Call for Submissions: International Humanitarian Law and Courts (Yearbook of International Humanitarian Law)

The Yearbook of International Humanitarian Law has issued a call for submissions for its Volume 29 (2026) on the theme "International Humanitarian Law and Courts." The call is here. The deadline for abstracts is June 19, 2026.

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

New Volume: Yearbook of International Humanitarian Law

The latest volume of the Yearbook of International Humanitarian Law (Vol. 26, 2023) is out. Contents include:

• Humanitarian Actors
• David Matyas, Humanitarians and Their Law(s): A Comprehensive Inquiry
• Oscar A. Gómez, The State as a Humanitarian Actor: Opportunities and Challenges in Decolonizing Humanitarianism
• Other Articles
• Neil Davison, Nerve Agents by Another Name: The Thirty-Year Effort to Close a Loophole on Chemical Weapons
• Robin Sebastiaan David Sinnige, On the Sideline or on the Pitch? The Classification of Third States Supporting Active Belligerents in an International Armed Conflict with Satellite Imagery
• Year in Review
• Belén Guerrero Romero, Wamika Sachdev, & Baptitste Beurrier, Year in Review 2023

Call for Submissions: Facts in International Humanitarian Law (Yearbook of International Humanitarian Law)

The Yearbook of International Humanitarian Law has issued a call for submissions for its Volume 28 (2025) on the theme "Facts in International Humanitarian Law." The call is here. The deadline for abstracts is June 13, 2025.

Call for Submissions: International Humanitarian Law Under Pressure (Yearbook of International Humanitarian Law)

The Yearbook of International Humanitarian Law has issued a call for submissions for its Volume 27 (2024) on the theme "International Humanitarian Law Under Pressure." The call is here. The deadline for abstracts is June 19, 2024.

New Volume: Yearbook of International Humanitarian Law

The latest volume of the Yearbook of International Humanitarian Law (Vol. 25, 2022) is out. Contents include:

• International Humanitarian Law and Neighbouring Frameworks
• Yiokasti Mouratidi, You Say Precautions, I Say Prevention: Towards the Systemic Integration of International Humanitarian Law and International Environmental Law
• Tobias Ackermann & Sebastian Wuschka, International Humanitarian Law and International Investment Law: Mapping a Developing Relationship
• Federica I. Paddeu & Kimberley N. Trapp, Defences to State Responsibility in International Humanitarian Law
• Julien Antouly & Rebecca Mignot-Mahdavi, Thinking with IHL in Contexts of Counterterrorism: The Case of Criminal Justice Systems in the Sahel
• Focus Section: International Humanitarian Law, and the Russian Aggression Against Ukraine
• Marcela Prieto Rudolphy, Who is at War? On the Question of Co-belligerency
• Alejandro Chehtman & Eduardo Rivera-López, “Inside” and “Outside”: Assessing the Russian Blockade Against Ukraine
• Frédéric Mégret & Camille Marquis Bissonnette, Heads of State as War Criminals: The Prospects and Challenges of Tracing War Crimes to Senior Political Leaders in Russia
• Year in Review
• Catherine Gregoire, Noemi Zenk-Agyei, & Niamh Frame, Year in Review 2022

Call for Submissions: Humanitarian actors (Yearbook of International Humanitarian Law)

The Yearbook of International Humanitarian Law has issued a call for submissions for its Volume 26 (2023) on the theme "Humanitarian actors." The call is here. The deadline is June 15, 2023.

New Volume: Yearbook of International Humanitarian Law

The latest volume of the Yearbook of International Humanitarian Law (Vol. 24, 2021) is out. Contents include:

• Cultures of International Humanitarian Law
• Alonso Gurmendi Dunkelberg, Des-Encanto: Latin America and International Humanitarian Law
• Rotem Giladi, Rites of Affirmation: The Past, Present, and Future of International Humanitarian Law
• Juana Inés Acosta-López & Ana Idárraga, Prisoners of War, Taking of Hostages and the Colombian Armed Conflict: Challenges Arising Out of Conflictive Understandings of IHL by Different Actors in Particular Contexts
• Rebecca Sutton, Read the Room: Legal and Emotional Literacy in Frontline Humanitarian Negotiations
• Focus Section: Samuel Moyn’s Humane: How the United States Abandoned Peace and Reinvented War (2021)
• Jolanda Jackelien Andela, Examining a Norm of Customary International Law that Criminalises the Intentional Use of Starvation of the Civilian Population as a Method of Warfare
• Craig Jones & Nisha Shah, Wars with and for Humanity
• Doreen Lustig, The Peace Movement and Grassroots International Law
• Samuel Moyn, Emancipation, Humanity, and Peace: A Response
• Year in Review
• James Patrick Sexton, Florent Beurret, & Nathan O’Regan, Year in Review 2021

Call for Submissions: International Humanitarian Law and Neighbouring Frameworks (Yearbook of International Humanitarian Law)

The Yearbook of International Humanitarian Law has issued a call for submissions for its Volume 25 (2022) on the theme "International Humanitarian Law and Neighbouring Frameworks." The call is here.

