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.

Kraska: The Second Tanker War

James Kraska (U.S. Naval War College) has published The Second Tanker War (International Law Studies, Vol. 109, 2026). Here's an excerpt from the introduction:

This special volume of International Law Studies focuses on the contemporary war at sea between Iran and the United States that began in 2026. It examines how the United States assembled, from statutes and executive orders on the one hand and from centuries of customary international law on the other, a legal architecture for interdicting Iran’s oil trade that finances the regime. That U.S. architecture has two halves. Operation Epic Fury is the military campaign. Operation Economic Fury, and its successor, Operation Economic Outcast, is the Treasury-led campaign of sanctions, asset seizures, and terrorism forfeiture statutes directed at the oil smuggling and weapons networks that sustain Tehran. These efforts leverage the peacetime law of the sea and the law of naval warfare. Together, the two approaches form a single hybrid campaign, or “ghost war” waged against Iran at sea. Moreover, the U.S. campaign demonstrates the ability to operate simultaneously in peacetime and armed conflict, effectively operating in the “gray zone” between normal peacetime and armed conflict.

Call for Engaged Listeners: The Impact of Neutrality on Research and Knowledge Production in Legal Scholarship

A call for engaged listeners has been issued for a workshop on "The Impact of Neutrality on Research and Knowledge Production in Legal Scholarship," to take place December 9-10, 2026, at Ruhr University Bochum. The call is here.

Conference: International Cooperation under the European Convention on Human Rights

On October 15–16, 2026, the University of Liverpool will host a conference on “International Cooperation under the European Convention on Human Rights: Sources, Limits, and Enforceability of State Obligations.” Judge Mykola Gnatovskyy (European Court of Human Rights) will deliver the keynote speech. The conference will conclude with a plenary discussion featuring Judges Mykola Gnatovskyy and Vasilka Sancin (European Court of Human Rights). The keynote and all Friday afternoon panel discussions, including the plenary, are open to the public; the plenary will also be streamed online. The program is here. Registration is here.

van Aaken: Which Game Are We Playing? Geoeconomics, Behavioral Security Inflation and International Law

Anne van Aaken (Univ. of Hamburg - Law) has posted Which Game Are We Playing? Geoeconomics, Behavioral Security Inflation and International Law. Here's the abstract:

National security has expanded from existential and military threats into trade, investment, technology, supply chains and industrial policy. This chapter asks how states perceive which security game they are playing. Material vulnerabilities and weaponized interdependence can rationally alter incentives. Furthermore, strategic interaction is networked rather than dyadic: policies and influence propagate through alliances, trade relations and third states. National narratives, framing and behavioural mechanisms shape perceived payoffs, actors and time horizons. Positive-sum interdependence may consequently be reframed as zero-sum competition, generating security dilemmas, while bandwagon effects and behavioural security inflation can exacerbate that process. Measures rational in the short run may create greater insecurity over time. National institutions determine who defines and contests threats and thus comparative variations matter. International law is therefore not merely a constraint. By stabilising expectations, providing information and monitoring, coordinating networked responses and limiting opportunistic security exceptions, it can preserve opportunities for positive-sum cooperation and prevent security narratives from becoming self-fulfilling realities.

Hovell: Theories of Collective Security: Asking the Wrong Questions

Devika Hovell (London School of Economics - Law) has posted Theories of Collective Security: Asking the Wrong Questions (in Research Handbook on International Legal Theory and War, Tom Dannenbaum & Eliav Lieblich eds., forthcoming). Here's the abstract:

Long-standing debates about collective security recur around a single question: why does it fail? This chapter argues that the questions we ask shape what we are able to see, and that mistaking some questions for the only ones worth asking can obscure more productive lines of inquiry. Using the classic interrogatives-why, what, who, when, where and how-as an organising device, it examines how international legal theory has approached collective security: as a matter of ideology, description, community, selectivity, and process. Surveying liberal, Marxist, realist, institutional, constitutional, feminist and Third World traditions, it shows how different questions can open up avenues of inquiry or collapse them into a search for hidden coherence, a single culprit, or an inherited ideal. Theory serves collective security best, it concludes, when it resists explanatory closure and attends to the contingent processes through which legal authority is constituted and contested.

Webinar: Violations of peremptory norms and erga omnes obligations: What role for international responsibility?

On October 13, 2026, a second webinar in the ESIL Conversations series “Responsibility of States and International Organisations in Times of Accountability Gaps: 25 Years of ARSIWA and 15 Years of ARIO” will take place. The topic is: “Violations of peremptory norms and erga omnes obligations: What role for international responsibility?” Details are here.

New Issue: Virginia Journal of International Law

The latest issue of the Virginia Journal of International Law (Vol. 66, no. 3, 2026) is out. Contents include:

• Celebrating 75 Years of International Law Symposia at UVA Law
• Neil Noronha & Chloe S. Metz, Celebrating 75 Years of International Law Symposia at UVA Law
• Jamieson Greer, Don’t Let International Law Get in the Way of Peace and Prosperity
• Mariano-Florentino Cuéllar & Emma Klein, Trade-Offs, Trade, and “Contested Agendas for a Freer World”
• Timothy Meyer, An International Law Based on Respect for U.S. Law
• Heng Wang, Dollar Challenger? CBDCs, Complexities, and Monetary Hegemony
• Peter Swire & Samm Sacks, Personal Data as a Dual-Use Technology: Critically Assessing the New Alliance of Privacy and National Security
• Gianluca Pantaleo & Timothy William Waters, Performing Publicity: Secrecy and Transparency in International Criminal Judgments

Sommario & Billing: International Legal and Institutional Frameworks for Disaster Risk Management

Emanuele Sommario (Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna) & Peter Billing have published International Legal and Institutional Frameworks for Disaster Risk Management (Springer 2026). Here's the abstract:

Disasters – whether natural, technological, or public health-related – are increasing in frequency, scale, and complexity, with profound human, economic, and geopolitical consequences. While advances in early warning systems, infrastructure, and coordinated response have reduced some vulnerabilities, new risks driven by climate change, demographic shifts, and global interdependence threaten to reverse these gains. Against this backdrop, the need for effective legal and institutional frameworks for disaster management has never been more urgent.

This open access book offers a comprehensive yet accessible overview of contemporary international disaster management from both an institutional and legal perspective. Part I examines the principal actors and coordination mechanisms shaping the international response, with particular attention to the evolution of the United Nations system and the European Union Civil Protection Mechanism as the most advanced regional model. Part II turns to the legal frameworks governing disaster management, distinguishing between post-disaster response and recovery measures on the one hand, and pre-disaster prevention and preparedness - most notably disaster risk reduction - on the other.

Drawing on the latest empirical data and recent normative developments, including the Sendai Framework and the International Law Commission’s Draft Articles on the Protection of Persons in the Event of Disasters, the volume situates disaster law and policy within broader debates on resilience, sustainable development, and climate adaptation. Intended as a reference text, this book is particularly valuable for scholars, students, practitioners, and policymakers seeking a structured understanding of the evolving institutional landscape and legal architecture of disaster management at both global and regional levels.

Conference: Mapping International Law’s Second Worlds (SWAIL II): Middle Powers, Semi-Peripheries and Shifting Hierarchies in the Global Legal Order

On November 16-17, 2026, a conference will be held on "Mapping International Law’s Second Worlds (SWAIL II): Middle Powers, Semi-Peripheries and Shifting Hierarchies in the Global Legal Order" at Singapore Management University. The program is here.

