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

Call for Contributions: Old Doctrines, New Battles: The Future of the Rules-Based International Order in Latin America and the Caribbean

Völkerrechtsblog has issued a call for contributions on "Old Doctrines, New Battles: The Future of the Rules-Based International Order in Latin America and the Caribbean." The call is here.

New Issue: Questions of International Law

The latest issue of Questions of International Law / Questioni di Diritto Internazionale (no. 116, 2026) is out. Contents include:

• Foreign investment in occupied territories: What lessons from current practice?
• Introduced by Carlo de Stefano
• Erik W. Brouwer, The territorial scope of bilateral investment agreements in the context of occupied territories: The quest for a bigger picture
• Marco Argentini, The circulation of the Crimea Awards: Annulment, enforcement and State immunity pleas
• Mirko Camanna, Denial of benefits clauses in wartime: From prevention of treaty shopping to geopolitical function?
• Fabrizio Marrella, Armed Conflicts in International Investment Arbitration
• Marco Longobardo & Federica Violi, Foreign Investment in Occupied Territory: The Role of Third States and Non-State Actors in International Humanitarian Law, Investment Law, and Business and Human Rights
• Alessandra Arcuri, Jus Cogens and International Investment Law in Occupied Territories: Dangerous Relations

Job Opening: LSU Paul M. Hebert Law Center

The LSU Paul M. Hebert Law Center seeks to hire tenure-track or tenured faculty, including in the area of international law. Applications from both entry-level and lateral candidates are welcome. The job posting is here.

New Issue: Korean Journal of International and Comparative Law

The latest issue of the Korean Journal of International and Comparative Law (Vol. 14, no. 1, 2026) is out. Contents include:

• Seokwoo Lee & Jeong Woo Kim, Introduction to the Special Section: UN Security Council Sanctions Against North Korea in Comparative Perspective
• Suk Kyoon Kim, Understanding the Security of Submarine Cables in the East Asian Context: Status and the Way Forward
• Munkh-Aldar Inguun & Jaengsaeng Bae, Evolving Digital Trade Norms in the Korea–Mongolia EPA: Comparative Insights and Policy Implications
• Seokwoo Lee, Yen-Chiang Chang, & Jie Sun, Recent Jurisprudence on Title and Effectivités
• Bernard Duhaime, Special Procedures and Transitional Justice in the Korean Peninsula
• Francesco Seatzu, Overlapping Mandates and Institutional Comity: The EBRD and the World Bank in Shared Operational Spaces
• James Kraska, U.S. Legislative, Executive, and Judicial Measures for North Korea Maritime Sanctions Enforcement
• Yen-Chiang Chang & Jie Sun, Cooperative Enforcement of UN Sanctions at Sea: An Analysis Based on China’s Practice
• Suzanne Lalonde, Canada’s Contribution to the Sanctions Regime Against North Korea
• Clive Schofield, Maritime Interdiction Under United Nations Sanctions on North Korea: A Case Study of Australia’s Contributions

New Issue: International Criminal Law Review

The latest issue of the International Criminal Law Review (Vol. 26, no. 3, 2026) is out. Contents include:

• Zhanat Zhailau, Marina Chokina, Balgyn Torgautova, Karlygash Baizhomartova, & Kanat Karbekov, Crimes Against Sexual Integrity of Minors: Criminal-Legal and Penitentiary Aspects
• Oanh Thi Cao, Vuong Van Nguyen, & Tuan Van Vu, Vietnam’s Legal Obligations Under the United Nations Convention Against Corruption Regarding Non-Conviction-Based Confiscation of Assets
• Franka Pues, The Paradox of Digital Empowerment: Content Producers and the International Criminal Court
• Moussa Theodore Zidouemba, Constructing ‘Victim-Centred Peace’: The Contribution of the International Criminal Court’s Reparations to Victims in the Al-Mahdi Case in Timbuktu
• Ben Gerstein, The Srebrenica Paradoxes: Definitional Indeterminacy and Denialism

