Call for Nominations: ASIL International Criminal Law Scholarship Prize

Submissions are now being accepted for the 2024 American Society of International Law International Criminal Law IG Scholarship Prize. Details are here.

Morosini, Tasquetto, & Maciel: Navigating the Digital Divide: Challenges and Strategies for Latin American Countries in E-commerce and Data Governance Regulation

Fábio Morosini (Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul), Lucas Tasquetto (Universidade Federal do ABC), & Marília Maciel (DiploFoundation) have published Navigating the Digital Divide: Challenges and Strategies for Latin American Countries in E-commerce and Data Governance Regulation (Georgetown Univ. Latin American Political Economy and Globalization Program). Here's the abstract:

In recent years, there has been a growing concern that only a few countries and players have been accruing the benefits and wealth stemming from the digital economy, widening the gap between developed and developing countries. The development gap related to digital trade is particularly acute in Latin American countries. Despite structural difficulties and its low performance in the digital economy, Latin America has been one of the most active regions in terms of treaty-making on digital trade. However, Latin American countries lack their own model of digital trade regulation and tend to replicate existing ones, not only when negotiating agreements with third parties, but also within the region. So far, the US regulatory approach, as exemplified by the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP), has had the most significant influence on Latin America. A number of countries in Latin America are already embroiled in negotiations or bound by agreements from which it would be too hard or costly to defect. In this scenario, it is advisable to consider the inclusion of binding provisions within the ongoing and future digital trade negotiations, which would contribute to development. That could happen by a) incorporating provisions aimed at promoting digital inclusion and tackling inequality, and b) incorporating specific horizontal and vertical development- oriented provisions. Latin American countries can find inspiration in agreements celebrated outside the region, as they seek to mainstream development in their digital trade negotiations. This policy paper concludes with a number of recommendations, both institutional and substantive.

Fedele, Lesaffer, & Savy: Avant l'État. Droit international et pluralisme politico-juridique en Europe, XIIIe-XVIIe siècle

Dante Fedele (CNRS-Université de Lille), Randall Lesaffer (KU Leuven & Tilburg Univ.), & Pierre Savy (Université Gustave Eiffel) have published Avant l'État. Droit international et pluralisme politico-juridique en Europe, XIIIe-XVIIe siècle (Historia et ius 2024). The book is available open access here.

Wood & Sender: Identification of Customary International Law

Michael Wood (20 Essex Street Chambers) & Omri Sender (S. Horowitz & Co.) have published Identification of Customary International Law (Oxford Univ. Press 2024). Here's the abstract:

Customary international law remains a central source of international law and the core of the international legal system. It continues to draw the attention of lawyers, especially at a time marked by the great expansion of international law and its increasing application in domestic and international courts. Determining whether an applicable rule of customary international law exists is therefore of great practical concern - but this important legal task is not always simple or straightforward.

This book serves as guidance to those seeking to determine the existence of rules of customary international law and their content. It elaborates on the methodology for the identification of rules of customary international law and examines a host of questions concerning the process and evidence at issue. It does so by complementing the authoritative work of the UN International Law Commission on this topic, and by drawing upon a wealth of additional practice and writings.

Identification of Customary International Law provides an overview of the Commission's work and expands on it by addressing the nature and history of custom as a source of international law, inquiring into each of the two constituent elements of customary international law (namely, a general practice and opinio juris), explaining the value and limits of certain forms of evidence, and throwing further light on such issues as the persistent objector rule and particular customary international law. Practitioners and scholars alike will find this detailed treatment useful in seeking to determine the existence and content of any customary rule and in ensuring that arguments about customary international law are persuasive.

