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