New Issue: Questions of International Law

The latest issue of Questions of International Law / Questioni di Diritto Internazionale (no. 116, 2026) is out. Contents include:

• Foreign investment in occupied territories: What lessons from current practice?
• Introduced by Carlo de Stefano
• Erik W. Brouwer, The territorial scope of bilateral investment agreements in the context of occupied territories: The quest for a bigger picture
• Marco Argentini, The circulation of the Crimea Awards: Annulment, enforcement and State immunity pleas
• Mirko Camanna, Denial of benefits clauses in wartime: From prevention of treaty shopping to geopolitical function?
• Fabrizio Marrella, Armed Conflicts in International Investment Arbitration
• Marco Longobardo & Federica Violi, Foreign Investment in Occupied Territory: The Role of Third States and Non-State Actors in International Humanitarian Law, Investment Law, and Business and Human Rights
• Alessandra Arcuri, Jus Cogens and International Investment Law in Occupied Territories: Dangerous Relations

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 Issue: Questions of International Law

The latest issue of Questions of International Law / Questioni di Diritto Internazionale (no. 114, 2026) is out. Contents include:

• What role for regional human rights courts concerning democratic backsliding?
• Introduced by Bernardo Mageste Castelar Campos
• Elena Carpanelli, From watchdog to architect? The European Court of Human Rights’ role in and after democratic decay
• Lucas Carlos Lima, Democracy before the Inter-American Court of Human Rights: From political rights to democratic backsliding
• Awalou Ouedraogo, Entre flux et reflux : la démocratie en question dans le système régional africain

New Issue: Questions of International Law

The latest issue of Questions of International Law / Questioni di Diritto Internazionale (no. 113, 2025) is out. Contents include:

• Reparations for civilian victims of the conflicts in Ukraine and Gaza
• Introduced by Silvia Borelli and Chiara Vitucci
• Chiara Giorgetti, Reparations for civilian victims in Ukraine and Gaza: Legal frameworks, normative debates, and implementation
• Shuichi Furuya, Reparations for Victims of the Conflicts in Ukraine and Gaza

New Issue: Questions of International Law

The latest issue of Questions of International Law / Questioni di Diritto Internazionale (no. 112, 2025) is out. Contents include:

• The influence of security concerns on the fulfilment of climate-related obligations in contemporary international law: A virtu-ous or vicious dynamic?
• Introduced by Angelica Bonfanti
• Antonio Mariconda, Advancing climate-related obligations through security concerns: Lessons from the Falepili Union Treaty
• Giorgia Pane, Budgeting for war: The climate-security trade-off and profiles of responsibility in international law

New Issue: Questions of International Law

The latest issue of Questions of International Law / Questioni di Diritto Internazionale (no. 111, 2025) is out. Contents include:

• Invisible in Law: Environmental and Climate Migrants and the Gap in International Protection
• Introduced by Andrea Caligiuri
• Kiara Neri, Human rights and climate migrants. A comparison of the potential for legal protection in Europe and the Americas
• Laura Salvadego, The right to enjoy a life with dignity and the non-refoulement obligation in the context of climate-induced migration
• Marialù Porchia, Protection of Cross-Border Displaced Persons in the Context of Environmental and Climate-Induced Displacement: Advancing the Global Compacts on Refugees and Migration
• Elena Ardito, Subsidiary Protection in the Context of Climate Change and Natural Disasters: From Theory to Practice

New Issue: Questions of International Law

The latest issue of Questions of International Law / Questioni di Diritto Internazionale (no. 110, 2025) is out. Contents include:

• Regulating activities in the cyberspace: Open issues of International and European law
• Introduced by Gian Maria Farnelli
• Alessandra Sardu, Non-intervention and cyberspace
• Isabella Brunner, Attributing cyber operations under International law: Political and legal aspects
• Marco Argentini, Navigating Private Obligations in Cybersecurity: Perspectives from Private International Law
• Susanna Villani, Defending the security of the eu constitutional order against malicious cyber activity: reflections on the cyber targeted sanctions regime
• Victor Stoica, AI for good: the maintenance of international peace and security

New Issue: Questions of International Law

The latest issue of Questions of International Law / Questioni di Diritto Internazionale (no. 109, 2025) is out. Contents include:

• The execution of ICC arrest warrants in domestic legal orders: Challenges from the Elmasry case
• Introduced by Maurizio Arcari and Beatrice Bonafé
• Etienne Henry, The execution of ICC arrest warrants and requests for surrender under Swiss law
• Guillaume Langle, The surrender of persons by France to the ICC: A strict application of the Rome Statute

New Issue: Questions of International Law

The latest issue of Questions of International Law / Questioni di Diritto Internazionale (no. 108, 2024) is out. Contents include:

• The latest wave of genocide cases before the International Court of Justice: Unpacking substantive and procedural issues
• Introduced by Alessandro Bufalini, Martina Buscemi and Loris Marotti
• Beatrice I. Bonafe, Impacts of substance on procedure: Genocide litigation before the ICJ
• Juliette McIntyre, The value of public hearings
• Roger O'Keefe, ‘Where is my mind?’: Locating the genocidal intent of a State
• Helen Duffy & Giulia Pinzauti, Genocide and armed conflict before the International Court of Justice

New Issue: Questions of International Law

The latest issue of Questions of International Law / Questioni di Diritto Internazionale (no. 107, 2024) is out. Contents include:

• What can international justice do to stop the war? An editorial and a question
• Introduced by Maurizio Arcari and Beatrice Bonafé
• Jeffrey L. Dunoff, International justice cannot stop the war. What can?
• Anne Lagerwall, Can international justice fight the fait accompli of wars?
• Pierre D'Argent, International Law as a System of Claims