New Issue: Asia-Pacific Journal of Ocean Law and Policy

The latest issue of the Asia-Pacific Journal of Ocean Law and Policy (Vol. 9, no. 2, 2024) is out. Contents include:

• JVDI KIOST Conference Papers
• Keiko Woo Wilkins, Living in a Plastic Ocean: Addressing Plastic Pollution Threats to Corals in the Pacific
• Victoria W. Keener & Chelsey Bryson, A Summary of Climate Risks to the Pacific Islands Region: Climate Boundary Organizations Can Accelerate Regional Adaptation, Scientific Research & Policy Networks
• Chelsey Bryson & Victoria W. Keener, Climate Finance in the Pacific: Opportunities and Challenges for Increasing Coordination and Collaboration in Green Climate Fund Projects
• Christopher Sabine & Melissa Meléndez, Grounding Marine Stations in a Strong Foundation of Observations for Effective Management and Policy Relevance
• Carole J. Petersen, Gender Equality and Sustainable Oceans
• Articles
• Eon Kyung Park & Seokwoo Lee, Developing International Norms Addressing the Disposal of Nuclear Waste and Nuclear Governance at the International and Domestic Levels: South Korea’s Nuclear Radioactive Waste Management
• Lowell Bautista & Pornomo Rovan Astri Yoga, The Legal, Political, and Strategic Implications of the 2018 Timor Sea Compulsory Conciliation on Australia-Indonesia Relations
• Yen-Chiang Chang, The Impact of General International Law in Settling Maritime Disputes—Some Commentaries on Current Practice
• Lowell Bautista & Clive Schofield, The Philippines’ Submission for an Extended Continental Shelf in the West Palawan Region: Legal Analysis, Implications and Reactions

New Issue: Europa Ethnica

The latest issue of Europa Ethnica (Vol. 81, nos. 3/4, 2024). Contents include:

• Otto Luchterhandt, Die KSZE und der Schutz nationaler Minderheiten. Rückblick und Würdigung
• Wilfried Jousten, Volksbefragung, nicht Volksabstimmung: Die Nuancen des Versailler Vertrags für Eupen-Malmedy
• Oskar Peterlini, Italia, quo vadis? Die geplanten Verfassungsreformen in Italien
• Peter Hilpold, Die internationale Verankerung der Südtirol-Autonomie und die Notwendigkeit der „Wiederherstellung“ der seit 1992 „entzogenen“ Kompetenzen
• Raoul Blindenbacher, Little Changes in Minority Politics with Great Impact
• Leonie Cosima Schwart, Der Umgang mit Mehrsprachigkeit in den Bildungseinrichtungen der deutschen und dänischen Minderheit im deutschdänischen Grenzland
• Greg Taylor, The Defeat of the Proposed Aboriginal Voice to Parliament in Australia
• Cornelia Koch & Anne Hewitt, The Failure of the Voice Referendum: Evidence of Australia’s Limited Capacity to Enable Self-Determination for Indigenous Minorities

Call for Papers: Transnational Criminal Law in the Asia/Pacific

The Transnational Criminal Law Review, the Ho Chi Minh City University of Law, and the University of Canterbury Faculty of Law have issued a call for papers for the second TCLR Conference, to be held November 27-28, 2025, at Ho Chi Minh University of Law. The topic is: "Transnational Criminal Law in the Asia/Pacific." The call is here.

New Issue: World Trade Review

The latest issue of the World Trade Review (Vol. 23, no. 4, October 2024) is out. Contents include:

• Original Articles
• Michele Mancini, Francesco Paolo Conteduca, & Alessandro Borin, The Real-Time Impact of the War on Russian Imports: A Synthetic Control Method Approach
• Linda Fernandez & Monica Das, Does the World Trade Organization Enable Biosecurity and Trade for Importers and Exporters?
• Wenyi Lian, The Definition of ‘Covered Entities’ under the GPA: The General Scope and Escape Conditions
• Research Notes
• J. Robert Basedow, Alienated Twins – The Overlooked Private Law Dimension of Global Trade and Investment Governance
• Andrew D. Mitchell, The Geography of Health: Onshoring Pharmaceutical Manufacturing to Address Supply Chain Challenges
• From the Trenches
• Bryan Lohmar, China's Antidumping Investigations against US Feed Products: Lessons from the Trenches

New Issue: Journal of World Investment & Trade

The latest issue of the Journal of World Investment & Trade (Vol. 25, nos. 5-6, 2024) is out. Contents include:

• Roberto Castro de Figueiredo, An Analysis of the Interpretation of the Territorial Requirement in Investment Treaties by Arbitral Tribunals and the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties
• Qiu Xu Martin Liao, The WTO of the Future: Keeping the WTO Digitally Relevant through the JSI on E-Commerce
• Akinwumi Ogunranti, Dispute Resolution in the AfCFTA Investment Protocol: a Preliminary Assessment and Proposal for Business and Human Rights Arbitration
• Alberto Pecoraro, Hannah Lily, & Pradeep Singh, The International Seabed Authority and the Push for Exploitation of Deep Seabed Minerals: Does the Doctrine of Legitimate Expectations Apply?
• Claudia Wortmann, Conflicts between International Climate Law and Investment Arbitration: A Proposed Exception to the Full Reparation Standard without Moving the Goalposts

New Volume: Italian Yearbook of International Law

The latest volume of the Italian Yearbook of International Law (Vol. 33, 2023) is out. Contents include:

• Current Issues of International Environmental and Climate Law
• André Nollkaemper, Causation Puzzles in International Climate Litigation
• Patrícia Galvão Teles, The Legal Protection of Persons Affected by Sea-Level Rise
• Sol Meckievi & Jorge E. Viñuales, The Search for Clarity: Resort to Advisory Opinions as a Strategy for the Implementation of International Environmental Law
• Mariangela La Manna, Environmental Protection in Armed Conflict: Will the “Silent Victim” Have a Voice at Last?
• Gemma Andreone, The Agreement on the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Marine Biological Diversity of Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction: A Critical Assessment
• Carlo de Stefano, The Scrutiny of States’ Climate Change Action under WTO Law and International Investment Agreements
• Francesca Ippolito, Unweaving the Tangled Web of Environmental Rights of Children and Future Generations
• Saverio Di Benedetto, Restitution and Compensation for Environmental Damage in International Law: Towards an Ecological Approach?
• The Scientific Legacy of Benedetto Conforti
• Mario Gervasi, State Practice and Opinio Juris at the Intersection of Customary International Law and General Principles of Law
• Andrea Caligiuri, The Law of the Sea and the Relevance of Benedetto Conforti’s Teachings
• Pierfrancesco Rossi, Obey or Disobey: National Courts and International Law in the Thought of Conforti
• Diego Mauri, Indifferent Wars in International Law? A Hypothesis on Benedetto Conforti’s Legacy Twenty Years Later
• The Case of Giulio Regeni and the Nazi Crimes Reparations Fund before the Italian Constitutional Court
• Piergiuseppe Parisi & Mattia Pinto, In Pursuit of Greater Accountability for Torture: The Case of Giulio Regeni after Judgment no. 192/2023 of the Italian Constitutional Court
• Pierfrancesco Rossi, Truce or Settlement? The Dispute over Germany’s Immunity from Wartime Reparations claims after Judgment no. 159/2023 of the Italian Constitutional Court
• Alessandro Bufalini, The Italian Nazi Crimes Reparations Fund and Judicial Protection: Navigating the Drawbacks of Judicial Responses to Mass Crimes
• Notes and Comments
• Alice Ollino & Marco Pertile, Restorative Justice as a Tool to Address Violence Against Women? An Assessment of the Italian Case in Light of the Practice of International Monitoring Bodies
• Francesca Mussi, The Recent Italian Response to Migration: Everything must Change so that Everything can Stay the Same?
• Fiammetta Borgia, The Agreement Between Italy and Croatia on the Delimitation of their Exclusive Economic Zones

Workshop: International Humanitarian Law: Expanding its History(ies), Prospects and Challenges

On November 28-29, 2024, a workshop on "International Humanitarian Law: Expanding its History (ies), Prospects and Challenges" will be held at the University of Zurich and online. Details are here.

