Riccardo Di Marco (Università degli Studi di Roma ‘Tor Vergata’) has published L’interpretazione del diritto internazionale consuetudinario (CEDAM – Wolters Kluwer Italia 2026). Here's the abstract: L’interpretazione del diritto internazionale consuetudinario costituisce una delle questioni più complesse e dibattute della teoria...Mehr

Jorge Contesse (Rutgers Univ. - Law) & Alexandra Huneeus (Univ. of Wisconsin - Law) have posted Moral Conservatives and the Future of Latin American Human Rights (American Journal of International Law, forthcoming). Here's the abstract: Human rights institutions are under stress around the world. Threats of non-compliance, denunciation,...Mehr

Valentin Jeutner (Lund Univ.; Univ. of Oxford) has published On the Lotus: Postcards 1898-1931 (Media-Tryck 2026). This volume is available open access. Here’s the abstract: Love letters, travel updates, expressions of grief, boredom, excitement, and longing: this book brings together more...Mehr

Nothing inherent in children’s development explains why their right to education should be more or less accessible depending on whether they are 4, 8, or 16. Yet international law treats financial barriers to education as more or less problematic depending on their stage of childhood. For primary education, the obligation...Mehr

The International Race and Rights Lab and the Klau Institute for Civil and Human Rights at the University of Notre Dame have issued a call for papers for a workshop on human rights and international relations broadly understood. It will take place in South Bend, Indiana on May 6-7, 2027....Mehr

On 26 May 2026, the European Court of Human Rights (the Court) delivered its judgment in J.B. v. Greece (no. 54796/16). The case concerns the potential removal of a Syrian national from Greece to Türkiye under the EU-Türkiye Statement of 18 March 2016, following the rejection...Mehr

BlueRights has issued a call for papers for a conference on "Protection of Liberty at Sea," which will take place February 11–12, 2027, at the Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Milan. The call is here.Mehr

Russia does not forcibly relocate its civilians into the occupied territories of Ukraine. Instead, it relies on an array of incentives, including preferential mortgages, employment programmes and tax benefits to increase the attractiveness of relocation. This gives rise to a question under the law of occupation: when does voluntary settlement...Mehr

Thomas Mulder (UNSW Sydney) has published Solidarity in International Disaster Response Law (Hart Publishing 2026). Here's the abstract: This is the first book to comprehensively explore the role of solidarity in international disaster response law (IDRL), offering a timely and transformative...Mehr

“Some reconcilement of remotest mind, Leaves [H]ormuz rubyless, and Ophir chill.” Hart Crane (1899–1932) With the United States waging an illegal war against Iran to reshape the architecture of the Middle East, the architecture of the Hormuz Strait may now be reshaped, moving toward its own...Mehr

On October 22-23, 2026, a conference will be held on "New Technologies and International Legal Accountability," both online and at the University of Perugia. The program is here. Registration is here.  Mehr

 Wannes Bellaert, PhD researcher and academic assistant, Ghent University Photo credit: OSeveno, via Wikimedia Commons Once again a new Europol legal framework On the 24th of June 2026,...Mehr

Ligeia Quackelbeen (Tilburg Univ. - Law) has published Judicial Discretion in the Interpretation of International Crimes: Revisiting the Legality Principle (Hart Publishing 2026). Here's the abstract: This book sets out a legality-centred model to better understand the interpretation of crimes in...Mehr

When the International Court of Justice (ICJ) delivered its Advisory Opinion on Obligations of States in Respect of Climate Change on 23 July 2025, commentators rightly called it a watershed for international environmental law. The Court unanimously confirmed that the customary rules of State responsibility, as reflected in...Mehr

A call for submissions has been issued for volume 2 of the Central Asia Yearbook of International Law. The call is here.   Mehr

As we swelter through late summer, a hardy few have retained a cool hold over their critical faculties. In the last two weeks, attention has turned chiefly to the ICC: from the in absentia convictions of members of the Rapid Support Forces, to the removal of ICC Prosecutor Karim Khan,...Mehr

1. DigitalRights in the Contemporary World Webinar. NUS Centre for International Law is pleased to invite to attend the webinar “DigitalRights in the Contemporary World” (27 August 2026, 4pm – 6pm, Singapore time). The webinar brings together distinguished experts from practice and academia, including Rangita de Silva de Alwis, Ashwini...Mehr

Ergün Cakal (Univ. of Copenhagen - Law) has published Torture and the Recognition of Psychological Suffering in International Law (Oxford Univ. Press 2026). Here's the abstract: Torture and the Recognition of Psychological Suffering in International Law finds that psychological suffering has...Mehr

Following the submarine cable cuts in the Baltic Sea, the Australian Federal Police was urged to commence an investigation at the behest of Subco, a private submarine cable operator, concerning the damage to two submarine cables. On the second August weekend, technicians detected faults on two submarine...Mehr

The first contentious proceedings ever brought before the Seabed Disputes Chamber of the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (the Chamber) concern far more than a procedural dispute between two contractors and the International Seabed Authority (the Authority). They represent the first judicial examination of the legal limits...Mehr

   Professor Steve Peers, Law School, Royal Holloway University of London   Photo credit: Martin Robson, via Wikimedia Commons   Recently the Reform Party proposed that in government it...Mehr

The latest volume of the Yearbook of International Disaster Law (Vol. 7, 2024) is out. Contents include: Thematic Section: ‘Armed Conflicts and Disasters’ Gloria Gaggioli, The Relationship between Disaster Law and International Humanitarian Law: Reflections on Draft Article 18(2) of...Mehr

For almost eighty years, United Nations Member States have behaved as if a mandate required them to maintain regional continuity in elections to the International Court of Justice. Yet, the Court’s Statute contains no such rule. Article 9 requires only that the Court, taken as a whole, represent...Mehr

Introduction On 9 June 2026, Pre-Trial Chamber II of the International Criminal Court issued a decision in response to a request by a State for consultations under Article 97 of the Rome Statute. Article 97 provides an avenue for State Parties to consult the Court where...Mehr

Ceuta, a Spanish enclave on the North African coast with a population of approximately 80,000, experienced an unprecedented mass influx of people during the last week of July. Around 70,000 people, mostly Moroccan nationals but also persons from other countries, entered the territory irregularly. Although the...Mehr

“…I understood that I had collided with the edge of the political universe in which the Tribunal was allowed to function” (Carla Del Ponte, Madame Prosecutor: Confrontations with Humanity’s Worst Criminals and the Culture of Impunity (2009), p. 60) The process culminating in the 24 July 2026 decision...Mehr

The TotalEnergies climate case, whose merits were partially decided by the Paris Judicial Court in June, illustrates how associations may be the gateway through which rights-based climate cases survive. In that case, local governments and NGOs originally brought claims together against the French oil giant. They argued that TotalEnergies’...Mehr

The Max Planck Yearbook of United Nations Law has issued a call for submissions for its Volume 30 for contributions for "a special thematic forum examining a central yet relatively under-explored dimension of international law in practice: the structure, functioning, and evolution of the diverse institutions...Mehr

To mark the 20th anniversary of the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights, the Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law is hosting a one-day workshop on October 14, 2026. The topic is: "Human Rights: Rising under Distress? The African Court at 20." A limited...Mehr

1. Postdoctoral Fellow Vacancy: Chinese University of Hong Kong. CUHK LAW is seeking one outstanding Postdoctoral Fellow with a strong interest and expertise in the legal and political history of war crimes and crimes against humanity, ideally with a particular emphasis upon the Sri Lankan Civil War. Given the...Mehr