On 17 November, the UNSC by 13 votes passed an historic and deeply problematic Resolution relating to the future governance of Gaza. While China and Russia had expressed doubts and Russia had circulated an alternative draft in the run up to the vote, a flurry of US lobbying of non-member regional allies persuaded these two P5 states to register their dismay solely through abstention. What the text lacks in detail it makes up for through... Mehr

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Image: Place markers in preparation for the Bandung Conference, 1955 (Howard Sochurek). This post is the second in the mini symposium, International Law in the Current Moment.   A couple of weeks ago I went to the post office in Florence. A friend had asked me to send an exhibition catalogue to Boston. When the clerk informed me that the shipping of small parcels had been suspended after the Trump administration’s decision to impose tariffs,... Mehr

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In mid-2025, the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) Working Group III (WGIII) released a new set of Draft Provisions on Procedural and Cross-Cutting Issues, as part of its ongoing reform of investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS), which aims at addressing long-standing concerns about the fairness, balance, and effectiveness of the current system. One of the most notable proposals identifies an investor’s initiation of arbitration as implied consent to a tribunal’s jurisdiction over counterclaims.... Mehr

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This post is the first in the mini symposium, International Law in the Current Moment.   Introduction  The history of international law is littered with paradigmatic signposts of change, moments of calamity and renewal, collapse and regeneration. From the Peace of Westphalia to the Congress of Vienna, the Treaty of Versailles to the San Francisco Conference—change in how humanity has politically organized itself on the international plane has usually emerged from some moment of great... Mehr

The Canadian Yearbook of International Law has issued calls for applications for the positions of Acquisitions Editor and Communications Editor. The calls are here (acquisitions) and here (communnications).       ... Mehr

The language of ‘crisis‘, ‘collapse‘, ‘destruction‘, ‘dystopia‘, and even ‘death‘ is surrounding the words international law at the moment. For international lawyers, including those involved in publishing international law, this raises the question whether we should be doing something differently and if so what and how. The question was put to the EJIL advisory and executive boards. As befits a generative board meeting, views differed, even on the question whether the situation of international law in... Mehr

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Reproductive rights have become an increasingly central dimension of the contemporary human rights landscape, shaping the evolution of both general human rights doctrine and the specific trajectory of women’s rights. They function not only as indicators of progressive legal development but also as sensitive barometers of broader political shifts. Across the world, resurgent right-wing movements have sought to curb women’s autonomy as part of a wider backlash against liberal democratic norms—placing reproductive rights among the... Mehr

The latest volume of the Italian Yearbook of International Law (Vol. 34, 2024) is out. Contents include:The United Nations at 80: Contestation, Resilience and Change Santiago Villalpando, How Do Nations Unite Within the United Nations? Coalitions and Divides in International Law-Making Christian J. Tams, Binding Settlement of Inter-State Disputes: The United Nations Between Resilience and Resignation Alessandra Annoni, The UN and the ICC: Navigating the Persistent Tension Between Peace and Justice Chiara Redaelli, The United... Mehr

Building on digital sovereignty's concern with control over infrastructure and data, this piece introduces "Agentic Tool Sovereignty"; how AI agents autonomously invoking third-party tools across borders expose critical gaps in the EU AI Act's compliance model.... Mehr

Reading the Swedish judgments in the Lina Ishaq case is an unsettling experience. The description of the atrocities inflicted on the Yazidi community by ISIS is presented with a level of factual precision that leaves little space for abstraction. The Stockholm District Court’s account of the attacks on Sinjar and the subsequent treatment of Yazidi men, women, and children (pp. 68–77) is harrowing: families torn apart, women and girls subjected to systematic rape and slavery,... Mehr

An event, and a speech, always deserving of reflection – eighty years ago, Justice Robert Jackson (who never finished college and did only one year of law school), on leave from the US Supreme Court while he served as the Chief US Prosecutor at the International Military Tribunal, delivered his opening statement in courtroom 600 at the Nuremberg Palace of Justice. (Featured image above – the first page of Jackson’s speech, now available at the... Mehr

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On January 31-Feburary 1, 2026, a symposium will be held on "A Year of Climate Change in International Courts," at the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea, in Hamburg. The program is here. Registration is here.       ... Mehr

On November 28, 2025, Bocconi University will host, in the hybrid format, a symposium on "Obligations Erga Omnes: Theoretical and Practical Perspectives." Details are here.       ... Mehr

Submissions are now being accepted for the ASIL International Criminal Law Interest Group's International Criminal Law Scholarship Prize. Details are here.       ... Mehr

On November 26, 2025, the International Law at Westminster Research Centre will host a panel on "Treaties and Consent to Be Bound in an Era of Crisis of Multilateralism." Details are here.       ... Mehr

On 9 October 2025, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (‘Inter-American Commission’) published a thematic report titled “The Impact of Digital Surveillance on Freedom of Expression in the Americas”. Among other things, the report called on member states to give effect to a new human right – the “right to informational self-determination”. The report comes two years after the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (‘Inter-American Court’) recognized the right to informational self-determination as an autonomous... Mehr

Blog Name: International Law in BriefASEAN Adopts Declaration on the Right to Safe, Clean, Healthy and Sustainable EnvironmentAuthor: Ylian GassmiOn October 26, 2025, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) adopted the ASEAN Image: Featured Item: No... Mehr

Blog Name: International Law in BriefObstetric Violence as a Human Rights Violation: Insights from HRW's Sierra Leone ReportAuthor: Brianne BlainPhoto by Robert Yates / Department for International Development (CC BY 2.0)Image: Featured Item: No... Mehr

Blog Name: International Law in BriefEU Releases Revised Amendment on Western Sahara in Response to CJEU RulingsAuthor: Brianne BlainPhoto by Michele Benericetti (CC BY-ND 2.0)Image: Featured Item: No... Mehr

The ASIL-ESIL International Law and Social Sciences Speaker Series has two upcoming events. They are: November 26, 2025: Formal Change in International Organizations: How Amendment Rules Matter, with Tom Ginsburg (Speaker) and Jan Klabbers (Commentator). Details here. December 10, 2025: The Other Secret Deals: Uncovering The Power of Non-Binding International Agreements, with Guillermo Garcia Sanchez (Speaker) and Timothy Meyer (Commentator). Details here.       ... Mehr

Asier Garrido Muñoz (Hague Univ. for Applied Sciences), Jason Morgan-Foster (International Court of Justice), Daniel Peat (Universiteit Leiden), & Anne-Marie Thévenot-Werner (Université Paris-Panthéon-Assas) have published The Law and Practice of International Administrative Tribunals (Cambridge Univ. Press 2025). Here's the abstract:The jurisprudence of international administrative tribunals holds great relevance for international organisations, as seen in the proliferation of these tribunals, the complexity of their jurisprudence, and their practical impact. This book provides a comprehensive and accessible... Mehr

As influencers shape opinion and behaviour across Europe, the EU still lacks a coherent framework for their accountability. A European-wide, fundamental rights-based approach could reconcile freedom of action and expression with protection against the risks of online influence.... Mehr