Workshop: State Responsibility in Crisis

On April 30-May 1, 2026, a workshop on "State Responsibility in Crisis" will take place at the University of Bristol. The program is here. The keynote, delivered by Violeta Moreno-Lax, will be streamed online (register here). The plenary panel at the end of the workshop, bringing together the expert discussants from each session, will also be streamed online (register here).

New Issue: International Journal of Marine and Coastal Law

The latest issue of the International Journal of Marine and Coastal Law (Vol. 41, no. 1, 2026) is out. Contents include:

• In Memoriam
• Kristina Maria Gjerde (1957–2025)
• Articles
• Oktawian Kuc, Dispute Settlement under the BBNJ Agreement
• Yubing Shi & Yuan Zhuang, Participation of Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities in the BBNJ Agreement: Legal Basis, Performance, and Prospects
• Jinpeng Wang & Wenqi Jiang, Interplay between the BBNJ Agreement and the Legal Regime of the Arctic High Seas
• Zakieh Taghizadeh & Hoda Asgarian, BBNJ Agreement and Intellectual Property Implications for Marine Genetic Resources Management in ABNJ
• Khaled El Mahmoud, High Sea Freedoms Walking the Plank: Can the Weaknesses of the High Seas Fisheries Regime Be Remedied by the Common Heritage of Humankind?
• Current Legal Developments
• Klaas Willaert, Thoughts on the Recent US Executive Order on Deep Sea Mining: Risky Bluff or Deliberate Violation?
• Warwick Gullett, Clive Schofield, & I Made Andi Arsana, China Declares Straight Baselines around Scarborough Reef
• Yingfeng Shao, Chinese Courts Mandate Carbon Sequestration for Marine Environmental Remediation

New Issue: International Organizations Law Review

The latest issue of the International Organizations Law Review (Vol. 22, no. 3, 2025) is out. Contents include:

• Special Issue: International Organizations Between Mission and Market
• Jan Klabbers, International Organizations between Mission and Market: Editor’s Introduction
• Melissa J Durkee, Privatising International (Organizations) Law
• Tleuzhan Zhunussova, Private Sector Funding in the UN System: Re-thinking the Legitimacy of International Organizations
• Marco Moraes, Legal Aspects of Innovative Finance at UNHCR: The Case of the Global Islamic Fund for Refugees
• Allison O’Neill & Jean Abboud, The Global Fund and the Private Sector: A Steady and Healthy Relationship
• Ukri Soirila, Seeing Like a Firm: International Organizations in the Era of New Public Management
• José Lobo, Through the Looking-Glass: Doing R&D Under International Law
• Sebastián Machado Ramírez, Transformation Costs: The Cases of the World Tourism Organization and Intelsat
• Ayako Hatano, Ethical AI and Business & Human Rights: A Critical Appraisal of UNESCO’s Collaboration with the Private Sector
• Jan Klabbers, Change in International Organizations: The ILO in the Global Political Economy
• Jean d’Aspremont, Some Thoughts on the Invention of Public-Private Thinking
• General Articles
• Rita Guerreiro Teixeira, Reaching Beyond Institutional Boundaries in Fisheries Management—the Case of the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas
• Jacqueline Wood & Domenico Carolei, The OECD Standards on Civil Society: Protecting Civic Space while Making Civil Society Organisations More Accountable
• Kaijun Pan, What’s in a Procedure(s)?—Legal Implications of the General Assembly’s Veto Initiative

New Volume: Japanese Yearbook of International Law

The latest volume of the Japanese Yearbook of International Law (Vol. 68, 2025) is out. Contents include:

