New Issue: Ocean Development & International Law

The latest issue of Ocean Development & International Law (Vol. 57, no. 2, 2026) is out. Contents include:

• Mariano J. Aznar, The Relationship Between the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea and the UNESCO Convention on the Underwater Cultural Heritage
• Louis McDonough Monroy, Fragmentation and Parallel Proceedings: Dispute Settlement under the WTO Agreement on Fisheries Subsidies
• Zeyad Jaffal, Safeguarding Global Connectivity: International Law and Cyber Operations Against Submarine Data Cables
• Nicolò Andreotti, The “Investmentification” of Deep-Seabed Mining in the Area: How Investment Law Concepts Are Shaping the Law of the Sea
• Stephen Allen, The Al Yasat Marine Protected Area and Maritime Delimitation in the Arabian Gulf
• Frances Anggadi, Implementing Stable Maritime Zones Amid Sea-Level Rise: Lessons from Australia’s Maritime Jurisdiction
• Andrey Todorov, Operationalizing Environmental Stewardship in the Law of the Sea: The Case of Shipborne Tourism in Antarctica

New Volume: Austrian Review of International and European Law

The latest volume of the Austrian Review of International and European Law (Vol. 29, 2024) is out. Contents include:

• A Retrospective of Karl Zemanek’s Work on Neutrality
• Ralph Janik, In memoriam Karl Zemanek: 70 Years of (Austrian) Neutrality
• Articles
• Gabriele Asta, The ITLOS’ Advisory Jurisdiction after the Advisory Opinion on Climate Change
• Natascha Gojkovic, Advisory Proceedings before International Courts and Tribunals with regard to State’s Climate Change Obligations: A Comparative Analysis
• Harold Bertot Triana, The Legal Effects of the Advisory Opinions of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights: From Conventional Indeterminacy to Diluted Consensus in Constitutional Justice within the Process of ‘Inter-Americanization’
• Paulina Rundel, Science meets International Law – Scientific Experts’ Role in the ICJ Advisory Opinion on Climate Change
• Jane A Hofbauer, The ICJ’s Climate Change Advisory Opinion: ‘Existential Problem of Planetary Proportions’ or Disney-Style Fairy Tale Happy Ending?
• Renata Rossi Ignácio, AO-32/25 and the IACtHR’s ‘Third Momentum’ on Climate Rights, Jus Cogens and Reparations
• Mona Ali Khalil, The International Court of Justice and Israel’s Illegal Occupation of Palestine: An Advisory Opinion with Binding Force

New Issue: Zeitschrift für ausländisches öffentliches Recht und Völkerrecht

The latest issue of the Zeitschrift für ausländisches öffentliches Recht und Völkerrecht (Vol. 86, no. 2, 2026) is out. Contents include:

• Comment
• Franca Maria Feisel, A ‘Whole-Of-Society Approach’ to Defending Democracy in the EU
• Nachruf
• Matthias Hartwig, Georg Nolte, Stefan Oeter, & Christian Walter, Prof. Dr. Dres. h. c. Jochen Abr. Frowein (1934-2026)
• Re-Reading Historic Articles in the ZaöRV: Anniversary Series
• Russell A. Miller, Professor Frowein, German Reunification, and the Tension of Modern Law
• Abhandlungen
• Florian Kriener, Mapping the International Law of Peaceful Protest
• Maria O’Sullivan, Climate Protest and the Right of Resistance in Inter- national Law
• Marcos Antonio Vela Ávalos, The Right to Protest in the Inter-American Human Rights Framework
• Dmitrii Kuznetsov, From Hope to Despair: The Evolution of Protest Rights During Russia’s Council of Europe Membership
• Zoe Louise Tongue, Protest as Counter-Hegemonic Human Rights Work: Lessons from Abortion Rights Movements
• Johanna Bücker & Lina Möller, Beyond Derogation: Context-Driven Interpretation of Migrants’ Rights as a Novel Justification under the ECHR
• Dana Burchardt, The ADBAT before the Human Rights Committee: Globalising Waite and Kennedy but Failing to Protect Judicial Independence Effectively
• Johanna Fink, Die EU-Blocking-Verordnung als Machtinstrument zwischen Völkerrecht und Geoökonomie – eine Analyse im Lichte der EU-Strategie für wirtschaftliche Souveränität

New Issue: Nordic Journal of International Law

The latest issue of the Nordic Journal of International Law (Vol. 95, no. 2, 2026) is out. Contents include:

• Special Issue: Perspectives on sustainable development in the Arctic
• Laura Létourneau-Tremblay & Charles Codère, Introduction: Perspectives on Sustainable Development in the Arctic
• Florian Vidal, Security Versus Sustainability? The Regulatory Battle Behind Arctic Mining in Greenland and Norway
• Maxim Usynin, The Role of Private Law and Climate Change Mitigation Along the Northern Sea Route: A Look into the Future
• A. Stella Ebbersmeyer, Black Carbon Emissions from Arctic Shipping: Towards Captured or Common Interest Regulation?
• Marco Pertile, Three Legal Tools to Address the US ‘Proposal’ of Acquisition of Greenland: Cession, the Svalbard Treaty Model, and the Case for a Sui Generis Treaty
• Thomas Baycock, Sara Dal Monico, & Mathilde Morel, Reconsidering the Role of International Law in the Arctic: Why We Should Exercise Caution in Relying on the Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction Agreement to Conserve Biodiversity in the Arctic Ocean

New Issue: Journal of World Investment & Trade

The latest issue of the Journal of World Investment & Trade (Vol. 27, no. 3, 2026) is out. Contents include:

• Special Issue: ISDS Reform: Past, Present, and Future
• Jonathan Bonnitcha & Catharine Titi, The Work of UNCITRAL Working Group III: How Process Shapes Outcomes
• Richard C. Chen, International Investment Law Reform and the Problem of Discretion
• Laura Létourneau-Tremblay, Deference, Environment and ISDS Reform
• Vy Nguyen Thao Ngo & Quyen Ngoc Phuong Nguyen, Can Data Qualify as a Protected Investment? Unlocking Digital Value under International Investment Law
• Patricia Wiater, Investor Accountability Through Counterclaims and Damage Assessment: Rebalancing ISDS
• Jonathan Bonnitcha, José Manuel Alvarez-Zárate, Marcin J Menkes, Josef Ostřanský, & Yanwen Zhang, The Assessment and Calculation of Damages in Treaty-Based ISDS
• Michele Potestà & Johannes Fahner, From Annulment to Appeal: Worlds Apart or Best of Both Worlds?