Acconciamessa & Pavoni: Uno strumento vivente: l’impatto della CEDU sull’ordinamento italiano a 75 anni dalla sua adozione

Lorenzo Acconciamessa (European Court of Human Rights) & Riccardo Pavoni (Univ. of Siena - Law) have published Uno strumento vivente: l’impatto della CEDU sull’ordinamento italiano a 75 anni dalla sua adozione (Firenze Univ. Press/USiena Press 2026). This title is available open access. Here's the abstract:

Seventy-five years after the adoption in Rome of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR), this volume offers a critical reflection on the impact that the ECHR has had on the Italian legal order, as a living instrument constantly interpreted by the European Court of Human Rights in light of the socio-cultural, political and normative transformations of the European society. In a historical context marked by renewed sovereignist pressures and growing challenges to the European system of human rights protection, the volume aims to reaffirm the centrality of the ECHR as a common heritage of values and guarantees, indispensable for the effective enjoyment of fundamental rights, democracy, and the rule of law in Italy and Europe.

Lecture: Clapham on "Why we should not accept the use of Prize Law today"

On October 30, 2026, Andrew Clapham (Geneva Graduate Institute) will give the next lecture in the TwoLaW Lecture Series on the Laws of War. The topic is: “Why we should not accept the use of Prize Law today.” The presentation will take place online. Registration is here.

Call for Submissions: Cyber Law Toolkit

A call for submissions has been issued for the 2027 update of the Cyber Law Toolkit, an online resource on international law and cyber activities. The call is here.

New Issue: Climate Law

The latest issue of Climate Law (Vol. 16, no. 3, 2026) is out. Contents include:

• Special Issue: 10 Year Anniversary of the Paris Agreement
• Christina Voigt & Armando Rocha, Fit at Ten? Introduction to the Special Issue on the Paris Agreement
• Daniel Bodansky & Harro van Asselt, The Art and Craft of the Paris Agreement
• Christina Voigt, Climate Change Mitigation Obligations in the Paris Agreement
• Gonzalo Larrea, From Pledges to Action: A Critical Analysis of Climate Finance in the Post-Paris Agreement Era
• Armando Rocha, Maria Antonia Tigre, & Miriam Cohen, Loss and Damage and State Responsibility in the Paris Era: Parallel Avenues to Address the Adverse Effects of Climate Change
• Annalisa Savaresi & Corina Heri, Human Rights and the Paris Agreement: A Two-Way Street

Rachovitsa: Designing the Technological and Legal Fabric of Digital Sovereignty for Critical Governmental Data and Essential Services Extraterritorially: The “Data Embassy” Model

Mando Rachovitsa (Univ of Nottingham - Law) has published Designing the Technological and Legal Fabric of Digital Sovereignty for Critical Governmental Data and Essential Services Extraterritorially: The “Data Embassy” Model (Computer Law & Security Review, Vol. 63, 106409, Dec. 2026). Here's the abstract:

Amidst the renewed debate on Europe's digital sovereignty, this paper counterintuitively questions the implicit assumption, underpinning legal scholarship and policymaking, that sovereignty can be effectively materialised solely within a state’s territory. The paper argues that the creative tailoring of international law and innovative technologies can be leveraged to effectively exercise digital sovereignty also outside a state’s territory. The discussion focuses on Estonia’s novel data embassy, which includes the establishment of a data centre in Luxembourg’s territory to host and run Estonia’s critical governmental datasets and essential services. Although initially perceived as an “oddity”, this model of digital sovereignty gains increasing traction in international practice. The legal means for Estonia to retain sovereign control over its data centre vis-à-vis Luxembourg is the creation of a sui generis bilateral treaty regime which assigns diplomatic status to the data centre. The analysis critically evaluates the parties’ rights and obligations concerning the functioning, inviolability and protection of the centre, and the protection of the centre’s content and communications. It does so by analysing their agreement, in light of diplomatic law and EU cybersecurity law. Furthermore, the paper furnishes new insights on third states’ obligations under diplomatic law, international humanitarian law and the principle of sovereignty regarding the protection of the data centre from physical and cyber interferences. The analysis identifies certain legal concerns pertaining to the implementation of the data embassy model and paves the way for states and other actors to navigate legal hurdles with legal certainty.

Braun: International (Investment) Law in Times of Geoeconomic Realignment: On the Role of ‘Police Powers’ and ‘Countermeasures’ as Justifications to Sanctions-based Investment Claims

Tillmann Rudolf Braun (Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy, Germany; Humboldt Univ. of Berlin) has posted International (Investment) Law in Times of Geoeconomic Realignment: On the Role of ‘Police Powers’ and ‘Countermeasures’ as Justifications to Sanctions-based Investment Claims (in Economic Sanctions in International Commercial and Investment Arbitration, Tobias Ackermann & Sebastian Wuschka eds., forthcoming). Here's the abstract:

Alongside the States’ instruments of geoeconomic realignment used to enforce strategic foreign political and security interests, unilateral sanctions stand out as a particularly potent weapon. From the perspective of public international law, and in particular with regard to the legal position of investors protected by BITs, the arguments and justifications for such unilateral sanctions raise a number of thoroughly challenging questions—questions which, despite the sharp increase in the use of these sanctions in recent times, have not yet been sufficiently clarified.

The sanctioning State is very likely to argue that its sanction, despite its severity, qualifies as a genuine exercise of police powers. In that case there would therefore be no violation of the BIT at the primary treaty level. But does the doctrine of police powers confer, as it were, unlimited power and authority? Or should the sanction, alongside further conditions such as an ‘individualised nexus’ and others which derive from the principle of the rule of law be proportionate? Given that the principle of proportionality has so far only been recognised in selected areas of public international law, how can such a principle of proportionality be adequately justified and applied? If this prinicple were to apply, should it apply only relating to the expropriation clause, or should it apply to all the standards set out in a BIT? And finally: why do the outcomes of cases before the European Court of Justice often differ in this respect from those decided by investment tribunals?

Sanctions are usually a response to violations of international law by the sanctioned state. Could potential violations of a BIT standard be justified as a permissible countermeasure at the secondary level of customary international law? Can the countermeasures defence be raised (at all) against a non-State actor? And does this really depend on whether the investor's rights are qualified as individual direct rights or merely derivative rights? Could an investor rely on ILC Art. 50 (1)(b), which exempts fundamental human rights from countermeasures? Could it be argued a fortiori that, if Article 51 of the UN Charter permits under strict conditions even military support in favour of the state under attack, it must in principle also permit less intrusive, non-coercive measures, such as sanctions, which serve the same defensive and protective function?

And finally, what is arguably the most challenging question, as most sanctions are imposed by States that have not been directly injured, can these non-injured States justify their sanctions as ‘third-party’ or ‘collective’ countermeasures? Has a justification under customary international law emerged for such countermeasures? And if so, what would be the prerequisites for such permissible 'third-party' or ‘collective’ countermeasures, and what would be their consequences?

If the findings are correct, that (i) the doctrine of police powers imposes ever stricter conditions; that (ii) as regards the justification as collective countermeasures, there is likely to be a lack of opinio iuris for a corresponding universally accepted customary international law; and that, (iii) even the individual treaty defence, by way of an essential security interest exception, rarely prevails, then this effectively means: in a great many cases, sanctioning States face the risk of being held liable for breaches of a BIT – even though they are (often) acting through their (politically legitimised) sanctions in the service of ‘obligations erga omnes’. So, it appears that current public international law remains ‘under-calibrated’ for sanctions and, therefore, endangers the effectuation of general goals of public international law.

Against the background of this finding, what normative guiding principles should be drawn to ensure that public international law can continue to serve as a credible framework for the limitation of state power and the allocation of risk in a geo-economically fragmented world? Those are the questions the present contribution addresses.