• In Memoriam
• Yuji Iwasawa, Judge Shigeru Oda (1924–2025)
• Challenges for Inter-State Dispute Settlement in the Era of Multilateral Disputes
• Dai Tamada, Introductory Note
• Dai Tamada, Inference of Disputes: A Key Element for Multilateralising Dispute Settlement
• Xinjun Zhang, The Judicial Protection of Community Interests at the World Court: Evolution, Progress, and Challenges
• Béatrice Bonafé, The Sound Administration of Justice in Multilateral Dispute Settlement
• Kei Nakajima, Multilateral Evidence-Gathering and Fact-Finding
• Christian J. Tams, Unprecedented “Waves” and “Damp Squibs”: What to Make of the Recent Surge of Interventions in ICJ Proceedings?
• Juliette McIntyre, Legal Effect of Judgments in Multilateral Dispute Settlement
• Alina Miron, The Legal Implications of Advisory Opinions on Dispute Settlement
• Current State and Issues of Japan’s Governance in a Digital and AI-Implemented Society: Focusing on Consumer, Information, and Competition Law
• Emiko Maruyama & Takami Hayashi, Introductory Note
• Takehiro Ohya, Algorithm, Society, and Consumers
• Emiko Maruyama, Personalized Pricing — Intersection of Information Law, Competition Law, and Consumer Law —
• Kaori Ishii, Regulating Dark Patterns — Current Frameworks and Future Directions in Consumer and Information Law —
• Sayako Takizawa, Abuse of a Superior Bargaining Position in Japan: Current Trends Focusing on Digital Platform Regulations
• Public International Law
• Yasue Mochizuki, Debating Universal Jurisdiction for Serious Human Rights Violations — Implications of ASEAN States’ Practices —

New Issue: European Journal of International Law

The latest issue of the European Journal of International Law (Vol. 36, no. 4, November 2025) is out. Contents include:

• Editorial
• Editorial: EJIL: News! In This Issue; In This Issue – Reviews; Guest Editorial Note: Selected Essays from the Study and Analysis of International Law (SAILS) Consortium; EJIL Roll of Honour; EJIL Peer Review Prize
• Afterword: Susan Marks and Her Critics
• Barney Afako, If the World Is Not a Family, What on Earth Is It? Afterword to the Foreword by Susan Marks
• Maria Aristodemou, The Family Lie: Afterword to the Foreword by Susan Marks
• Adom Getachew, International Interdependence beyond the Family of Nations: Afterword to the Foreword by Susan Marks
• Dianne Otto, If the World Is a Family, What Kind of Family Could It Be? Afterword to the Foreword by Susan Marks
• Umut Özsu, Forms of Families: Afterword to the Foreword by Susan Marks
• Articles
• Alice Pirlot, ‘This is Not International Law’: International Tax Law and the Disciplinary Boundaries of International Law
• Robert Schütze, Koskenniemi’s ‘Lauterpacht’ Revisited
• Andrew Chubb, International Law as a Driver of Confrontation? UNCLOS and China’s Policy in the South China Sea
• The Theatre of International Law
• Damien Charlotin and Michael Waibel, A History of The Hague Academy’s First Century: Computational Insights from the Recueil des cours
• Critical Review of Jurisprudence
• Jevgeniy Bluwstein, The Trouble with Carbon Budgets, Offsets, and Removals in Climate Litigation Against States: The Case of KlimaSeniorinnen v. Switzerland at the ECtHR
• Roaming Charges
• Moments of Dignity: Generation Z
• Symposium: International Environmental Law after Half a Century
• Jorge E. Viñuales, International Environmental Law after Half a Century
• Edith Brown Weiss and Lydia Slobodian, Reflections on the Structure of International Environmental Law After Half a Century
• Outi Penttilä and Martti Koskenniemi, The Rise of International Environmental Law 1946-1993
• Jorge E. Viñuales, A Law of Side Effects?
• Review Essay
• Simon Chesterman, Untied Nations? Saving the UN Security Council. Review of Mona Ali Khalil & Floriane Lavaud (eds), Empowering the UN Security Council: Reforms to Address Modern Threats and Congyan Cai, Larissa van den Herik & Tiyanjana Maluwa (with Anne Peters and Christian Marxsen (eds)), The UN Security Council and the Maintenance of Peace in a Changing World
• Book Reviews
• Ville Kari, reviewing Natasha Wheatley, The Life and Death of States: Central Europe and the Transformation of Modern Sovereignty
• Felix Lange, reviewing Thomas Gidney, An International Anomaly. Colonial Accession to the League of Nations
• Michel Erpelding, reviewing Paulo Borba Casella, International Law, History and Culture
• Natalie Jones, reviewing Shannonbrooke Murphy, The Human Right to Resist in International and Constitutional Law
• 10 Good Reads
• Joseph H.H. Weiler, My Patria is the Book: 10 Good Reads 2025
• The Last Page
• Heinrich Heine, Adam der Erste