New Issue: Review of International Organizations

The latest issue of the Review of International Organizations (Vol. 21, no. 2, June 2026) is out. Contents include:

• Jacque Gao & Frederick R. Chen, Less is more: Property rights and dictators’ demand for foreign direct investment
• Roman-Gabriel Olar, Locking in democracy? Transitions, returning autocratic elites, and human rights treaty commitment
• Ruixing Cao & Shane Hsuan-Yu Lin, Leaders’ educational backgrounds and Chinese official finance
• Jillienne Haglund & Francesca Parente, Balancing justice: Damages awarded by the Inter-American Court of Human Rights
• Jan Philipp Krügel & Nicola Maaser, How do higher-order punishment institutions shape cooperation and norm-enforcement?
• Ayse Eldes, Jieun Lee, & Iain Osgood, Allied import options available? Finding friendly trade partners amidst decoupling from China
• Emilia Justyna Powell & Aníbal Pérez-Liñán, Compliance with decisions of the Permanent Court of Arbitration
• Joshua Fjelstul, Simon Hug, & Christopher Kilby, Decision-making in the United Nations General Assembly: A comprehensive database of resolution-related decisions
• Bulent Aras & Burcu Fazlioglu, The brothers Karamazov go abroad: A dataset of Russian leaders’ foreign visits

New Issue: International Journal of Marine and Coastal Law

The latest issue of the International Journal of Marine and Coastal Law (Vol. 41, no. 2, 2026) is out. Contents include:

• Articles
• Vasco Becker-Weinberg, Making Sense of Portugal’s Baselines around the Archipelagos of Madeira and the Azores
• Neil Craik & Karen N. Scott, Environmental Impact Assessment Under the Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction Agreement and the Equivalence Exception
• Luciana Fernandes Coelho, Developing and Reframing the LOSC in Changing Circumstances: The Practice of Small Island Developing States on the Consent Regime for Marine Scientific Research
• Dawoon Jung & Nguyen Thanh Trung, Area-based Management Tools at the Interface of the BBNJ Agreement and the International Maritime Organization
• Xuexia Liao, Characterising a Dispute and the Scope of the LOSC Tribunals’ Jurisdiction Ratione Materiae
• Henok G. Gebrezgabiher, Senai W. Andemariam, & Isaias T. Berhe, Ethiopia’s Persistent Claim for Outlets to the Sea: Issues and Alternatives under International Law
• Ekaterina Antsygina, Equity in the Delimitation of Continental Shelves
• Current Legal Developments
• Jianping Guo, The 2018 Central Arctic Ocean Fisheries Agreement and the 2023 BBNJ Agreement
• Valentin Schatz, Review of Objections to RFMO Conservation and Management Measures under EU Law: Bloom v. Commission
• Nivedita S, Youna Lyons, & Denise Cheong, Floating Nuclear at IMO: Protection of the Marine Environment from Potential Releases of Radioactive Substances
• Aleke Stöfen-O’Brien & Josefa Beyer, Stalled at the Negotiating Table: Updates from INC-5.2 Towards a Global Plastics Treaty
• Hyewon Jang, Yeon S. Chang, & Young Sok Kim, Legal Frameworks of the CCUS Act and International Cooperation via the London Protocol in the Republic of Korea

Call for Papers: Society of International Economic Law Tenth Biennial Conference

A call for papers has been issued for the Society of International Economic Law's tenth biennial conference, which will take place July 7-9, 2027, in Christchurch, hosted by the University of Canterbury. The theme is: "Reimagining International Economic Law: Reasons, Challenges, and Future Directions." The call is here.

Meguro & Negishi: Histories of international legal theories in Japan: From dialogue to conversation

Maiko Meguro (Univ. of Amsterdam) & Yota Negishi (Seinan Gakuin Univ. - Law) have published Histories of international legal theories in Japan: From dialogue to conversation (Manchester Univ. Press 2026). Here's the abstract:

This volume offers the first systematic account of Japanese international legal theory, tracing more than a century of scholarship across thirteen influential thinkers. Edited by leading Japanese scholars, it examines how theorists working outside international law's Western centre developed sophisticated frameworks to navigate tensions between Western modernity and their own legal and intellectual traditions. The book's central contribution proposes "conversation"-a mode of sustained engagement that respects irreducible differences between legal cultures-as an alternative to "dialogue," which often reinforces hierarchy by presuming full reconciliation of perspectives. Through detailed intellectual biographies spanning six historical periods, contributors show how Japanese scholars strategically adopted legal positivism, articulated transcivilizational approaches, and advanced concepts of normative multilateralism. Aimed at scholars of international law, legal theory, and comparative traditions, the volume demonstrates that the field's future depends on genuinely reciprocal, coexisting perspectives.

Regilme: Statelessness and Citizenship Revocation in Europe: Rethinking Politics, Law, Security, and Human Rights

Salvador Santino Regilme (Leiden Univ. - International Relations) has published Statelessness and Citizenship Revocation in Europe: Rethinking Politics, Law, Security, and Human Rights (De Gruyter 2026). Here's the abstract:

Statelessness often results from discriminatory policies or legal gaps, while citizenship revocation is typically used as a counterterrorism measure. Both processes strip individuals – particularly from minoritized groups – of legal status and access to essential social services, leaving them vulnerable to exclusion, exploitation, and human rights abuses.

With contributions from scholars in political science, international law, and sociology, this unique collection presents case studies of policies that reinforce statelessness; it connects legal doctrines with real-world impacts and critically balances the tensions between security imperatives and human dignity. Statelessness and Citizenship Revocation in Europe calls for policy changes that position citizenship as an essential human right. Offering both rigorous multidisciplinary academic analysis and practical recommendations to address statelessness in contemporary Europe, this book is an essential resource for scholars, policymakers, and advocates.

New Issue: International Organizations Law Review

The latest issue of the International Organizations Law Review (Vol. 23, no. 1, 2026) is out. Contents include:

• Editorial
• Jean d’Aspremont, Is an International Organization a Thing?
• Articles
• Lucas Carlos Lima & Rafael Fonseca Melo, The Interpretation of the Charter of the Organization of American States by the Inter-American Court of Human Rights
• Isabella E. Brunner, Protecting International Organizations From Cyber Threats: States’ Positive Obligations Under International Law
• Diliana Stoyanova, From Andronov to Wasserstrom: Rewriting the Rules of UN Administrative Tribunal Competence in the Age of Whistleblower Protection
• Books Reviews
• Jan Klabbers, reviewing Making International Institutions Work: The Politics of Performance, by Ranjit Lall
• Jean d’Aspremont, reviewing Exit From International Organizations: Costly Negotiation for Institutional Change, by Inken von Borzyskowski and Felicity Vabulas
• Mateo Merchán Duque, reviewing The 3 Regional Human Rights Courts in Context: Justice That Cannot Be Taken for Granted, by Laurence Burgorgue-Larsen
• Kirsten Schmalenbach, reviewing The Third-Party Liability of International Organizations: Towards a ‘Complete Remedy System’ Counterbalancing Jurisdictional Immunity, by Thomas S. M. Henquet
• Edward Kwakwa, reviewing Legal Advisers in International Organizations, edited by Jan Wouters

Lim & Trachtman: The Cambridge Companion to World Trade Law

C.L. Lim (Chinese Univ. of Hong Kong - Law) & Joel Trachtman (Tufts Univ. - Fletcher School) have published The Cambridge Companion to World Trade Law (Cambridge Univ. Press 2026). Here's the absract:

The Cambridge Companion to World Trade Law offers expert but compact discussion of the diverse perspectives, enduring issues, and emergent challenges in the field. This volume offers a lively and thorough overview of the subject in all its dimensions. It takes stock of the state of the field of trade law without allowing current events to dominate key debates. It is intended to be appreciated not only by a legal audience as a collection of concise yet thoughtful reflective pieces, but also by readers across the fields of business, economics, finance, sociology, diplomacy, and international relations who may have no specialist trade law knowledge. It will appeal not only to the novice but also to the seasoned trade law expert who might wish to have at hand a single-volume compendium of current expert analysis across the different dimensions of trade law.

