Conference: 33rd Annual ANZSIL Conference

On July 1-3, 2026, the Australian and New Zealand Society of International Law will hold its 33rd Annual Conference at the Victoria University of Wellington Faculty of Law. The theme is: "Navigating Stormy Seas: People, Place and Perspectives in International Law." Details are here.

Longobardo: Sufficient Gravity before the International Criminal Court

Marco Longobardo (Univ. of Westminster - Law) has published Sufficient Gravity before the International Criminal Court (Edward Elgar Publishing 2026). This is the latest volume in the Elgar International Law Series. Here's the abstract:

Challenging the view that sufficient gravity is mainly a tool for prosecutorial discretion, this book reconstructs the interpretation of this criterion and argues for its assessment in objective and legally grounded terms. Marco Longobardo expertly examines case law and prosecutorial practice pertaining to situations and cases under Article 17(1)(d) of the Rome Statute of the ICC to inform his criticism of the assessment of sufficient gravity.

The book reviews the assessment of sufficient gravity to evaluate the decisions of the Office of the Prosecutor (OTP) and case law of the Chambers. Chapters explore case studies such as the Lubanga and Ntaganda arrest warrants and the boarding of the Mavi Marmara. Combining jurisprudential and international law perspectives, Longobardo analyses the rules of treaty interpretation and applies them as a methodological framework to assess sufficient gravity.

Sufficient Gravity before the International Criminal Court is a crucial resource for scholars and students in international criminal law and justice and public international law. This book’s scrutinisation of sufficient gravity provides guidance to ICC organs and parties and contributes to the reinforcement of the ICC project. It is also beneficial for practitioners and NGOs working on issues pertaining to sufficient gravity before the ICC.

Krieger, Jokubauskaite, Ozcelik, & Buser: From Protracted Conflict to Sustainable Peace? The Humanitarian-Development-Peace Nexus and International Law

Heike Krieger (Freie Universität Berlin - Law), Giedre Jokubauskaite (Univ. of Glasgow - Law), Asli Ozcelik (Univ. of Glasgow - Law), & Andreas Buser (Freie Universität Berlin - Law) have published From Protracted Conflict to Sustainable Peace? The Humanitarian-Development-Peace Nexus and International Law (Oxford Univ. Press 2026). Here's the abstract:

Across the globe, the number of protracted armed conflicts is rising, with many societies enduring the consequences of violence and conflict-related socio-economic disruption for decades. These enduring conflicts present complex and evolving challenges—legal, (geo)political, institutional, humanitarian, developmental, and environmental—that demand new approaches. In response, policy frameworks increasingly advocate for the so-called humanitarian-development-peace nexus (the ‘triple nexus’), which seeks to bridge traditionally siloed agendas in favour of a more integrated response to protracted conflict. Yet, despite growing policy interest, the legal dimensions of protracted conflict and the implications of the triple nexus remain under-explored in international law. From Protracted Conflict to Sustainable Peace? offers the first comprehensive legal and interdisciplinary examination of how international law engages with the realities of protracted conflict. Drawing on a wide range of legal fields—including international humanitarian law, development law, economic law, refugee law, human rights law, international criminal law, and peacebuilding law—contributors explore how legal regimes interact, overlap, and at times conflict in these complex settings. Through a conceptual framework and a series of thematic chapters, the volume addresses the lived impacts of protracted conflict, the role of international institutions and the challenges they face, and the potential of human rights frameworks to respond to long-term crises. It provides scholars and practitioners with a vital resource for rethinking legal strategies in the face of enduring violence and for imagining pathways toward sustainable peace.

New Issue: Questions of International Law

The latest issue of Questions of International Law / Questioni di Diritto Internazionale (no. 115, 2026) is out. Contents include:

• Bridges and shields in the law of immunity of international organizations? The 2025 ICJ’s advisory opinion and the issue of UNRWA’s immunities (Part I)
• Introduced by Beatrice Bonafè and Maurizio Arcari
• Eleonora Castro, United Nations’ immunities: Abuses and disputes settlement
• Bernardo Mageste Castelar Campos, The inviolability of the United Nations in armed conflicts: International Humanitarian Law and the ICJ’s UNRWA Advisory Opinion
• Rafael Fonseca Melo, Qualifying UN organs for purposes of immunities recognition: The status of UNRWA in light of Estate of Kedem Simon Tov v UNRWA and the 2025 ICJ Advisory Opinion
• Franco Di Pede, From provisional agreement to unilateral termination: The Michelmore–Comay Exchange of Letters in the ICJ Advisory Opinion of 22 October 2025

