New Issue: International Journal of Marine and Coastal Law

The latest issue of the International Journal of Marine and Coastal Law (Vol. 41, no. 3, 2026) is out. Contents include:

• Special Issue: Reimagining Ocean Governance
• Richard Barnes, Joanna Mossop, & Ruby Moynihan Magsig, Reimagining Ocean Law
• Joanna Mossop & Bastiaan E. Klerk, The Transformative Potential of the BBNJ Agreement
• Maïa CN Perraudeau & Osvaldo Urrutia S, Regional Fisheries Management Organisations and the BBNJ Agreement: An Opportunity for Evolution in Mitigating the Ecological Impacts of Fishing?
• Ruby Moynihan Magsig, Normative Seepage: Advancing the Ecosystem Approach to Area-based Management in the South Pacific through Bridging the BBNJ Agreement and SPRFMO
• Ruby Moynihan Magsig, Carwyn Jones, & Sandra Kubalek, The Transformative Potential of Rights of Nature and Its Relationship to Indigenous Peoples’ Approaches to Ocean Law Insights from Aotearoa New Zealand
• Richard Barnes, Human Rights or Human Responsibilities: Rebalancing Ocean Governance
• Sofie Waterman Quist, Reimagining Ocean Laws from the Shore: Lessons from Indigenous Peoples’ Struggles against Salmon Farming in Sápmi and Fütawillimapu
• Bastiaan Ewoud Klerk, Ecological Dynamism and the Law of the Sea: Spatial, Ecosystemic, and Anthropogenic Variability
• César Soares de Oliveira, On the ‘Death’ of the Law of the Sea Convention: Critical Reflections on the Limits of the Living Treaty Approach

Sarkin: Intersectionality and Environmental Justice for Indigenous Peoples and Minorities: A Comparative Assessment of the Role of National Courts

Jeremy Julian Sarkin (Univ. of London - School of Advanced Study) has published Intersectionality and Environmental Justice for Indigenous Peoples and Minorities: A Comparative Assessment of the Role of National Courts (Routledge 2026). Here's the abstract:

This book presents a deeply researched, extensively referenced, innovative, and critical socio-legal analysis of how the concept of intersectionality could be used more effectively by national courts in environmental justice cases, especially concerning minorities and Indigenous Peoples.

A wide range of environmental injustices are being committed against minorities and Indigenous Peoples around the world. In response, this book provides an overview of the problems faced by these groups globally, showing how an intersectional approach offers important benefits. Examining a range of environmental justice court cases - covering the United States, South Africa, Canada, Australia, and Israel - the book offers a comparative analysis of how intersectionality has been, or could be used, to approach such cases, identifying ways in which these issues can be more effectively addressed. In doing so, it demonstrates the value of intersectionality for achieving environmental justice for Indigenous Peoples and minorities. The work integrates knowledge and methods from a range of disciplines, drawing from both the social sciences and the natural sciences. The benefit of this approach is the creation of intellectual engagement across multiple disciplines, leading to a deeper understanding of the issues.

Call for Submissions: ASIL Interest Group Prizes

The American Society of International Law's International Criminal Law Interest Group and International Legal Theory Interest Group have issued their calls for submission for thier annual scholarship prizes. The International Legal Theory Interest Group's call is here. For the International Criminal Law Interest Group's call, email Mailyn.Fidler@law.unh.edu.

Expert Roundtable: US Sanctions against the ICC: Responses and Resilience

On November 9, 2026, Global Law at Reading, School of Law, University of Reading, will host an online expert roundtable on "US Sanctions against the ICC: Responses and Resilience." Details, including registration, are here.

Workshop: The EU-Mercosur Partnership Agreement: Perspectives from the EU and Latin America

On November 10, 2026, a workshop on "The EU-Mercosur Partnership Agreement: Perspectives from the EU and Latin America" will be held in São Paulo and online. Details are here.

Workshop: Security Concerns in International Law: Recent Trends and Challenges

On November 30-December 1, 2026, the Italian Yearbook of International Law will hold a workshop on “Security Concerns in International Law: Recent Trends and Challenges” at the University of Milan. Details are here.