New Issue: International Environmental Agreements: Politics, Law and Economics

The latest issue of International Environmental Agreements: Politics, Law and Economics (Vol. 26, no. 2, June 2026) is out. Contents include:

• Simon Beaudoin, Peter Dauvergne, Annie Chaloux, Elena Álvarez Blanes, Laura Fequino & Yves Tiberghien, International biodiversity negotiations: Assessing the outcomes and implications of COP 16
• Jinpeng Wang & Xiaoyi Ma, Evaluating legal mechanisms for combating plastic pollution in the Arctic ocean: challenges and future directions
• Kayla Morton, How domestic political context shapes the topics in UNFCCC conference of the parties decisions, 1995–2023
• Aylin Javadi, Ostrom’s framework for exploring participation dynamics within the international climate regime
• Mulatu Tilahun Debel & Feng Wang, The relationship between green aid and carbon dioxide (CO₂) emissions in ethiopia: potential implications for sustainable development goals (SDGs)
• Zoe H. Rosenblum, Assessing the governance of transboundary freshwater wetlands
• Cansu Güleç & Ayşegül Kibaroğlu, A discourse analysis of bilateral water agreements between Türkiye and Iraq: legal instruments of water diplomacy in the Euphrates-Tigris river basin
• Tobias Böhmelt, Dynamic environmental agreements and lower income countries
• Massimiliano Agovino, Maria D’Avino, Aniello Ferraro & Katia Marchesano, Structural constraints and environmental convergence: multilevel governance and CO₂ reduction in Italian provinces
• Xiuyun Yang, Muhammad Nouman Shafiq, & Seemab Gillani, Towards sustainable development: the synergistic impact of economic complexity, environmental regulation, and renewable energy on environmental performance in G20 economies
• Xin Li & Yu Liu, Environmental securitisation in India and China

Inaugural Volume: Arab Yearbook of Public & Private International Law

The inaugural volume of the Arab Yearbook of Public & Private International Law (Vol. 1, 2025) is out. Contents include:

• Mohamed Helal, Interview with His Excellency Mahmoud Hmoud, Permanent Representative of Jordan to the United Nations
• Ciara Hogan, All States Are Equal, but Some Are More Equal than Others: a TWAIL Critique of US Foreign Policy Practices and Associated ‘Double Standards’ in the Law Governing the Use of Force
• John B. Quigley, International Law in Arab Diplomacy over Palestine, 1919–1948
• Diora Ziyaeva & Zyad Loutfi, A Swift Unravelling of the Crypto Ecosystem under International Investment Law
• Sameh Shoukry, CoP27: Advancing Climate Justice through the UNFCCC Process
• Ginevra Le Moli, Loss and Damage of Climate Change: Recognition, Obligation and Legal Consequences
• Damilola S. Olawuyi & Amna Zaman, Climate Solidarity in Arab States: Legal Challenges and Emerging Solutions

Rosen: Perpetual War and International Law: Enduring Legacies of the War on Terror

Brianna Rosen (Oxford Programme for Cyber and Technology Policy) has published Perpetual War and International Law: Enduring Legacies of the War on Terror (Oxford Univ. Press 2026). Here's the abstract:

Nearly a quarter century after the September 11, 2001 attacks, the U.S.-led war on terror remains a defining force shaping international law, human rights, and global security. While major combat operations in Afghanistan and Iraq have formally ended, the long-anticipated shift from a war paradigm to a law enforcement approach has yet to materialize. Instead, U.S. and allied counterterrorism activities persist worldwide, raising urgent questions about the role of law in enabling and sustaining armed conflict.

Perpetual War and International Law brings together leading experts to confront the enduring legacies of the post-9/11 era and explore viable alternatives to the use of force. The volume traces how legal and policy frameworks have served to legitimize military action, eroding the boundary between war and peace. Contributors challenge prevailing interpretations of international law in an age of endless war and unconventional threats.

Drawing on insights from law, ethics, and security studies, the volume critically examines how legal and normative precedents established during the war on terror continue to shape contemporary conflicts. It offers bold pathways for shifting from a global order rooted in force to one grounded in restraint and the rule of law. Perpetual War and International Law is a vital intervention, inviting readers to reimagine how international law can constrain violence in an increasingly conflict-ridden world.

New Issue: Climate Law

The latest issue of Climate Law (Vol. 15, nos. 3-4, 2025) is out. Contents include:

• Special Issue: Alternative Fuels for Shipping Decarbonization
• Beatriz Martinez Romera, David Freestone, & Tara Davenport, Introduction: Legal Aspects of the Decarbonization of Shipping and Alternative Fuels
• Michael Tsimplis, Decarbonization Frameworks for Shipping: Taxing Carbon Emissions and Contribution to Loss and Damage
• Goran Dominioni, Revenue Distribution in the IMO Net-Zero Framework: Alternative Fuels and the Just and Equitable Energy Transition of Shipping
• Pia Teresé Rebelo, A Maritime Book-and-Claim Compliance Pathway for the IMO Net-Zero Framework
• Hannah Claudia Mosmans, Jolien Kruit, Frank Smeele, & Albert Veenstra, New Regimes Concerning Liability and Compensation for Incidents Involving Alternative Fuels in Shipping: Lessons Learned
• Zeynab Malakouti & Mohammad Hazrati, Decarbonizing Shipping: Does the EU-ETS Ensure a Just Transition?
• Kelsey Pailman, Regulating Hydrogen-Based Fuels in the EU Maritime Sector
• Denise Cheong & S. Nivedita, Floating Nuclear Power Plants: Governing the Dicephalus Beast
• Michaela Agtarap & Mary Grace Velasco, Assessing the Capability of Philippine Shipyards in Alternative Fuel Engine Retrofitting: A Guide for Policy Formulation
• Ana Stella Ebbersmeyer, Mitigating Arctic Maritime Black Carbon Emissions Through Fuel-Based Regulation: A Critical Appraisal

Klein, Purcell, & McNally: Submarines in International Law

Natalie Klein (Univ. of New South Wales - Law), Kate Purcell (Univ. of New South Wales - Law), & Jack McNally (Univ. of New South Wales - Law) have published Submarines in International Law (Cambridge Univ. Press 2026). Here's the abstract:

Submarines in International Law is the first book to explore both the legal history and the contemporary regulation of submarine operations in varied areas of international law. The analysis demonstrates the instances where submarines influenced the development of the law of the sea and the law of armed conflict, as well as highlighting where international law needs to give greater account for submarines in existing bodies of law-including international marine environmental law, the law on the use of force, navigational safety rules, transnational criminal law and international cultural heritage law. Submarine operations range from military and defence uses, to supporting research and commercial seabed industries, to ocean tourism and smuggling of illicit goods. International law regulates all these activities to varying degrees. While submarines may strive to be evasive objects in the ocean, this book demonstrates why they cannot and should not elude the reach of international law.