New Volume: Yearbook of International Humanitarian Law

The latest volume of the Yearbook of International Humanitarian Law (Vol. 27, 2024) is out. Contents include:

• International Humanitarian Law Under Pressure
• Zoi Lafazani, Sieges as Indiscriminate Attacks Under International Humanitarian Law: Is a Lawful Siege of a Populated Area a Contradiction in Terms?
• Antonio Mariconda, International Humanitarian Law’s Protection of Healthcare Under Pressure: An Assessment of the IDF’s Approach to “Hospital Shields” and “Acts Harmful to the Enemy” in the Conduct of Hostilities in Gaza
• Eitan Diamond & Ellen Nohle, Humanitarian Displacement? The (Mis-)Appropriation of Humanitarian Principles to Justify Mass Displacement
• Mark Lattimer, Objective and Subjective Tests for Determining Violations of the Law of Targeting: The Unreasonable Commander and the Guilty Mind
• Jessica Dorsey & Luke Moffett, The Warification of International Humanitarian Law and the Artifice of Artificial Intelligence in Decision-Support Systems: Restoring Balance Through the Legitimacy of Military Operations
• Audrey Fino, Silently Present: The Overlooked Prohibition of Harmful Speech in International Humanitarian Law
• Carolina Trejos Carvajal, Incorporating the Protection of Marine Species into the Obligations of the Occupying Power
• Year in Review
• Hendrik Mathis Drößler, Cheya Took and Katerina Lefkidou, Year in Review 2024

Book Launch: Sufficient Gravity before the International Criminal Court

On April 24, 2026, The research center International Law at Westminster will host a book launch of Sufficient Gravity before the International Criminal Court (Edward Elgar 2026) by Marco Longobardo (Univ. of Westminster), at Westminster Law School, in person. The book is latest volume in the Elgar International Law Series. Speakers include: Diane Marie Amann (LSE), Olympia Bekou (Univ. of Nottingham), William A. Schabas (Middlesex Univ.), and Marco Roscini (Univ. of Westminster). Details are here.

Hammoudi: Manufacturing Sovereignty: International Law, Labour Struggle, and the Making of Iraq

Ali Hammoudi (Univ. of Windsor - Law) has published Manufacturing Sovereignty: International Law, Labour Struggle, and the Making of Iraq (Hart Publishing 2026). Here's the abstract:

This book delves into the legal and labour history of the Hashemite Kingdom of Iraq to explore the role international law and its institutions played in Iraq's state formation.

Focusing on a turbulent period in global and Middle East history, it shows how the case of Iraq became a laboratory for experimentation with the concept of sovereignty by the Permanent Mandates Commission of the League of Nations in Geneva. This resulted in the development of a doctrine of 'semiperipheral sovereignty' to justify Iraq's independence from the Mandate process. This novel doctrine and its operation within the provisions of the 1930 Anglo-Iraq Treaty ensured the maintenance of British dominance over Iraq, especially to safeguard the extraction and transportation of its valuable oil resources to Western markets.

The book traces how this legal doctrine impacted the everyday lives of working class Iraqis. It explores the governance of the extraterritorial spaces of capitalist accumulation and labour exploitation, in particular the Iraq Petroleum Company oil fields, the Iraq State Railways and the Port of Basra. It goes on to detail how the oil, railway and port workers led by the Iraqi Communist Party effectively organised themselves into a nationalist revolutionary labour movement. They waged an anti-colonial struggle against these imperial legal structures to improve their lot, leading up to the 1948 Wathba, the 1953 Intifada, and ultimately the July Revolution of 1958, which upended the British-sponsored monarchy.

Spanning various international archives and Arabic primary source materials, this book offers an example of a social, legal and labour history written from below, centering ordinary working peoples' agency in the historiography of international law. Drawing on Third World Approaches to International Law (TWAIL) and Marxist methodologies, it emphasises the significance of the semi-periphery in the making of the international legal order.