New Issue: Ethics & International Affairs

The latest issue of Ethics & International Affairs (Vol. 40, no. 1, Spring 2026) is out. Contents include:

• Essay Series: EIA Volume 40
• David Schlosberg, Revisiting Capabilities and Climate Justice: How Climate Turbulence Undermines Capabilities, and How to Design Just Adaptation in Response
• Special Section: The Ethics and Experience of War
• Cian O’Driscoll & Sian Troath, Introduction: Ethics, Experience, and War
• Cian O’Driscoll, Just War Theory Today: Experience Required?
• Thomas Gregory, Craig Jones, Helen M. Kinsella, Nisha Shah, & Lina Aburas, Enumerating Civilian Harm: Experience, Ethics, and Erasure
• Jessica Wolfendale, Collateral Voices: Civilian Perspectives, Moral Injury, and the Ethics of War
• Sian Troath, he Intellectual Inheritance of Machine Learning and the Ethics of Algorithmic War
• Beth Rowan, Soldiers of the Law: How Military Lawyers Made Law Useful to War

New Issue: World Trade Review

The latest issue of the World Trade Review (Vol. 25, no. 3, July 2026) is out. Contents include:

• Siyu Bao, Public Policy Defences in the Name of Security: Unconventional Security Claims in WTO General Exceptions Jurisprudence
• Mariagrazia Alabrese, Francesca Coli, Giorgio Comai, Emile van Ommeren, & Stefano Schiavo, Regulatory Alignment or Divergence? Food Security Provisions in the Agreement on Agriculture and in Preferential Trade Agreements
• Ji Yeon Park, The Impact of Information Provided by Political Elites on Individual Trade Policy Preferences: A Result of Political Knowledge or Interest?
• Sebastien Bradley, Javier Flórez Mendoza, Mario Larch, & Yoto Yotov, The Granular Trade and Production Activities (GRANTPA) Database
• Aydin Baris Yildirim, Border Regions and Attitudes towards International Trade in the European Union
• Nicolas Albertoni & Rupert Schlegelmilch, EU–Mercosur: Negotiating and Concluding a Trade Agreement in an Age of Trade Uncertainty

Davis: Constitutional Indifference: How U.S. Courts Violate the Rights of America’s Children

Jeffrey Davis (Univ. of Maryland, Baltimore County - Political Science) has published Constitutional Indifference: How U.S. Courts Violate the Rights of America’s Children (Palgrave Macmillan). Here's the abstract:

This book shows how U.S. courts have failed to protect the human rights of America’s children. The Supreme Court has constructed a constitutional identity rooted in American exceptionalism and libertarianism. It has used this identity to disregard human rights law, claiming it is foreign to uniquely American constitutional values and that the very nature of the Constitution is restrictive. Children in the United States suffer as a result. Compared to other democracies, the United States has the highest or nearly the highest rates of under-five mortality, child poverty, juvenile incarceration, and child deaths by homicide. Through interviews with advocates, case studies, and a comparative analysis of other democracies, the book shows how the Court has marginalized the rights of children and it contrasts this to the human rights-centered approach taken by other national and regional courts. Chapter by chapter it demonstrates how U.S. courts consistently fail to protect children’s rights to life and safety, their rights in the criminal justice system, and their rights to an education, health, and housing. Human rights are completely consistent with the U.S. Constitution, and the book sets out a plan to incorporate human rights into U.S. law.

