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New Issue: Leiden Journal of International Law The latest issue of the Leiden Journal of International Law (Vol. 38, no. 3, September 2025) is out. Contents include: * Editorial * Thomas Skouteris, Fin de siècle international law * International Legal Theory: Symposium on the Law and Political Economy of Business and Human Rights: A Turn to Root Causes? * Ioannis Kampourakis, The Law and Political Economy of Business and Human Rights: A turn to root causes? An Introduction to the Symposium * Ioannis Kampourakis & Lottie Lane, The Law and Political Economy of Business and Human Rights: From governance gaps to root causes * Hannah Franzki & Angela Sánchez-Alfonso, From Business and Human Rights to entangled accumulation: Making sense of violence along global value chains * Klaas Hendrik Eller, Pricing and distribution in global value chain regulation * Abdurrahman Erol, Federica Violi, & Alessandra Arcuri, Policies on foreign investment in National Action Plans on BHR: Transformative change or reproduction? * International Law and Practice * Jean-Michel Marcoux, The concept of sustainable development in investment arbitration: A disconnect from investment policymaking and international adjudication * Chris O’Meara, Self-defence in outer space: Anti-satellite weapons and the jus ad bellum * A critical analysis of the work of the ILC on ‘State Succession in Matters of State Responsibility’: A missed opportunity Patrick Dumberry * Nicolas Lamp, Arrested norm development: The failure of legislative-judicial dialogue in the WTO * Salome Addo Ravn, Misha Ariana Plagis, & Mikael Rask Madsen, International courts and sovereignty politics: Design, shielding, and reprisal at the African Court * International Court of Justice * Michael A. Becker, Recent developments in reliance upon third-party fact-finding at the International Court of Justice * International Criminal Courts and Tribunals * Rohan Jain, Victim assistance under the Rome Statute: Approach and effectiveness of the Trust Fund for Victims assistance activities

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New Issue: Leiden Journal of International Law The latest issue of the Leiden Journal of International Law (Vol. 38, no. 2, June 2025) is out. Contents include: * International Legal Theory * Fleur Johns, On consular internationalism * Cris van Eijk, The exclusive making of space law * Işıl Aral, Russia’s expulsion: The Council of Europe as the guardian of European imperialism * Dana Schmalz, The population growth discourse in the first decades of the United Nations: Interpretations of global economic inequality and the struggles for a just international legal order * Tuomas Palosaari, The phantom menace: Effects and legitimacy of informal international instruments * International Law and Practice * Nengye Liu & Shirley V. Scott, China in the UNCLOS and BBNJ negotiations, yesterday once more? * Danae Azaria, Inferring a ‘dispute’ from state silence * Violetta Ritz, Climate tipping points: Tracing the limits of political discretion * Xin Wang, Global (re-)framing of cybercrime: An emerging common interest in flux of competing normative powers? * Natalie Klein, International law-making and the Geneva Declaration on Human Rights at Sea * International Court of Justice * Iben Vagle, The (un)changing face of ICJ advocacy * International Criminal Courts and Tribunals * Ming-hsi Chu, Competing interpretations of international law: Law and politics in the war crimes trials of Nationalist China, 1946–1949 * Natalie M. Bryce, Leslie Johns, & Máximo Langer, Living with impunity versus living in fear: Universal jurisdiction defendants, due process, and the use of democracies by autocracies to prosecute their opponents * Sharon Weill & Sandrine Lefranc, The French Bataclan Trial as a judicial experiment: What lessons for the prosecution of mass crimes? * Sergii Masol & Juan-Pablo Perez-Leon-Acevedo, Lessons to learn? Using the Inter-American Court of Human Rights’ jurisprudence on amnesties and pardons in the context of the Russo-Ukrainian War

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Call for Papers: State Responsibility in Crisis A call for papers has been issued for a workshop on "State Responsibility in Crisis," to take place April 30-May 1, 2026, at the University of Bristol. The call is here.

