On October 15–16, 2026, the University of Liverpool will host a conference on “International Cooperation under the European Convention on Human Rights: Sources, Limits, and Enforceability of State Obligations.” Judge Mykola Gnatovskyy (European Court of Human Rights) will deliver the keynote speech. The conference will conclude with a plenary discussion...Mehr

Anne van Aaken (Univ. of Hamburg - Law) has posted Which Game Are We Playing? Geoeconomics, Behavioral Security Inflation and International Law. Here's the abstract: National security has expanded from existential and military threats into trade, investment, technology, supply chains and industrial policy. This chapter asks how states...Mehr

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The Norwegian Nobel Committee today announced the award of this year’s Peace Prize to our colleague Navi Pillay, formerly a judge on the ICTR and ICC, ex-UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, former member of the UN commission of inquiry on the OPT and Israel, and currently a judge ad...Mehr

Introduction Paragraph 23 of the due diligence procedure adopted by the Assembly of States Parties in 2023 requires the Independent Oversight Mechanism (IOM) to report on judicial candidates high moral character for elected office. Yet, for the election of six judges in New York this December, vetting did...Mehr

Devika Hovell (London School of Economics - Law) has posted Theories of Collective Security: Asking the Wrong Questions (in Research Handbook on International Legal Theory and War, Tom Dannenbaum & Eliav Lieblich eds., forthcoming). Here's the abstract: Long-standing debates about collective security recur around a single question: why...Mehr

The European Commission published the long-awaited EU KIDS Act on 17 September 2026. This proposal comes after fierce debates in several Member States on the introduction of a minimum age to access social media platforms, often referred to more generally…Mehr

The text below is a reproduction of Prof Dr Claus Kreß’ keynote address at the 2026 Nuremberg Forum, as delivered on 7 October at Court Room 600, Nuremberg. As readers of the blog know, we occasionally publish longer texts or lectures that we consider speak significantly to the moment....Mehr

  Dr Samira Allioui, Centre d'études internationales et européennes, Université de Strasbourg Photo credit: Alexas Fotos, via Wikimedia Commons On 3 September 2026, the Court of Justice of the...Mehr

On October 13, 2026, a second webinar in the ESIL Conversations series “Responsibility of States and International Organisations in Times of Accountability Gaps: 25 Years of ARSIWA and 15 Years of ARIO” will take place. The topic is: “Violations of peremptory norms and erga omnes obligations: What role for international...Mehr

Until recently, it was fair to decry the lack of attention paid to how ISDS tribunals quantify compensation, against evidence of ballooning awards and the sometimes dizzying amounts involved. Today, however, this issue is no longer secluded from public and academic scrutiny: it features prominently in criticalMehr

This post examines the CJEU’s judgment of 26 March 2026 in Case C-412/24, Fauré Le Page, concerning French trade marks containing the expression “Fauré Le Page Paris 1717”. The Court held that a fictitious founding date may make a trade…Mehr

The latest issue of the Virginia Journal of International Law (Vol. 66, no. 3, 2026) is out. Contents include:Celebrating 75 Years of International Law Symposia at UVA Law Neil Noronha & Chloe S. Metz, Celebrating 75 Years of International Law Symposia at...Mehr

On 23 April 2026, the ECJ decided in Case C-24/26 PPU, Casotta, that Directive 2012/29/EU (Victims’ Rights Directive) did not require a victim who had never joined the national proceedings as a civil party, to be informed when the person…Mehr

Emanuele Sommario (Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna) & Peter Billing have published International Legal and Institutional Frameworks for Disaster Risk Management (Springer 2026). Here's the abstract: Disasters – whether natural, technological, or public health-related – are increasing in frequency, scale, and complexity, with profound human,...Mehr

On November 16-17, 2026, a conference will be held on "Mapping International Law’s Second Worlds (SWAIL II): Middle Powers, Semi-Peripheries and Shifting Hierarchies in the Global Legal Order" at Singapore Management University. The program is here.Mehr

The tub-thumping and bomb-dumping of the first half of the year would seem to have receded into background noise for now, giving space for other reflections—from the maps we use to understand the world, to the influence of AI on the fruits of scholarship and the roots of international law....Mehr

1. Future(s) of International Water Law: Reimagining Transboundary Water Governance for a Changing World. The International Water Law Academy (IWLA) is hosting a webinar series on the “Future(s) of International Water Law: Reimagining Transboundary Water Governance for a Changing World”. The series explores how international water law may evolve in...Mehr

 Dr Meltem Ineli Ciger, Associate Professor of International Law, Süleyman Demirel University Photo credit: Maksym Kozlenko, via Wikimedia Commons On 1 October 2026, the Court of Justice delivered Case...Mehr

Artificial intelligence (AI) is interacting in ever more complex ways with the sovereignty of states. On the one hand, AI technologies are beginning to underpin key sectors and services, including national security, the economy, healthcare. Consequently – and unsurprisingly – states are seeking to protect AI capabilities and...Mehr

   Dr. Chiara Scissa, Department of Social and Political Sciences, University of Bologna Photo: 2026 forest fires in Fontainebleu, by Jdkxhdjj, via Wikimedia CommonsMehr

The Court of Justice’s July 2026 judgment in Hortis lands squarely on the fault line running through every remote and cross-border hire: does the law that protects a worker follow the place they actually work, or can it be engineered…Mehr

Lorenzo Acconciamessa (European Court of Human Rights) & Riccardo Pavoni (Univ. of Siena - Law) have published Uno strumento vivente: l’impatto della CEDU sull’ordinamento italiano a 75 anni dalla sua adozione (Firenze Univ. Press/USiena Press 2026). This title is available open access. Here's...Mehr

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Is the imposition of a deposit as a condition for standing as a candidate for the European Parliament (‘EP’) elections compatible with EU law? And if so, under which conditions? These were the questions the European Court of Justice (‘the…Mehr

On October 30, 2026, Andrew Clapham (Geneva Graduate Institute) will give the next lecture in the TwoLaW Lecture Series on the Laws of War. The topic is: “Why we should not accept the use of Prize Law today.” The presentation will take place online. Registration is here.Mehr

A call for submissions has been issued for the 2027 update of the Cyber Law Toolkit, an online resource on international law and cyber activities. The call is here.  Mehr