Call for Papers: ESIL-SLADI Junior Faculty Forum

The European Society of International Law (ESIL) and the Latin American Society of International Law (SLADI) have issued a call for papers for the ESIL-SLADI Junior Faculty Forum, provisionally scheduled for October 7–9, 2026, at the European University Institute, Florence. The call is here.

Conference: International Law and Peace in Ukraine

On April 17-18, 2026, the Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law will host a conference on "International Law and Peace in Ukraine." The conference will be live streamed. Details (including registration for the livestream) are here. The program is here.

New Issue: Journal of World Investment & Trade

The latest issue of the Journal of World Investment & Trade (Vol. 27, nos. 1-2, 2026) is out. Contents include:

• Special Issue: New Frontiers in Investment Screening Law
• Christoph Herrmann, New Frontiers in Investment Screening Law
• Kehinde Folake Olaoye, The Global Rise of Investment Screening Mechanisms
• Patrick Abel, International Law Limits to Investment Screening
• Xueji Su, Reframing Capital Control: Outbound Investment Screening and International Investment Law
• Junianto James Losari, Global Geoeconomics and Geopolitics Development: Comparative Analysis of Selected Asian Countries’ Investment Screening Mechanisms
• Christian Tietje & Philipp Reinhold, The Control of Foreign Investment into Maritime Infrastructure in Europe
• Jiaqi Huang, Cybersecurity across the Supply Chain in FDI Screening Mechanisms: A Comparative Governance Analysis
• Floriane Chang, Screening Investments, Pure Protectionism, or Cultural Securitisation? A Comprehensive Examination of Foreign Direct Investment Mechanisms in Canada
• Alexandr Svetlicinii, Foreign Investment Controls in the European Union: Fragmentation of the Internal Market in Four Steps
• Jochem de Kok, Investment Screening in the EU: From Liberalisation to the State of Exception

New Issue: International Legal Materials

The latest issue of International Legal Materials (Vol. 65, no. 1, Feburary 2026) is out. Contents include:

• U.N.S.C. Resolutions on The Internal Armed Conflict in Sudan, with introductory note by James L. Bischoff
• Anastasio Hernández Rojas and Family v. U.S. (Inter-Am. Comm’n H.R.), with introductory note by Therese Nicole Soriano-Franklin
• Centre For Human Rights v. Tanz. (Afr. Ct. H.P.R.), with introductory note by Uché Ewelukwa Ofodile
• Türkiye Halk Bankasi A.S. v. U.S. (U.S. Sup. Ct. and 2d Cir.), with introductory note by William S. Dodge

New Issue: International Theory

The latest issue of International Theory (Vol. 18, no. 1, March 2026) is out. Contents include:

• Liwu Gan, Weighing responsibilities: the allocation of fair refugee quotas
• Hye Yun Kang, Atmospheric violence: Fanon and postcolonial subjectivity
• Tim Rood, E. H. Carr and Alfred Zimmern: utopia, reality, and the twenty years’ crisis
• Jelena Cupać, Are international organizations agents in their own right? A plural subject perspective
• Lukas Grundsfeld, ‘The Conduct of Inquiry’ in ontological security studies: scientific methodologies and their implications
• Jason Ralph, International society as an ontological security provider: a framework for analysis

Seminar: Sea-level rise and its implications for international law

On March 18, 2026, the Sheffield Centre for International and European Law will host an online seminar on "Sea-level rise and its implications for international law." Details are here.

