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

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

• IG on Critical Approaches to International Law: Conflict and International Law: Beyond the Promise of Peace (deadline: 1 April 2026)
• IG on International Criminal Justice: Is the International Criminal Court in Conflict? (deadline: 7 April 2026)
• IG on International Economic Law: International Economic Law and Conflict (deadline: 10 April 2026)
• IG on International Organisations: Conflict Unbound? Revisiting International Organizations and Contestation (deadline: 10 April 2026)
• IG on Migration and Refugee Law: Asylum in Times of Conflict: Unsettling the Boundaries of Refugee Protection (deadline: 10 April 2026)
• IG on International Law of Culture: The International Law of Culture at a Crossroads: Past Developments and Future Directions (deadline: 10 April 2026)
• IG on Social Sciences and International Law: Contestation in international law (deadline: 10 April 2026)
• IG on International Business and Human Rights: Business and Human Rights at the Fault Lines of Armed Conflicts (deadline: 12 April 2026)
• IG on the EU as a Global Actor: The EU as Global Peace Actor: Rhetoric or Reality? (deadline: 15 April 2026)
• IG on International Legal Theory and Philoosophy: A World without Rules? The Responsibility of International Law Scholars in Times of Fatigue (deadline: 15 April 2026)
• IG on Feminism and International Law: Gender and Conflict in International Law (deadline: 20 April 2026)
• IG on International Human Rights Law: The role of conflict in the making and shaping of International Human Rights Law (deadline: 20 April 2026)
• IG on International Health Law: Health Protection and Armed Conflicts in a Fragmented Legal Landscape: Emergencies, Security, and Governance (deadline: 24 April 2026)
• IG on Energy and International Law: From Interdependence to Weaponisation: Energy Security and International Law (deadline: 24 April 2026)
• IG on Peace and Security: Peace and Security beyond the UN Charter: Appraising Alternative Models of Global Security Governance and Law (deadline: 28 April 2026)