Kraska & Lagdami: Marine Technology, Ocean Development and the Law of the Sea

James Kraska (U.S. Naval War College) & Khanssa Lagdami (World Maritime Univ.) have published Marine Technology, Ocean Development and the Law of the Sea (Cambridge Univ. Press 2026). Here's the abstract:

Emerging technologies such as autonomous vessels, artificial intelligence, and alternative fuels are revolutionizing the way we operate at sea. This volume examines how advancements in information technology and biotechnology are influencing the evolution of ocean law and policy. These technologies, including blockchain, satellite and submarine cable communications, nuclear power at sea, seabed mining, underwater archaeology, marine genetics, and decarbonization, are changing the architecture of ocean governance. This volume explores both the opportunities and challenges these advancements pose to the law of the sea, which is evolving to adapt to ever accelerating rates of global change. Looking forward, the book considers the role of the law of the sea in the future of ocean governance. This title is available as open access on Cambridge Core.

Chat with the Author: Yilin Wang on “Locating TWAIL Scholarship in China”

On April 21, 2026, the European Society of International Law's Critical Approaches to International Law Interest Group will host a "Chat with the Author" with Yilin Wang (Univ. of Macau - Law) speaking about “Locating TWAIL Scholarship in China.” Details are here.

New Issue: Polish Review of International and European Law

The latest issue of the Polish Review of International and European Law (Vol. 14, no. 2, 2025) is out. Contents include:

• Articles
• Marija Dordeska, What Principles in What Proceedings? The Use and Development of General Principles of Law in the ICJ’s Advisory vs Contentious Jurisprudence
• Szymon Zaręba, The Evolution of the International Court of Justice’s Approach to the Right of Actio Popularis Before It, Based on Recent Case Law
• Aghil Mohammadi & Aref Laridashti, The Forcible Transfer of Ukrainian Children as Genocide: An Assessment of Russia's Actions in Light of the International Documents and Judicial Rulings
• Tomasz Mirosławski, Workplace Monitoring in Europe: A Review of Regulatory Perspectives and Developments
• Case Comments
• Tomasz Kamiński & Paweł Natorski, Comments on the ICJ Judgment on Delimitation of the Continental Shelf between Nicaragua and Colombia beyond 200 Nautical Miles from the Nicaraguan Coast (Nicaragua v. Colombia) (13 July 2023)
• Julia Kapelańska-Pręgowska, Comments on the ECtHR Judgment in Verein KlimaSeniorinnen Schweiz and Others v. Switzerland (9 April 2024)

New Issue: Nordic Journal of International Law

The latest issue of the Nordic Journal of International Law (Vol. 94, no. 4, 2025) is out. Contents include:

• Special Issue: International Organizations and the Private Sector
• Jan Klabbers, Legal Aspects of the Relations Between International Organizations and the Private Sector: Editor’s Introduction
• Lorenzo Gasbarri, The Participation of Private Stakeholders in International Tourism Governance
• Scarlett McArdle, Private Sector Engagement in Global Health: WHO and WHO-Foundation
• Sebastián Machado, Divide and Conquer: The Fragmentation of the European Space Institutionalism
• Paulina Rundel, The ILC’s Work on Dispute Settlement Between International Organizations and Private Parties
• Bianca Isabella Ortiz, Dispute Settlement Between International Organizations and Private Parties Through International Arbitration: Observations from the Practice of the United Nations System
• Martina Coxová, Beyond Staff: Expanding the Jurisdiction of International Administrative Tribunals for Enhanced Accountability and Due Process

ESIL IG Online Workshops in Connection with Research Forum 2026

In the context of the ESIL Research Forum 2026 in Kraków, ESIL Interest Groups are hosting online workshops in the days preceding the Forum:

• IG on International Economic Law - April 7 - Sustainability of Global Economic Governance
• IG on History of International Law - April 7 - What could be the future of a sustainable international law? Lessons from history
• IG on International Legal Theory and Philosophy - April 8 - Normalizing Sustainability. Theoretical Perspectives on Stability and Change in International Law
• IG on International Business and Human Rights - April 7 - Sustainability, Business & Human Rights: Evolutions from Soft to Hard Law
• IG on the Law of the Sea - April 8 - To be or not to be: The sustainability of international law of the sea and the international law of sustainable seas

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)

Wade: Preferential Rules of Origin in the Law of the WTO and PTAs: The Challenge of 3D Printing

Diana E. Wade has published Preferential Rules of Origin in the Law of the WTO and PTAs: The Challenge of 3D Printing (Brill | Nijhoff 2025). Here's the abstract:

Where does a 3D printed good come from? This book examines preferential rules of origin within the context of advanced manufacturing, focusing on 3D printing. From a foundation in the legal and technical aspects of rules of origin, it explores why 3D printing implies reconsidering how materials, labour, and technology factor into the determination of the origin of a good and the risks and opportunities this brings to producers and traders. The book suggests revisiting rules of origin in PTAs and encourages the WTO to promote incorporating rules or origin and new production methods into a balanced trade framework that supports producers, traders, and consumers globally.