Lecture: Orford on "Climate Change and the Future of the State"

On October 1, 2026, Anne Orford (Univ. of Melbourne - Law) will deliver the London Review of International Law Annual Lecture at the London School of Economics. The topic is: "Climate Change and the Future of the State." Details are here.

Webinar: Attribution

On September 28, 2026, the first webinar will be held in the new ESIL Conversations series “Responsibility of States and International Organisations in Times of Accountability Gaps: 25 Years of ARSIWA and 15 Years of ARIO.” The topic is: “Attribution.” Details are here.

Call for Papers: 2027 ILA-ASIL Asia-Pacific Research Forum

A call for papers has been issued for the 2027 ILA-ASIL Asia-Pacific Research Forum, which will be held June 28–29 in Taipei and hosted by the Research Center for International Legal Studies of National Chengchi University and the Chinese (Taiwan) Society of International Law. The theme is: "International Law in an Era of Geopolitical Uncertainty." The call is here.

Lecture: Koskenniemi on "The Search for the 'Social' in International Law: Remarks on a Critical Theme"

On October 5, 2026, Martti Koskenniemi will deliver the inaugural lecture in the Erasmus School of Law's Annual Lecture in International Law series. The topic is: "The Search for the 'Social' in International Law: Remarks on a Critical Theme." The lecture will be followed by an interactive roundtable with Sofia Stolk, Luca Pasquet, Kushtrim Istrefi, Marco Longobardo, and Federica Violi (moderator). Details and registration are here.

Panel: The Attribution of Non-State Actor Conduct During Armed Conflict

On September 29, 2026, Global Law at Reading will host a panel discussion on "Attribution of Non-State Actor Conduct During Armed Conflict," with options for both in-person and online attendance. Chaired by Marko Milanović (Univ. of Reading), the panel brings together government and military legal advisers and academics, including Paul Berman (Counsel for International Law, House of Lords, UK Parliament), Miles Jackson (Univ. of Oxford), and Jennifer Maddocks (Univ. of Reading), to examine the attribution of non-state actor conduct to states under the International Law Commission's Articles on State Responsibility, drawing on contemporary proxy relationships such as Russia's use of separatist entities in Eastern Ukraine and Iran's "Axis of Resistance." Details and registration are here.

Call for Papers: Human Rights Strategies for the Future in an Age of Contestation: Revisiting Theo van Boven’s Legacy

The Maastricht Centre for Human Rights has issued a call for papers for a symposium in honour of the late Theo van Boven, which will take place June 7-8, 2027, in Maastricht. The subject is: "Human Rights Strategies for the Future in an Age of Contestation: Revisiting Theo van Boven’s Legacy." The call is here.

Ishii: Guardians in Orbit: Legal Justifications and Limits of Defensive Satellite Operations

Yurika Ishii (Sophia Univ. - Law) has published Guardians in Orbit: Legal Justifications and Limits of Defensive Satellite Operations (International Law Studies, Vol. 108, 2026). Here's the abstract:

The deployment of “bodyguard satellites”—spacecraft designed to autonomously detect and counter hostile space objects—has moved from classified capability development to explicit national security policy across a growing number of States. This article examines the circumstances under which interference with another State’s satellite may be legally justified under international law, analyzing several possible grounds: self-defense under Article 51 of the UN Charter, forcible countermeasures, non-forcible countermeasures, and necessity. Drawing on a survey of national space defense policies, jurisprudence of the International Court of Justice, and the law of State responsibility, the article reaches two principal conclusions. First, across all justificatory frameworks, reversible non-kinetic measures—jamming, dazzling, spoofing, and cyber interference—represent the only category of response that the existing legal framework can reliably accommodate, while kinetic destruction is presumptively impermissible due to debris generation, irreversibility, and the availability of non-kinetic alternatives. Second, the application of terrestrial justification frameworks to outer space produces structural indeterminacy, primarily because the armed attack threshold cannot be reliably located at the moment of engagement, and the imminence requirement cannot bear the weight the framework places on it given the operational logic of autonomous bodyguard satellite systems. The article concludes that a multilateral legal framework, enshrining reversibility as a presumptive constraint and establishing an agreed threshold for prohibited force against space objects, is urgently required.

Call for Papers: Hosting Global Justice: The Netherlands as Host State of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) and the International Criminal Court (ICC)

A call for papers has been issued for a conference on "Hosting Global Justice: The Netherlands as Host State of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) and the International Criminal Court (ICC)," to take place April 15, 2027, in The Hague. The call is here.

Call for Papers: Community Interests in International Law: Theory, Adjudication and Human Rights

A call for papers has been issued for a workshop on "Community Interests in International Law: Theory, Adjudication and Human Rights," to take palce June 11, 2027, at Radboud University, Nijmegen, The Netherlands. The call is here.

Guilfoyle & Maddocks: Armed Conflict and International Law in the Indo-Pacific Region

Douglas Guilfoyle (Univ. of New South Wales Canberra - Law) & Jennifer Maddocks (Univ. of Reading - Law) have published Armed Conflict and International Law in the Indo-Pacific Region (Oxford Univ. Press 2026). Here's the abstract:

Armed Conflict and International Law in the Indo-Pacific Region provides a timely and regionally grounded analysis of how international law applies to potential armed conflict in one of the world's most strategically dynamic regions. Adopting a multi-domain approach, the volume explores the legal frameworks governing warfare across land, sea, air, space, cyber, and the information environment, while remaining attuned to the Indo-Pacific's evolving geopolitical landscape.

Part I addresses foundational legal questions that may arise during any future conflict in the Indo-Pacific, including civilian protection, the law of neutrality, and the role of international law more broadly. Part II examines the legal rules guiding military operations in key domains of warfare: air, space, cyber, and the information environment. It also considers the maritime domain, highlighting the law applicable to auxiliary vessels and the weaknesses of the legal regime protecting undersea cables. Part III examines the legal implications of deepening regional cooperation, focusing on alliance politics, capability sharing, and legal interoperability, including a detailed analysis of the AUKUS security partnership. Part IV presents a focused case study on the legal issues that would arise in the event of a conflict over Taiwan.

New Volume: Canadian Yearbook of International Law

The latest volume of the Canadian Yearbook of International Law (Vol. 62, 2024) is out. Contents include:

• Articles
• Preston Jordan Lim, Sino-Canadian Relations and the Securitization of Domestic Law
• Roland Melaine Toe, La perspective d’une responsabilité de l’État dans la mise en œuvre du droit à l’alimentation et de la sécurité alimentaire
• Bernard Duhaime & Madeleine McKenzie, Enforced Disappearances and Torture in the Syrian Conflict: Recent Contributions of the United Nations Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances
• Notes and Comments / Notes et commentaries
• Patrick Abel, The European Court of Human Rights and Climate Change: Expanding beyond Traditional Limits
• Symposium: Canada before International Courts and Tribunals
• Vincent-Joël Proulx & Vladyslav Lanovoy, Symposium on Canada before International Courts and Tribunals
• Donald McRae, Preface to the Symposium on Canada before International Courts and Tribunals
• Colleen Swords, “How Can We Better Promote Canadians and the Canadian Agenda in International Institutions?”
• Douglas Harrison, The Bering Sea Arbitration of 1893: Canada Gets a Seat at the Table
• Gabrielle Marceau & Antoine Comont, Le Canada dans le développement du mécanisme de règlement des différends du GATT et de l’OMC: l’engagement historique d’un acteur essentiel
• Alison G. FitzGerald, Canada’s Role over Time in Investor-State Dispute Settlement
• Céline Braumann, Vladyslav Lanovoy, Canada’s Legacy at the International Court of Justice
• Christopher K. Penny, Compulsory in Name Only: Canada’s Effective Withdrawal from ICJ Optional Clause Jurisdiction
• William S. Dodge, Why Canada’s Terrorism Exception Does Not Violate International Law
• Gaelle Foucault, Un mandat pour la Cour internationale de justice en Syrie: l’espoir d’une justice ressuscité par le Canada et les Pays-Bas
• Steve Tiwa Fomekong, L’affaire Canada et Pays-Bas c Syrie devant la CIJ: une occasion manquée pour le droit international humanitaire?
• Jean-Michel Marcoux & Waldo Ali, A Meaningful Distinction? “Legitimate Objectives” in Canadian Investment Treaties and Their Consideration by Investor-State Dispute Settlement Tribunals
• G.F. Larouche, Canadian Judges and Investment Treaty Arbitration: A Critical Analysis of Set-Aside Proceedings