Kari: The Classical Doctrine of Civil War in International Law

Ville Kari (Tilburg Univ. - Law) has published The Classical Doctrine of Civil War in International Law (Cambridge Univ. Press 2026). Here's the abstract:

In the classical law of nations there was a doctrine of civil war. This book sets out to recover the forgotten legal tradition that shaped the modern world from 1575-1975. The result is an autonomous reassessment of four hundred years of the law of insurgencies and revolutions, both in state practice and in legal scholarship. Its journey through centuries of rebellion and the rule of law touches some of the most basic questions of international law across ages. What does it mean to stand among the nations of the world? Who should be welcomed among the subjects of international law, who should not, and who should decide? Its findings not only help make the classical doctrine understandable again, but also offer potential new insights for present-day lawyers about the origins, aspirations and vulnerabilities of the legal tradition with which they work today.

Brudney & Bellace: The Elgar Companion to the Law and Practice of the International Labour Organization

James J. Brudney (Fordham Univ. - Law) & Janice R. Bellace (Univ. of Pennsylvania - Wharton School) have published The Elgar Companion to the Law and Practice of the International Labour Organization (Edward Elgar Publishing 2026). Here's the abstract:

This comprehensive book analyzes the laws and practices of the International Labour Organization (ILO), addressing the distinctive role of tripartism within the ILO governance structure since 1919, and analyzing the organization’s contributions to the protection and promotion of workers’ rights on a global scale.

Contributors explore a breadth of issues crucial to the ILO’s objective of achieving decent work in collaboration with governments, workers, and employers. Topics covered include application of the ILO’s ‘fundamental principles’ covering freedom of association, equality, safety and health, and the prevention of forced labour and child labour. In addition, the book addresses provision of social security benefits, the development of effective employment policies, the implementation of functional labour inspection, and the recognition of indigenous peoples’ voices. Chapters also present a granular analysis of the ILO supervisory system, outlining the value and limits of the organization’s soft power. The Companion envisions the ILO’s future, highlighting the obstacles that prevent secure worker rights and protections in both the informal and digital economies, as well as the impact of ILO conventions on trade agreements.

Bicknell: Quelling Insurrection: Lethal Force, Human Rights and the Laws of War

David Bicknell (King’s College London) has published Quelling Insurrection: Lethal Force, Human Rights and the Laws of War (Hart Publishing 2026). Here's the abstract:

This book re-examines the origins and development of the laws of war and human rights law and exposes an overlooked provision of the European Convention on Human Rights which permits the use of lethal force where absolutely necessary to quell an insurrection.

When civilian casualties occur in internal armed conflicts, questions are asked about how civilians can be better protected against the use of force by armed insurgents and state security forces. The laws of war include protection against the targeting of civilians but permit the use of force based on 'military necessity' and allow 'proportionate' civilian casualties. Where those laws do not apply, the use of force is generally seen as being limited to self–defence. This creates paradigms of armed conflict and law–enforcement with very different rules. The paradigms are then treated by governments and other actors as being separate and divided by a threshold of violence, when, in practice, they overlap, both in the conduct of military operations and, this book argues, as a matter of law.

Revisiting the law provides the opportunity to reassess the benefits and risks of the existing paradigms and consider how applying the provision permitting the use of lethal force in quelling an insurrection would affect them. The book concludes that it offers a middle way based on the existing law, but it requires wider recognition and development in order to achieve a more appropriate balance between human rights and collective security.

Anggadi: Sea-Level Rise and the Legal Stability of Maritime Zones

Frances Anggadi (Univ. of Wollongong - Australian National Centre for Ocean Resources and Security) has published Sea-Level Rise and the Legal Stability of Maritime Zones (Oxford Univ. Press 2026). Here's the abstract:

Under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), a State's maritime zones and the rights they confer are tied to its land territory. As climate change accelerates coastal erosion and inundation, traditional assumptions suggest these entitlements could shrink or disappear, with profound implications for access to marine resources. Sea-Level Rise and the Legal Stability of Maritime Zones explores the development of a new legal perspective that supports the preservation of maritime zones despite rising sea levels.

This book advances a contemporary interpretation of UNCLOS, drawing on a broad spectrum of state practice as reflected in international declarations and domestic legislation. Through systematic analysis of this evidence within the framework of treaty interpretation, Frances Anggadi consolidates the doctrinal basis for the view that the preservation of maritime zones may be achieved through interpreting existing provisions of UNCLOS, rather than requiring a treaty amendment.

As the first comprehensive work to conceptualize this emerging perspective, it offers a clear and principled framework for safeguarding maritime zones, demonstrating how international law can evolve to address global environmental challenges.

Ikonomou, van Leeuwen, & Rasmussen: The Cambridge Handbook of the League of Nations and International Law

Haakon A. Ikonomou (Univ. of Copenhagen), Karin van Leeuwen (Maastricht Univ.), & Morten Rasmussen (Univ. of Copenhagen) have published The Cambridge Handbook of the League of Nations and International Law (Cambridge Univ. Press 2026). Here's the abstract:

Established in the wake of the First World War, the League of Nations fundamentally transformed international politics, global governance and multilateral cooperation in a multitude of fields from the economy, labour and social affairs to colonial, minority and security questions. This Handbook analyses the central role of law in the construction of a new international order under the League of Nations. Drawing from innovative research of recent years that analyses the League of Nations through the prism of ultimate success and failure, it offers twenty-one rich chapters that showcase an interdisciplinary, contextual and archive-based approach with brand new and unexplored case studies that address key topics of the legal history of the League, the International Labour Organization and the Permanent Court of International Justice. Finally, it offers a new historical synthesis of how to understand the role of international law in international organizations during the interwar period.

