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1. Call for Papers: Disarmament from the Margins. As part of an AHRC-funded project ‘Disarming International Law: forgotten pasts and future possibilities on a global front line’, the organisers (Charlie Peevers, University of Glasgow and Anna Hood, Auckland Law School) are inviting submissions for a conference exploring how disarmament is envisioned, contested, and enacted beyond traditional state-centered frameworks. The conference will take place from 7 – 8 October 2025, at the Pearce Institute, Govan, Glasgow (in-person... Mehr

Kal Raustiala (Univ. of California, Los Angeles - Law) has posted Normative Contestation in the International Order: Is China Remaking Global Governance? (International Law Studies, Vol. 106, p. 301, 2025). Here's the abstract: This essay explores China’s approach to global order. China’s remarkable rise has coincided with increasing engagement with the institutions of global governance. These institutions—in particular the United Nations—make up the core of what U.S. leaders have often referred to as the liberal... Mehr

The latest issue of the International & Comparative Law Quarterly (Vol. 74, no. 1, January 2025) is out. Contents include:Articles Reece Lewis, The ‘Constitution for the Oceans’? The Law of the Sea Convention as a Living Treaty Sofia Galani, Human Rights Obligations in Maritime Search and Rescue Alberto Rinaldi & Sue Anne Teo, The Use of Artificial Intelligence Technologies in Border and Migration Control and the Subtle Erosion of Human Rights Matthew Parish, The Principle... Mehr

In an interesting and important decision of the Court of Justice of the EU, sitting as a Grand Chamber in Commission v Malta (Citizenship by Investment) [2024] EUECJ C-181/23, the Court has found that Malta’s 2020 ‘investor citizenship’ scheme is incompatible with EU law, in particular with the principle of sincere cooperation enshrined in article 4(3) of the Treaty on European Union (‘TEU’) by which ‘the Union and the Member States shall, in full mutual... Mehr

On September 11-13, 2025, the European Society of International Law will hold its 20th Annual Conference in Berlin. The theme is: "Reconstructing International Law." The program is here. Registration is here.       ... Mehr

On 5th May, 2025, the International Court of Justice [‘ICJ’] delivered its Order in Sudan v. United Arab Emirates, in the application filed on March 5, 2025 instituting proceedings against the UAE concerning alleged violations of the Genocide Convention [Convention], concerning the Masalit group in Sudan. By a vote of 14-2, the Court rejected Sudan’s request for provisional measures against the UAE. and, by a narrower margin of 9-7, the Court ordered the case removed... Mehr

At 3am on Wednesday 16th April 2025, after three years of intense negotiations, WHO member states (minus the United States) preliminarily consented to a final text of the so-called Pandemic Agreement. The text will now be considered for final adoption at the upcoming World Health Assembly meeting in May 2025, where – barring any major upsets – it is expected to be adopted. At a time when global news is replete with breakdowns in multilateralism... Mehr

Anne Peters (Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law) has posted International Law and its Scholarship in the Time of Monsters. Here's the abstract: In only three years, the international legal order suffered three shocks: Ukraine, Gaza, and Trump. These function as a looking glass that focalises pre-exiting more or less latently smouldering key challenges: north─south inequality; global warming and the mass extinction of species; and the dark side of digitalisation. In... Mehr

Sudan v. United Arab Emirates is no more before the International Court of Justice. Not only did the Court reject Sudan’s request for provisional measures against the UAE due to a lack of prima facie jurisdiction; it controversially – nine judges voted in favour; seven against – removed the case from its general list, arguing that there was a ‘manifest’ lack of jurisdiction and therefore no reason to let the parties develop their arguments on... Mehr

This post considers whether an argument for breach of the level playing field and good faith requirements in EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement could be sustained. ... Mehr

In a landmark decision adopted in 2024 and disclosed in April 2025 in Communication No. 700/18 dealing with the Minova case v. Democratic Republic of Congo (only available in French), the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (“the Commission”) concluded to the responsibility of the DRC in the grave and massive violations of rights of more than 1000 civilians, most of them being women and girls, committed by its army between 2012 and 2013... Mehr

Meda Couzens (Western Sydney Univ. - Law) has published The UN Convention on the Rights of the Child and Domestic Courts (Cambridge Univ. Press 2025). Here's the abstract:This important contribution to children's rights scholarship brings fresh eyes to the complicated relationship between domestic law and international law in the practice of domestic courts. Through a critical assessment of the judicial application of the Convention on the Rights of the Child in four jurisdictions (Australia, France,... Mehr

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On 24 April 2025, the White House issued an Executive Order (“Unleashing America’s Offshore Critical Minerals and Resources”) directing the Administrator of the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to “expedite the process for reviewing and issuing seabed mineral exploration licenses and commercial recovery permits in areas beyond national jurisdiction under the Deep Seabed Hard Mineral Resources Act” (DSHMRA) (EO, sec 3(a)(i) (emphasis added)). Four weeks earlier, on the penultimate day of the International... Mehr