New Issue: Swiss Review of International and European Law

The latest issue of the Swiss Review of International and European Law (2026, no. 3) is out. Contents include:

• Lorène Anthonioz, Brexit’s Impact on Switzerland regarding Commercial Rules on Jurisdiction and Enforcement: Where are we?
• Kateryna Shapovalova, Decent Work Challenges in the Cultural and Creative Sectors: Proposals for the International Labour Organization

New Issue: Nordic Journal of International Law

The latest issue of the Nordic Journal of International Law (Vol. 95, no. 3, 2026) is out. Contents include:

• Sarah Thin & Wim Muller, The Rebels in the Room: The Role of Individual Opinions in the Development of Community Interests at the ICJ
• Ulf Linderfalk, Legislating in the Common Interest – The Legal Implications of the Åland Islands Autonomy Regime
• Monica Naime, A Codification Like No Other: The ILC Process Behind the Law of State Responsibility
• Frédéric Mégret, Shadow Proportionality: Moderating Aggression?
• Simon Hinrichsen & Michael Waibel, Inability to Pay: A Defense Against Paying War Reparations

O'Hara: Consensus in International Law: Critical History, Queer Reimaginings

Claerwen O'Hara (Univ. of Melbourne - Law) has published Consensus in International Law: Critical History, Queer Reimaginings (Oxford Univ. Press 2026). Here's the abstract:

Consensus in International Law: Critical History, Queer Reimaginings critically explores the idea of 'consensus' by retracing its history in two settings: in consensus decision-making in the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade and World Trade Organisation, and the European Court of Human Rights' use of 'European consensus' as a method of treaty interpretation. Employing a unique theoretical framework informed by queer theory and jurisdictional thinking, the book argues that consensus in international law is best understood as a technique of authorization, which functions by gesturing towards a widespread, yet unfixed, level of agreement.

Claerwen O'Hara demonstrates that the gesture towards widespread agreement works to imbue institutional practices with an air of equality and project visions of unity onto a decision, helping to ground the authority of international institutions and their legal worlds. At the same time, the variable nature of the agreement means that the idea of consensus can be applied flexibly, including in situations in which no such equality or unity exists. Consequently, despite the positive discourses surrounding the idea of consensus in international law, it has often worked to suppress difference and dissent and uphold existing power relations. The book suggests that this gap between discourse and reality has been a contributing factor in some of the problems facing international law and its institutions today. To overcome these problems, Consensus in International Law calls for a shift in imagination in which the idea of the world or a particular region routinely reaching a widespread agreement is decentred in international law. In its place, the book proposes a vision of the international as a 'meeting place' for a plurality of peoples and their laws.

New Issue: Netherlands International Law Review

The latest issue of the Netherlands International Law Review (Vol. 73, no. 1, May 2026) is out. Contents include:

• Gábor Levente Kozma & Murilo Lubambo de Melo, Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation in a Cross-Border Context: Anti-SLAPP Legislation and the Role of the Private International Law Regimes in the EU and England
• Louisa Handel-Mazzetti, Space Defense or Space Weapon? Assessing the Legality of the Golden Dome Under International Law
• Tamer Morris, Information Warfare and the Protection of Civilians in Armed Conflict
• Shuyuan Zhang & Gustavo Arosemena, Theorizing the Adjudication of Economic, Social and Cultural Rights: A Legal Process Perspective on Jurisprudence from the Global South
• Christian Riffel, Good Faith in Exception Clauses: An Abus de Bonne Foi?

New Issue: Chicago Journal of International Law

The latest issue of the Chicago Journal of International Law (Vol. 27, no. 1, Summer 2026) is out. Contents include:

• Elena Baylis, Returning Looted Cultural Heritage
• Gregory H. Fox, Neutralizing Neutrality: Aid to Victim States in Armed Conflict
• Rosa Kim, Preparing Globally Competent Lawyers

New Issue: Journal of World Investment & Trade

The latest issue of the Journal of World Investment & Trade (Vol. 27, no. 4, 2026) is out. Contents include:

• Michelle Qingzi Zang, Rekindling the Multilateral Discourse on Process and Production Methods under the Contemporary Trade-Environment Nexus
• Sébastien Noël, Assessing the Barriers to the EU’s Green and Low-Carbon Hydrogen Imports
• Yanwen Zhang, Investor-State Dispute Settlement Reform in and by International Organisations
• Anastasios Gourgourinis & Alexandros Papadimitriou, Micro, Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises Owned or Led by Members of Under-Represented and Disadvantaged Social Groups: Inclusive Entrepreneurship through Free Trade Agreements

New Issue: Climate Law

The latest issue of Climate Law (Vol. 16, nos. 1-2, 2026) is out. Contents include:

• Special Issue: Environmental Impact Assessment
• Mateusz Slowik & Benoit Mayer, Editorial Introduction: Environmental Impact Assessment and Climate Change
• Yanmei Lin & Xiangbai He, Integrating Climate Change into Environmental Impact Assessment: China’s Pilot Policy and Practice
• Chris Joseph & Tara Marsden, Gitanyow Climate Test: Intersection of Major Projects, Climate, and Indigenous Reconciliation
• Rafaela Santos Martins da Rosa & Bruno Teixeira Peixoto, Incorporating Climate Change into Licensing and Environmental Impact Assessment in Brazil
• Orla Kelleher, Climate Assessments, Framework Climate Laws, and Public Sector Climate Duties: Lessons from Planning Cases in the United Kingdom and Ireland
• Santiago Salvador, Regulatory Simplification of Environmental Impact Assessment in Spain: Accelerating Renewable Energy at What Cost?
• Laura Hildt, The European Climate Law Consistency Assessment: A Persistent Failure Turned Litigation Opportunity?
• Alessandra Accogli, The Irish Case of Coyne v. An Bord Pleanála: Assessing Indirect Climate Impacts Under the EU EIA Directive
• Special Issue: Advisory Opinions on Climate Change
• Margaret A. Young & Beatriz Martinez Romera, The Advisory Opinions’ Remarkable Significance for International Law
• Catherine Amirfar, David Freestone, Duncan Pickard, & Beatrice Walton, When Science Meets Law: Climate Law and International Environmental Adjudication After the ICJ and ITLOS Advisory Opinions
• Nilüfer Oral, Convergence and Coherence: A Judicial Dialogue Between the ITLOS and ICJ Advisory Opinions on Climate Change
• Daniel Bodansky, How Authoritative is the ICJ Climate Change Advisory Opinion?
• Yoshifumi Tanaka, Legal Consequences of Obligations Erga Omnes in the Context of Climate Change: Some Observations on State Responsibility in the ICJ Advisory Opinion on Climate Change
• General Articles
• Katja Kurki & Seita Vesa, Proceduralization of EU Climate Governance: Advancing Understanding of the Implementation Challenge
• Calum MacLaren, Measuring Accountability in European Corporate Climate Litigation

Call for Nominations: Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law (Director)

The Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law has issued a call for nominations, including self-nominations, for a director who will lead a research department at the Institute and contribute to the Institute’s mission. The call is here.