New Issue: Journal of International Humanitarian Legal Studies

The latest issue of the Journal of International Humanitarian Legal Studies (Vol. 17, no. 1, 2026) is out. Contents include:

• Jane McAdam & Thomas Mulder, A Last Resort? Reframing Evacuations as an Anticipatory Disaster Risk Management Strategy
• Matthias Vanhullebusch, The Case for a Prohibition on Arbitrary Denial of Humanitarian Relief in Non-International Armed Conflicts: Prospects, Challenges and Ways Ahead
• Giulia Bosi, The Protection of Mental Health under International Humanitarian Law
• Rohit Gupta, Forgotten Blind Spots of Jus in Bello: The 1972 World Heritage Convention and the Natural Environment as ‘Cultural Heritage’
• Joshua F. Berry & Hitoshi Nasu, Wartime Imagery and the Standard of Care in the Implementation of International Humanitarian Law
• Emanuela Merck Giuliani, The European Union’s International Obligations Regarding Trade with Occupied Territories: A Case Study of Western Sahara Litigation Before the cjeu

Call for Papers: International (Climate Change) Law in the Post-Advisory Era: Taking Stock and Moving Ahead

A call for papers has been issued for a conference on "International (Climate Change) Law in the Post-Advisory Era: Taking Stock and Moving Ahead," which will take place November 27-28, 2026, at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. The call is here. The deadline is July 1, 2026.

Ebbesson & Langlet: Fifty Years of International Environmental Law: Developments since the 1972 Stockholm Conference

Jonas Ebbesson (Stockholms Universitet - Law) & David Langlet (Uppsala Universitet - Law) have published Fifty Years of International Environmental Law: Developments since the 1972 Stockholm Conference (Cambridge Univ. Press 2026). Here's the abstract:

This book explores the seminal importance of the first UN Conference on the Human Environment in Stockholm 1972 – the Stockholm Conference – for the development of international environmental law. By bringing together world leading experts from academia and legal practice, the book charts the development of international environmental law in the 50 years since 1972 in the areas of nature and biodiversity, chemicals and waste, oceans and water, and atmosphere and climate, and with respect to structures and institutions, consumption and production, and human rights and participatory rights in environmental matters. It analyses how the ideas and concepts of the Stockholm Conference have influenced this development and explores the novel ideas that have emerged since then. It describes the approaches of the developed and developing countries in this process and the relationship between international environmental law and other areas of law, such as the law of the sea and international economic law.

Burchardt: The Authority of International Courts: A Behavioural Framework

Dana Burchardt (WZB Berlin Social Science Center) has published The Authority of International Courts: A Behavioural Framework (Hart Publishing 2026). Here's the abstract:

Why do some international courts wield broad authority while others face pushback or fade into irrelevance? This book provides novel theoretical and empirical insights into this question. It offers a fresh, interdisciplinary perspective on the authority of international courts, drawing from law, political science and behavioural research.

It develops, in Part I, a theoretical model and analytical framework for assessing these questions. The model explains how authority relationships between courts and their audiences – such as states, NGOs, individual applicants, and domestic courts – are formed, maintained, or contested. In Part II, the book applies this analytical framework to in-depth case studies of two selected international courts: the European Court of Human Rights and the Court of Justice of the Economic Community of West African States. These studies not only provide deeper insights into the authority of these courts but also demonstrate how the analytical framework can be applied to other international courts to generate an enhanced understanding of international court authority.

The book sheds new light on why some courts enjoy enduring authority and others face pushback, offering powerful tools for understanding the behaviour of international courts and their audiences.

Torres Pérez: Balancing International Judicial Independence: Legal and Political Constraints in Regional Courts

Aida Torres Pérez (Pompeu Fabra Univ. - Law) has published Balancing International Judicial Independence: Legal and Political Constraints in Regional Courts (Oxford Univ. Press 2026). Here's the abstract:

Regional courts increasingly shape domestic law and policy, raising pressing questions about their democratic legitimacy. Balancing International Judicial Independence offers a groundbreaking framework for reconciling judicial independence with legitimate checks on judicial power. While independence is essential for courts to function, unchecked authority can be equally problematic. This book advances a nuanced approach that incorporates accountability and oversight without compromising independence.

Part One introduces a conceptual framework for international judicial independence, tailored to the unique institutional and political contexts of regional courts and avoiding the uncritical application of domestic models. It draws on comparative analysis of courts in Europe and the Americas, including the European Court of Human Rights, the European Court of Justice, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights, and the Andean Tribunal of Justice.

Part Two explores the normative foundations for constraining judicial power, examining legal accountability mechanisms and adapting the principle of checks and balances to the international sphere. Political constraints are reconceptualized as forms of institutional interdependence within a refined checks and balances framework.

Part Three tackles the implications of using checks and balances as a normative guiding principle and critically analyses national and regional institutional sources of constraint on selected courts, as well as specific mechanisms like judicial selection, political override, and non-compliance.

Filling a critical gap in the literature, this book provides a principled framework for scholars, practitioners, and policymakers to assess existing arrangements and guide institutional design in international adjudication.

New Issue: Global Constitutionalism

The latest issue of Global Constitutionalism (Vol. 15, no. 2, July 2026) is out. Contents include:

• Marleen Maria Kappé & Jerfi Uzman, The drunken dinner guest of democratic politics: Constitutional conventions and populism as a transgressive political style
• Donald Bello Hutt, The deliberative right to constitutional silence
• Nidhi Sharma, The quasi-federal constitution? Taxonomical influences on interpretation of federalism in India
• Steffen Ganghof, Taking democracy seriously: A theory and global typology of democratic forms of government
• Thora Giallouri & Elli Menounou, Judicial globalization from below: Nonjudicial actors and transnational legal communication
• Luiza Tavares da Motta, Out of ‘time out of mind’: The emotional experience of time and the English constitution between the seventeenth and nineteenth centuries
• Niels Petersen, Equality and its discontents: On the diversity of equality doctrines in comparative perspective
• Bastian Loges & Anja P. Jakobi, Stabilising contested normative orders: how international city networks contribute to preventing norm decay
• David Owen, Lifeboat governance on Spaceship Earth

New Issue: Polish Review of International and European Law

The latest issue of the Polish Review of International and European Law (Vol. 15, no. 1, 2026) is out. Contents include:

• Studies
• Lei Di, The Applicability of International Human Rights Law in Climate Change: All or Nothing at All?
• Luciano Pezzano, Legal Consequences of Breaches of Peremptory Norms in the ICJ’s Advisory Opinions: Jus Cogens or Erga Omnes?
• Zénó Suller, Strategic Litigation Before the ICJ: A Case for an Advisory Opinion to Anchor the Ukraine Special Tribunal in the Rule of Law for a Meaningful Prosecution
• Articles
• Radosław Kołatek, Scaling up the Energy Transition in the EU in View of EU Legislation between 2020-2024
• Raúl Zeyi Huang, Applier, Interpreter, and Judicial Codifier: the Three Climate Advisory Opinions, Sustainable Development, and International Judicial Legitimacy
• Case Comments
• Tomasz Srogosz, Comments on the ICJ Advisory Opinion on Obligations of States in Respect of Climate Change on 23 July 2025
• Robert Tabaszewski, Comments on the Judgment of the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights in Tsaava and Others v. Georgia on 11 December 2025. Kinetic Impact Projectiles, Journalistic Protection and Effective Investigations in Crisis Situations
• Kamil Strzępek, Comments on the Judgment of the European Court of Human Rights in the Case Georgia v. Russia (IV) (Just Satisfaction) of 14 October 2025. “Just Satisfaction in Inter-State Cases: a Doctrine in the Making”