EJIL is delighted to announce that Julian Arato, Wanshu Cong, Miles Jackson and Justina Uriburu have joined Nehal Bhuta, Devika Hovell and Marko Milanovic as editors of EJIL:Talk! Julian is professor of law at the University of Michigan; Wanshu a lecturer at the Law School of the Australian National University; Miles an associate professor of law at the University of Oxford and Justina lecturer in international law at the University of Manchester (until today, Justina... Mehr

Blog Name: International Law in BriefCanada Supreme Court Rejects Appeal in Climate CaseAuthor: Justine N. StefanelliOn May 1, 2025, the Canadian Supreme Court rejected an appeal by the Government of Ontario in a youth-driven climate case in which seven youth plaintiffs brought a constitutional challenge to the GFeatured Item: No... Mehr

Stuart Casey-Maslen (Univ. of Johannesburg - Law) has published The Prohibition of Torture and Ill-Treatment under International Law (Cambridge Univ. Press 2025). Here's the abstract:The first comprehensive analysis of domestic and international law defining and prohibiting torture and other forms of ill-treatment, this groundbreaking work reviews the law on torture in countries around the world. It considers how international law governs the use of force by police against suspects held in custody and during protests,... Mehr

Article 42 of the Hague Regulations (HR), annexed to the 1907 Hague Convention IV, provides that a territory is considered occupied ‘when it is actually placed under the authority of the hostile army.’ In such circumstances, the relevant provisions governing military occupation become applicable, as codified in the HR (Articles 42-56), the Fourth Geneva Convention (GC IV) (Part II, Section III), and the Addition Protocol I (AP I) (Articles 14-17 and Part IV). It is... Mehr

The global demand for critical minerals has intensified as part of the clean energy transition in line with goals outlined in the Paris Agreement. The environmental costs of extracting and processing these minerals, however, are increasingly borne by mineral-rich but ecologically and socially vulnerable regions. The 2024 Guiding Principles on Critical Energy Transition Minerals establish a clear normative benchmark, stating that human rights must be at the core of all mineral value chains (Principle 1)... Mehr

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Yusra Suedi (Univ. of Manchester - Law) has published The Individual in the Law and Practice of the International Court of Justice (Cambridge Univ. Press 2025). Here's the abstract:The cornerstone of the World Court's identity is its resolution of inter-state disputes. This insightful critique challenges the implication that individuals have little importance in such disputes as a result. Arguing for individuals' enhanced integration, it reveals their relevance in a myriad of disputes beyond those centred... Mehr

International Criminal Law Hugo Relva and Vito Todeschini critically analyze draft article 10 of the ILC Draft Articles on immunity of state officials, which would require a forum state to notify the official’s state before initiating criminal proceedings or taking coercive measures. The authors argue that this prior notification lacks a legal basis, risks hindering investigations, and enabling impunity. The authors further contrast this with the ILC’s work on Crimes Against Humanity, which mandates notification... Mehr

1. Utrecht Summer School in Public International Law. The Utrecht School of Law will host its Summer School Introduction to Public International Law from 7 – 11 July 2025. The course will critically examine the nature and function of international law, its sources and subjects, dispute settlement, jurisdiction, use of force, state responsibility, enforcement, and its ability to address challenges of global interest, such as climate change, armed conflicts and inequalities. The programme includes a visit at the International Court of Justice and the International... Mehr

A call for papers has been issued for a conference on "Conceptualising International Energy Law: Shaping the Future Amidst Transition in a VUCA World," to take place (in person only) on September 25, 2025, and hosted by the Centre for International Law at the National University of Singapore. The call is here.       ... Mehr

International law operates in a world of rapid technological transformation. From the battlefield to the border, from online content moderation to open-source investigation, from humanitarianism to development, from counterterrorism to migration management, practices of central concern to international lawyers are progressively altered by the introduction of new technological tools. Many of these developments are troubling. The use of advanced algorithmic targeting tools used by Israel in Gaza instantiates both the tremendous civilian harm that data-driven... Mehr

As Indigenous peoples face the deliberate destruction and loss of their ancestral lands—through deforestation, mining, oil exploitation, and other industrial activities that threaten their identity and, ultimately, their survival—it is essential to assess whether International Criminal Law (ICL) can provide effective protection to these peoples. In particular, this involves examining whether such acts could be classified as international crimes, such as crimes against humanity, genocide, or potentially ecocide, provided that the latter is formally recognized... Mehr

A call for papers has been issued for a workshop on "After the Backlash: The Future of Arbitration in the Settlement of Investment, Trade and Human Rights Disputes," to take place September 19-20, 2025, in Quebec City. The call is here.       ... Mehr

Recent geopolitical events have intensified debates on the norms governing territorial integrity under international law. The full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022, Israel’s continued military activities in the occupied Palestinian territories, and Morocco’s assertive claims over Western Sahara highlight growing concerns about the erosion of the prohibition against forcible annexation. A parallel issue is emerging in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), where Rwanda’s alleged involvement—through a proxy, the March 23 Movement... Mehr

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