Klamberg, Svanberg, & Rönnelid: Reconstructing Power and Hegemony in Public International: Law Liber Amicorum Pål Wrange

Mark Klamberg (Stockholm Univ. - Law), Katinka Svanberg (Stockholm Univ. - Law), & Love Rönnelid (Stockholm Univ. - Law) have published Reconstructing Power and Hegemony in Public International Law: Liber Amicorum Pål Wrange (Asser Press 2026). The table of contents is here. Here's the abstract:

This open access book examines international law from a critical perspective, at a time when some would say that it is under an existential threat. The modern international institutions — collective security through the UN, the monetary order of the Bretton Woods system, and trade liberalisation anchored in the World Trade Organization — are all contested. Several of the contributions explore whether international lawyers might want to consider positioning themselves in opposition to this wave of contestation. While some aspects of the global system may be ripe for reform, the world stands at a crossroads: will an emerging multipolar order lead to greater instability, or might it fulfill some of the aspirations expressed in earlier critiques?

The volume is structured around six central themes: critical doctrinalism, constructing and redefining identities, the role of scholars, the politics of historicising international law, international law as an instrument and a part of warfare, and reconsidering hegemony, imperialism, and colonialism.

The aim is to deepen the understanding of what is at stake in the current state of the international world order. As such, the book is intended for scholars, students, and the general public. It is published in tribute to Pål Wrange, Professor in International Law at the Faculty of Law of Stockholm University.

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. 1, 2026) is out. Contents include:

• Emma Klein & Emily Paddon Rhoads, Participation as Legitimation: The Rise of Participatory Policy Norms in the ICC and UN Peacekeeping
• Thomas Biersteker & Larissa van den Herik, Enhancing the Legitimacy of UN Security Council Sanctions by Strengthening Fair and Clear Procedures
• Special Forum on Climate Governance Innovation
• David Passarelli, Túlio Andrade, & Michael Franczak, The Way Forward for Climate Cooperation: Introduction to Global Governance Special Feature: COP30 and Reforming Global Climate Governance
• Simon Sharpe & Adam Day, Complexity as a Catalyst: Adaptive Global Governance in a Deeply Divided World
• Giovanna Marques Kuele & Michael Weisberg, The Politics of Global Climate Governance Reform
• Michael Franczak & Khadeeja Naseem, Beyond the Paris Agreement: Toward Adaptive and Inclusive Climate Governance

New Issue: Asian Journal of International Law

The latest issue of the Asian Journal of International Law (Vol. 16, no. 1, January 2026) is out. Contents include:

• Notes and Comments
• Vincenzo ELIA, Ecocide to Effectively Stimulate the Integration of International Environmental and Criminal Laws
• Jason HAYNES, Revisiting the Trafficking–Sex Tourism Nexus: Reflections on the Approach of Treaty Bodies
• Article
• André-Philippe OUELLET, A Transcivilizational Call to Factor in the Practice of Asian States and Peoples in Customary International Law and Treaty Interpretation: Conscientious Objection as a Case Study
• Thematic Symposium: Judicial Constitutional Engagement with International Law in Asia
• Son NGOC BUI & Maartje DE VISSER, Introduction: Judicial Constitutional Engagement with International Law in Asia
• Carole J. PETERSEN, International Law in Hong Kong’s Court of Final Appeal: An “Apex Court” Operating in the Shadow of Beijing
• Melissa LOJA, Riding the Cappelletti Waves: The Philippine Supreme Court and the Sources of International Law
• Simon BUTT, BISARIYADI & Fritz SIREGAR, International Law in the Indonesian Constitutional Court: A Typology of Use
• Yu-Jie CHEN, The Taiwan Constitutional Court’s Evolving Engagement with International Law
• Benjamin Joshua ONG, International Law, the Courts, and the Political Branches of Singapore: Painting a Complete Picture

Call for Papers: The Law and Reality of the Responsibility to Maintain International Peace and Security

A call for papers has been issued for a workshop on "The Law and Reality of the Responsibility to Maintain International Peace and Security," to take place June 8, 2026, at the University of Liverpool. Here's the call:

Call for papers

You are warmly invited to submit proposals for a workshop as part of the research project: The Law and Reality of the Responsibility to Maintain International Peace and Security, which will take place at the University of Liverpool on 8th June 2026.