New Issue: Questions of International Law

The latest issue of Questions of International Law / Questioni di Diritto Internazionale (no. 106, 2024) is out. Contents include:

• An International Agency for the Attribution of Malicious Cyber Operations?
• Introduced by Emanuele Cimiotta
• François Delerue, Reflections on the Opportunity of an International Attribution and Accountability Mechanism for Cyber Operations
• Nicholas Tsagourias, Cyber Attribution Agencies: A Sceptical View

New Issue: Questions of International Law

The latest issue of Questions of International Law / Questioni di Diritto Internazionale (no. 105, 2024) is out. Contents include:

• The use of universal jurisdiction to hold accountable perpetrators of crimes under international law: the sky is the limit?
• Introduced by Gabriella Citroni
• Luca Gervasoni, Enabling jurisdiction: Unravelling the global pursuit of justice for international crimes
• Ana Srovin Coralli, Universal jurisdiction: Time to revisit the basics

New Issue: Questions of International Law

The latest issue of Questions of International Law / Questioni di Diritto Internazionale (no. 104, 2024) is out. Contents include:

• Eliminating online hate speech against women: Universal versus regional approaches
• Introduced by Flavia Zorzi Giustiniani
• Maria Sjöholm, Regulation of online gender-based hate speech and international human rights law: Current status and challenges
• Claudia Morini, Countering online sexist hate speech in the European legal context: Between present commitment and future challenges

New Issue: Questions of International Law

The latest issue of Questions of International Law / Questioni di Diritto Internazionale (no. 103, 2024) is out. Contents include:

• The Irreparability of Colonialism
• Introduced by Massimo Meccarelli and Paolo Palchetti
• Laura Salvadego, Which ‘reparations’ for colonial ‘crimes’?
• Rachele Marconi, States before their colonial past: Practice in addressing responsibility
• Andrea Caligiuri, Legal aspects concerning the restitution of cultural property removed during colonial occupation
• Alessandro Bufalini, The participation of indigenous peoples and victims in treaty-making for reconciliation on colonial crimes: between change and stability
• Gustavo Gozzi, Europe and the Colonial Legacy: Continuity in a History to Be Told
• Cristiana Fiamingo, Colonialism: The ‘perfect crime’ that relentlessly reproduces its victims
• Uoldelul Dirar Chelati, Colonialism and construction of national identity: The case of the Horn of Africa

New Issue: Questions of International Law

The latest issue of Questions of International Law / Questioni di Diritto Internazionale (no. 102, 2023) is out. Contents include:

• Advisory opinions on climate change: Leading from the bench?
• Introduced by Annalisa Savaresi
• Irini Papanicolopulu, The climate change advisory opinion request at the ITLOS
• Margaretha Wewerinke-Singh, Ayan Garg, & Jacques Hartmann, The advisory proceedings on climate change before the International Court of Justice
• Monica Feria-Tinta, An advisory opinion on climate emergency and human rights before the Inter-American Court of Human Rights

New Issue: Questions of International Law

The latest issue of Questions of International Law / Questioni di Diritto Internazionale (no. 101, 2023) is out. Contents include:

• Is democracy a challenge to inter-legality?
• Introduced by Antonello Tancredi
• Gianluigi Palombella, The quest for equilibrium: Democracy, International Law and Metamodernism
• Jan Klabbers, Inter-legality and the challenge of democracy

New Issue: Questions of International Law

The latest issue of Questions of International Law / Questioni di Diritto Internazionale (no. 100, 2023) is out. Contents include:

• Third-party participation in international adjudication: recent trends and ongoing issues
• Introduced by Gian Maria Farnelli and Alessandra Sardu
• Brian McGarry, A Rush to Judgment? The Wobbly Bridge from Judicial Standing to Intervention in ICJ Proceedings
• Caterina Milo, What is Good for the Administration of Justice? Considerations in Light of the Practice on Third-Party Participation
• Niccolò Ridi, What are amicus interventions for? Some provocations on non-disputing party submissions in international investment arbitration
• Ludovica Chiussi Curzi, Third parties before the European Court of Human Rights: Addressing Limits, Unfolding Potentials

New Issue: Questions of International Law

The latest issue of Questions of International Law / Questioni di Diritto Internazionale (no. 99, 2023) is out. Contents include:

• The war in Ukraine: An ongoing debate
• Introduced by Maurizio Arcari and Beatrice Bonafé
• Giulio Bartolini, The provision of belligerent materials in the Russia-Ukraine conflict: Beyond the law of neutrality?
• Paolo Zicchittu, Article 11 of the Italian Constitution and the war in Ukraine: The constant dialogue between Constitutional and International Law

New Issue: Questions of International Law

The latest issue of Questions of International Law / Questioni di Diritto Internazionale (no. 98, 2023) is out. Contents include:

• Science before international tribunals: Deference or distrust?
• Introduced by Lucas Lima & Chiara Ragni
• James Gerard Devaney, The role of science and expert evidence in the ICJ’s Silala judgment: How Bolivia’s incoherent claims ran up against reality
• Caroline Foster, Consulting the science in World Trade Organization dispute settlement: Structured for trust
• Katalin Sulyok, Science in inter-State arbitration: What could be there between deference and distrust?
• Giorgio Gaja, Conclusions

New Issue: Questions of International Law

The latest issue of Questions of International Law / Questioni di Diritto Internazionale (no. 97, 2023) is out. Contents include:

• ‘There is great chaos under heaven’ but the situation does not seem ‘excellent’ at all. A reassessment of the Taiwan question, from statehood to the rules on the use of force
• Introduced by Marco Pertile
• Tarcisio Gazzini, Statehood in troubled waters: The international status of the Republic of China and the rules on the use of force
• Matthias Hartwig, How many Chinas exist in International Law?