New Issue: Asian Journal of International Law

The latest issue of the Asian Journal of International Law (Vol. 14, no. 2, July 2024) is out. Contents include:

• José Duke Bagulaya & Romel Regalado Bagares, Hidden in Plain Sight: International Law and Marxist Praxis in the Life and Works of Merlin M. Magallona
• Massimo Fabio Lando, The Limits of Deduction in the Identification of Customary International Law
• Kazuki Hagiwara, Enhanced De Facto Constraints Imposed by Non-legally Binding Instruments and Interactions with Normative Environment: An Analysis of the Joint Statements for the Conservation and Management of Japanese Eel Stock
• Jamieson Kirkwood, Characterization (and Registration) of a “BRI Dispute”
• Anam Soomro, People, Paper and Power: The Birth of the Passport in International Law
• Khorsed Zaman, Decolonizing Human Rights Law in Global Health - the Impacts of Intellectual Property Law on Access to Essential Medicines: A Perspective from the COVID-19 Pandemic
• I Dewa Gede Palguna & Agung Wardana, Pragmatic Monism: The Practice of the Indonesian Constitutional Court in Engaging with International Law

New Issue: International Community Law Review

The latest issue of the International Community Law Review (Vol. 26, no. 6, 2024) is out. Contents include:

• Hojjat Salimi Turkamani, The Trend of Changes in the Differentiation in Climate Change Law: Towards Intensifying, Not Weakening
• Giorgia Pane, Litigating the Climate between National and International Human Rights Regimes Judicial Complementarity?
• Antal Berkes, The Obligation to Cooperate to Protect Against Serious Breaches of the European and American Conventions on Human Rights
• Edyta Lis, Gender Perspective in the Recent Case Law of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights

New Issue: American Journal of International Law

The latest issue of the American Journal of International Law (Vol. 118, no. 4, October 2024) is out. Contents include:

• Article
• Evan J. Criddle, Extraterritoriality's Empire: How Self-Determination Limits Extraterritorial Lawmaking
• Current Develoopments
• Tom Dannenbaum & Janina Dill, International Law in Gaza: Belligerent Intent and Provisional Measures
• Alex Green & Douglas Guilfoyle, The Australia-Tuvalu Falepili Union Treaty: Statehood and Security in the Face of Anthropogenic Climate Change
• International Decisions
• Lucas Carlos Lima, Declaratory Action of Constitutionality N. 39 of Brazilian Supreme Court
• Yusra Suedi & Marie Fall, Ligue Ivorienne des Droits de L’Homme and Others v. Cote D’Ivoire. App. No. 041/2016
• Contemporary Practice of the United States Relating to International Law
• New Memorandum Elaborates U.S. Engagement in the Antarctic Treaty System, with Eye on Climate Change and Strategic Competitors
• The United States Endorses Amendments to the International Health Regulations
• President Biden Adds, Increases, and Maintains Tariffs on Chinese Goods Levied by President Trump
• Julian Assange Pleads Guilty to One Charge of Espionage and Returns to Australia, Ending U.S. Attempts to Extradite Him
• The United States and Twenty-Three Other Countries Enter into Bilateral Security Agreements with Ukraine
• President Biden Further Restricts Asylum Claims by Migrants at the U.S.-Mexico Border
• Recent Books on International Law
• Sivan Shlomo Agon & Michal Saliternik, Just About Time: International Law's Temporalities and Our Moment in History
• W.G. Werner, reviewing Natural Perception: Environmental Images and Aesthetics in International Law, by Alice Palmer
• Mira Burri, reviewing Cultural Heritage in International Economic Law, by Valentina Vadi
• Rossana Deplano, reviewing Who Owns Outer Space? International Law, Astrophysics, and the Sustainable Development of Space, by Michael Byers and Aaron Boley

Book Launch: Alex Wentker's "Party Status to Armed Conflict in International Law"

On November 22, 2024, All Souls College, Oxford will host in person and online a book launch for Alex Wentker's Party Status to Armed Conflict in International Law. The launch will be chaired by Elizabeth Wilmshurst, with panellists Philippa Webb and Marko Milanovic. Details are here.

Call for Papers: History of International Law Colloquium

The organizers of the Boston-area colloquium on the history of international law have issued a call for papers to be presented during the Spring and Fall of 2025. The call is here.