We are seeking proposals for chapters to contribute to an edited collection in the following areas:

• The legal nature of the responsibility to maintain international peace and security in the UN Charter, whether under Article 24(1) of the Charter or elsewhere
• Other legal sources of the responsibility to maintain international peace and security
• Political commitments outlining states’ or the UN’s responsibilities to maintain peace and security including, but not limited to, the responsibility to protect
• The overlap, if any, between human rights obligations and the responsibility to maintain peace and security
• The practical application of the responsibility to maintain peace and security within the United Nations, including informal working methods, guidance, or practices
• Policy and practitioner perspectives of the reality of the nature of the responsibility to maintain international peace and security
• Formal or informal structures that influence the content and implementation of the responsibility to maintain international peace and security

To submit a proposal, please send a proposed title, a 300-word abstract and short biography to:

Dr Patrick Butchard, email: butcharp@edgehill.ac.uk and
Dr Ben Murphy, email: hsbmurph@liverpool.ac.uk

Timeline

Call deadline 31st March 2026
Decision on participation by 10th April 2026
Publication workshop 8th June 2026
Submission of full paper 1st December 2026

Call for Papers: ESIL Interest Groups Workshops Preceding 2026 ESIL Conference (Updated)

In the context of the 2026 ESIL Annual Conference in Málaga, ESIL Interest Groups are inviting submissions for their pre-conference workshops. Here are the calls that are currently open:

• IG on International Courts and Tribunals: Conflicts before Courts: Revisiting ‘Uneven Judicialization in Global Order’ Fifteen Years On (deadline: 31 March 2026)
• IG on Critical Approaches to International Law: Conflict and International Law: Beyond the Promise of Peace (deadline: 1 April 2026)
• IG on International Criminal Justice: Is the International Criminal Court in Conflict? (deadline: 7 April 2026)
• IG on International Economic Law: International Economic Law and Conflict (deadline: 10 April 2026)
• IG on International Organisations: Conflict Unbound? Revisiting International Organizations and Contestation (deadline: 10 April 2026)
• IG on Migration and Refugee Law: Asylum in Times of Conflict: Unsettling the Boundaries of Refugee Protection (deadline: 10 April 2026)
• IG on International Law of Culture: The International Law of Culture at a Crossroads: Past Developments and Future Directions (deadline: 10 April 2026)
• IG on Social Sciences and International Law: Contestation in international law (deadline: 10 April 2026)
• IG on the EU as a Global Actor: The EU as Global Peace Actor: Rhetoric or Reality? (deadline: 15 April 2026)
• IG on International Legal Theory and Philoosophy: A World without Rules? The Responsibility of International Law Scholars in Times of Fatigue (deadline: 15 April 2026)

Call for Papers: Law and Security

The Centre for Law and Security at the University of Copenhagen has issued a call for papers for a conference on "Law and Security," to take place August 27-28, 2026, in Copenhagen, The call is here.

De Vido, Russo, & Tramontana: Gendering International Legal Responses to Environmental Chronic Emergencies

Sara De Vido (Ca’ Foscari Univ. of Venice), Deborah Russo (Univ. of Florence), & Enzamaria Tramontana (Univ. of Palermo) have published Gendering International Legal Responses to Environmental Chronic Emergencies (Edward Elgar Publishing 2026). The book is available open access here. Here's the abstract:

This incisive book presents a gendered perspective on chronic environmental emergencies including climate change, biodiversity loss, pollution, and environmental degradation. Derived from the innovative concept of slow violence, the phenomenon of chronic environmental emergencies considers situational vulnerabilities and the disproportionate impact of these events on women.