Carnegie & Clark: Global Governance Under Fire: How International Organizations Resist the Populist Wave

Allison Carnegie (Columbia Univ. - Political Science) & Richard Clark (Univ. of Notre Dame - Political Science) have published Global Governance Under Fire: How International Organizations Resist the Populist Wave (Princeton Univ. Press 2026). Here's the abstract:

Populist leaders around the world increasingly reject international organizations, decrying them as constraints on state power and rallying followers against the “global elite” who run them. These institutions—painstakingly built through decades of negotiation and multilateral cooperation—are often seen as passive bystanders, unable or unwilling to push back. In Global Governance Under Fire, Allison Carnegie and Richard Clark challenge this view, arguing that international organizations are, in fact, strategic agents with the tools to resist populist pressures. Offering fresh theoretical insights and original empirical analysis, they investigate how these institutions fight back and how their defensive strategies are reshaping global governance.

Using a multimethod approach that draws on novel data and qualitative evidence, Carnegie and Clark identify four key strategies that international organizations employ both to appease and to sideline populists and their constituents. They find that while these strategies help fortify global governance against populist opposition, they may also produce unintended consequences, potentially eroding institutional legitimacy and fueling further resistance. A timely and compelling account, the book provides a crucial roadmap for understanding—and safeguarding—the global order.

Lecture: Lang on "Fantasies of No Value"

On May 7, 2026, Andrew Lang (Univ. of Edinburgh) will deliver the London Review of International Law Annual Lecture at the Lauterpacht Centre for International Law. The topic is: "Fantasies of No Value." Details are here.

Call for Papers: Absolute Rights under the ECHR at State Borders

A call for papers has been issued for a workshop on "Absolute Rights under the ECHR at State Borders," to take place November 9-10, 2026, in Nuremberg. The call is here.

Call for Submissions: Art and Turning Points in Law: A Twentieth-Century Intertwining?

LawArt. Journal of Law, Art and History has issued a call for submissions for the "Itineraries" section of issue 8 (2027). The theme is: "Art and Turning Points in Law: A Twentieth-Century Intertwining?" The call is here.

Conference: Teaching International Human Rights Law - in times of Normative Contestation

On June 8-10, 2026, the University of Innsbruck will host a conference on "Teaching International Human Rights Law - in times of Normative Contestation." Details are here.

Lecture: Schabas on "A refresh of the Genocide Convention at the International Court of Justice?"

On April 23, 2026, William Schabas (Middlesex Univ.) will deliver the 2026 Theo van Boven Lecture at the Maastricht Centre for Human Rights. The topic is: "A refresh of the Genocide Convention at the International Court of Justice?" Details are here.

Conference: Cambridge International Law Journal 15th Annual Conference

On April 23-24, 2026, the Cambridge International Law Journal will hold its 15th Annual Conference at the University of Cambridge. The theme is: "Reimagining International Law: Critical, Regional, and Trans-Disciplinary Perspectives." Details are here.

Webinar: Movies, TV Series and Teaching International Law

On March 30, 2026, the European Society of International Law will host a webinar on "Movies, TV Series and Teaching International Law." This event, part of the ESIL Teaching Corner Webinar Series, will discuss how films and TV series interact with international law and how they can be used in class for teaching purposes. Details are here.

Call for Contributions: Oxford Reports on International Law (UN Treaty Body Case Law Reporters)

Oxford University Press, together with the editors of the Oxford Reports on International Law: International Human Rights Law – UN Human Rights Bodies module, invites applications for Human Rights case law reporters to contribute to the analysis of decisions by UN Human Rights Treaty Bodies. Reporters contribute to OUP’s leading case law reporting service, receive feedback from senior scholars, and build a publication record in the field. The deadline for applications is April 20, 2026. Further details can be found here.

Call for Panel Proposals: International Law Weekend 2026

The American Branch of the International Law Association has issued a call for panel proposals for International Law Weekend 2026, which will take place in New York City on October 22-24. The theme is "[R]evolution in the International Legal Order." The call is here. The deadline is April 10, 2026.