New Issue: European Journal of International Law

The latest issue of the European Journal of International Law (Vol. 37, no. 1, February 2026) is out. Contents include:

• Editorial
• Editorial: EJIL’s First Policy on the Use of Generative Artificial Intelligence; In This Issue; In This Issue – Reviews
• Articles
• Negar Mansouri, The Colonial Aftertaste: Algerian Wine, the French Appellation of Origin and the European Sovereignty-Property Complex in International Law
• Bernhard Knoll-Tudor & Marko Prelec, Sede Vacante in Sarajevo? Bosnia and Herzegovina after 30 Years under International Supervision
• Focus: The History of International Investment Law
• Alexis Galán & Nicolás M Perrone, The Negotiations of the OECD Draft Convention on the Protection of Foreign Property: Unpacking the Early Blueprint of International Investment Agreements
• Wiebe Hommes & Laurens Ankersmit, Shell and the Creation of International Investment Law, 1957–1968
• Crtical Review of Jurisprudence
• Salvatore Fabio Nicolosi & Türkan Ertuna Lagrand, Integrating Gender Equality into International Refugee Law: The Contribution of the Court of Justice of the European Union
• EJIL Debate!
• Christiane Ahlborn, Statehood and International Organization: Rethinking Their Conceptual Relationship with Reference to Customary International Law – A Reply to Orfeas Chasapis Tassinis
• Roaming Charges
• Places with a Soul: Life – It’s Never Black or White
• ESIL Corner
• Heike Krieger, International Law in 2035: Opening Remarks at the 20th ESIL Annual Conference
• Qin (Sky) Ma, Between Hope and Constraint: The Fragile Ambition of Reconstructing International Law
• Soheil Ghasemi, Where ‘Falls the Shadow’: The 2025 ESIL Conference in Berlin and the Disciplinary Ambivalences of ‘Reconstructing International Law’
• Marina Aksenova, The Entropy of International Law: Reflections from ESIL Berlin
• Kyra Wigard, Reconstructing International Law: Where to Start?
• Gleider Hernández, On Institutional Restraints and Academic Freedoms: Reflections on Berlin
• Book Reviews
• Lorenzo Gradoni, reviewing Anne van Aaken, Pierre d’Argent, Lauri Mälksoo and Johann Justus Vasel (eds), The Oxford Handbook of International Law in Europe
• Olivier Corten, reviewing Terry D. Gill and Kinga Tibori-Szabo, The Use of Force and the International Legal System
• Eliana Cusato, reviewing Jonathan White, In the Long Run: The Future as a Political Idea
• Sergio Puig, reviewing Natalie Jones, Self-Determination as Voice: The Participation of Indigenous Peoples in International Governance
• The Last Page
• William Shakespeare, Sonnet 116

New Issue: Archiv des Völkerrechts

The latest issue of Archiv des Völkerrechts (Vol. 63, no. 4, 2025) is out. Contents include:

• Abhandlungen
• Sabine von Schorlemer, Efficiency through Synergies?
• Björnstjern Baade, Chancen und Risiken post- und dekolonialer Menschenrechtskritik am Beispiel der Strafverfolgung aufgrund der sexuellen Orientierung in Uganda
• Eckart Klein, Israel vor internationalen Gerichten
• Sven D. Dümpelmann, Transformations- und Vollzugslehre: Eine Scheindebatte

Daniele: Indiscriminate and Disproportionate Attacks in International Law: Bridging the Accountability Gap

Luigi Daniele (Univ. of Molise - Law) has published Indiscriminate and Disproportionate Attacks in International Law: Bridging the Accountability Gap (Hart Publishing 2026). Here's the abstract:

This book unveils gaps, inconsistencies, and barriers to accountability emerging from the intersections between IHL and ICL in the definition and treatment of indiscriminate and disproportionate attacks as jus in bello violations.

The book identifies and explains the unresolved legal problems surrounding the prevention and control of indiscriminate and disproportionate attacks as international war crimes, and critically unpacks the macroscopic implications of these problems for international adjudications. It goes on to address the challenges posed by these attacks as key causes of civilian victimization in war.

The author demonstrates that the Rome Statute of the ICC must be either re-interpreted or amended in order to prosecute and punish the most recurring forms of indiscriminate and disproportionate attacks. Not doing so would mean impairing the ability of this institution to pursue the most important objectives declared by its founding treaty. The book concludes by offering interpretative solutions and two amendment proposals for the Rome Statute to bridge the gaps and overcome the antinomies identified.