Providing an ecofeminist assessment of chronic emergencies, as well as their effects on actors, legal obligations, and possible remedies, the book examines the interplay between feminism, the environment, and international law. Chapters conceptualize environmental chronic emergencies, analysing their impact across time and in various contexts spanning slow-onset events, responsibility and liability, and due diligence obligations. The global contributor team uses gendered and post-colonial approaches to advance the legal debate beyond disasters to more subtle forms of oppression, particularly towards indigenous women and female health. Ultimately, the book looks ahead at new interdisciplinary avenues of research which address the gradual deterioration of ecosystems and its effect on insidious forms of oppression through deep-rooted structural inequalities.

AJIL Unbound Symposium: Global Health at a Crossroads Part II

AJIL Unbound has posted a symposium on “Global Health at a Crossroads Part II.” (Part I is here.) The symposium includes contributions by Priti Patnaik, Loyce L. Pace and Ngozi A. Erondu, Benjamin Mason Meier, Judith Bueno de Mesquita, and Sharifah Sekalala, Alicia Ely Yamin, Tsung-Ling Lee and Pedro A. Villarreal, and Thana C. de Campos-Rudinsky and Daniel Wainstock.

Call for Papers: The Use of Force in Recent Conflicts

The Canadian Yearbook of International Law has issued a call for papers for a Young Scholars’ Workshop on “The Use of Force in Recent Conflicts,” to be held at the University of Ottawa in the fall of 2026 on the margins of the Annual Conference of the Canadian Council on International Law. At the workshop, the selected authors will receive constructive feedback from senior scholars and practitioners. Subsequently, authors will submit their articles for consideration by the Canadian Yearbook of International Law, subject to peer review. The call is here.

Ntovas: Fisheries Compatibility Disputes: Agreeing to Disagree, Committed to Conserve

Alexandros X.M. Ntovas (Univ. of Southampton - Law) has published Fisheries Compatibility Disputes: Agreeing to Disagree, Committed to Conserve (Edward Elgar Publishing 2026). Here's the abstract:

This book provides a fresh perspective on the enduring debate surrounding the sustainable regulation of straddling and highly migratory fish stocks. Alexandros X.M. Ntovas highlights how these vital fish stocks occupy a contested regulatory space where sovereignty, science and sustainability converge. Chapters explore the development of international fisheries law through key United Nations (UN) initiatives, including the 1958 UN Fishing and Conservation Convention, the 1982 UN Convention on the Law of the Sea and the 1995 UN Fish Stocks Agreement.

Ntovas emphasizes the need for consistent interpretation of the law and examines the role of peaceful dispute settlements in fostering international cooperation and achieving ocean sustainability. Fisheries Compatibility Disputes underscores the importance of resisting unilateralism and creeping jurisdictionalism, situating the analysis within the broader jurisprudence of treaty interpretation.

This is a vital resource for students and academics of environmental law, public international law and environmental governance and regulation, particularly the law of the sea and international dispute resolution. Legal practitioners handling compatibility-related fishery disputes will also benefit from the author’s rigorous analysis of the doctrinal complexities involved.

Call for Papers: ESIL Interest Groups Workshops Preceding 2026 ESIL Conference

In the context of the 2026 ESIL Annual Conference in Málaga, ESIL Interest Groups are inviting submissions for their pre-conference workshops. Here are the calls that are currently open:

• IG on International Courts and Tribunals: Conflicts before Courts: Revisiting ‘Uneven Judicialization in Global Order’ Fifteen Years On (deadline: 31 March 2026)
• IG on International Economic Law: International Economic Law and Conflict (deadline: 10 April 2026)
• IG on International Organisations: Conflict Unbound? Revisiting International Organizations and Contestation (deadline: 10 April 2026)
• IG on Migration and Refugee Law: Asylum in Times of Conflict: Unsettling the Boundaries of Refugee Protection (deadline: 10 April 2026)
• IG on International Law of Culture: The International Law of Culture at a Crossroads: Past Developments and Future Directions (deadline: 10 April 2026)
• IG on Social Sciences and International Law: Contestation in international law (deadline: 10 April 2026)