New Issue: Ocean Development & International Law

The latest issue of Ocean Development & International Law (Vol. 57, no. 4, 2026) is out. Contents include:

• Holly Leung, “Peaceful Purposes” in the BBNJ Agreement: The Interpretation and Significance of Article 11(7)
• Chengyu Wang & Jinpeng Wang, Beyond Article 303 of UNCLOS: Interpreting and Reconstructing Coastal State Jurisdiction over Underwater Cultural Heritage in the Contiguous Zone
• Apostolos Tsiouvalas & Manon Rosenthal, Cryopower Unfrozen: No Carte Blanche under International Law for Sea Ice Geoengineering to Restore the Arctic Ocean
• Mehmet Odabaşı & Gökey Saraçyakupoğlu, The Overlooked Type of Piracy: An Assessment of UNCLOS Article 101(a)(ii) and its Contemporary Applicability

New Issue: Human Rights Quarterly

The latest issue of the Human Rights Quarterly (Vol. 48, no. 4, November 2026) is out. Contents include:

• Zehra F. Kabasakal Arat, Decline of Democracy in Class and Identity Politics: A Human Rights Theory of Democracy
• Denis G. Arnold, Structural Coercion and Sweatshop Exploitation
• Christina Zampas, Jaime M. Gher, & Fiona de Londras, The Right to Abortion in International Human Rights Law
• Margot E. Salomon, Indivisible Rights in Radically Unequal Society: Plural Epistemologies, Democratic Renewal, and the Making of a Holistic Jurisprudence
• Javeria Shams, Intersection of Gender, Caste, and Religion: Forced Religious Conversion of Hindu Women in Pakistan
• Lili Song, Skirting International Law or Unlawful? China's Pursuit of Forced Repatriation of Certain Chinese Refugees from Other Countries

Webinar: Teaching and Experiencing International Law Through Legal Clinics

On October 30, 2026, the European Society of International Law will host a webinar on "Teaching and Experiencing International Law Through Legal Clinics." This event, part of the ESIL Teaching Corner Webinar Series, will convene academics engaged in clinical legal education to explore the opportunities and challenges of using legal clinics as a participatory methodology for teaching international law. Details are here.

Sellers, Contesse, & Tourkochoriti: Comparative Enforcement of International Law

Mortimer Sellers (Univ. of Baltimore), Jorge Contesse (Rutgers Univ.), & Ioanna Tourkochoriti (Univ. of Baltimore) have published Comparative Enforcement of International Law (Edward Elgar Publishing 2026). Here's the abstract:

This comprehensive Research Handbook provides an outline of how the norms of international law are enforced and evaded by national and international authorities. Leading experts explore how international law is and ought to be enforced, in support of a more legitimate, effective, and just global order. The book addresses the enforcement of human rights law, the law of armed conflict, international criminal law, international environmental law, international economic law, and the law of the sea across jurisdictions, drawing on case studies from Asia, Africa, Europe, and North and South America.

Conference: 2026 ASIL Midyear Meeting

On November 5-7, 2026, the American Society of International Law will hold its Midyear Meeting in Santa Clara. Program and registration are here.

New Issue: La Comunità Internazionale

The latest issue of La Comunità Internazionale (Vol. 81, no. 3, 2026) is out. Contents include:

• Articoli e Saggi
• Ivan Ingravallo, La risoluzione 2803 su Gaza e i limiti del sistema di sicurezza collettiva dell’ONU
• Mouhamed Cissé, Le Conseil de Paix: de l’indépendance fictive à l’organisation «fantoche»?
• Diego Zannoni, Is a Just War Conceivable Under Current International Law?
• Carlo Jr. Iannotti, La fine del sistema rule-based: anatomia della paralisi dell’Organo di appello dell’OMC
• Osservatorio Diritti Umani
• Giorgia Pane, Condotta responsabile d’impresa in contesti di conflitto armato: il difficile bilanciamento fra permanenza e uscita alla luce della Heightened Human Rights Due Diligence
• Osservatorio Europeo
• Gabriele Ganfi, La direttiva UE anticorruzione del 2026 e l’abrogazione italiana dell’abuso di ufficio: profili di compatibilità e recepimento
• Note e Commenti
• Antonio J. Palma, Riflessioni critiche sugli atti finali del G7 di Évian 2026
• Martina Lillo, The Role of Transgenerational Justice for Sustainability: Challenges and Prospects in Global Governance for the Future

Milo: Equality of Parties in International Adjudication: The Quest for a General Principle in Asymmetric Proceedings

Caterina Milo (Univ. of Rome Tor Vergata) has published Equality of Parties in International Adjudication: The Quest for a General Principle in Asymmetric Proceedings (Brill | Nijhoff 2026). Here's the abstract:

This book provides an in-depth analysis of equality of parties in international adjudication beyond the conventional interstate framework. It challenges the idea that party equality in international proceedings simply follows from sovereign equality and demonstrates that this assumption is ill-suited to disputes involving private actors. It argues that equality can be protected in asymmetric proceedings between states or international organizations and private entities, even when the parties are not formally equal in the international legal order. Drawing on investor-state arbitration, regional human rights courts, and international administrative tribunals, the book identifies a common legal foundation for equality of parties in a general principle of international law derived from national approaches to administrative adjudication.