Seminar: The Law of Neutrality and the Prohibition of Aggression: Framing an Old Debate in the Light of Recent State Practice

On September 18, 2026, Bocconi University will host in the hybrid format a seminar on "The Law of Neutrality and the Prohibition of Aggression: Framing an Old Debate in the Light of Recent State Practice." The speakers will include Evelyne Schmid (Univ. of Lusanne), Alessandra Gianelli (Sapienza Univ. of Rome), and Alexander Wentker (Max Planck Institute). Those intending to attend in person are requested to register here. The event will also be streamed live via Microsoft Teams here. No registration is required to attend online.

Casas Martinez: Avoidance in International Dispute Settlement: Jurisdiction, Admissibility, and Justiciability

Manuel Casas Martinez (Twenty Essex) has published Avoidance in International Dispute Settlement: Jurisdiction, Admissibility, and Justiciability (Hart Publishing 2026). Here's the abstract:

This book offers a bold new perspective on how international adjudication operates.

While international courts claim to decide all disputes over which they have jurisdiction, this book argues that sometimes they strategically choose not to. Through detailed case studies and a close analysis of international procedural law, it reveals that courts decide most disputes most of the time - but not all.

By unpacking how courts use doctrines of jurisdiction and admissibility to avoid or narrow down certain issues, the book exposes the covert techniques of judicial avoidance. It shows how the flexibility of international procedural law allows judges to manage politically sensitive disputes without openly acknowledging that they are relying on avoidance doctrines.

This book offers a nuanced and realistic account of international adjudication, one that recognises how legal principle is often weighed against political and practical realities.

Di Marco: L’interpretazione del diritto internazionale consuetudinario

Riccardo Di Marco (Università degli Studi di Roma ‘Tor Vergata’) has published L’interpretazione del diritto internazionale consuetudinario (CEDAM – Wolters Kluwer Italia 2026). Here's the abstract:

L’interpretazione del diritto internazionale consuetudinario costituisce una delle questioni più complesse e dibattute della teoria e della pratica del diritto internazionale contemporaneo. Tradizionalmente, l’analisi di tale fonte del diritto si è concentrata esclusivamente sul momento della sua identificazione, attraverso la ricerca della prassi e dell’opinio iuris. Questo approccio, tuttavia, ha lasciato poco esplorato il successivo momento della determinazione del significato e della portata delle norme consuetudinarie. La presente monografia tenta di colmare simile lacuna. Attraverso un’analisi sistematica della prassi degli Stati e della giurisprudenza internazionale, si offre un quadro metodologico per comprendere i criteri che governano l’interpretazione del diritto consuetudinario. L’indagine mostra come l’attività interpretativa rivesta un ruolo fondamentale non soltanto nell’applicazione di norme consuetudinarie previamente identificate alle fattispecie concrete sopravvenute, ma anche nel coordinamento tra la consuetudine e le altre fonti del diritto, nella prevenzione e nella risoluzione di antinomie, nonché nell’adattamento di simile fonte ai mutamenti di fatto e di diritto. L’opera si rivolge a studiosi e operatori del diritto internazionale che intendano approfondire le dinamiche teoriche sottese all’interpretazione della consuetudine internazionale.

Contesse & Huneeus: Moral Conservatives and the Future of Latin American Human Rights

Jorge Contesse (Rutgers Univ. - Law) & Alexandra Huneeus (Univ. of Wisconsin - Law) have posted Moral Conservatives and the Future of Latin American Human Rights (American Journal of International Law, forthcoming). Here's the abstract:

Human rights institutions are under stress around the world. Threats of non-compliance, denunciation, and other forms of backlash are more likely in the current context than in the recent past. But it is also the case that social movements from a greater variety of ideological camps are engaging with international human rights law and institutions. In this essay, we explore the rise of moral conservative engagement with the inter-American human rights system (IAHRS) and consider the implications for the future of human rights. These actors have grown in sophistication and number since they first began to engage with the IAHRS in the early 2010s on issues of gender, sexuality, and reproductive justice. Today, they work through highly successful Transnational Activists Networks (TANs) that encompass academic circles and political actors in positions of significant power. We argue that greater engagement by moral conservatives with the IAHRS may help it survive Latin America's "revolution to the right"-the dramatic recent rise of far-right governments in the region, some with authoritarian tendencies. Survival, however, may come at a cost.

Jeutner: On the Lotus: Postcards 1898-1931

Valentin Jeutner (Lund Univ.; Univ. of Oxford) has published On the Lotus: Postcards 1898-1931 (Media-Tryck 2026). This volume is available open access. Here’s the abstract:

Love letters, travel updates, expressions of grief, boredom, excitement, and longing: this book brings together more than 150 postcards written by passengers aboard the Lotus, a French liner that connected Marseille with the great ports of the eastern Mediterranean between 1898 and 1931. Written by pilgrims and poets, soldiers and scholars, royals and revolutionaries, the messages offer rare glimpses into everyday life during one of the most transformative periods of modern history.

An afterword explores the ship’s enduring legal legacy as the vessel at the center of international law’s famous Lotus Case of 1927.

Call for Papers: Workshop on Human Rights and International Relations

The International Race and Rights Lab and the Klau Institute for Civil and Human Rights at the University of Notre Dame have issued a call for papers for a workshop on human rights and international relations broadly understood. It will take place in South Bend, Indiana on May 6-7, 2027. The call is here.

Call for Papers: Protection of Liberty at Sea

BlueRights has issued a call for papers for a conference on "Protection of Liberty at Sea," which will take place February 11–12, 2027, at the Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Milan. The call is here.

Mulder: Solidarity in International Disaster Response Law

Thomas Mulder (UNSW Sydney) has published Solidarity in International Disaster Response Law (Hart Publishing 2026). Here's the abstract:

This is the first book to comprehensively explore the role of solidarity in international disaster response law (IDRL), offering a timely and transformative vision for this regime governing cooperation in disaster response.

As disasters intensify due to climate change, solidarity is increasingly invoked by states and others as a principle guiding disaster response. Yet its role remains underexplored and underutilised, risking solidarity to function as a mere rhetorical device. This book responds to that gap, offering a comprehensive examination of the meaning, legal status and implications of solidarity in IDRL. It demonstrates solidarity can reorient IDRL from a sovereignty-centred regime characterised by state autonomy and voluntarism to one focused on the protection of disaster-affected persons through differentiated international cooperation and assistance.

The book further explores how solidarity could reshape specific legal and practical issues that challenge international disaster response. By analysing these issues through the lens of solidarity, the book offers novel perspectives that can break new ground in finding concrete solutions for persistent challenges within the regime.

This analysis comes at a pivotal moment. In 2024, the United Nations initiated negotiations for a multilateral convention for international disaster response, signalling growing recognition of the need for a universal treaty in this area. Against this backdrop, the book is both timely and ambitious. It not only exposes the untapped potential of solidarity but also provides a practical roadmap for its implementation, seeking to shape the development of IDRL to meet the demands of an increasingly disaster-prone world.

Conference: New Technologies and International Legal Accountability

On October 22-23, 2026, a conference will be held on "New Technologies and International Legal Accountability," both online and at the University of Perugia. The program is here. Registration is here.

Quackelbeen: Judicial Discretion in the Interpretation of International Crimes: Revisiting the Legality Principle

Ligeia Quackelbeen (Tilburg Univ. - Law) has published Judicial Discretion in the Interpretation of International Crimes: Revisiting the Legality Principle (Hart Publishing 2026). Here's the abstract:

This book sets out a legality-centred model to better understand the interpretation of crimes in international criminal law.

