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  • A Third Category of Enforced Disappearance? The Committee on Enforced Disappearances’ Article 34 Resolution on Mexico 31/07/2026
    In April 2026, the Committee on Enforced Disappearances (CED) adopted a resolution under Article 34 of the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance (hereinafter “the Convention”) and urgently brought the matter before the UN General Assembly.  Article 34 empowers the CED to bring a situation to the attention of the […]
    Salvador Leyva Morelos-Zaragoza
  • The Spanish Supreme Court on Rejection at the Borders of Ceuta and Melilla: What About Human Rights at Sea? 30/07/2026
    Ceuta and Melilla are Spanish Autonomous Cities located on the northern coast of Africa and bordering Morocco. They occupy a singular position within the European legal order. They simultaneously constitute the external borders of Spain, the European Union, and the Schengen Area, making them the only land frontiers between Europe and Africa. For decades, these […]
    Desislava Dimitrova
  • In This Issue – Reviews 29/07/2026
    In our current state of affairs in the world some of us must feel a measure of fatigue. Helplessness. Despair. At loss. A loss. A sense that we’re losing. It might have been a day like this when George Orwell’s Winston Smith sat in his room and wrote the first page of his diary. ‘From […]
    Anne Lagerwall
  • From Survival to Justice: A Conversation with Judge Theodor Meron 28/07/2026
    Few figures in international law have witnessed and influenced its development as much as Judge Theodor Meron. A Holocaust survivor who became a leading scholar, government legal adviser, diplomat and international judge, his unique reflections offer a first-hand account, built over decades of experience, of how international law is formed, interpreted, and applied under pressure.  […]
    Kate Hamilton
  • In This Issue 28/07/2026
    Opening the articles section of this issue, Negar Mansouri uses the French ‘wine laws’ of the late 19th and early 20th centuries to present a view of international economic law that challenges the neoclassical account of global economic integration. She traces a link between French efforts to protect its wine producers from the unexpected competition […]
    Abhimanyu George Jain
  • EJIL’s first Policy on Use of Generative Artificial Intelligence 27/07/2026
    Written by human beings but with a grammar-check programme keeping an eye on these non-native speakers’ expressions, this editorial introduces EJIL’s first Policy on Use of Generative Artificial Intelligence (Gen AI), a form of artificial intelligence that some authors use to analyse data and to create content, including text or figures. The policy was adopted […]
    Sarah Nouwen
  • Two Weeks in Review: 13—24 July 2026 26/07/2026
    The last fortnight has seen commentators focus primarily on conflict, climate, and immigration. A mini-symposium has ranged over a number of legal questions raised by a potential Russia-Ukraine peace treaty: from  VCLT rules on treaty validity and security guarantees, to free economic zones and the question of the reconstruction of Ukraine through seized assets of […]
    Sebastian von Massow
  • New Issue of EJIL (Vol. 37 (2026) No. 1) – Out Soon 26/07/2026
    The latest issue of the European Journal of International Law will be published this week. We will publish a number of posts outlining the contents of this issue and the editorials over the coming week.  Here is the Table of Contents for this new issue, as well as the Abstracts: Editorial: EJIL Policy on the Use […]
    Mary Guest
  • The Legality of the Use of Interstate Force during the 2026 Israel/US-Iran Hostilities: What States Said and did not Say 24/07/2026
    On 28 February 2026, the US and Israel launched a coordinated aerial attack on Iran. The Iranian response included not only the use of force against Israeli and US targets, but also against the territories of several States which were not directly involved in the attacks conducted by the US and Israel. Consequently, the whole […]
    Gal Cohen
  • At Peace, Yet Under Fire – Blockade Enforcement against Third State Vessels and the U.N Charter 23/07/2026
    From April 13 to June 18, the U.S.A implemented a blockade against Iran. As part of the blockade enforcement, on June 9th, it attacked the Palau-flagged oil tanker M/T Settebello 20 miles north-east of Sohar in Oman’s Exclusive Economic Zone, resulting in the deaths of three Indian sailors onboard – the first direct deaths caused […]
    Himanil Raina