AJIL Unbound Symposium: The Challenges and Prospects of Novel Types of Business and Human Rights Litigation

AJIL Unbound has posted a symposium on “The Challenges and Prospects of Novel Types of Business and Human Rights Litigation.” The symposium includes an introduction by Ekaterina Aristova, Hassan Ahmad, Rachel Chambers, and Sergio Puig, and contributions by Georgia Greville and Jean-Pierre Gauci , Christopher Patz and Sekar Banjaran Aji, Arturo J. Carrillo, Jonathan Lowy, and Emily Fallin, Bridget Mafusire, and Florence Shako.

New Issue: La Comunità Internazionale

The latest issue of La Comunità Internazionale (Vol. 80, no. 4, 2025) is out. Contents include:

• Ottantesimo Anniversario Dell’entrata In Vigore Della Carta Dell’ONU (24 ottobre 1945-24 ottobre 2025)
• Pietro Gargiulo, L’ONU e il mantenimento della pace e della sicurezza internazionali: 80 anni di (diverse) ombre e (poche) luci
• Maria Rosaria Mauro, Le Nazioni Unite e la cooperazione economica e sociale: dalla cooperazione allo sviluppo alla promozione dello sviluppo sostenibile
• Laura Pineschi, 80 anni di tutela dei diritti umani nelle Nazioni Unite: un pilastro di vetro (in)frangibile?
• Cinquantesimo Anniversario Dell’adozione Dell’atto Finale Di Helsinki (1° agosto 1975-1° agosto 2025)
• Ivan Ingravallo, Il (mesto) cinquantesimo anniversario dell’Atto Finale di Helsinki
• Interventi
• Gabriella Arrigo & Maria Chiara Noto, Lo Spazio e il Piano Mattei per l’Africa
• Note e Commenti
• Alessia Preti, “It’s Genocide” – Remarks on the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory’s Latest Report

Call for Contributions: Arms Exports Unbound? The German Federal Constitutional Court’s Gaza Case in Perspective

Völkerrechtsblog has issued a call for contributions on "Arms Exports Unbound? The German Federal Constitutional Court’s Gaza Case in Perspective." The call is here.

Hilpold: Neutralität im Zeitalter des UN-Rechts: Unter besonderer Berücksichtigung des Ukrainekonflikts

Peter Hilpold (Universität Innsbruck) has published Neutralität im Zeitalter des UN-Rechts: Unter besonderer Berücksichtigung des Ukrainekonflikts (Nomos 2026). Here's the abstract:

Der Ukraine-Konflikt hat viele Elemente des modernen Völkerrechts auf den Prüfstein gestellt. In diesem Zusammenhang ist auch die Frage wieder aktuell geworden, ob das völkerrechtliche Neutralitätsrecht noch mit dem modernen Völkerrecht in Einklang zu bringen ist.

In diesem Band beleuchten Experten und Expertinnen aus Österreich, der Schweiz, Deutschland und Italien diese Frage aus völkerrechtlicher, öffentlichrechtlicher, europarechtlicher und historischer Sicht. Sie kommen zu dem Ergebnis, dass im Friedensrecht der Vereinten Nationen eine Verpflichtung zur solidarischen Parteinahme zugunsten des Opfers einer Aggression besteht. Neutralität kann letztlich auch die Sicherheit der Neutralen gefährden.

Lecture: Brunk on "War, Territory and International Law"

On March 26, 2026, Ingrid Brunk (Vanderbilt Univ.) will give the next lecture in the TwoLaW Lecture Series on the Laws of War. The topic is: “War, Territory and International Law.” Details are here.

New Issue: International Organization

The latest issue of International Organization (Vol. 80, no. 1, Winter 2026) is out. Contents include:

• Articles
• Sung Eun Kim & Krzysztof Pelc, Geography of Grievance: Industrial Hubs Magnify Political Discontent
• Christina Cottiero & Christina J. Schneider, International Financial Institutions and the Promotion of Autocratic Resilience
• Jamie Hintson & Kenneth A. Schultz, Closing Pandora’s Box: Can Shared Vulnerability Underpin Territorial Stability?
• Phillip Y. Lipscy & Jiajia Zhou, Institutional Racism in International Relations
• Research Notes
• Haillie Lee & Erik Voeten, Transboundary Air Pollution and Hazy Accountability: Evidence from South Korea
• Joshua A. Schwartz & Michael C. Horowitz, Delegating Destruction: Coercive Threats and Automated Nuclear Systems
• Calvert W. Jones, Authoritarian Reforms and External Legitimacy

Jean: L'état de droit international : Voyage dans les méandres d'un concept juridique troublant

Moïse Jean has published L'état de droit international : Voyage dans les méandres d'un concept juridique troublant (Schulthess Verlag 2026). Here's the abstract:

Depuis près d’une trentaine d’années, l’état de droit occupe une place centrale dans le discours international et s’est progressivement imposé comme un modèle de référence, un point de ralliement. Mais que signifie exactement ce concept ? S’agit-il d’une obligation juridique internationale, d’un principe général du droit, ou d’un simple idéal politique ? Quel est son statut et est-il compatible avec les structures actuelles de la société internationale ?

