of R2P
• Book Forum: A Discussion of Jess Gifkins’ Inside the UN Security Council: Legitimation Practices and Darfur
• Samuel Jarvis, Informal Practice as a Driver of Change: the UN Security Council and Darfur
• Holger Niemann, The Everyday Life of the UN Security Council and International Practice Theory
• Carmen Robledo, Uses and Practices in the UNSC Decision-Making: the Case of Sudan
• Jess Gifkins, Informal UN Reform: a Response to Reviews of Inside the UN Security Council

New Issue: Journal of International Wildlife Law & Policy

The latest issue of the Journal of International Wildlife Law & Policy (Vol. 28, no. 2, 2025) is out. Contents include:

• Rob Amos, A Critical Analysis of the Global Biodiversity Framework
• Zakieh Taghizadeh & Hoda Asgarian, From Global Commons to Global Accountability: The Erga Omnes Obligation to Safeguard Marine Biological Diversity as Common Heritage of Humankind
• Kenji Kamigawara, Katsuki Nakai, Nigel Semmence & Moon Bo Choi, What Kinds Of Social Factors Contribute to Rapid Responses to Invasive Alien Species? Comparative Case Studies on Controlling Invasive Alien Hornets in the UK and Japan
• Mohammad Nazmul Hossain, Delower Hossain & Nasir Uddin, Ensuring Wildlife Justice in Bangladesh: Challenges and Recommendations for the Future

New Issue: Journal of International Humanitarian Legal Studies

The latest issue of the Journal of International Humanitarian Legal Studies (Vol. 16, no. 2, 2025) is out. Contents include:

• Symposium on the Law Applicable to the Use of Biometrics by Armed Forces
• Marten Zwanenburg, Aleksi Kajander, Steven van de Put, & Sebastian Cymutta, Introduction to Symposium on the Law Applicable to the Use of Biometrics by Armed Forces
• Lily Hamourtziadou & Welmoet Wels, Biometrics to Necrometrics: What the Dead Can Tell us About War: A Human Security Approach to Collecting and Analysing Conflict Data from the Dead
• Emelie Andersin, The Use of the ‘Lavender’ in Gaza and the Law of Targeting: ai-Decision Support Systems and Facial Recognition Technology
• Anna Rosalie Greipl, The Military Fantasy of Biometrics: Neglecting the Risks of the Normalizing of Bodies During Armed Conflicts

Call for Submissions: Central Asia Yearbook on International Law

A call for submissions has been issued for the inaugural volume of the Central Asia Yearbook of INternational Law. Here's the call:

The Central Asia Yearbook on International Law (CAYIL) is the first academic publication of its kind in the region. It is designed to promote rigorous and original research in international law with a specific focus on Central Asia. The Yearbook responds to a longstanding gap in scholarly publishing by offering a dedicated platform for legal analysis situated in and oriented toward the region. The first volume will be published in 2026 by De Gruyter Brill under the imprint Brill | Nijhoff.

We invite scholars, practitioners, and policymakers to submit papers for consideration in the inaugural volume of the Yearbook. Submissions will be considered on a rolling basis, with the final deadline of 31 March 2026.

Scope of the Yearbook

We particularly welcome contributions that explore international law from a Central Asian viewpoint, are written by Central Asian scholars, or center on issues relevant to the region, although papers on broader topics of international law will also be considered. In addition to peer-reviewed scholarly articles, the Yearbook also publishes:

• practice-oriented essays,
• reflections on recent legal developments,
• case and treaty notes,
• reviews of relevant literature, and
• surveys of State practice in the region.

Aims and Audiences

The Yearbook seeks to advance academic dialogue both within Central Asia and between Central Asian scholars and their global counterparts. It is intended as a resource for:

• academics and researchers in international law,
• legal practitioners and government officials in Central Asia,
• diplomats and policymakers in international organisations and foreign ministries,
• graduate students and educators, and
• think tanks, NGOs, and civil society organisations engaged in legal reform and international cooperation.

Editorial Standards

The Yearbook is supported by an international Editorial Board and a distinguished Advisory Board, composed of both Central Asian legal scholars working abroad and foreign experts on Central Asian law. This ensures that contributions meet the highest academic standards while reflecting the region’s distinct legal and institutional experiences.