It offers a new way of understanding the interpretation of crime as a two-dimensional process: determining what the law is and interpreting whether that law in fact criminalises the conduct in question. This model affects the process and the outcome of judicial interpretation. The book moves beyond the abstract by applying the model to two case studies: (1) organisational policy as a contextual element of crimes against humanity, and (2) the crime of forced marriage. It brings often-overlooked criminal law theory into the field of international criminal law, offering a fresh, innovative perspective on interpretation and placing the legality principle back at the centre of crime interpretation.

Call for Submissions: Central Asia Yearbook on International Law

A call for submissions has been issued for volume 2 of the Central Asia Yearbook of International Law. The call is here.

Cakal: Torture and the Recognition of Psychological Suffering in International Law

Ergün Cakal (Univ. of Copenhagen - Law) has published Torture and the Recognition of Psychological Suffering in International Law (Oxford Univ. Press 2026). Here's the abstract:

Torture and the Recognition of Psychological Suffering in International Law finds that psychological suffering has posed difficulties for international human rights advocates and adjudicators working on the prohibition of torture and inhuman and degrading treatment. A systematic survey of the relevant international caselaw, the book presents, reveals a vast variation in how psychological suffering is found to violate the prohibition (or not). When singled out in cases brought before the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR), the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACtHR), and the UN Committee Against Torture (CAT), psychological suffering has never been specifically categorized as torture. What is more, psychological suffering has often been excluded altogether from the purview of the prohibition, categorized instead as ‘lawful sanctions’ or as falling below the ‘minimum level of severity’ threshold, and therefore not found to be a violation. Coupling caselaw analysis and interviews, this book provides numerous inter-related reasons: that socio-political standards recognizing the significance of psychological suffering are selectively applied or altogether overlooked; that categorization is subject to caution and conservatism; that scientific expertise documenting health impacts has not compelled adjudicators in all cases; and that interpretation still depends on sense-centric reasoning (intuition–emotion–presumption), potentially undercutting scientific expertise and perpetuating preconceptions associating severe suffering with the physical.

New Volume: Yearbook of International Disaster Law

The latest volume of the Yearbook of International Disaster Law (Vol. 7, 2024) is out. Contents include:

• Thematic Section: ‘Armed Conflicts and Disasters’
• Gloria Gaggioli, The Relationship between Disaster Law and International Humanitarian Law: Reflections on Draft Article 18(2) of the ILC Draft Articles on the Protection of Persons in the Event of Disasters
• Liam Bagshaw, Analysing the Disaster Risk Reduction Obligations of Occupying Powers
• Mina Radončić, The Underdogs of Disaster Response? The Legal Framework Governing the Conduct of Organised Armed Groups in Disaster Settings
• General Section
• Gian Luca Burci & Claudia Nannini, Amending the International Health Regulations (2005): Technical Progress or Political Advancement?
• Enrico Milano, A Model for Interaction between the International Law Commission and the Sixth Committee of the UN General Assembly: The Draft Articles on the Protection of Persons in the Event of Disaster
• Anna Marie Brennan, Outer Space Law and Disaster Management on Future Extraterrestrial Human Settlements: Constructing an Interstellar Governance Framework
• Claire Methven O’Brien & Agustín Miguel Lago-Montúfar, Post-Disaster Public Procurement: Achieving Resilience through Sustainability and Human Rights Due Diligence
• Fia Hamid-Walker, Situating Historical Disaster Governance in Indonesia: Feminist TWAIL Critique of Colonial and International Legal Orders
• Emika Tokunaga, The Protection of Persons and Assistance in the Event of Disasters: Japan’s Triple Disaster
• Holly Faulkner, From Black Swans to Legal Black Elephants: Analysis of Aotearoa New Zealand’s Disaster Preparedness Frameworks

Call for Submissions: Max Planck Yearbook of United Nations Law

The Max Planck Yearbook of United Nations Law has issued a call for submissions for its Volume 30 for contributions for "a special thematic forum examining a central yet relatively under-explored dimension of international law in practice: the structure, functioning, and evolution of the diverse institutions and entities that comprise the wider United Nations (UN) system, including subsidiary organs, specialised agencies, related organisations, and other components of the broader UN-centred multilateral framework." The call is here. Abstracts are due by August 28, 2026.

Call for Engaged Listeners: Human Rights: Rising under Distress? The African Court at 20

To mark the 20th anniversary of the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights, the Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law is hosting a one-day workshop on October 14, 2026. The topic is: "Human Rights: Rising under Distress? The African Court at 20." A limited number of places are available for engaged listeners, who will participate in the workshop as audience members. Details on how to apply are here.

Cavari, Efrat, & Yair: Contemplating Conquest: Public Opinion on the Forcible Seizure of Territory

Amnon Cavari (Reichman Univ.), Asif Efrat (Reichman Univ.), & Omer Yair (Reichman Univ.) have posted Contemplating Conquest: Public Opinion on the Forcible Seizure of Territory (PS: Political Science & Politics, forthcoming). Here's the abstract:

The norm against conquest—a central tenet of the international order—is eroding. This study is among the first to examine public support for this norm, using a real-world case: Israel’s seizure of Syrian territory following the collapse of the Assad regime in December 2024. Our survey experiment in Israel reveals that citizens are sensitive to the prohibition on conquest. They demonstrate greater support for an occupation that involves only military control of the forcibly seized territory and weaker support for civilian settlement in or annexation of the foreign territory: policies that amount to conquest. Our finding—a stronger preference for legally acceptable occupation over illegal settlement or annexation—sends a positive signal for the constraining power of norms.

Hilpold: Neutrality in the Age of the UN Charter, with Special Consideration of the Ukraine Conflict

Peter Hilpold (Univ. of Innsbruck - Law) has published Neutrality in the Age of the UN Charter, with Special Consideration of the Ukraine Conflict (Nomos 2026). The table of contents is here. The book is available open access. Here's the abstract:

The war in Ukraine has tested core elements of contemporary international law. Against this backdrop, the continued viability of neutrality under international law has come under renewed scrutiny. This volume brings together experts from Austria, Switzerland, Germany, and Italy to examine the issue from the perspectives of international, public, and European law, as well as history. They conclude that, within the United Nations peace-law framework, states are obliged to show solidarity with the victim of aggression, and that neutrality may ultimately jeopardize even the security of neutral states.

New Issue: International Review of the Red Cross

The latest issue of the International Review of the Red Cross (Vol. 108, no. 931, 2026) is out. The theme is: "Upholding Humanity in War." Contents include:

