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…

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 m…

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 oc…

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…

Abstract. What connects a British court’s encounter with Kenyan veterans tortured 60 years earlier, an international organization using a digital interface

Abstract. How does a reparation claim intervene in a world order made and unmade by colonialism? This article answers this question by analysing the 2009 r

Abstract. International organizations (IOs) are having growing recourse to digital technologies in emergency response. Digital interfaces, such as online e

Abstract. According to sociologist Hartmut Rosa, the genuinely new thing about present-day globalization consists not in the international exchange of capi

Abstract. National positions on international law and cyber activities have emerged in recent years as a distinctive new genre of international legal mater

The tub-thumping 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 infl…

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…

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 …

1. Call for Submissions: Cyber Law Toolkit. The Cyber Law Toolkit, an online resource on international law and cyber activities, is inviting proposals for new scenarios for its next general update, sc...

The ICC removed a Prosecutor for misconduct. This December it elects six judges — after its own Advisory Committee reported that it could not complete the moral-character check the Rome Statute requires, and while the report that would complete it sits unseen by the States who vote. In July 2026 the Assembly of States Parties […]

When we talk about international law, we talk about how the world is ruled. When doing so, we speak of States, territories and borders, often picturing them against a world map familiar from school ge...

1. Attribution of Non-State Actor Conduct During Armed Conflict Panel Discussion: University of Reading. Global Law at Reading will host a panel discussion on Attribution of Non-State Actor Conduct During Armed Conflict on Tuesday, 29 September 2026, 16:30–18:00 UK time (HBS G13, University of Reading), followed by a reception at Park House, with options for both in-person […]

For much of the last decade, international lawyers have approached artificial intelligence (AI) primarily, if at all, as an object of legal regulation. The central questions have become familiar: How ...

Gen AI and its Contributions In July 2026 EJIL published its ecosystem-wide generative artificial intelligence (Gen AI) policy. The policy is carefully worded and wisely narrow. While it also addresses a series of concerns which would merit discussion individually, such as those concerning plagiarism and accuracy, in this contribution I will focus on what the […]

In Lebedeva and others v. Russia, the European Court of Human Rights (“the Court”) issued a short judgment with sweeping effects – striking out 879 potentially meritorious applications alleging Russia...

Abstract. Forced marriage is widespread, occurring in armed conflicts around the world, with armed groups increasingly relying on the practice. Women at ri

Abstract. Investment contracts serve as critical instruments for structuring collaborations between states and foreign investors, often incorporating conce

Abstract. Since its founding in 1919, the International Labour Organization (ILO) has progressively strengthened global standards for paid maternity leave.

Abstract. Since the middle of the 19th century, international law in Europe has struggled to reconcile free movement for Europeans and their descendants in

Twenty-six years after Minas Gerais enacted a law creating a Human Rights Memorial in the building that housed the state’s Department of Political and Social Order (DOPS), a political police body cent...

On 1 July 2026, the IMO’s non-mandatory International Code of Safety for Maritime Autonomous Surface Ships took effect. The Code provides guidelines for maritime autonomous surface ships (MASS), or sh...

On 7 September 2026, Jamaica, which remains a Commonwealth Country with King Charles III as its head of state, will formally present a petition to the King with three questions about the legality of transatlantic chattel slavery and the UK’s responsibility to make reparations. Jamaica’s petition is part of a decade-long coordinated campaign of Caribbean […]

The last two weeks have covered a lot of ground, from the collapse of the Central American Court of Justice to Russian policies of population transfer in Ukraine and the place of diplomatic assurances...

1. The Law of Neutrality and the Prohibition of Aggression: Framing an Old Debate in the Light of Recent State Practice Symposium. On 18 September 2026, from 3pm to 5pm (CET), Bocconi University will host in hybrid format the seminar ‘The Law of Neutrality and the Prohibition of Aggression: Framing an Old Debate in the […]

Lunar exploration during the 20th century sought to reach, explore and, in some cases, return from the Moon,; rather than to serve as successive stages in the construction of permanent lunar infrastru...

In May 2026, the Central American Court of Justice (CACJ) quietly ceased operations following Honduras’ withdrawal—a development that attracted little attention despite marking the end of one of the w...

The past couple of years have seen a substantial number of new developments regarding the relationship between international humanitarian law (IHL) and international human rights law (IHRL). These inc...

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 bar...

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 bar...

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 of his asylum claim on safe third country grounds. […]

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 ...

“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 Mi...

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 inter...

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...

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, Si...

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 da...

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 St...

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. Arti...

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, mo...

“…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 Crim...

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 surviv...

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 ...