Krisch, Yildiz, & Martínez Esponda: Change in International Law: Paths, Processes, Power

Nico Krisch (Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies), Ezgi Yildiz (Bowdoin College), & Pedro Martínez Esponda (Universidad Iberoamericana Ciudad de México) have published Change in International Law: Paths, Processes, Power (Oxford Univ. Press 2026). Here's the abstract:

How does international law change? How does it adapt to new contexts and meet new challenges? The typical answer to these questions makes international law appear rather static, due to high hurdles for change and formal rules that require widespread agreement among states. In reality, however, change is far more common: new legal norms and understandings are generated constantly through the practices of legal actors. This book explores these actual, often gradual processes of international legal change. Combining qualitative analysis and statistical examination of data derived from twenty-five cases across eight subfields, the book offers the most systematic study to date of international legal change in practice beyond treaty-making. It approaches international law as a discursive process characterized by distinctive, socially constructed communities and authorities, and identifies five distinct paths through which legal change occurs. These paths shape who can act, how change is framed, and whether and under what conditions it gains traction, and they—and their relative weight—vary heavily across the different areas of international law. On these paths, change comes about in ways which defy common expectations of a state-centric international law: the analysis presented in the book shows that the success of change attempts depends less on broad state support or even the support of major powers, but to a greater extent on support from authorities and institutions in the respective fields. The result is an international law that may not be dynamic enough to cope with the speed of change in today’s accelerated world, but one that is significantly more dynamic than is usually assumed.

New Issue: Michigan Journal of International Law

The latest issue of the Michigan Journal of International Law (Vol. 47, no. 2, 2026) is out. Contents include:

• Ryan Liss, Human Rights, Between Peace and Dignity
• Damian A. Gonzalez-Salzberg & Eoin Campbell, ‘Insistent’ Objectors: The (Ab)use of Procedural Defenses Before the International Court of Justice
• Caroline L. Davidson, The Gender of International Criminal Law

Call for Papers: Refracting Lotus: Jurisdiction as a Kaleidoscope of International Law

The Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law has issued a call for papers for a conference on "Refracting Lotus: Jurisdiction as a Kaleidoscope of International Law," to take place February 25-26, 2027, in Heidelberg. The call is here.

Call for Session Ideas: 2027 ASIL Annual Meeting

The American Society of International Law has issued a call for session ideas for its 121th Annual Meeting, which will take place April 14-16, 2027, in Washington, DC. The conference theme is: "International Law for the United States and the World." The deadline is August 5, 2026. The call is here.

New Issue: Cambridge International Law Journal

The latest issue of the Cambridge International Law Journal (Vol. 15, no. 1, 2026) is out. Contents include:

• Alison Duxbury, Applying human rights law to the ‘characteristics of military life’: square pegs and round holes?
• David McKeever, The International Court of Justice and international counter-terrorism law: impact to date and the potential for more
• Carmen Bullón Caro, One Health in public international law: integration, soft law and due diligence
• José Rogelio Gutiérrez Álvarez, State recognition as a bargaining chip: limits and objections
• Antoine Comont, From shield to sword: countervailing and anti-dumping duties as protectionist weapons

Conference: Africa and the future of international economic law: Navigating geopolitical realignments, sustainability imperatives and technological disruptions

The 8th Biennial Conference of the African International Economic Law Network (AfIELN) will take place June 24-26, 2026, at University Mohammed VI Polytechnic, Rabat, Morocco. The theme is: "Africa and the future of international economic law: Navigating geopolitical realignments, sustainability imperatives and technological disruptions." Details are here.

Webinar: The Future of the United Nations Organisation, If Any (Reminder)

On June 24, 2026, a fourth webinar will be held in the ESIL Conversations series “Multilateralism in Times of Unilateralism.” The topic is: “The Future of the United Nations Organisation, If Any.” Details are here.

New Issue: Swiss Review of International and European Law

The latest issue of the Swiss Review of International and European Law (2026, no. 2) is out. Contents include:

• Special Issue: International Law and Technology
• Mariela de Amstalden, Andreas R. Ziegler, Introduction to the Special Issue: International Law and Technology
• Thomas Cottier, Technology and the Law
• Juan Pablo Gómez Moreno, Invisible Bias at the Border: Algorithmic Discrimination and the Erosion of Equality in Cross-Border Digital Trade María Vásquez Callo-Müller, Digital Services Trade and Intellectual Property: Surveying the Ground in Free Trade Agreements
• Karen Sandoval, David v. Goliath in the Digital Age: Safeguarding Women’s Rights from AI’s Power

Vázquez Guevara: Truth Commissions and International Law: Jurisdiction, Representation, Authority

Valeria Vázquez Guevara (Univ. of Hong Kong - Law) has published Truth Commissions and International Law: Jurisdiction, Representation, Authority (Cambridge Univ. Press 2026). Here's the abstract:

This book examines how truth commissions construct authoritative accounts of conflict, and how they account for the plurality of accounts across affected communities. Vázquez Guevara examines three of the earliest and most influential truth commissions: Argentina (1983–1984), Chile (1990–1991), and El Salvador (1992–1993), and examines how relevant cultural objects support or counter the official account for each. In doing so, she argues that these truth commissions drew on international law to authorise their accounts of violent conflict, and that this had the consequence of privileging an internationally-authorised truth over other truths, whilst simultaneously strengthening the authority of international law over the post-conflict state. By demonstrating how truth commissions turn to international law for authority, the book shows how this produces an official account of past violence and promises of future community, which fundamentally affects how communities live together in the aftermath of violent conflict.

Job Opening: Assistant Professor of International Law (Geneva Graduate Institute)

The Geneva Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies is recruiting an assistant professor of international law with a demonstrated interest in issues related to global health. The deadline for applications is August 16, 2026. Details and how to apply can be found here.

New Issue: Nordic Journal of International Law

The latest issue of the Nordic Journal of International Law (Vol. 95, no. 1, 2026) is out. Contents include:

• Hans Corell, The Fifth Hilding Eek Memorial Lecture: The UN Security Council and the Rule of Law
• Johan Rochel, Encoded Normativity: Designing Large Language Models for International Law
• Åsa Gustafsson, EU Sanctions Measures’ Increasing Extraterritoriality: The EU’s ‘No Re-export’ to Russia Clause and Other Recent Circumvention Measures
• Gaiane Nuridzhanian, The Special Tribunal for the Crime of Aggression Against Ukraine: Jurisdiction, Immunities and Due Process
• Hadi Strømmen Lile, The Legal Validity of Treaty Rules on the Aims and Content of Education and the Nature of State Obligations in Relation to These Norms

Call for Papers: JIEL Junior Faculty Forum for International Economic Law

A call for papers has been issued for the Journal of International Economic Law's sixth annual Junior Faculty Forum for International Economic Law. The call is here. The deadline is June 30, 2026.

