Saturday, March 21, 2026

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.

Friday, March 20, 2026

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.

Thursday, March 19, 2026

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).

Wednesday, March 18, 2026

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

Tuesday, March 17, 2026

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

Monday, March 16, 2026

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.

Sunday, March 15, 2026

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