Submission Guidelines

• Submissions should be written in clear academic English.
• Articles should not exceed 10,000 words including footnotes; shorter notes, essays, and reviews are also welcome.
• For citations, please use the Oxford University Standard for the Citation of Legal Authorities (OSCOLA), 4th edition: OSCOLA Guidelines (PDF).
• Authors are expected to adhere to De Gruyter Brill’s AI Policy for Authors, meaning any use of AI tools in drafting or preparing submissions must be transparently disclosed, and authors must ensure that they retain intellectual ownership and responsibility for the content.
• All submissions will be subject to double-blind peer review.

Contact

Manuscripts and inquiries should be sent to:

Professor Sergey Sayapin
Editor, Central Asia Yearbook on International Law
School of Law, KIMEP University
Email: s.sayapin@kimep.kz

New Issue: Cambridge International Law Journal

The latest issue of the Cambridge International Law Journal (Vol. 14, no. 2, 2025) is out. Contents include:

• Tomas Heidar, Bringing climate change into the realm of UNCLOS: the ITLOS Advisory Opinion
• Alberto Rinaldi, Cognitive warfare in the biotechnological age: threats and challenges to international law
• Sebastian von Massow, Redrawing trade routes through litigation: phosphates and the Polisario in Panama and South Africa
• Bogdan Aurescu, Lessons learned from the work of the United Nations International Law Commission on Sea-level rise in relation to international law
• Jolyon Ford & Imogen Saunders, International law as geology: Crawford’s core/periphery metaphor and the future of the ‘rules-based international order’
• Rena Lee, The institutionalisation of international law in a multipolar world
• Vladimir Trofimchuk, Food security: is the international law status quo adequate to guarantee it?
• Khrystyna Kostiushko, Consequences of incorporation/annexation of territory for the spatial scope of application of investment treaties
• Mohamad Ghazi Janaby, The intersection of counter-terrorism law and government recognition in post-conflict transitions

Conference: The Law of Armed Conflict and Emerging Technologies: Legal, Ethical and Strategic Perspectives

The International Society for Military Law and the Law of War will host a conference on "The Law of Armed Conflict and Emerging Technologies: Legal, Ethical and Strategic Perspectives," on March 10-13, 2026, in Lucerne. The invitation is here. The program is here. The application form is here.

Kojima & Takeuchi: Japanese Approaches to International Law: Theory and Practice

Chie Kojima (Chuo Univ.) & Masatoshi Takeuchi (Toyo Gakuen Univ.) have published Japanese Approaches to International Law: Theory and Practice (Brill | Nijhoff 2025). The table of contents is here. Here's the abstract:

Japanese Approaches to International Law analyses historical developments, controversies, and future challenges regarding Japan’s contribution to the making and implementation of international law. Each chapter discusses the Japanese government’s positions on issues related to international law, relevant theories and concepts developed in Japanese academia, and leading domestic cases, laws, and policies, which have facilitated or hindered the effective implementation of international law in Japan. This book, based on domestic legal materials, policy documents, and academic literature, is a comprehensive handbook for readers to better understand Japanese approaches to international law.

New Issue: International Organization

The latest issue of International Organization (Vol. 79, no. 4, Fall 2025) is out. Contents include:

• Articles
• Nikhar Gaikwad, Kolby Hanson, & Aliz Tóth, How Migrating Overseas Shapes Political Preferences: Evidence from a Field Experiment
• David B. Carter, Austin L. Wright, & Luwei Ying, Population Displacement and State Building: The Legacies of Pashtun Resettlement in Afghanistan
• Haifeng Huang, Reckoning with Reality: Correcting National Overconfidence in a Rising Power
• Essay
• Kerry Goettlich, Territorial Integrity As an Etiquette of Thieves: Non-conquest in Nineteenth-Century Imperialism
• Research Notes
• Lorenzo Crippa, Edmund J. Malesky, & Lucio Picci, Making Bribery Profitable Again? The Market Effects of Suspending Accountability for Overseas Bribery
• Lucy Right, Jeremy Springman, & Erik Wibbels, Pushing Back or Backing Down? Evidence on Donor Responses to Restrictive NGO Legislation
• Amanda Kennard, Konstantin Sonin, & Austin L. Wright, When Do Citizens Support Peace-Building? Economic Hardship and Civilian Support for Rebel Reintegration