New Issue: Leiden Journal of International Law

The latest issue of the Leiden Journal of International Law (Vol. 39, no. 2, June 2026) is out. Contents include:

• International Legal Theory
• Samantha Besson, In what sense are international organizations ‘public’? A plea for an international public law of organization
• Michal Saliternik & Sivan Shlomo Agon, International law and time between three paradigms
• Caitlin Murphy, Logistics as jurisdiction: International development, the energy transition and legal ordering through supply chains
• International Law and Practice
• Henrique Marcos, Rohan Nanda, & Júlia Schütz Veiga, Marine genetic resources, who owns and who owes what? A Hohfeldian mapping of legal positions on MGRs
• Didac Amat, The Paris Agreement’s temperature goal: An obligation of due diligence to protect the 1.5°C threshold
• José Rogelio Gutiérrez Álvarez, On reading travaux: Factors to consider when interpreting a treaty’s preparatory work
• Akinwumi Ogunranti, No one is coming to save you — A quest for Africanizing Business and Human Rights
• Shahab Saqib, Avoiding the semantic conundrum of the Race Convention through the forms of racial discrimination
• Jinú Carvajalino, In search of well-crafted amnesties: The emergence of a new jurisprudence on amnesty
• International Court of Justice
• Kheda Djanaralieva, Prolonged occupation of Palestine by Israel: A violation of occupation law or an abuse of it?
• International Criminal Courts and Tribunals
• Rosemary Grey, Reproductive violence against child soldiers

Volovelsky & Agon: Decentralized Autonomous Organizations and the Anti-Money Laundering Challenge: Rethinking Global Frameworks for a Leaderless World

Uri Volovelsky (Israeli Ministry of Justice) & Sivan Shlomo Agon (Bar-Ilan Univ. - Law) have published Decentralized Autonomous Organizations and the Anti-Money Laundering Challenge: Rethinking Global Frameworks for a Leaderless World (Harvard National Security Journal, Vol. 17, no. 2, 2026). Here's the abstract:

Decentralized Autonomous Organizations (DAOs) are blockchain-based entities that operate without centralized management or shareholders, enabling worldwide token holders the option of participating in their governance through self-executing smart contracts. With approximately fifty thousand DAOs controlling over $30 billion in assets, these organizations offer unprecedented efficiency and global collaboration, enabling stakeholders to participate and contribute to the operation of DAOs regardless of their jurisdiction or physical presence. DAOs, however, also present significant legal and regulatory challenges, particularly concerning liability, contractual enforcement, tax obligations, and oversight. Their decentralized and fluid structure makes it substantively difficult for any single country—including powerful actors such as the United States and the European Union—to assert jurisdiction or exercise regulatory authority over such organizations. In addition to governance considerations, the decentralized, pseudonymous, and borderless structure of DAOs may be exploited for unlawful purposes, most notably money laundering.

This Article examines how DAOs, particularly within the decentralized finance sector, facilitate anonymous cross-border transactions that pose novel and significant money laundering risks. By analyzing existing regulatory responses in major jurisdictions including the United States and the European Union, as well as efforts by key international organizations such as the Financial Action Task Force, the International Monetary Fund, and the United Nations, the Article demonstrates that prevailing regulatory frameworks and enforcement models cannot adequately respond to the distinct challenges presented by DAOs. This regulatory vacuum poses significant risks to global financial stability, the integrity of the financial systems, and core national-security interests, including the prevention of sanctions evasion, counterterrorism and proliferation financing, and the deduction and disruption of state-sponsored, cyber-enabled illicit finance. Accordingly, the Article proposes a novel, modular, risk-based, global anti-money laundering framework tailored to DAOs’ unique operational realities. The proposed framework aligns with principles of functional equivalence, technological neutrality, and transnational cooperation, offering a more effective means of addressing DAO-related, anti-money laundering risks while preserving space for innovation.

Call for Submissions: Securitisation of Supply Chains: Critical Raw Materials Between Energy Security and the Green Transition

The Journal of Law, Market and Innovation has issued a call for submissions for a special section on "Securitisation of Supply Chains: Critical Raw Materials Between Energy Security and the Green Transition." The call is here.

Call for Papers: International Cooperation under the European Convention on Human Rights

A call for papers has been issued for a conference on "International Cooperation under the European Convention on Human Rights. Sources, Limits, and Enforceability of State Obligations," to be held on October 15-16, 2026, at the University of Liverpool School of Law and Social Justice. The call is here.

Call for Papers: Brooklyn Law School Roundtable in International Business Law

A call for papers has been issued for Brooklyn Law School's 2026 Roundtable in International Business Law, to be held on October 9. The call is here.

Call for Papers: Theorising the New Age of Environmental Human Rights Law

A call for papers has been issued for a conference on "Theorising the New Age of Environmental Human Rights Law," to be held September 17–18, 2026, in Lancaster. The conference will include a dedicated roundtable session highlighting the work of postgradate researchers. The call is here.

New Issue: International Legal Materials

The latest issue of International Legal Materials (Vol. 65, no. 3, June 2026) is out. Contents include:

• Int’l Health Regulations (2005) as amended 2014, 2022, and 2024 (W.H.O.), with introductory note by Gian Luca Burci
• Confirmation of Charges in Absentia against Kony (Int’l Crim. Ct. Pre-Trial Chamber III), with introductory note by Andrew Boyle
• Ruling No. 684 B+R3 (Cass.), with introductory note by Apollin Koagne Zouapet

Arpi: Shaping the Ice: Argentina and Australia’s Contributions to Antarctic Law

Bruno Agustin Arpi (Adelaide Univ. - Law) has published Shaping the Ice: Argentina and Australia’s Contributions to Antarctic Law (Springer 2026). Here's the abstract:

This book examines the crucial role of Antarctic legal studies in managing present and future geopolitical tensions in Antarctica. Specifically focusing on Argentina and Australia's historical contributions, it examines key moments of crisis in Antarctic history to assess their impact on Antarctic law development. By analysing these nations' responses to critical situations, the book extracts valuable lessons on how they can effectively use Antarctic law to navigate current and future geopolitical challenges. Furthermore, the book offers seven practical recommendations for Argentina and Australia to enhance Antarctic law, ensuring its efficacy in addressing these challenges.

Readers will not only gain a comprehensive understanding of Argentina and Australia's historical roles in shaping Antarctic law but also appreciate the pivotal role of this legal framework in maintaining order, stability, and cooperation in the Antarctic region. The book's insights are invaluable for policymakers, scholars, and anyone interested in the sustainable governance of Antarctica, emphasizing the significance of international collaboration in preserving this unique and vital environment.