New Issue: The Law and Practice of International Courts and Tribunals

The latest issue of The Law and Practice of International Courts and Tribunals (Vol. 24, no. 3, 2025) is out. Contents include:

• Brian McGarry, On Interstitial Justice: the Application of Amended Rules of Court in Pending ICJ Cases
• Lena Raxter, Scientific Issues at the International Court of Justice: Utilizing Court-Appointed Expert Assistance in Complex Scientific Disputes
• Noam Morris, The Recueil des Cours de l’Académie de La Haye in States’ Pleadings before the International Court of Justice: An Empirical Analysis
• Mikayla Perry, Third-State Intervention in the Provisional Measures Phase before the International Court of Justice
• Ori Pomson, Removal from the General List: Sudan v. United Arab Emirates and Beyond
• Alberto Alvarez-Jimenez, Non-Reimbursable Foreign Aid as a Factor for Reducing War Reparations in Inter-State Adjudication

New Issue: Chinese Journal of International Law

The latest issue of the Chinese Journal of International Law (Vol. 25, no. 3, September 2026) is out. Contents include:

• Articles
• Alexey Ilin & Wei Shen, Svalbard Treaty Model for Celestial Bodies: Reconciling Sovereignty with Global Commons
• Liang Yu & Bo Chen, The Evolution of Human Rights Law in the Context of Climate Change
• Current Developments
• Zuo Haicong, Yang Yueyi, & Wang Geng, Changes in the Regulatory System: China’s New Export Control Law and Reshaped Legal Landscape
• Comment and Review Essay
• Yury Rovnov, Celsius 1.5: Reflections on the ICJ’s “Primary Temperature Goal” Under The Paris Agreement

New Issue: International Community Law Review

The latest issue of the International Community Law Review (Vol. 28, nos. 5-6, 2026) is out. Contents include:

• Special Issue: Arms, Peace and Sustainability: At the Frontiers of International Law on Arms Transfer and Arms Control
• Sondra Faccio & Marco Pertile, Arms, Peace and Sustainability: At the Frontiers of International Law on Arms Transfer and Arms Control
• Luigi Crema & Antonio Mariconda, Strengthening State Accountability for Wrongful Arms Exports: the Role of the ECHR
• Angelica Bonfanti & Marco Fasciglione, Human Rights Due Diligence in the Regulation of the Arms Industry: a Critical Assessment
• Sondra Faccio & Giulia Cagol, FDIs in the Arms Industry: The Interplay between Investment Law and Arms Trade Regulation
• Silvia Bortolato & Filomena Medea Tulli, Autonomous Weapons Systems and the Arms Trade Treaty
• Stefano Silingardi & Niccolò Zugliani, The Threat or Use of Tactical Nuclear Weapons through the Lens of Sustainable Development

New Issue: Global Governance: A Review of Multilateralism and International Institutions

The latest issue of Global Governance: A Review of Multilateralism and International Institutions (Vol. 32, no. 3, 2026) is out. Contents include:

• Jean-Pierre Lacroix, ACUNS Lecture in Honour of Kofi Annan - UN Peacekeeping in a Divided World: Achievements and Challenges
• Adriana Abdenur, ACUNS Annual Meeting Keynote Address - A Multipolar World Is Not Something to Mourn
• Elise Doumergue & Hussam Hussein, Beyond Membership: Why Do States Seek Observer Status in Regional Organizations?
• The Global Forum
• Jonathan R. Everhart, Challenges of the OECD’s Tax Governance Regime Leading to the United Nations’ ‘(Re)entry’ into International Tax Law Governance
• Hendry Roris P. Sianturi, Uud Wahyudin, Budi Nugraha, & Reddy Anggara, The BRICS Sustainability Paradox in Global Governance
• Troy Emilio Smith, AI-Driven Disinformation, Information Integrity, and Global Governance: Challenges and Policy Priorities for the Multilateral System

New Issue: Ocean Development & International Law

The latest issue of Ocean Development & International Law (Vol. 57, no. 3, 2026) is out. Contents include:

• Special Issue: Regime Interaction under the BBNJ Agreement
• Sarah Lothian, Kristine Dalaker & Aline Jaeckel, Regime Interaction under the BBNJ Agreement
• Gabriele Goettsche-Wanli, Who Are the “Relevant IFBs” for the Purposes of the BBNJ Agreement?
• Aldo Chircop, The BBNJ Agreement and IMO: What Role for Maritime Law Instruments and Measures?
• Trung Nguyen & Dawoon Jung, Strengthening the Area-Based Management Tools on the High Seas through Shipping-Related Measures
• Bastiaan Ewoud Klerk, Beyond Undermining: COP Competences to Establish ABMTs and MPAs under the BBNJ Agreement
• Kentaro Nishimoto, The Potential of the “Obligation to Promote” in the BBNJ Agreement to Contribute to a Holistic Governance of Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction
• Warwick Gullett & Neil Craik, Precautionary Environmental Impact Assessments under the BBNJ Agreement: More than a Minor or Transitory Effect on the Marine Environment?
• Youngdawng Moh, Heecheol Yang, Wonhee Kim & Sarah Lothian, Regime Interaction in CBD and BBNJ Environmental Impact Assessments: Normative Framework and Challenges
• Ethan Beringen, Cleaning the High Seas: Environmental Impact Assessments under the BBNJ Agreement and the Removal of Existing Marine Plastic Pollution
• Julia Schütz Veiga, From Definition to Obligation: Interpreting Marine Technology under the BBNJ Agreement to Advance Equity

Cohen: Security and Self-Determination

Harlan Grant Cohen (Fordham Univ. - Law) has posted Security and Self-Determination (Virginia Journal of International Law, forthcoming). Here's the abstract:

Asserting superior expertise, Presidents have long demanded deference in recognizing national security threats. Courts have generally agreed and acceded. But what if "national security" is not an expert subject to be discovered, but instead a manifestation of community values and fears-an act of communal self-definition? Drawing on history and theory, this article argues that the political nature of national security claims has been fundamentally miscast. Understood as matters of self-determination, claims to national security require democratic ratification. Courts should thus approach national security claims not with the deference owed to expert factual determinations but with the scrutiny appropriate to assertions of national identity and communal values. They should function as democracy-forcing institutions, demanding evidence that securitizing moves have been democratically and representatively ratified before accepting them as justifications for exceptional government action.

Ayalew: Between Shut It Off and Keep It On: The Legality of Internet Shutdowns under International Law

Yohannes Eneyew Ayalew has published Between Shut It Off and Keep It On: The Legality of Internet Shutdowns under International Law (Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law, Vol. 59, no. 3, 2026). Here's the abstract:

Internet shutdowns are on the surge across the globe, at least four dozen states-imposed internet shutdowns in 2024 alone, in armed conflicts and other situations. In some states where an authoritarian propensity or “digital sovereignty” reigns, internet shutdowns are being imposed to control political narratives during the conduct of hostilities. These states justify their actions using a “shut it off” argument, claiming that the internet is a luxury and further asserting that access to the internet may be overridden by national security or other justifications. On the other hand, there are states that advance open access to the internet in an uninhibited manner where internet must always be open even during armed conflicts. When the internet is cut off, by whatsoever reasons, they tend to advance the free access of the internet using “keep it on” argument.

This Article first seeks to explore these polarized debates of internet shutdown and then goes on to examine the legality of internet shutdowns under international law, mainly focusing on International Human Rights Law (IHRL) and International Humanitarian Law (IHL). Drawing on insights from the “Three Generations of Digital Human Rights” project, which conceptualizes access to the internet as a standalone new digital right, this Article argues that imposing internet shutdowns during armed conflicts or other situations, without due regard to IHRL and IHL, undermines emerging digital rights, foremost of which is the right of access to the internet. Finally, the Article suggests that states should co-apply both IHRL and IHL before, during, and after the imposition of shutdown measures in situations of armed conflict.

Conference: 55th Annual Conference of the Canadian Council on International Law

The Canadian Council on International Law will hold its 55th Annual Conference on October 29-30, 2026, in Ottawa. The theme is: "Bend, Not Break: Resilience and Evolution of International Law." Program and registration are here.

Call for Papers: 22nd Annual Conference of the European Society of International Law

The European Society of International Law has issued a call for papers for its 22nd Annual Conference, which will take place September 9-11, 2027, at the Universidade Católica Portuguesa, in Lisbon. The theme is: "International Law and Future(s)." The call is here. The deadline is January 31, 2027.

Conference: International Law Weekend 2026

The American Branch of the International Law Association will hold International Law Weekend 2026 in New York City on October 22-24. The theme is "[R]evolution in the International Legal Order." The program is here. Registration is here.

Conference: Communicating for a Better World

On October 21-23, 2026, a conference will be held on "Communicating for a Better World," in New York City and virtually. The conference will "explore how communication can strengthen the United Nations, advance solutions to global issues and create a better world for all." Details are here.

Workshop: The Daily Life of International Law

On October 29, 2026, the British Institute of International & Comparative Law and the SLS International Law section will hold an online workshop on "The Daily Life of International Law." Details are here.