PIL @ Oxford

For this week’s PIL Research Seminar, we heard from Danilo Garrido on ‘Effective remedies for socio-environmental harm caused by international financial institutions: a review of the IFC’s Compliance Advisor Ombudsman.’ All the best as he prepares for his confirmation!

Please join us for our fourth and last PIL Discussion Group for this term on 12 March. Professor Patrícia Galvão Teles will be discussing the topic “The development of International Law by the ILC and the ICJ - The case of Sea-Level Rise.” Register here: www.law.ox.ac.uk/content/even...

For this week’s PIL Research Seminar, Taqbir Huda presented the overview of his DPhil project on ‘Reparations reconsidered: Correction, distribution, or construction?’ We look forward to seeing how his project unfolds over time!

For our third PIL Discussion Group event, we were delighted to have Professor Duncan Hollis and Dr Arun Sukumar present on their project, ‘New Challenges and New Concepts? Prepositioning and Civilian Critical Infrastructure in International Law.’ Thanks, everyone, for attending!

We are hosting a workshop on 18 June 2026 in Oxford for early-career researchers in international law in honour of Sir Ian Brownlie QC. The deadline for abstracts is 12 March 2026. Please consider applying!

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We warmly invite you to our third PIL Discussion Group for the term, happening next Thursday (19 February). Professor Duncan Hollis and Dr Arun Sukumar will present on ‘New Challenges and New Concepts? Prepositioning and Civilian Critical Infrastructure in International Law.’ To register:

At this week’s PIL Research Seminar, Shirin Kale presented the outline for her DPhil project on the topic of ‘Obligations of Third States Arising from Breaches of Peremptory Norms.’ Best wishes to Shirin as she prepares for her first milestone!

For our second PIL Discussion Group event of the term, we were delighted to have Ambassador Mario Oyarzábal to deliver a talk on the topic of ‘Diplomatic Asylum in Latin America: Continuity, Crisis, and Legal Evolution.’ Thank you all for attending the seminar!

For this week’s PIL Research Seminar, we had Gayathree Devi Kalliyat Thazhathuveetil presenting on ‘Treaty-Based Human Rights Obligations of De Facto Regimes.’ We wish her the very best on her project 🥳

We are excited to share the Hilary 2026 term card 🎉 All are welcome to join either in person or online. Please also note that we will hold our second Discussion Group event this Thursday (5 February).

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We warmly invite you to our second PIL Discussion Group for this term on 5 February. Ambassador Mario Oyarzábal will deliver a talk on ‘Diplomatic Asylum in Latin America: Continuity, Crisis, and Legal Evolution.’ To register, please click here: www.law.ox.ac.uk/content/even...

At this week’s PIL Research Seminar, Jørgen Sørgard Skjold, an academic visitor at St Anne’s College, presented on ‘Non-legally binding international agreements: reflections on practice and possible legal consequences.’

Today we held our first Discussion Group event of the year and of Hilary Term. Professors Mads Andenæs and Johann Leiss (University of Oslo) presented on “Equivalent Protection and Participatory Protection in European Human Rights Law.” Thank you, everyone, for a lively discussion!

Welcome back, everyone! To kick us off with the Hilary Term, Juan-Pablo Pérez-León-Acevedo presented the outline of his DPhil thesis, ‘Reparations for Mass Atrocities at the International Court of Justice.’ We wish him the best as he prepares for his viva!

Happy New Year! Our first PIL Discussion Group event for the Hilary term will take place on 22 January. Professors Mads Andenæs and Johann Leiss will present on ‘Equivalent Protection and Participatory Protection in European Human Rights Law'. To register: tinyurl.com/kvjv3fmv

For the final PIL Discussion Group of the term, Dr Jessica Howley presented on ‘Overlapping Individual and Interstate Claims: Recent Trends’. Thank you, everyone, for a lively discussion, and we hope to see you next term!

For the final PIL Research Seminar of the term, we heard from Katharina Neumann on ‘The Role of International Environmental Law in Addressing Agricultural Greenhouse Gas Emissions – The Case for a Sectoral Approach.’

In this week’s PIL Research Seminar, we heard a fascinating presentation by Stephany Aw on ‘Third States in the Proceedings of International Courts and Tribunals.’

We are excited to warmly invite you to our last PIL Discussion Group event of the term on Thursday, 4 December 2025. Dr Jessica Howley will present: 'Overlapping Individual and Interstate Claims: Recent Trends'. For details and registration, click here: www.law.ox.ac.uk/content/even...

For this week’s PIL Discussion Group seminar, we were delighted to have Associate Professor Geraldo Vidigal discuss his forthcoming book, “Adjudicating over Anarchy: Judicial Remedies, Compliance, and Enforcement in International Law.” Thank you to everyone for joining us!

In this week’s PIL Research Seminar, we heard from Yue Cao on ‘Unilateral Economic Measures and the Non-Intervention Principle: The Definition and Scope of Domaine Réservé.’

For this week's PIL Research Seminar, we had Taha Almasri for a fascinating presentation on his DPhil research on 'Principle—non-intervention; concept—coercion.' Thank you for joining us and for sparking great discussion among the group!

Please join us for our third PIL Discussion Group seminar on November 20, 2025. Dr @geraldovidigal.bsky.social will deliver a talk entitled ‘Adjudicating over Anarchy: Judicial Remedies, Compliance, and Enforcement in International Law.’ See further here www.law.ox.ac.uk/content/even...

For this week’s PIL Discussion Group seminar, we were delighted to have Prof @oonahathaway.bsky.social discuss her project entitled ‘War Unbound.’ We look forward to seeing how the project unfolds. As always, we thank everyone for joining us both in person and online.

As we’re halfway through the term, we had our last round of New Student presentations today at the PIL Research Seminar. We heard from João, Joshua, and Odinaka about their research proposals. We look forward to seeing their projects develop throughout their studies!

We continued with the New Students presentations, where Daisy, Holly, Taqbir, and Will discussed their research outlines that cover a wide range of topics at this week’s PIL Research Seminar—wishing them the very best in their respective projects!

We warmly invite you to our second PIL Discussion Group event of this term, scheduled for next Thursday, 6 November 2025. Prof @oonahathaway.bsky.social will deliver a talk entitled ‘War Unbound’. For more information and to register for the event, see here: www.law.ox.ac.uk/content/even....

In this week’s PIL Research Seminar, Dan Byam Shaw and Quinn Farr presented their DPhil research proposals. We were also delighted to be joined by Charlotte Magnus, visiting from Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, who provided an overview of her research.

We were delighted to have Prof Jorge E. Viñuales at our first PIL Discussion Group event of the academic year. He presented on ‘Bringing Climate Change before the ICJ: Process, Outcome and Pure Conjecture.’ Thanks, everyone, for joining us!

Welcome to the 25/26 Academic Year 🥳 We began our PIL Seminars by having two of our new research students, Hossein and Bianca, present their outlines. We look forward to seeing their work develop throughout the year!