Plozza: The Human Right to Science: A Framework for Justiciability

Monika Plozza (Univ. of Bern) has published The Human Right to Science: A Framework for Justiciability (Cambridge Univ. Press 2026). Here's the abstract:

This book delivers an in-depth doctrinal analysis of the right to science under Article 15 ICESCR, focusing on the novel concept of its core content, as well as on its rights holders and duty bearers. Monika Plozza challenges the entrenched dichotomy between economic, social and cultural rights on the one hand and civil and political rights on the other, demonstrating that the right to science is indeed justiciable. Situating it within the wider framework of international human rights law, she traces its connections with a broad range of related rights. In doing so, this book equips scholars, practitioners and policymakers with the legal tools needed to invoke and implement the right to science in judicial and policy contexts. Timely and rigorous, it establishes the right to science as a vital legal framework for confronting global challenges ranging from climate change and disinformation to artificial intelligence. This title is available as open access on Cambridge Core.

AJIL Unbound Symposium: Should International Law Recognize Rights of Nature?

AJIL Unbound has posted a symposium on “Should International Law Recognize Rights of Nature?” The symposium includes an introduction by Alexandra Huneeus and John H. Knox, and contributions by John H. Knox , Jorge Calderón Gamboa and Julie Diane Recinos, Dinah L. Shelton, Julien Bétaille, Godwin E. K. Dzah, and Anne Peters.

Call for Submissions: Board of Peace: Might Makes Right, Again? – Inquiries in the Current Shaping of Global Governance

The journal Athena – Critical Inquiries in Law, Philosophy and Globalization has issued a call for submissions for a special issue on "Board of Peace: Might Makes Right, Again? – Inquiries in the Current Shaping of Global Governance." The call is here.

Lecture: Castellanos-Jankiewicz on “Rearming Europe: Accountability Gaps, War Economies, and Global Risks”

On July 27, 2026, León Castellanos-Jankiewicz (Univ. of Amsterdam - Law) will give the next lecture in the TwoLaW Lecture Series on the Laws of War. The topic is: “Rearming Europe: Accountability Gaps, War Economies, and Global Risks.” Details are here.

Webinar: Taxation, Racial Capitalism, and the International Rule of Law: From Colonial Slavery to Global Governance

On July 22, 2026, the European Society of International Law's Interest Group on European and International Rule of Law will host a websinar on “Taxation, Racial Capitalism, and the International Rule of Law: From Colonial Slavery to Global Governance.” This is the inaugural webinar in the interest group's new webinar series. Details are here.

Call for Papers: ASIL International Law & Social Science Interest Group Biennial Conference

A call for papers has been issued for the Biennial Conference of the American Society of International Law's International Law & Social Science Interest Group, which will take place January 29-30, 2027, at UCLA School of Law. The call is here.

Call for Submissions: Irish Yearbook of International Law

The Irish Yearbook of International Law has issued a call for submissions for its next volume. While the Yearbook welcomes submissions with an Irish connection, this is not a requirement. The call is here.

Besson: Democratic Representation in International Organizations

Samantha Besson (Collège de France) has published Democratic Representation in International Organizations (Cambridge Univ. Press 2026). The table of contents is here. Here's the abstract:

International organizations (IOs) play a central role in contemporary international law-making: they institutionalize most of the processes through which international law is adopted today. From the perspective of the democratic legitimacy of international law, this raises the question of the conditions under which those IOs may be regarded as democratic representatives of their Member States' peoples. Curiously, given its important international and domestic stakes, however, the democratic representativeness of IOs, but also of States and other public and private institutions within those IOs does not seem to be much of a concern in practice. Even more curiously, and by contrast to other issues of democratic legitimacy it is necessarily related to, such as participation or deliberation inside IOs, representation has only rarely been addressed as such in scholarly debates. It is this gap in theory and practice that this volume purports to fill. It is the first one bringing global democracy theorists and international lawyers into dialogue on the topic and in English language. This title is available as open access on Cambridge Core.

