International & Comparative Law Quarterly

ICLQ Early Career Prize Winner Announced The International and Comparative Law Quarterly (ICLQ) is delighted to announce that Dr Priya Urs has been awarded the 2025 Early Career Prize for her outstanding article 'The Articulation of Obligations Erga Omnes and Erga Omnes Partes by the International Court of Justice: Coherence or Confusion?' published in Vol 74(2) ICLQ

Congratulations to Dr Priya Urs @oxfordlawfac.bsky.social for being awarded the 2025 Early Career Prize for her article 'The Articulation of Obligations Erga Omnes and Erga Omnes Partes by the International Court of Justice: Coherence or Confusion?' (ICLQ vol 74(2)).

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ICLQ Annual Lecture: 'Human Rights Obligations in Maritime Search and Rescue' 12 May 2026, British Institute of International and Comparative Law, Charles Clore House, 17 Russell Square, London and Online

*** ICLQ Annual Lecture - Human Rights Obligations in Maritime Search and Rescue Operations ***

Presented by Dr Sofia Galani of @panteion.bsky.social.

📅 Date: 12 May 2026

🕑 Time: 5.30-7.30pm (registration from 5.00pm)

🍷 Reception: drinks reception from 7.30pm

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Read the latest news digest from the @BinghamCentre project 'Dynamics of the judiciary in Ukraine in the context of the #RuleofLaw' buff.ly/dRrB9Y3

🌊 ICLQ Forum Launch Event!

Dive deep into the most pressing #LawoftheSea issues and future of ocean governance.

An ideal opportunity to connect with others shaping the future of LOTS!

27 Nov, 14.00-18.30 @biicl.bsky.social

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Have you read the latest issue of the ICLQ?

All articles are fully #OpenAccess.

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In celebration of #InternationalOpenAccessWeek, be sure to check out the latest ICLQ articles via FirstView @cambup-law.cambridge.org, covering everything from #ExtraterritorialJurisdiction in digital investigations to the ICJ's #Palestine #AdvisoryOpinion.

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"Fabulous course, excellently structured and presented, with plenty of opportunity for questions and discussion”
Learn more about the UN Guiding Principles on #BizHumanRights on our Business and Human Rights short course starting soon!
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New to FirstView via @cambup-law.cambridge.org, Richard Garnett @unimelb.bsky.social analyses the relationship between direct and indirect jurisdictional rules in the #recognition and #enforcement of #ForeignJudgments across Australia, Canada, the US and EU.

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New to ICLQ via FirstView on @cambup-law.cambridge.org, @jessicashurson.bsky.social analyses developments in #extraterritorial jurisdiction in transnational digital investigations. Essential reading for anyone interested in the evolution of #InvestigativeJurisdiction!

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New to ICLQ via FirstView on @cambup-law.cambridge.org, Ardavan Arzandeh analyses the UKSC's judgment in UniCredit Bank v RusChemAlliance on anti-suit injunctions in support of foreign dispute-resolution clauses.

#PrivateInternationalLaw #ConflictofLaws #InternationalArbitration

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Brushing up before the #ESIL2025AnnualConference? The latest issue of @iclq.bsky.social has articles on the ICJ, ambiguous practice, prima facie jurisdiction, the nuclear non-proliferation treaty, interpreting multilingual treaties, and more:

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Just published in ICLQ via @cambup-law.cambridge.org, an excellent article by Marko Milanovic @unirdg-law.bsky.social analysing the notion of an illegal occupation in the recent #ICJ Advisory Opinion on Palestine.

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📢 Open for Booking ECHR and Venice Commission: Guarding Human Rights and the Rule of Law, and Facilitating Constitutional Resilience
📍BIICL, London | 🗓 6–7 November 2025
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Marking 75 years of the European Convention on Human Rights (#ECHR) and 35 years of the #VeniceCommission

Come join us! An exciting opportunity to join BIICL a researcher in banking and climate change litigation. Apply by 31 Aug.

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📢 Book Now for the 44th ITF Conference: Evolving Standards of Investment Protection: Recent Developments and New Trends. Exploring the evolving landscape of investment protection.
Keynote Speaker Prof Federico Ortino
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Have you seen the latest @iclq.bsky.social issue?

Featuring scholarship on prima facie jurisdiction in provisional measures, the contra proeferentem rule and the OSCE Moscow Mechanism, among other topics.

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Now Open for Booking
Forty-Fourth ITF Public Conference: Evolving Standards of Investment Protection: Recent Developments and New Trends. Exploring the evolving landscape of investment protection.
Keynote Speaker Prof Federico Ortino, @kcllaw.bsky.social
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📽️ If you missed our Rapid Response Webinar examining the ICJ's Climate Advisory Opinion
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“The course provided a very interesting overview of all the areas involved in the protection of cultural heritage”
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NEW BIICL report examines underlying normative issues pertaining to the status & function of sovereignty and its relation to primary rules of int. law that have been brought to the forefront of discussions among states in relation to the application of int. law to new technology.
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The Bingham Centre has a new Vacancy for a Research Fellow in Public Inquiries and Rule of Law
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A reminder that this exciting rapid response webinar will be happening tomorrow @biicl.bsky.social, dissecting the ICJ #ClimateChange AO, due to be delivered this afternoon!

NEW BIICL report examines underlying normative issues pertaining to the status & function of sovereignty and its relation to primary rules of int. law that have been brought to the forefront of discussions among states in relation to the application of int. law to new technology.
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If you missed our discussion of Public International Law in the Courts of the UK with
Spks Hussein Haeri KC Withers, Prof. Dan Sarooshi KC, Essex Court Chambers, Prof. Philippa Webb, Twenty Essex & Can Yeginsu, 3VB Chambers You can watch a recording of the event now buff.ly/87UHQg4
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Thursday 24th of July
Join us for a rapid response webinar: Legal Reflections on the ICJ's Climate Advisory Opinion and Beyond
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If you missed our discussion of Public International Law in the Courts of the UK with
Spks Hussein Haeri KC Withers, Prof. Dan Sarooshi KC, Essex Court Chambers, Prof. Philippa Webb, Twenty Essex & Can Yeginsu, 3VB Chambers You can watch a recording of the event now buff.ly/87UHQg4
Sponsor Withers