Cet ouvrage met en évidence le décalage profond entre les proclamations solennelles entourant l’état de droit et sa réalité juridique concrète. Il montre que cette notion est encore dépourvue de définition autonome, précise et partagée, se situant aujourd’hui à mi-chemin entre projet politique et concrétisation juridique.

Dans ces conditions, parler de « respect » ou de « violation » de l’état de droit en droit international apparaît largement inapproprié. Faute de contenu normatif stabilisé, la notion tend en pratique à se confondre avec l’exigence générale de respect du droit international existant. Tout en étant encore un projet inachevé, l’état de droit est néanmoins une idée-force mobilisatrice.

L’ouvrage souligne également la tension persistante entre les exigences qu’impliquerait l’avènement d’un véritable état de droit international et la structure actuelle de la société internationale. À défaut d’une refonte profonde de l’architecture du droit international, l’état de droit demeure un horizon normatif, encore largement utopique à l’échelle universelle.

Job Opening: Full Professor of International Law (Geneva Graduate Institute)

The Geneva Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies is recruiting a full professor of international law with demonstrated potential for research leadership in international law, especially in the areas of international human rights law and international humanitarian law. Details and how to apply are here.

Workshop: State Responsibility in Crisis

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

New Issue: International Journal of Marine and Coastal Law

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

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

New Issue: International Organizations Law Review

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

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

New Volume: Japanese Yearbook of International Law

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

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

New Issue: European Journal of International Law

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

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

Call for Papers: ESIL-SLADI Junior Faculty Forum

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

Conference: International Law and Peace in Ukraine

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

New Issue: Journal of World Investment & Trade

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

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

New Issue: International Legal Materials

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

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

New Issue: International Theory

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The latest issue of Global Governance: A Review of Multilateralism and International Institutions (Vol. 32, no. 1, 2026) is out. Contents include:

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

New Issue: Asian Journal of International Law

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

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

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

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

Call for papers

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

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

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

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

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

Timeline

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

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

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

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

Call for Papers: Law and Security

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

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

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

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

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

AJIL Unbound Symposium: Global Health at a Crossroads Part II

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

Call for Papers: The Use of Force in Recent Conflicts

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

New Issue: International Review of the Red Cross

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

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

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

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

New Issue: Ethics & International Affairs

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

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

Call for Papers: Third Transnational Criminal Law Review Conference

Saarland University’s Cluster for European Research and Faculty of Law, the Transnational Criminal Law Review, and the German national group of the International Association of Penal Law have issued a call for papers for the third Transnational Criminal Law Review Conference, to be held May 24-25, 2027, at Saarland University. The topic is: "The Borderlands of Criminal Law II." The call is here.

Job Opening: Teaching Fellow, International Economic Law, Business & Policy (Stanford)

Stanford Law School seeks to hire a teaching fellow for the LLM Program in International Economic Law, Business & Policy. The principal functions of the teaching fellow are to prepare and lead a colloquium on international business issues for the 15-20 students who enroll in the program annually, to advise students on their curricular choices, and to assist in the admissions and orientation process for the incoming class. The ideal candidate will be an aspiring academic with a strong interest in one or more of the core subject areas spanned by the program (including international trade, international investment law, international dispute resolution and arbitration, international business transactions and international antitrust). Details are here.

AJIL Unbound Symposium: Global Health at a Crossroads Part I

AJIL Unbound has posted a symposium on “Global Health at a Crossroads Part I.” The symposium includes an introduction by Matiangai Sirleaf, and contributions by Lisa Forman, K. M. Gopakumar and Nithin Ramakrishnan, Mark Eccleston-Turner, Gian Luca Burci, and Clare Wenham, Fifa A. Rahman, Luciano Bottini Filho, Deborah Gleeson, and Pedro A. Villarreal, Roojin Habibi, Omowamiwa Kolawole and Uchechukwu Ngwaba, and Kriti Sharma, Margherita Melillo, and Robert Eckford.