New Issue: American Journal of International Law

The latest issue of the American Journal of International Law (Vol. 120, no. 3, July 2026) is out. Contents include:

• Articles
• Rifat Azam, The United States, China, and the OECD—UN Rivalry: Asymmetric Regime Complexity in Global Tax Governance
• Sannoy Das, Non-discrimination as Discrimination: The MFN Obligation and International Trade Law
• International Decisions
• Xue Feng & Xueliang Ji, United States — Certain Tax Credits Under the Inflation Reduction Act. Panel Report. WT/DS623/R
• Marios Tokas, Hellenic Council of State, Decision A, No. 1918-20/2025
• Contemporary Practice of the United States Relating to International Law
• The United States Takes an à la Carte Approach to the United Nations
• President Trump Launches the Board of Peace
• The United States and the OECD/G20 Inclusive Framework Agree on a “Side-by-Side” Arrangement Exempting U.S. Multinationals from the Global Minimum Tax Regime
• President Trump Demands that Denmark Sell Greenland to the United States, Threatening to Take It by Force
• Recent Books on International Law
• Chimène I. Keitner, State Responsibility as Myth and Legend
• Anne Trebilcock, reviewing International Organization Initiatives: How and Why Organizations Adapt and Change, edited by Gabrielle Marceau and Henner Gött
• Emilie M. Hafner-Burton, reviewing International Legal Theory and the Cognitive Turn, edited by Anne van Aaken and Moshe Hirsch
• Roger O’Keefe, reviewing End of Immunity: Holding World Leaders Accountable for Aggression, Genocide, War Crimes, and Crimes Against Humanity, by Chile Eboe-Osuji

Yale Law Journal Student Essay Competition on "Emerging Issues in International Law"

The Yale Law Journal has announced that submissions are open for its tenth annual student essay competition. This year's topic is: "Emerging Issues in International Law." Details are here.

New Issue: La Comunità Internazionale

The latest issue of La Comunità Internazionale (Vol. 81, no. 2, 2026) is out. Contents include:

• Interventi
• Ugo Villani, Il problema della sanzione nel diritto internazionale
• Articoli e Saggi
• Nicola Colacino, Tecniche di normazione dell’intelligenza artificiale: una lettura nichilista
• Francesco Seatzu, Rethinking Consular Protection in Times of Hybrid Conflicts: From the 1963 Vienna Framework to Emerging Normative Pathways
• Osservatorio Diritti Umani
• Michele Nino, La giurisprudenza della Corte europea dei diritti dell’uomo in materia di proprietà intellettuale: dal riconoscimento al consolidamento nel sistema di Strasburgo
• Osservatorio Europeo
• Najada Kilic, Denard Veshi, Gentjan Skara, Darlin Katundi, The Role of the EU in Promoting the Rule of Law in Albania: The Longstanding Impact of the 2016 Judicial Reform
• Note e Commenti
• Manfredi Marciante, Governing Alternative Marine-Fuel Releases Under International Maritime and Environmental Law
• Amartina Mannaioli, A trent’anni da Dayton: la situazione in Bosnia ed Erzegovina tra spinte secessioniste e diritti negati

New Issue: Ocean Development & International Law

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

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

New Volume: Austrian Review of International and European Law

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

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

New Issue: Zeitschrift für ausländisches öffentliches Recht und Völkerrecht

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

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

New Issue: Nordic Journal of International Law

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

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

New Issue: Journal of World Investment & Trade

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

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

New Issue: Review of International Organizations

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

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

New Issue: International Journal of Marine and Coastal Law

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

New Issue: International Organizations Law Review

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

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

Lim & Trachtman: The Cambridge Companion to World Trade Law

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

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

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

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

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

Inaugural Volume: Arab Yearbook of Public & Private International Law

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

New Issue: Climate Law

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

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