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- Why the ISA cannot greenlight seabed mining without benefit-sharing regulations décembre 29, 2025Debates around deep seabed mining (DSM) frequently focus on the question of when the International Seabed Authority (ISA) will adopt its regulations for mineral exploitation. The ISA was established under the 1982 UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) and regulates and governs all DSM on the seabed beyond national jurisdiction, the “Area”. […]Dr Aline Jaeckel
- The Allegations of Genocide Case and Russia’s Judge Ad Hoc décembre 29, 2025The Allegations of Genocide case has entered a new phase. On 5 December 2025, the International Court of Justice (Court) issued an order on Russia’s counter-claims. By eleven votes to four, it found them admissible as such and forming part of the current proceedings. Naturally, the decision on the merits tends to overshadow procedural questions. […]Milosz Gapsa
- Two Weeks in Review: 15—23 December 2025 décembre 28, 2025From drawing lines in the sand to drawing prophets in the press, the last two weeks have run the gamut. Discussions of the failed coup in Benin and civilian arms at sea run alongside analyses of various regional and international developments: Italy’s criminalisation of femicide, proposals for migration and the rights of the child, various […]Sebastian von Massow
- Season’s Greetings! décembre 24, 2025As the year winds down, we want to take a moment to thank you—the readers, writers, and commentators that make the blog what it is. Without the ideas that you share and the discussions that you spark, these would be blank and barren pages indeed! If you’re looking for a ‘good read’ to curl up […]EJIL:Talk! Editorial Board
- A New Chapter in the Prophet Cartoon Controversy: A Clear Violation of Freedom of Speech in the Making décembre 23, 2025On June 26, satirical magazine Leman published a cartoon, depicting two men with white wings flying over a bombarded city, greeting each other: “As-salamu alaykum (Peace be upon you), I am Muhammad,” “Aleichem sholom (Peace be upon you), I am Moses”. The Istanbul prosecutor’s office, claiming that the cartoon depicted Prophet Muhammad and Prophet Moses […]N. Betül Haliloğlu Pakdil
- EJIL: The Podcast! Episode 40: Palestinian Legal Frontiers: SC Res 2803 and beyond décembre 23, 2025Palestine and the Palestinians are often the subjects of conversations in the news, on blogs and in judicial opinions, but not present in conversations themselves. The issues are treated episodically in connection with dramatic events or judicial processes or UN resolutions, and these can entrench an atomization of attention into the atrocities committed in the […]Victor Kattan
- Guatemala’s Application to Intervene in the Sapodilla Cayes Case: An Impermissible Intervention by an Indispensable Party? décembre 22, 2025The International Court of Justice recently heard oral arguments by Guatemala, Belize and Honduras on Guatemala’s application to intervene under Article 62 of the Statute in the case concerning Sovereignty over the Sapodilla Cayes (Belize v Honduras). Guatemala’s prima facie grounds for intervention are straightforward: it is one of the three parties (in addition to […]Sanmay Moitra
- Does Italy’s New Femicide Law Comply with International Law? décembre 22, 2025On 25 November 2025, the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, the Italian Parliament unanimously approved Law No. 181/2025, creating the autonomous crime of femminicidio (femicide). Published on 2 December, the law defines femicide as the intentional, gender‑motivated killing of a woman. With this reform, Italy joins a handful of European countries, […]Alessia Nicastro
- Announcements: CfA Yearbook of International Disaster Law; CfS Solventia Journal of Insolvency & Bankruptcy Laws; CfA Impact of Strasbourg and Luxembourg Courts on Lex Sportiva; CfS American Society of International Law International Legal Theory Prize; BIICL Research Fellow Vacancy; Weaponisation of Humanitarian Assistance Lecture; CfP Boğaziçi International Law Conference décembre 21, 20251. Call for Abstracts: The Yearbook of International Disaster Law. The Yearbook of International Disaster Law (Brill) is inviting submission of abstracts for Issue 8 (2025). The Yearbook includes both a “General” section and a “Thematic” section. The General Section provides an opportunity to interrogate a wide variety of aspects of the intersection of law […]Mary Guest
- My patria is the book: Ten good reads 2025 décembre 20, 2025Here, yet again, is my pick of “good reads” from the books I read in 2025. I want to remind you, as I do every year, that these are not “book reviews”, which also explains the relative paucity of law books or books about the law. Many excellent ones have come my way this year, […]Joseph Weiler