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The Canadian Council on International Law will hold its 55th Annual Conference on October 29-30, 2026, in Ottawa. The theme is: "Bend, Not Break: Resilience and Evolution of International Law." Program and registration are here.Mehr

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“AI is advancing at a runway speed. The question is no longer whether AI will transform our world – it already is. The question is whether we will govern this transformation together – or let it govern us.” —António Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations   Introduction On 6–7 July...Mehr

The EU Inc. proposal of 18 March 2026 (COM(2026) 321 final) promised founders a single, harmonised corporate form covering aspects of corporate, insolvency, labour and tax law. Its most relevant feature for start-ups is the EU Employee Stock Option scheme (EU-ESO). Stock…Mehr

Some two hours after the Nobel Prize Committee announced the award of the Peace Prize to Navi Pillay for her work on international law and the establishment of international accountability for atrocity crimes, the US government struck back.  Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced a significant escalation in...Mehr

The European Society of International Law has issued a call for papers for its 22nd Annual Conference, which will take place September 9-11, 2027, at the Universidade Católica Portuguesa, in Lisbon. The theme is: "International Law and Future(s)." The call is here. The deadline is...Mehr

Introduction and Factual Background: Fridman v Luxembourg In February 2022, shortly after Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the European Union placed Mikhail Fridman on its sanctions list. The designation subjected the Russian-Israeli businessman’s funds and economic resources to an asset freeze, affecting interests held through Luxembourg – including his 37.9%...Mehr

Regulation 2024/3012 establishing a Union certification framework for permanent carbon removals, carbon farming and carbon storage in products (hereafter: CRCF Regulation or Regulation) creates a European quality framework for carbon certificates. In this blog post I argue that the CRCF Regulation can…Mehr

The number and extent of today’s armed conflicts, and the crisis of compliance with international humanitarian law (IHL), are well-recognized. In his annual report on the Protection of Civilians in Armed Conflict, the UN Secretary-General has underscored how “[i]nconsistent standards, assertions of exceptional circumstances and hollow calls for...Mehr

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A.A. v. the Netherlands sits at an unusual intersection of Strasbourg family-life doctrine and EU family-reunification law. The European Court of Human Rights unanimously found no violation of Article 8 after the Netherlands refused a Yemeni refugee’s request to bring five…Mehr

The American Branch of the International Law Association will hold International Law Weekend 2026 in New York City on October 22-24. The theme is "[R]evolution in the International Legal Order." The program is here. Registration is here.Mehr

  Cătălin Gabriel Stănescu, Reader in Law at Newcastle University and member of the European Commission’s Financial Services Users Group. Photo credit: BNP Paribas HQ, by Boubloub, via Wikimedia Commons...Mehr

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On 4 September 2026, the Group of Governmental Experts (GGE) on Emerging Technologies in the Area of Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems adopted the report of its sessions from 2024 to 2026 (CCW/GGE.1/2026/3). The report represents a significant diplomatic breakthrough: it formulates, by consensus, ‘a set of elements of...Mehr

On October 21-23, 2026, a conference will be held on "Communicating for a Better World," in New York City and virtually. The conference will "explore how communication can strengthen the United Nations, advance solutions to global issues and create a better world for all." Details are here.Mehr

Since October 2022, EU-based lawyers have been prohibited from providing certain legal advice to the Russian government and to companies established in Russia. This sounds, at first glance, like a narrow and technical restriction buried deep within the EU’s sanctions…Mehr

Mohammed Abbas Mohsin, PhD in Public Law, Diplomatic advisor  Photo credit: San Jose Public Library, via Wikimedia Commons   Abstract     This blog post presents a comparative legal analysis of...Mehr

On October 29, 2026, the British Institute of International & Comparative Law and the SLS International Law section will hold an online workshop on "The Daily Life of International Law." Details are here.  Mehr

On 28 September 2026, Argentina’s President announced that he had instructed its Foreign Ministry and the government’s legal teams to institute arbitral proceedings against the United Kingdom under Annex VII of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, 1982 (UNCLOS). Argentina seeks to...Mehr

On 22 May 2026,  French President Emmanuel Macron called for ‘l’équivalent d’une section 301 à l’Européenne’. Speaking at a European forum on computing power, quantum technologies and semiconductors in Bruyères-le-Châtel, Macron argued that Europe needed a stronger response to foreign actors whose laws and policies…Mehr

James Kraska (U.S. Naval War College) has published The Second Tanker War (International Law Studies, Vol. 109, 2026). Here's an excerpt from the introduction: This special volume of International Law Studies focuses on the contemporary war at sea between Iran and the United States that began in 2026....Mehr

A call for engaged listeners has been issued for a workshop on "The Impact of Neutrality on Research and Knowledge Production in Legal Scholarship," to take place December 9-10, 2026, at Ruhr University Bochum. The call is here.Mehr

1. BIICL-SLS Online Workshop: Daily Life of International Law. The British Institute of International and Comparative Law and the Society of Legal Scholars’ International Law section, together with Dr Jean-Pierre Gauci and Dr Solon Solomon, are inviting interested individuals to the online BIICL-SLS workshop on the daily life of international...Mehr