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New Issue: La Comunità Internazionale The latest issue of La Comunità Internazionale (Vol. 80, no. 3, 2025) is out. Contents include: * Storia del Diritto Internazionale * Arno Dal Ri Jr., La circolazione dei modelli giuridici italiani nella scienza del diritto internazionale in Brasile tra impero e “Estado Novo” (1822-1945) * Articoli e Saggi * Pietro Pustorino, Cyberattacks and the Evolution of the Regime on the Prohibition of the Use of Force * Antonio Mariconda, Commercio di armamenti e diritto internazionale penale: quali prospettive per la complicità degli esportatori di materiale bellico nello Statuto di Roma? * Francesco Seatzu & Nicolas Carrillo Santarelli, Cyberattacks and NATO’s Article 5: A Credible Deterrent or a Strategic Vulnerability? * Maria Vittoria Prest, Licensing Lunar Resource Activities: The Case of the Japan-Based Company ispace * Osservatorio Europeo * Emmanuel Pagano, Recenti sviluppi delle iniziative europee in tema di difesa comune tra tendenza al riarmo, rimeditazione dei vincoli di bilancio e deficit democratico * Emilia Maria Magrone, Il Meta Oversight Board: sistema interno di gestione dei reclami o “tribunale” indipendente? * Osservatorio Diritti Umani * Giuseppe Gioffredi, Consiglio dei diritti umani e Universal Periodic Review: il rapporto del IV ciclo di revisione sull’Italia

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Conference: 54th Annual Conference of the Canadian Council on International Law The Canadian Council on International Law will hold its 54th Annual Conference on November 13-14, 2025, in Ottawa. The theme is: "Friends, Enemies, and Frenemies: Engagement and Retaliation in International Law." Program and registration are here.

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Ishii: International Law and the Investigation of Transnational Crimes Yurika Ishii (Sophia Univ. - Law) has published International Law and the Investigation of Transnational Crimes (Oxford Univ. Press 2025). Here's the abstract: This book examines the methods that States use to investigate transnational crimes and criticizes the conventional understanding of international cooperation in criminal matters. Obtaining information and evidence abroad is the main challenge of suppressing transnational crimes. Law enforcement mechanisms have evolved with the globalization of markets and the digitalization of information. This book argues that such mechanisms rely primarily on the consent of other States and private entities, such as financial institutions and communications service providers. States formally and informally agree with other States where the information is located through instruments covering non-criminal matters, including administrative agreements, for criminal proceedings. Jurisdictional conflicts between investigating States and those with strict restrictions on corporate information disclosure to foreign governments, such as bank secrecy and privacy laws, have decreased. These mechanisms may harm individual rights under criminal procedural law, such as the right to a fair trial and exclusionary rules in cross-border investigations. The role of international human rights law is limited due to its decentralized nature. However, principles and norms are emerging to address this issue, though in a sporadic manner. This book is the first to comprehensively analyse these practices, offering readers a focused examination of the intersection between public international law, domestic laws, and transnational crime. This publication will make a valuable contribution to the emerging fields of public international law, international and transnational criminal law, international economic law, financial law, and international relations.

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Workshop: Strategic Litigation in International Law On November 27-28, 2025, the Italian Yearbook of International Law will hold its annual workshop in Trento. The topic is: "Strategic Litigation in International Law." Details are here.

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PhD/RA position in International Law (Geneva Graduate Institute) The Department of International Law of the Geneva Graduate Institute is seeking to recruit a PhD candidate funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation for four years. The candidate will be affiliated with a research project in which Professor Fuad Zarbiyev is the principal investigator as research assistant and is expected to write a PhD dissertation broadly connected to the theme of that research project. More information about the position and the project can be found here.

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Voulgaris: The ICJ and Multi-forum Litigation Strategy Nikolaos Voulgaris (European Law and Governance School) has published The ICJ and Multi-forum Litigation Strategy (Brill | Nijhoff 2025). Here's the abstract: "In a world where inter-State multi-forum litigation multiplies, so does the risk of courts becoming diplomatic platforms to air State grievances." Nowadays, the ICJ is called to confront this risk when dealing with the main political issues of the day. The book draws inferences from legal and political sciences to assess ICJ authority when crises make their way to it as part of a multi-forum litigation strategy. It identifies the essential characteristics of this strategy and delineates ICJ instrumentalization against this background. Three running examples expose the many roles implanted in the ICJ when it is so instrumentalized. And they determine the legal and policy ramifications ensuing from a State’s attempt to engage in such a judicial-'diplomatic' campaign.

