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.