Call for Papers: International Law's Local Encounters: Experiences and Imaginaries of (de-)Coloniality

A call for papers has been issued for a conference on "International Law's Local Encounters: Experiences and Imaginaries of (de-)Coloniality," to take place June 5-6, 2025, at the University of Amsterdam. The call is here.

Call for Papers: The Politics of International Dispute Settlement

A call for papers has been issued for a conference on “The Politics of International Dispute Settlement,” to be held June 6, 2025, at Utrecht University. The call is here.

Lecture: Vergerio on “War, States, and International Order: Alberico Gentili and the Foundational Myth of the Laws of War”

On November 28, 2024, Claire Vergerio will give the next lecture of the TwoLaW Lecture Series on the Laws of War. The topic is: “War, States, and International Order: Alberico Gentili and the Foundational Myth of the Laws of War.” Details are here.

Call for Papers: Cambridge International Law Journal 14th Annual Conference

The Cambridge International Law Journal has issued a call for papers for its 14th Annual Conference, which will be held at the University of Cambridge on April 28-29, 2025. The theme is: "Navigating a Multipolar World: Challenges to the Post-WWII Status Quo of International Law." The call is here.

New Issue: Trade, Law and Development

The latest issue of Trade, Law and Development (Vol. 15, no. 2, Winter 2023) is out. Contents include:

• Aditya Suresh, Re-Calibrating the Standard of Review of Scientific Evidence in WTO Dispute Settlement
• Lorenzo Cotula, Critical Minerals: International Economic Law in a Global Resource Rush
• Marc D. Froese, Negative Reciprocity: Retaliation in WTO Dispute Settlement and the Extrajudicial Response to the Trump Tariffs of 2018
• Yasmin Salama, Eco Oro v. Colombia: Delving into the Misalignment between New-Generation IIAs and their Intended Outcomes
• Victoria Trifonchovska, European Legal Transplants in China? Legal Transposition and Reception of Rulres on Geographical Indications in China

Report: The legal arguments on the Climate Emergency Advisory Proceedings before the Inter-American Court of Human Rights

Lucas Carlos Lima (Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais) and the Stylus Curiarum Research Group have released the report "The legal arguments on the Climate Emergency Advisory Proceedings before the Inter-American Court of Human Rights." The report analyzes the arguments presented in the written and oral observations submitted within the framework of the advisory proceedings on Climate Emergency and Human Rights before the Inter-American Court of Human Rights requested by Chile and Colombia. The study examines the observations presented - ten of which were filed by States, another ten by organs of States, eighteen by organs of international organizations, and two hundred and twenty-seven amici by non-state entities - with a view to identifying the legal arguments put forward before the Inter-American Court. The report can be found here.

New Issue: International Legal Materials

The latest issue of International Legal Materials (Vol. 63, no. 5, October 2024) is out. Contents include:

• Application of the Int'l Conv. for the Suppression of the Financing of Terrorism & of the Int'l Conv. on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discr. (Ukr. v. Russ.) (Merits) (I.C.J.), with introductory note by Iryna Marchuk
• Allegations of Genocide under the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (Ukr. v. Russ.) (Judgment on Preliminary Objections) (I.C.J.), with introductory note by Catherine Drummond
• Case C-634/21, OQ v. Land Hessen (C.J.E.U.), with introductory note by Angela Maria Noguera

AJIL Unbound Symposium: Institutionalizing Investment Dispute Prevention

AJIL Unbound has posted a symposium on “Institutionalizing Investment Dispute Prevention.” The symposium includes an introduction by Julian Arato, Jonathan Bonnitcha and Mavluda Sattorova, and contributions by Jonathan Bonnitcha, Mavluda Sattorova, Priyanka Kher, Ricardo Ampuero Llerena, Zhenyu Xiao, and Jeremy K. Sharpe.

New Blog: Tålking Rights

The Human Rights Institute of the Åbo Akademi University Law School has announced the launch of Tålking Rights, an academic blog dedicated to human rights. The blog offers a platform for insights, analysis, and dialogue on international human rights law issues. Those interested in contributing should review the blog's contributor guidelines and style guide.