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Call for Submissions: Cyber Law Toolkit A call for submissions has been issued for the 2026 update of the Cyber Law Toolkit, an online resource on international law and cyber operations. The call is here.

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Lecture: Marks on "If the World Is a Family, What Kind of Family Is It?" On October 22, 2025, Newcastle Law School's Non/Human Law Research Group will host a lecture by Susan Marks (LSE) on "If the World Is a Family, What Kind of Family Is It?" The lecture will take place online and in person. Details are here.

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New Additions to the UN Audiovisual Library of International Law The Codification Division of the UN Office of Legal Affairs recently added the following materials to the UN Audiovisual Library of International Law: a lecture in English on Fair and Equitable Treatment, by Jeremy Sharpe; a lecture in English, entitled Introduction to International Disaster Law, by Kirsten Bookmiller; and a three-part lecture in English on The Human Right to Food, by Marsha Echols. The Audiovisual Library of International Law is also available as an audio podcast on Apple, SoundCloud, and other platforms.

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Breeze, Drumbl, Simpson, & Wade: The Character of International Law: A Festschrift for Rob Cryer Emma J Breeze (University of Birmingham - Law), Mark Drumbl (Washington and Lee Univ. - Law), Gerry Simpson (London School of Economics - Law), & Marianne Wade (Univ. of Birmingham - Law) have publishd The Character of International Law: A Festschrift for Rob Cryer (Hart Publishing 2025). The table of contents is here. Here's the abstract: Professor Robert Cryer was a foundational voice in modern international criminal law. This book celebrates his character, his life, his work, and his influence. The book is a Festschrift of love and admiration for a character that is dearly missed. Fittingly, the book also continues to voice the many conversations that Rob started. It thereby doubles as a critical examination of the life of international law. The book constellates 17 expertly-authored chapters nurtured by four editors through five distinctive sections, each of which reflects on the character of international law. These sections, presented as acts, are: discipline and borders, (re)imagination and continuity, violence and reckoning, acoustics and storytelling, and friendship and kindness. A wide gamut of touchpoints dovetails into a beautifully eclectic medley. These include criminal law, the law of war, music and harm, gender-based violence, nuclear weapons and artificial intelligence, law after war, the crime of aggression, drones and targets, the domestication of international law, and the role of law in inter-state relations. The book journeys to many places, including Japan, Bosnia and Ukraine, while reflecting on the role of teaching and mentorship in the life of international law.

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Seminar: The Right to Strike under International Law On 8 October 2025, the Jack and Mae Nathanson Centre on Transnational Human Rights, Crime and Security at York University will host an online seminar on "The Right to Strke Under International Law." Details are here.