New Issue: International Review of the Red Cross

The latest issue of the International Review of the Red Cross (Vol. 107, no. 930, 2025) is out. The theme is: "Symposium on Colombia’s JEP & Selected Articles." Contents include:

• Juana Inés Acosta-López & Mariana Chacón Lozano, Symposium on Colombia’s special jurisdiction for peace
• Interview with Roberto Carlos Vidal López: President of the Special Jurisdiction for Peace in Colombia
• Marcela Giraldo Muñoz, Amnesties as a means of encouraging transition and strengthening the application of IHL in Colombia: The case of the Special Jurisdiction for Peace
• Julieta Lemaitre Ripoll, When is detention by non-State actors a war crime? The Special Jurisdiction for Peace's decision on hostage-taking by the FARC-EP
• Lucas Martinez-Villalba, Restoring dignity by granting rights: IHL and peacebuilding empowerment for Magdalena River fishing communities in Colombia
• Lily Rueda Guzmán & César Rojas-Orozco, Child recruitment and beyond: Prosecuting the broad spectrum of violence committed against recruited children within the former FARC-EP ranks
• Giulio Bartolini & Sofia Poulopoulou, Reporting activities under international humanitarian law
• Carmen Chas, Against the laws of humanity: Expanding bullets and the 1899 First Hague Peace Conference
• Jérôme de Hemptinne, Safeguarding rangers in conflict zones: Bridging humanitarian and environmental law
• Jessica Dorsey, The erosion of human(e) judgement in targeting? Quantification logics, AI-enabled decision support systems and proportionality assessments in IHL
• Aristide Evouna Evouna, Special agreements in non-international armed conflicts: Lessons from the practice
• Tania Ixchel Atilano, A painting and the exchange of Belgian prisoners of war during the French Intervention in Mexico (1862–1867)
• David Kaelin, Caroline Pellaton, & Tadesse Kebebew, Water and survival in war: Upholding IHL’s protective purpose and documenting the hidden toll
• Pauline Lesaffre, Analogies in the historical development of IHL (1864–2001)
• Camille Meyre, Cautious or zealous? The ICRC’s humanitarian action in Montenegro (1875–1876)
• Lisang Nyathi, When bullets threaten the pursuit of knowledge: Reclaiming children’s right to education in armed conflict through a human dignity-centred approach under IHRL and IHL
• Tilman Rodenhäuser, Civilian hackers in war: The limits that international humanitarian law imposes on volunteer IT armies, hacktivists, and other civilian hackers
• Sarah W. Spencer & Caroline Masboungi, Enabling access or automating empathy? Using chatbots to support GBV survivors in conflicts and humanitarian emergencies

Survey: How do scholars of public international law choose their research methods?

Researchers at Leiden University are conducting a new study to develop a better understanding of the methodological landscape in the field of public international law. Researchers in this field are invited to take a short survey (here). The survey takes less than ten minutes to complete and includes questions about your background, current position, research methods, and publication choices. Your participation in this study is voluntary and can be terminated at any time, for any reason. The research team consists of Cecily Rose, Misha Plagis, Johanna Trittenbach, and Nicholas McGuire, and they can be contacted at methodssurvey@law.leidenuniv.nl. Information regarding the study can be found here.

New Issue: Ethics & International Affairs

The latest issue of Ethics & International Affairs (Vol. 39, no. 4, Winter 2025) is out. Contents include:

• Essay
• Mathias Risse, Leadership on the Line: Gaslighting, Adaptive Leadership, and the Battle for the Soul of Democracy
• Feature
• Wendy H. Wong & David A. Lake, Governing Artificial Intelligence: Designing Professional Structures for the Predictive Age
• Filip J. Scherf, Responsible Peacemakers: Toward a Reframed Ethics of HUMINT
• Jamal Barnes, The Dark Side of International Cooperation: Indifference and the Psychosocial Dynamics of Cooperative Deterrence
• Review Essay
• Larissa Fast, Unfinished Critique and the Duality of Humanitarian Digital Technologies