New Volume: Yearbook of International Humanitarian Law

The latest volume of the Yearbook of International Humanitarian Law (Vol. 23, 2020) is out. Contents include:

• Expert Manuals
• Yoram Dinstein, Law of Armed Conflict Manuals
• Heather A. Harrison Dinniss, A Room Full of Experts: Expert Manuals and Their Influence on the Development of International Law
• Alfons Vanheusden, The Leuven Manual on the International Law Applicable to Peace Operations: An Ambitious Sui Generis Expert Panel Manual with Time on Its Side?
• Other Articles
• Jolanda Jackelien Andela, Examining a Norm of Customary International Law that Criminalises the Intentional Use of Starvation of the Civilian Population as a Method of Warfare
• Rebecca J. Barber, Does International Law Permit the Provision of Humanitarian Assistance Without Host State Consent? Territorial Integrity, Necessity and the Determinative Function of the General Assembly
• Klaudia Klonowska, Article 36: Review of AI Decision-Support Systems and Other Emerging Technologies of Warfare

New Volume: Yearbook of International Humanitarian Law

The latest volume of the Yearbook of International Humanitarian Law (Vol. 22, 2019) is out. Contents include:

• 70th Anniversary of the Geneva Conventions
• Agnieszka Szpak, Evolution of the International Humanitarian Law Provisions on Sieges
• Harmen van der Wilt, Towards a Better Understanding of the Concept of ‘Indiscriminate Attack’—How International Criminal Law Can Be of Assistance
• Marten Zwanenburg, Double Trouble: The ‘Cumulative Approach’ and the ‘Support-Based Approach’ in the Relationship Between Non-State Armed Groups
• Joshua Joseph Niyo, The Rebel with the Magnifying Glass: Armed Non-State Actors, the Right to Life and the Requirement to Investigate in Armed Conflict
• Jann K. Kleffner, A Bird’s-Eye View on Compliance with the Law of Armed Conflict 70 Years After the Adoption of the Geneva Conventions
• Ioana Cismas & Ezequiel Heffes, Not the Usual Suspects: Religious Leaders as Influencers of International Humanitarian Law Compliance
• Other Articles
• Aniel de Beer & Martha Bradley, Appellate Deference Versus the De Novo Analysis of Evidence: The Decision of the Appeals Chamber in Prosecutor v Jean-Pierre Bemba Gombo
• Kilian Roithmaier, Taylor Woodcock, & Eve Dima, Year in Review 2019

Call for Submissions: Expert Panel Manuals

The Yearbook of International Humanitarian Law has issued a call for submissions on the topic of "Expert Panel Manuels," for publication in its Volume 23 (2020). The call is here.

New Volume: Yearbook of International Humanitarian Law

The latest volume of the Yearbook of International Humanitarian Law (Vol. 21, 2018) is out. Contents include:

• Weapons Law
• Mirko Sossai, The Demands of Future Operations and the Promise of Non- or Less-Lethal Weapons
• Stuart Casey-Maslen, The Status of Nuclear Deterrence Under International Law in Light of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons
• Matthias Brenneke, Lethal Autonomous Weapon Systems and Their Compatibility with International Humanitarian Law: A Primer on the Debate
• Joshua G. Hughes, The Law of Armed Conflict Issues Created by Programming Automatic Target Recognition Systems Using Deep Learning Methods
• Other Articles
• Beatrice Heuser, Ordinances and Articles of War Before the Lieber Code, 866-1863: The Long Pre-History of International Humanitarian Law
• Kilian Roithmaier, Monika Tobjasz, & Pauline Bove, Year in Review 2018

New Volume: Yearbook of International Humanitarian Law

The latest volume of the Yearbook of International Humanitarian Law (Vol. 20, 2017) is out. Contents include:

• The Development and Interpretation of International Humanitarian Law
• Heleen Hiemstra & Ellen Nohle, The Role of Non-State Armed Groups in the Development and Interpretation of International Humanitarian Law
• Rogier Bartels, A Fine Line Between Protection and Humanisation: The Interplay Between the Scope of Application of International Humanitarian Law and Jurisdiction over Alleged War Crimes Under International Criminal Law
• Samit D’Cunha, The Notion of External NIACs: Reconsidering the Intensity Threshold in Light of Contemporary Armed Conflicts
• Valentina Azarova, Towards a Counter-Hegemonic Law of Occupation: On the Regulation of Predatory Interstate Acts in Contemporary International Law
• Targeting in Armed Conflicts
• Jeroen C. van den Boogaard & Arjen Vermeer, Precautions in Attack and Urban and Siege Warfare
• Till Patrik Holterhus, Targeting the Islamic State’s Religious Personnel Under International Humanitarian Law
• Héctor Olasolo & Felipe Tenorio-Obando, Are the Targets of Aerial Spraying Operations in Colombia Lawful Under International Humanitarian Law?
• Other Articles
• Beier Lin, Marie Wilmet, & Charlotte Renckens, Year in Review 2017

Call for Submissions: Yearbook of International Humanitarian Law

The Yearbook of International Humanitarian Law has issued a call for submissions on the theme "Weapons Law" for its forthcoming volume 21 (2018). Here's the call:

Call for Papers - Yearbook of International Humanitarian Law, Vol. 21 (2018)

General theme: Weapons Law

Due: October 2018

In recent years numerous developments have again highlighted the importance of Weapons Law for preventing and regulating armed conflict. The use of chemical weapons in Syria, the ups-and-downs of the Iranian Nuclear Deal or the policies of the current US administration brought NBC weapons back to public attention. The conclusion of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons raised high hopes among civil society actors and numerous States but faces rejection by nuclear weapon States. Dual use questions in life-science research have provoked political and ethical debates in numerous member States of the Biological Weapons Convention.

Thus, Volume 21 of the Yearbook of International Humanitarian Law (YIHL) will focus on the general theme: ‘Weapons Law’. Submissions can address the use of weapons in contemporary and future armed conflicts, recent developments in the context of the Biological Weapons Convention and Rome Statute, and ongoing debates on technical developments in cyberspace and with regard to drones and autonomous weapons. The YIHL aims to look at this theme from a variety of perspectives and thus invites submissions from authors with a strict lex lata as well as a lex ferenda perspective, an operational or technical focus, as well as an ethical, philosophical or political science point of view.

Moreover, there is, of course, the possibility to submit articles on international humanitarian law topics not related to the general theme ‘Weapons Law’.

Interested authors should send their submission before 1 October 2018 to the Managing Editor of the YIHL, Dr. Christophe Paulussen: c.paulussen@asser.nl. Articles should be submitted in conformity with the YIHL guidelines. The Editorial Board aims to publish Vol. 21 (2018) at the end of the ensuing year, in December 2019 at the latest.

New Volume: Yearbook of International Humanitarian Law

The latest volume of the Yearbook of International Humanitarian Law (Vol. 19, 2016) is out. Contents include:

• Armed Groups
• Tilman Rodenhäuser, Armed Groups, Rebel Coalitions, and Transnational Groups: The Degree of Organization Required from Non-State Armed Groups to Become Party to a Non-International Armed Conflict
• Annyssa Bellal, Welcome on Board: Improving Respect for International Humanitarian Law Through the Engagement of Armed Non-State Actors
• Hyeran Jo, Compliance with International Humanitarian Law by Non-State Armed Groups: How Can It Be Improved?
• Hilde D. Roskam, Crime-Based Targeted Sanctions: Promoting Respect for International Humanitarian Law by the Security Council
• Daragh Murray, Engaging Armed Groups Through the Development of Human Rights Obligations: Incorporating Practice, Motivation and Ideology to Promote Compliance with International Law
• Katharine Fortin, Armed Groups and Procedural Accountability: A Roadmap for Further Thought
• Other Articles
• Jeroen C. van den Boogaard, Knock on the Roof: Legitimate Warning or Method of Warfare?
• Kate Pitcher, Sophie van der Valk & Geneviève Girard, Year in Review 2016

New Volume: Yearbook of International Humanitarian Law

The latest volume of the Yearbook of International Humanitarian Law (Vol. 18, 2015) is out. Contents include:

• Contemporary Armed Conflicts and Their Implications for International Humanitarian Law
• Jose Serralvo, Government Recognition and International Humanitarian Law Applicability in Post-Gaddafi Libya
• Bogdan Ivanel, Puppet States: A Growing Trend of Covert Occupation
• Carrie A. Comer & Daniel M. Mburu, Humanitarian Law at Wits’ End: Does the Violence Arising from the “War on Drugs” in Mexico Meet the International Criminal Court’s Non-International Armed Conflict Threshold?
• Noam Zamir, The Armed Conflict(s) Against the Islamic State
• Annyssa Bellal, Beyond the Pale? Engaging the Islamic State on International Humanitarian Law
• Elad David Gil, Trapped: Three Dilemmas in the Law of Proportionality and Asymmetric Warfare
• Ezequiel Heffes, Generating Respect for International Humanitarian Law: The Establishment of Courts by Organized Non-State Armed Groups in Light of the Principle of Equality of Belligerents
• Other Articles
• Clare Frances Moran, Defences for War Crimes and Crimes Against Humanity? Duress and the Rome Statute
• Bérénice Boutin, Kate Pitcher & Onur Güven, Year in Review 2015

Call for Submissions: Yearbook of International Humanitarian Law

The Yearbook of International Humanitarian Law has issued a call for submissions on the theme "Armed Groups" for its forthcoming volume 19 (2016). Here's the call:

Call for Papers - Yearbook of International Humanitarian Law, Vol. 19 (2016)

General theme: Armed Groups

Most of today’s armed conflicts are fought between armed groups and State forces. The term armed groups covers a huge variety of different organisations: militias, warlord factions and highly organised (terrorist) groups, such as the organisation that calls itself Islamic State. Their role challenges the traditionally state-oriented character of international law: are the rules on the use of force still adequate for dealing with the threat of violent non-state actors? Do we need a definition or criteria for determining what constitutes an armed group? How can compliance of such groups with international humanitarian law be improved? How can responsibilities of such groups, in times of conflict, be established under general public international law?

The general theme of Vol. 19 of the Yearbook of International Humanitarian Law (YIHL) will therefore look at these and other challenges arising from the participation of armed groups in contemporary armed conflicts.

In addition to this general theme, there is of course also the possibility to submit articles on international humanitarian law topics not related to this general theme.

Interested authors should send their submission, related to the above general theme, or to another international humanitarian law topic of relevance in today’s world, before 1 October 2016, to the Managing Editor of the YIHL, Dr. Christophe Paulussen (c.paulussen@asser.nl). Articles should be submitted in conformity with the YIHL guidelines. The Editorial Board aims to publish Vol. 19 (2016) at the end of the ensuing year, in December 2017 at the latest.

New Volume: Yearbook of International Humanitarian Law

The latest volume of the Yearbook of International Humanitarian Law (Vol. 17, 2014) is out. This is a special volume on "1914–2014: WWI Centenary - 100 Years of Warfare Evolution." Contents include:

• The Evolution of Warfare
• Peter Maurer, The Evolution in the Legal Protection of Victims of Armed Conflict
• Ahmet Üzümcü, One Hundred Years of Chemical Warfare and Disarmament: Then and Now
• Wim Klinkert, Warfare 1914–2014: The Most Violent Century in Human History
• The Law of Weaponry 1914–2014
• Thilo Marauhn, The Prohibition to Use Chemical Weapons
• Jonathan Herbach, The Evolution of Legal Approaches to Controlling Nuclear and Radiological Weapons and Combating the Threat of Nuclear Terrorism
• The Methods of Warfare 1914–2014
• Wolff Heintschel von Heinegg, The Development of the Law of Naval Warfare from the Nineteenth to the Twenty-First Century—Some Select Issues
• Emily Crawford, From Inter-state and Symmetric to Intra-state and Asymmetric: Changing Methods of Warfare and the Law of Armed Conflict in the 100 Years Since World War One
• Challenges to Humanitarian Assistance and Protection
• Keiichiro Okimoto, Humanitarian Activities Carried Out Across Borders in Times of Armed Conflict in the Light of State Sovereignty and International Humanitarian Law
• Emilie E. Kuijt, Legal Challenges in the Provision of Humanitarian Assistance: The Case of Non-international Armed Conflicts
• Other Fields of Law
• Yaël Ronen, A Century of the Law of Occupation
• Kevin Chamberlain, Casualties of Armed Conflict: Protecting Cultural Property
• Other Articles
• Fréderique van Oijen & Jessica Dorsey, Year in Review 2014
• Kenneth Watkin, Military Advantage: A Matter of “Value”, Strategy, and Tactics

Call for Submissions: Yearbook of International Humanitarian Law

The Yearbook of International Humanitarian Law has issued a call for submissions on the theme "Contemporary Armed Conflicts and their Implications for International Humanitarian Law" for its forthcoming volume 18. The call is here.