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New Issue: Journal of International Dispute Settlement The latest issue of the Journal of International Dispute Settlement (Vol. 16, no. 3, September 2025) is out. Contents include: * Special Issue: Current Challenges in International Investment Law * Esmé Shirlow, Transparency in investment treaty arbitration: past, present, and future * Special issue: Justice Post-ISDS * Francesca Farrington & Nevena Jevremović, Between a rock and a hard place: the impact of replacing or abolishing ISDS on investment-affected parties * Special Issue: Translucent Justice * Walter Arévalo-Ramírez & Andrés Rousset-Siri, Undermining the authority of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights: cases of state’s weaponization of the value of transparency * Suhong Yang & Shuai Guo, Selection process of judges and members at international courts and tribunals: in search of efficient transparency * Gautam Mohanty & Alexandros Bakos, Revisiting transparency standards in investor–state dispute settlement vis-à-vis third-party funding: how much transparency is too much transparency? * Elena Abrusci, More transparency on regional human rights courts? What we (still) need to know to understand and access regional human rights justice * Marco Dimetto, Inscrutable procedural orders: two models of transparency in international dispute settlement (ICSID and ICJ) * Thomas Vogt-Geisse, Three visions of transparency in international adjudication * Letizia Lo Giacco, Rethinking transparency through the public–private prism: the case of the ICC–NGOs partnership * Ezgi Özlü, Translucent justice: strategic transparency and the legitimacy of the ECtHR * Hemi Mistry, Transparency as performance: the ‘As Is’ and ‘As If’ worlds of international adjudication * Fenghua Li, Transparency as a pathway to align ICSID arbitration with sustainable development * Irene Miano, De facto transparency? Investigating the practice of the International Court of Justice * Danae Georgoula & Lan Ngoc Nguyen, Judicial reasoning as a mask: rationalizing the transparency of the law of the sea tribunals * Carolina Mancuso, Procedural rules and judicial practices: a good or bad match for transparency? * Bruno Biazatti, The backlog-driven reform of the Initial Review of petitions in the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights * Editorial * Cédric Dupont & Thomas Schultz, Trump’s tariffs: from a trade problem into an investment problem? * Articles * Georgios Dimitropoulos, Investment law and the digital economy * George Kahale, The Mobil and Conoco cases against Venezuela: the good, the bad and the ugly * Yun Zhao & Yanru Chen, The evolving lex mercatoria: a game-changer for transparency in international commercial arbitration * Jay Tseng, Insolvency of a party in international arbitration: considerations on staying arbitration proceedings * Eleonora Castro, Clarifying the clean hands doctrine under general international law * Nektarios Papadimos, A golden mean approach to independence and impartiality in investment arbitration * Zelin Li, Inter-court competition in non-adjudicative activities: a case study of the International Court of Justice presidential speeches, 1991–2022 * Daria Levina, The myth of instant success: a historical account of the Commercial Court of England and Wales * Current Developments * Gabrielle Marceau & Maria George, Trade, climate and differentiation: an analysis of the interaction between the ‘Principle of Common But Differentiated Responsibilities’ and the WTO agreement * Nikiforos Panagis, Held in suspense: the past, present, and future of the suspension of proceedings at the International Court of Justice * Guang Ma & Hong Wu, The proliferation of unilateral trade measures and the crisis of the multilateral trading system

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New Issue: Journal of the History of International Law / Revue d'histoire du droit international The latest issue of the Journal of the History of International Law / Revue d'histoire du droit international (Vol. 27, no. 3, 2025) is out. Contents include: * Julia Klaus, ‘The Right of Existence of Peoples as Independent Nations’: Raphael Lemkin, the Tokyo Tribunal, and Aggression * Rishabh Bajoria, Kashmir’s Erasure from International Law: David Lilienthal and the Forgotten Pre-History of the Indus Waters Treaty (1948–1951) * Maria Adele Carrai, China Unbounded: Extraterritoriality, Nationality, and the Late Qing’s Engagement with International Law

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New Issue: Questions of International Law The latest issue of Questions of International Law / Questioni di Diritto Internazionale (no. 112, 2025) is out. Contents include: * The influence of security concerns on the fulfilment of climate-related obligations in contemporary international law: A virtu-ous or vicious dynamic? * Introduced by Angelica Bonfanti * Antonio Mariconda, Advancing climate-related obligations through security concerns: Lessons from the Falepili Union Treaty * Giorgia Pane, Budgeting for war: The climate-security trade-off and profiles of responsibility in international law

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New Issue: Chinese Journal of International Law The latest issue of the Chinese Journal of International Law (Vol. 24, no. 3, September 2025) is out. Contents include: * Editorial Comment * Sienho Yee, Self-drive, Inducement, or Compulsion: Co-progressive Climate Change Solutions and the Advisory Proceedings before the ITLOS and the ICJ * Articles * Upasana Dasgupta & Biswanath Gupta, Duty to Notify an Impending Disaster on Earth and in Outer Space: Obligation on Third-Party States * Olga Starshinova & Elena Murashko, Empowering the WTO Appellate Body to Render Advisory Opinions: a Solution to the Crisis or its Aggravation? * Comment and Review Essay * Rein Müllerson, Revolutions in “Superpowers” and Their Impact on Geopolitical Reconfiguration of the World and International Law