• Upholding humanity in war – the ICRC’s Global Initiative to Galvanize Political Commitment to International Humanitarian Law: Interview with Cordula Droege and Anne Quintin
• Leveraging research on norm and behaviour change to better prevent violations of IHL: Interview with Sophie Legros
• Etienne Kuster, The ICRC and academia: An untold story about preserving humanity in war through international humanitarian law
• Luke Moffett, Steven van de Put, Mark Lattimer, & Mae Thompson, Upholding humanity: The role of redress in preventing and responding to civilian harm
• Jody M. Prescott, Internalizing IHL: Melding humanitarian law with military ethics for junior leaders
• Steve Martial Tiwa Fomekong, The African Union’s Peace and Security Council and the strengthening of international humanitarian law
• Nigeria’s National Committee on the Implementation of IHL: Interview with Abimbola Ajileye
• Cristina Azzarello, Tommaso Natoli, & Giulio Bartolini, “Bringing IHL home”: The case study of Italy and the Italian Red Cross
• Anna Kaufmann, Pranamie Mandalawatta, & Claire Cayzer, An Australian perspective on the role of national IHL committees in fostering government and National Society collaboration
• Jean Franco Olivera Astete & Juan José Alencastro Moya, Why do we need national IHL committees? Experiences, challenges and opportunities from Latin America
• International humanitarian law and mediation – building pathways to peace: Interview with Ghassan Elkahlout
• Simon Robins & Jill Stockwell, Missing persons and peacebuilding: The transformative role of families of the missing
• Ioanna Voudouri, Two wrongs don’t make a right: Reflections on reciprocity and its impact on the path to peace
• Caroline Baudot, Tobias Ehret, David Kaelin, & Marnie Lloydd, Beyond infrastructure: The protection of essential services personnel in the spirit of international humanitarian law
• Bárbara Morais Figueiredo, Strengthening the protection of civilian infrastructure in armed conflict: Practical measures to operationalize IHL and reduce civilian harm
• Protection of hospitals: Interview with Nicolas Gérard, Claire Bertouille, Vaios Koutroulis and Claude Maon
• Thibaud Jourdan, When loss of protection does not permit attack: Distinguishing acts harmful to the enemy from the notion of military objectives
• Upholding IHL in the use of ICTs during armed conflict – key legal and humanitarian considerations: Interview with Kubo Mačák, Mariana Salazar Albornoz and Mohamed Helal
• Marta Stroppa, The use of autonomous cyber capabilities in armed conflict and States’ due diligence obligations to avoid unintended violations of international humanitarian law
• The law of naval warfare – perspectives from an archipelagic State: Interview with Ambassador Dindin Wahyudin
• Prize law: Unjustifiable in the twenty-first century? Interview with Professor Andrew Clapham
• Dita Liliansa, Belligerent activities in neutral exclusive economic zones: Balancing war and neutrality in contemporary naval warfare
• Some current (and enduring) challenges in the application and interpretation of the law of naval warfare Rob McLaughlin
• Pornomo Rovan Astri Yoga, Between warships and merchant ships: The legal status, operational functions and targeting rules of auxiliary vessels
• Barbara Stępień, Sea drones: warships or weapons? Legal status and implications
• Dale Stephens & Abby Zeith, Waging war at sea: Land warfare but just add water?

New Issue: Journal of International Wildlife Law & Policy

The latest issue of the Journal of International Wildlife Law & Policy (Vol. 29, no. 3, 2026) is out. Contents include:

• Caroline Cox & Meganne Natali, Protecting Wildlife in Europe: A Comprehensive Analysis of Legislative Frameworks and Their Shortcomings
• Jenny Bass, Giving the Convention on Biological Diversity Teeth by Implementing an Invasive Alien Species Humane Framework that Balances Ecosystem Health with Animal Dignity#
• Elke Hellinx, Deconstructing International Wildlife Law: Policy Instruments in International Wildlife Treaties
• A. Carleton, Conceptions of Wild Animal Ownership in Kenya: Rights of Access, Protection and Semantics
• Thakurdas Jana, Swayam Prabha Satpathy & Tarun Tapas Mukherjee, The Zoological Enclosure as a Colonial Theatre of Power, Control and Domination: A Case Study of Alipore Zoo, Calcutta

New Issue: International Criminal Law Review

The latest issue of the International Criminal Law Review (Vol. 26, no. 4, 2026) is out. Contents include:

• Viktor Shevchuk, Volodymyr Zhuravel, Dmytro Zatenatskyi, Svetlana Yevdokimenko, & Inna Kolesnikova, Innovative Criminalistic Tools and Technologies in the Fight Against Corruption: Ukrainian Realities and International Experience
• Karolina Aksamitowska, Universal Jurisdiction and the Operationalization of the Principle of Complementarity in the Context of Joint Investigations Teams and Novel Accountability Hubs
• Alfredo Liñán Lafuente, The Connection Requirement and Discrimination in the Crime Against Humanity of Persecution: Two Theses that Contradict the Case Law of the International Criminal Court
• Lodovica Raparelli, Speaking Their Language: Legal Design for Victim Engagement at the International Criminal Court
• Iryna Marchuk, The Return of a Long-Forgotten War Crime of Forced Conscription: Ukrainian Domestic Case Law and Its Significance for International Criminal Law

New Issue: International Theory

The latest issue of International Theory (Vol. 18, no. 2, July 2026) is out. Contents include:

• Constanza Guajardo, The ethics of the international monetary system
• Joseph MacKay, Realism, ideology, and exile
• Brandon K. Yoder, Reassurance versus coercive bargaining: barriers to cooperative signaling in international relations
• Symposium
• Thomas Kwasi Tieku, J. Andrew Grant, & Karolina Werner, African systems of thought and IR: the road to epistemic justice
• Lina Benabdallah, Contrapuntal reading of ‘Africa rising’: seeing Africa in International Relations beyond the exceptional
• W. R. Nadège Compaoré, Pan-Africanism or Black internationalism? Evoking African political thought as political activism
• Evelyn Namakula-Mayanja & Afua Boatemaa Yakohene, International Relations in Africa: not without Indigenous knowledge systems
• Mohamed Sesay, Rectifying injustices against humanity: communitarianism, Ubuntu, and restoration
• Peace A. Medie, African feminisms in International Relations
• Fikir Haile & Badriyya Yusuf, IR Resource Bank: a tool for diversifying and decolonizing the curriculum

New Volume: Australian International Law Journal

The latest volume of the Australian International Law Journal (Vol. 31, 2024) is out. Contents include:

• Articles
• Vicky Waye, Comity and Coherence? Quo Vadis for Cross-Border Class Actions
• Nathan Tsang, Digital Assets and the Lex Situs Rule: A 'Decentralisation' Approach
• Nina Spencer, Fictions and Fences: Traditional Knowledge and Genetic Resources in International Law
• Emily Crawford, Rain Liivoja, & Alison Pert, The Use and Misuse of the Red Cross Emblem in Australia
• Lara Pratt, Cultural Heritage Destruction as a Peacetime Crime against Humanity: Wartime Origins as a Hurdle to Prosecution
• Andreea Lachsz, Access Not Denied: The UN's New Guidance on Torture Prevention Bodies' Unfettered Access to All 'Places of Deprivation of Liberty', including during Police Stops and Searches and at Public Assemblies
• Nicolas Carrillo Santarelli & Francesco Seatzu, The Protection of Future Generations as an Imperative of Inter-Generational Solidarity
• Marcelo Feitosa de Paula Dias, Traceability Technologies as a Game Changer for Global Native Forest Conservation: A Data-Driven Pathway to Achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals
• Rebecca Paradellas Barrozo, When What Is Washed Stains: Money Laundering Allegations in Recent Investment Arbitration Decisions
• Jessica C. Tselepy, More than Property: A Critical Analysis of EC-Seal Products
• Hussein Badreddine, Legal Evolution in Outer Space: Assessing the Viability of Space Mining
• Case Notes
• Dan Ziebarth, Request Submitted to the Tribunal by the Commission of Small Island States on Climate Change and International Law
• Zachary Pico, Semenya v Switzerland (2023)
• Nicholas Athanasiou, Verein KlmimaSeniorinnen Schweiz v. Switzerland: Another Positive Step for Human-Rights Based Climate Litigation

New Issue: Harvard International Law Journal

The latest issue of the Harvard International Law Journal (Vol. 67, no. 2, Spring 2026) is out. Contents include:

• Batuhan Betin, Article 62 Intervention Before the ICJ Based on Common Interests and Obligations Erga Omnes
• Henry Off, Crimes of Law: Bringing Legal Professionals to Trial for International Crimes
• Tamar Luster, Litigating Slow Violence: Deprivation in Gaza, Humanitarian Aid, and the Limits of International Humanitarian Law
• Rosalind Dixon & David Landau, Utopian Constitutionalism

