Thursday, April 23, 2026

New Issue: American Journal of International Law

The latest issue of the American Journal of International Law (Vol. 120, no. 2, April 2026) is out. Contents include:
  • Article
    • Jason Yackee, Legal Entrepreneurship and the Invention of Legal Meaning: Revisiting Lord Asquith’s Abu Dhabi Award
  • Current Development
    • Aldo Zammit Borda, Stefan Mandelbaum, & Andrea Maria Pelliconi, The ILC Study on Teachings as Subsidiary Means: Arguments for a Pluralist Reading
  • In Memoriam
    • Adrien Wing, In Memoriam Henry J. Richardson III (1941–2025)
  • International Decisions
    • John H. Knox, Obligations of States in Respect of Climate Change, Advisory Opinion
    • Riccardo Di Marco, Case of The J. Paul Getty Trust and Others v. Italy, Judgment
    • Fabian Eichberger, Angel Samuel Seda and Others v. The Republic of Colombia, Award
    • Yury Rovnov, European Union and Certain Member States — Certain Measures Concerning Palm Oil and Oil Palm Crop-Based Biofuels (Malaysia); European Union — Certain Measures Concerning Palm Oil and Oil Palm Crop-Based Biofuels (Indonesia), Panel Report
    • Arman Sarvarian, Land and Maritime Delimitation and Sovereignty Over Islands (Gabon v. Equatorial Guinea), Judgment
  • Contemporary Practice of the United States Relating to International Law
    • The Security Council Adopts Resolution Endorsing the United States’ “Comprehensive Plan to End the Gaza Conflict”
    • The United States Withdraws Its Participation in the Human Rights Council’s Universal Periodic Review
    • The United States Attacks Venezuela and Abducts President Nicolás Maduro
    • President Trump Instructs the Department of War to Start Testing Nuclear Weapons
    • President Trump Issues Executive Order Providing Qatar with a U.S. Security Guarantee
  • Recent Books on International Law
    • Christian Tams, reviewing A “Constitution for the Oceans”: The Long Hard Road to the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea, by Kirsten Sellars
    • Kristina Daugirdas, reviewing Ways of Seeing International Organisations: New Perspectives for International Institutional Law, edited by Negar Mansouri and Daniel R. Quiroga-Villamarín
    • Afroditi Giovanopoulou, reviewing The New Haven School: American International Law, by Ríán Derrig
    • Rachel Brewster, reviewing Industrial Policy, National Security, and the Perilous Plight of the WTO, by Petros C. Mavroidis

Tuesday, April 21, 2026

Call for Papers: IHL Beyond States: New Patterns, New Spaces, and New Actors in Armed Conflicts

A call for papers has been issued for a conference on "IHL Beyond States: New Patterns, New Spaces, and New Actors in Armed Conflicts," to take place October 16, 2026, at the University of Belgrade Faculty of Political Science. Topics include: The Globalization of Non-International Armed Conflicts; Civilian Protection at the Breaking Point; New Spaces of Conflict: From Cyberspace to the Global Commons; and New Actors in Armed Conflicts. Marco Sassòli (Univ. of Geneva) will deliver a keynote. The call is here.

Monday, April 20, 2026

New Issue: Business and Human Rights Journal

The latest issue of the Business and Human Rights Journal (Vol. 11, no. 1, February 2026) is out. Contents include:
  • Articles
    • Etienne Roy Grégoire, Marc-André Anzueto, Bonnie Campbell, Mélisande Séguin, Nancy R. Tapias Torrado, & Karen Hamilton, ‘Do-it-Yourself FPIC’: The Political Grammar of Canada’s Normative Entrepreneurship in the Global Extractive Sector
    • Leonard Feld, Leading the Way or Crossing the Line? The Extraterritorial Dimension of the EU Directive on Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence
    • Eva Nave, Criminal Hate Speech Attributable to Online Platforms: A Call for a Thorough Corporate Remedial Responsibilities Framework in Europe
    • Naphtali Ukamwa, Towards a Definition of a Sustainable Corporation Under the International Frameworks on Business and Human Rights
  • Developments in the Field Symposium; Business and Human Rights and the arms industry: challenges, prospects, and current dynamics
    • Valentina Azarova, León Castellanos-Jankiewicz, Tomas Hamilton, Cannelle Lavite, & Chloe Bailey, Corporate Accountability in the Arms Sector: Possibilities, Limits, and Visions of Justice
    • Shahd Hammouri, Reckoning With the Paradox of Regulating the Arms Industry: The Context of Palestine
    • Lana Baydas, Human Rights Due Diligence Within the Arms Industry: Challenges, Practices and Opportunities
    • Marina Aksenova, The Arms Industry and International Criminal Liability: Challenging the Status Quo?
    • Michael Marchant & Zenkosi Mathe, ‘Offshoring’ Weapons Production and Implications for Export Controls: Lessons from South Africa
    • Hiruni Alwishewa, Addressing the Human Rights Risks of Financing the Arms Industry: Insights from Banks’ Corporate Policies
    • Emma Baldi, Arms Exports and the Right to Life: The RWM Italia Case
    • Cynthia L. Ebbs, Advancing the Humanitarian Imperative of the Arms Trade Treaty: Public and Private Sector Engagement in Responsible Arms Transfers
    • Antonio Guzmán Mutis, Corporate Duties of the Arms Industry at the Inter-American Court of Human Rights: A Tale of Risk and Attribution
    • Julie Février & Sarra Dajean, Corporate Complicity in International Crimes: Implications of the Lafarge Jurisprudence for the Arms Industry

Sunday, April 19, 2026

Webinar: Toward a Treaty on Protection of Persons in the Event of Disasters

On April 22, 2026, a second webinar will be held in the ESIL Conversations series “Multilateralism in Times of Unilateralism.” The topic is: “Towards a Treaty on Protection of Persons in the Event of Disasters.” Details are here.

New Issue: Global Responsibility to Protect

The latest issue of Global Responsibility to Protect (Vol. 18, nos. 1-2, 2026) is out. Contents include:
  • Articles
    • Md Syful Islam, Were Crimes Against Humanity Committed During the July 2024 Crackdown on Student Protests in Bangladesh? A Legal Analysis
    • Havva Yeşil, The Compatibility of the EU-Turkey Statement with EU Law and International Human Rights Law
    • Jan Hornat, Aporia and Responsibilisation in the Liberal International Order
  • Intervention
    • Helder Ferreira do Vale, The Venezuelan Crisis: From Multilateral R2P to US Unilateral Control