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New Issue: Global Constitutionalism The latest issue of Global Constitutionalism (Vol. 14, no. 3, November 2025) is out. Contents include: * Danny Schindler, Constitutionalizing dissent: The universe of opposition rules in African constitutions * Whitney K. Taylor, Embedding constitutional rights * M. Victoria Kristan, The Day After a Broken Democratic Polity * Ron Levy & Ian O’Flynn, Vetoes, deadlock and deliberative umpiring: Toward a proportionality doctrine for power-sharing constitutions * Svenja Ahlhaus, Boundary assembly: An institutional proposal for democratizing membership politics * Nicola Sharman, Recognising differentiated affectedness within a global demos: promoting the democratic legitimacy of the UNFCCC * Maxim van Asseldonk, Claude Lefort in the age of the total constitution * Emilia Justyna Powell & Joshua Paldino, The Taliban, Afghan constitutionalism and modern Islamic law states: renegotiating the balance of religious and secular law

05.10.2025 17:18 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Call for Papers: Securing justice for the planet: Opportunities for, and barriers to, course correction Macquarie University’s Environmental Law Research Centre and the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Regional Office for the Pacific have issued a call for papers for a conference on "Securing justice for the planet: Opportunities for, and barriers to, course correction," to take place March 18-19, 2026, in Sydney. The call is here.

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Conference: International Law Weekend 2025 The American Branch of the International Law Association will hold International Law Weekend 2025 in New York City on October 23-25. The theme is "Crisis as Catalyst in International Law." The program is here. Registration is here.

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New Issue: International Organization The latest issue of International Organization (Vol. 79, no. 3, Summer 2025) is out. Contents include: * Articles * Joshua Freedman, Can Status Competition Save the World? Grafting, Green Energy, and the Climate Crisis * Chelsea Estancona & Lucía Tiscornia, From Cocaine to Avocados: Criminal Market Expansion and Violence * Timm Betz & Leonhard Hummel, Supplying Influence: Domestic Production Networks in Trade Politics * Brandon K. Yoder & Michael D. Cohen, Fighting to Be Friends: Third-Party Bargaining, Alliance Formation, and War * Research Notes * Mark S. Manger & Nicola Nones, Trade and Exchange Rate Competition in East Asia * Cameron Mailhot & Sabrina Karim, International State Building and Civilian Preferences: Experimental Evidence from Liberia * David C. Logan, Elite–Public Gaps on Nuclear Weapons: The Roles of Salience and Knowledge

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New Works in Legal History: Displays at the Detroit Meeting | American Society for Legal History New Works in Legal History: Many legal historians publish books with presses that are not represented at the conference book sale. In recognition of this fact, the ASLH will host a table to showcase t...

For legal historians: did you publish a book recently that won't be represented at the Detroit ASLH conference book sale in Nov.2025? You should bring a copy for this new initiative to showcase your work! Much needed as only a few publishers are represented at the book sale: aslh.net/new-works-in...

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New Issue: International Journal of Marine and Coastal Law The latest issue of the International Journal of Marine and Coastal Law (Vol. 40, no. 3, 2025) is out. Contents include: * Articles * Robin Churchill, Dispute Settlement in the Law of the Sea: Survey for 2024 * Eduardo Cavalcanti de Mello Filho, Is the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf Mandated to Consider Submissions from Non-States Parties to the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea? * Yoshifumi Tanaka, Prevention of Vessel-Source Plastic Pollution from Arctic Shipping: Some Thoughts on Normative Interactions between Treaties * Gabriele Goettsche-Wanli & Johannes-Alexander Müller, Does ‘Ecocide’ Provide a Viable Option to Address the Gravest Crimes against the Marine Environment? * Ruixuan Zhuo, Chunchang Zhang, & Mengqi Zhou, Reforming China’s Ship-Source Oil Pollution Compensation Fund in View of Increasingly Strict Environmental Protection What Are the Next Steps? * Shani Friedman, Justice, Equity, and Approaches for Sharing Benefits from Deep Sea Mining Operations in the Area * Current Legal Developments * Goran Dominioni & Beatriz Martinez Romera, The 2023 IMO Greenhouse Gas Strategy: Considerations of Equity * Miłosz Gapsa, The End of a Low Threshold for Granting Provisional Measures with the ‘Zheng He’ Case? * Ríán Derrig, Reforming United Nations Ocean Governance

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