New Issue: Yale Journal of International Law

The latest issue of the Yale Journal of International Law (Vol. 51, no. 2, 2026) is out. Contents include:

• Leo You Li, The Faces of Judicial Data Governance
• Cody Corliss, The War Crime of Spreading Terror
• Ding Yuan, The Legitimacy Lever in Africa-ICC Politics Note

New Issue: International Organization

The latest issue of International Organization (Vol. 80, no. 3, Summer 2026) is out. Contents include:

• Articles
• Megan A. Stewart, Revolutionizing Time, Reforging Social Orders: State-Building Success and the Enforcement of Symbolic Programs in Revolutionary France
• Daniel B. Jones, Erica Owen, & Rena Sung, Relative Exposure to Negative Economic Shocks, Racial Animus, and Voting
• Alejandro Milcíades Peña & Thomas Davies, Social Movements and International Order Formation
• Monica Widmann, Democracy, Debt, and the Bench: Political Ideology in Sovereign Immunity Cases
• Scott Wolford, Joshua Landry, & Kevin Galambos, Collective Deterrence
• Boyd van Dijk, Norm Making from the Margins: Armed Groups, the Algerian War, and South–South Legal Politics
• Research Notes
• Jessica S. Sun, Protecting at Home or Providing Abroad: Refugee Policy in Civil Conflicts
• Santi Foncillas, Erasmus Kersting, & Christopher Kilby, Dirty Work and the Domestic Politics of Aid

New Issue: International Legal Materials

The latest issue of International Legal Materials (Vol. 65, no. 4, August 2026) is out. Contents include:

• Advisory Opinion AO-32/25 Requested by Chile and Colom. – Climate Emergency & H.R. (Inter-Am. Ct. H.R.), with introductory note by Rosa Celorio & Naomi Adefris
• Advisory Opinion on Obligations of States in Respect of Climate Change (I.C.J.), with introductory note by Nathaniel Khng & Bryce Rudyk
• Convention on the Protection of the Environment Through Criminal Law (Council Eur.), with introductory note by Anne Dienelt

New Issue: Military Law and the Law of War Review / Revue de Droit Militaire et de Droit de la Guerre

The latest issue of the Military Law and the Law of War Review / Revue de Droit Militaire et de Droit de la Guerre (Vol. 64, no. 1, 2026) is out. Contents include:

• Winthrop Wells, Military information and accountability for international crimes in Ukraine
• Winthrop Wells, Battlefield evidence in Syria/Iraq and Ukraine: legal and strategic implications
• Quinten DeGroote, Preparing Europe for cyber warfare: applying peacetime International Humanitarian Law to the European Union’s Readiness 2030 Initiative
• Ronald Alcala & Hitoshi Nasu, On the purpose limb of the military objective test under the law of targeting
• Loïc Vandeput, White lie or IHL violation? An IHL analysis of the disinformation campaign against Syria Civil Defence (the White Helmets)

New Issue: Asian Journal of International Law

The latest issue of the Asian Journal of International Law (Vol. 16, no. 2, July 2026) is out. Contents include:

• Notes and Comments
• Kai Tik AU YEUNG, Significance of Coordination: A Comparison between the Cape Town Convention and Hague Securities Convention
• Invited Article
• Sundaresh MENON, International Law in Unprecedented Times – and Our Role in Shaping It
• Articles
• Sijie WANG, “Legislative Power”of the United Nations Security Council: A Step Too Far?
• Nina ARANETA-ALANA, Jeremy FARRALL, Jolyon FORD & Imogen SAUNDERS, Populism and Institutional Fortitude: Philippine Engagement aith International Law and Institutions During the Duterte Administration
• Javier Sebastian ESKAURIATZA, An Evaluation of the“Legacy Jurisdiction”of the International Criminal Court: The Philippines Investigation
• Hojjat SALIMI TURKAMANI, Climate Finance for Energy Transition with Focus on Cost of Phasing Out Fossil Fuel
• Ashkan SHOKRI, Sovereignty in Cyberspace from the Viewpoint of International Law
• Pouria ASKARY & Katayoun HOSSEINNEJAD, Beginning of International Armed Conflict in the Case of Targeted Killing of Military Personnel in a Third State
• Antal BERKES, International Law without Statehood: The Outlier Application of International Law by Eurasian De Facto Regimes

New Issue: Human Rights Quarterly

The latest issue of the Human Rights Quarterly (Vol. 48, no. 3, August 2026) is out. Contents include:

• Jessica Anania & Jamie L. Shenk, Silent Signaling: Norm Diffusion and LGBTI Rights in Transitional Justice
• Ge Chen, Freedom of Sexual Expression Under Absorptive Censorship in China
• Rhoda E. Howard-Hassmann, Trans and Women's Rights
• Patient Mpunga-Biayi, The Advisory Function of the African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights
• Changfeng Yan & Li Nawen, Legal and Ethical Principles of Intangible Cultural Heritage Protection
• Surya P. Subedi, A Cross-Cultural Understanding of Human Rights in International Legal Discourse

New Issue: Asia-Pacific Journal of Ocean Law and Policy

The latest issue of the Asia-Pacific Journal of Ocean Law and Policy (Vol. 11, no. 1, 2026) is out. Contents include:

• Yoshifumi Tanaka, Reflections on the Prevention of Vessel-Source Marine Pollution from Scrubber Discharges: Any Lessons for Green Shipping?
• Jianping Guo & Louis McDonough Monroy, Implications of the ITLOS Climate Change Advisory Opinion on International Fisheries Law
• Chuanliang Wang, Xinle Chen, & Zhe Yang, The Impacts of the Shiprider Agreements on the Maritime Rights: A Chinese Perspective
• Wei-Chung Chen, A Study on the Taiwan-Japan Fisheries Agreement for Fisheries Co-management: Insights from International Law and Practice
• Kim-Ngan Vu & Ngoc-Ha Nguyen, Vietnam’s Fisheries Subsidies Regulations: How to Contribute to the Achievement of 14.6 Sustainable Development Goal?
• Parineeta Goswami, Nisha Sachdeva, & Aarushi Goswami, Blue Carbon Governance in the Asia-Pacific: Legal Strategies For Marine Climate Resilience
• Ishrat Jahan, Intersection of the Legal Personhood of Rivers and the Law of the Sea in the Context of Bangladesh
• Candice Visser & Clive Schofield, Stability and Certainty Secured?: Implications of the International Court of Justice Advisory Opinion on the Obligations of States in Respect of Climate Change for Baselines and Maritime Zonal Limits

New Issue: Journal of Global Health Law

The latest issue of the Journal of Global Health Law (Vol. 3, no. 1, 2026) is out. Contents include:

• Lina De Witte, The PFAS Restriction Proposal: the first step towards a new era of chemicals regulation?
• Chidi Oguamanam, Re-inventing global public health in the shadow of COVID-19: decentring intellectual property in International Health Regulations (IHR) and the Pandemic Agreement for SDGs
• Sylvain Aubry, Pierre Walckiers, & Christine Frison, Keep talking while everything gets sequenced: how the Pandemic Agreement, global health, and genetic resource governance are keeping pace with digitisation?
• Siobhán Wills, Diogo Cabral, & Ulisses Terto Neto, Racialised police violence and states’ obligation to respect the human right to the social, psychosocial and environmental determinants of mental health
• Kailing Marcus & Stéphanie Dagron, Achieving Universal Health Coverage as a practical expression of the right to health: what can China’s legal framework tell us?
• David W Patterson, The climate crisis is a right to health crisis: lessons from the HIV pandemic for the UN General Assembly and UN system-wide climate action
• Milou Vlaskamp, The ICJ Climate Change Advisory Opinion: engagement with One Health approaches