New Issue: Virginia Journal of International Law

The latest issue of the Virginia Journal of International Law (Vol. 66, no. 2, 2026) is out. Contents include:

• Philip Sales, The Past and the Future of the European Court of Human Rights
• Trent Buatte, From Deep Freeze to Seize: The Legal Case for Confiscating Russian Sovereign Assets for Ukraine
• Jayanth K. Krishnan, The Forgotten Lawyer: Donor Aid and Rule of Law Efforts in Our Current Political Moment

New Issue: Netherlands International Law Review

The latest issue of the Netherlands International Law Review (Vol. 72, no. 3, December 2025) is out. Contents include:

• Climate Change Litigation: International Legal Perspectives
• Denise Prévost, Machiko Kanetake, & Jan Wouters, Climate Change Litigation: International Legal Perspectives
• Dominic Coppens & Nicolas Lockhart, Wayfinders for Climate Change Action: The ICJ, ITLOS, and IACtHR Advisory Opinions on Climate Change
• Roman Girma Teshome, Rethinking the Determination of Victim Status in Rights-based Climate Change Litigation
• Antoine De Spiegeleir, International Law After KlimaSeniorinnen
• Beichen Ding, Extraterritorial Climate Change Obligations and Their Implications for Unilateral Climate-related Trade Measures
• Isabela Keuschnigg, Clemens Kaupa, Joana Setzer, L. Delta Merner, Kaia Turowski, Paul Lachapelle, Allison Shyrock & Aradhna Tandon, Integrating Scope 3 Emissions into Corporate Climate Change Litigation: Evolution, Challenges, and Responses
• Aydin Mehdi Khani Saatlou, Reza Tajarlou, & Alireza Kheirandish, Caspian Sea Water Transfer Project: International Law Considerations and Implications
• Who is Afraid of Choice-of-Court Agreements in Domestic Cases? The Inkreal Case and Beyond Aleksandrs Fillers

AJIL Unbound Symposium: Exploring Extraterritoriality’s Empire

AJIL Unbound has posted a symposium on “Exploring Extraterritoriality’s Empire.” The symposium includes an introduction by Md. Rizwanul Islam and Hannah L. Buxbaum, and contributions by Md. Rizwanul Islam , Angela Huyue Zhang, Gillian MacNeil, Pasha L. Hsieh, Alejandro Chehtman, Rosemary Ann Byrne, and Danielle Ireland-Piper.

New Issue: Journal on the Use of Force and International Law

The latest issue of the Journal on the Use of Force and International Law (Vol. 13, no. 1, 2026) is out. Contents include:

• Hannah Woolaver, Collective self-defence or military action with consent? The legal basis of SADC’s mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
• Achille Castrogiovanni, NATO’s ACC and CPC stay-behind networks: Article 2(4), collective self-defence, and democratic control
• Sungcheol Choi, The legal status of the NLL and the right of self-defense against North Korea’s cross-NLL artillery fire
• Faisal Al-A’bbadi & Mohammad Assaf Alsalamat, Reassessing the role of the United Nations Security Council in peaceful conflict resolution: legality, efficacy, and reform
• Victor Iruobe & Ikpenmosa Uhumuavbi, Retaliatory sovereignty: Israel, Iran, and the juridification of existential threat
• Ahmed Elmohtadybellah, Iran’s strike on U.S. forces in Qatar: self-defense or aggression? A doctrinal appraisal under the UN charter and the Rome statute

Kwiecień: Relational Normativity of International Law: General International Law and the International Legal Order

Roman Kwiecień (Jagiellonian Univ. in Kraków - Law) has published Relational Normativity of International Law: General International Law and the International Legal Order (Routledge 2026). Here's the abstract:

This book provides a comprehensive assessment of general international law and its normative relevance to the international legal order. The relevance of general international law to the international legal order is founded on a concept of the relational normativity of international law. The book demonstrates how relational normativity is an intrinsic feature of international law that characterises it as a legal order. It argues that this is of crucial importance for the sources of international law as well as for normative conflicts between its rules and principles. Making a strong case for positing general international law as the core of international law, the book argues this is a basis of normative unity, an effective remedy for fragmentation, and a useful guide to areas of normative conflicts of special legal regimes. Thus, it offers an analytical lens for understanding how unity and coherence can be maintained within an increasingly complex and specialised international legal landscape.

Call for Papers: Choosing the Bench – Selection and Standards in International Adjudication

A call for papers has been issued for an expert meeting on "Choosing the Bench – Selection and Standards in International Adjudication," to be held September 9, 2026, at Utrecht University. The call is here. The deadline is June 19, 2026.

New Issue: International Organization

The latest issue of International Organization (Vol. 80, no. 2, Spring 2026) is out. Contents include:

• Articles
• Justin Key Canfil, Convergent Flexibility: How International Law Keeps Pace with Technological Change
• Brandon J Kinne, Juan F. Tellez, Anya Stewart, Iliyan Iliev, Brandon Derr, Shreya Murthy, & Patrick Bernhard, Transnational Networks and Interstate Competition: How Support for Nonstate Actors Increases Conflict between States
• Gino Pauselli & Beth A. Simmons, From Barriers to Abuse: Border Hardening and Torture
• Research Notes
• Amy Pond, Asset Mobility and Property Rights
• Hannah Jakob Barrett & Eric Gabo Ekeberg Nilsen, How Threats of American Withdrawal from NATO Affect European Public Attitudes Toward Defense
• Fahd Humayun, Tweets to the Streets? Effects of a Leader’s Social Media Messaging on Nationalist Mobilization
• Caroline M. Brandt & Jenniina Kotajoki, Naming and Shaming Nonstate Armed Groups at the United Nations Security Council

Inaugural Issue: African Review of International Law

The inaugural issue of the African Review of International Law (Inaugural Issue, June 2026) is out. Contents include:

• Maurice Kamto, Editorial: A Look at Africa and International Law
• Maurice Kamto, Editorial: Regard sur l'Afrique et le Droit International
• Makane Moïse Mbengue, Introductory Remarks
• Yves Daudet, Il Faut Faire Confiance à l’Afrique !
• Bing Bing Jia, Reflections on a Recent African Contribution to International Law
• Mario J.A. Oyarzábal, African Jurists in the Four International Legal Institutions: IDI, Hague Academy, ICJ and ILC. A Survey and Comparative Study with Other Regions
• Namira Negm, Africa and International Law: A Quick Look into Practice, Collaborative Processes, and Institutional Adaptation
• Giuditta Cordero-Moss, The Legal Framework for Arbitration in Africa: Issues of Applicable Law
• Yuko Nishitani, Private International Law and Child Protection From The Perspective of Africa
• Grégoire Jiogue, La Réception des Règles de Droit International Privé Français en Afrique Noire Francophone
• August Reinisch & Maria José Escobar Gil, The Wealth of Regional Courts in Africa: An Outsider’s Perspective
• Laurence Boisson de Chazournes, International Watercourses, Boundary Delimitation and Human Needs: An African Perspective
• Nilufer Oral, Sea Level Rise, Implication for Africa And The Work of the International Law Commission
• Linos-Alexandre Sicilianos, Réflexions sur la Dimension Humaine du Droit International dans le Contexte Actuel
• Dire Tladi, Intertemporal Law and the Denial of Justice