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- A peace treaty for Ukraine: Mini-symposium on international legal issues 10/07/2026In the four years since Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine, the prospects of a negotiated peace settlement have waxed but mostly waned. But the possibility of an agreement has been an ongoing focus for international lawyers. This is primarily because Russia has demanded territorial concessions from Ukraine that appear at odds with fundamental prohibitions on […]Anne Peters
- Legal Experimentation in International Institutional Law? From the Spanish Civil War and the ‘London Committee’ to Gaza and the ‘Board of Peace’ 10/07/2026Much has been said on Trump’s ‘Board of Peace’ (the Board) and much remains to be seen. While the identity of the Board as an international organisation has been discussed (here), other contributions have focused on the corporate dimension of the organisation (here, here and here) or on its role as regards the future of […]Rémi Furhmann
- Treatable Wounds, Untreated Law: What Modern Battlefield Medicine Tells Us About the Principle of Unnecessary Suffering 09/07/2026Introduction Advances in battlefield medicine have transformed the legal relevance of the principle of unnecessary suffering in international humanitarian law—but the legal community has not yet absorbed this transformation. For most of the history in which the relevant legal standards developed, certain vascular injuries caused in armed conflict were almost invariably fatal or resulted in […]Asher Rottenberg
- The Award in Rwanda versus the United Kingdom: The PCA’s Interpretation of VCLT, Article 13 08/07/2026The PCA’s Award in the arbitration between Rwanda and the United Kingdom, decided on May 15, 2026, was released on June 1, 20226. The arbitration related to the decision by the incoming Labour Government to cancel the Agreement between the United Kingdom and Rwanda (formally the Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Rwanda […]Kevin W. Gray
- Constitution or Compass? A Quiet Renegotiation of the Maritime Order 07/07/2026Constitution or Compass? A Quiet Renegotiation of the Maritime Order Vito De Lucia In June 2026, the China Institute for Marine Affairs published a substantial assessment of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (Assessment Report on the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea: Achievements, Positioning and Challenges), timed […]Vito De Lucia
- Magnifica Humanitas and the International Legal Technocratic Imagination 06/07/2026Pope Leo XIV’s first encyclical, Magnifica Humanitas, is not a source of international law. It creates no treaty obligations, modifies no customary rules, and settles no legal status for artificial intelligence. However, its relevance lies not only in the fact that it exposes a difficulty that international AI governance has not fully confronted, but also […]Gustavo Leite Neves da Luz
- Announcements: CfP Journal of International Peace and Organization; Academy in Advanced Legal Research and Method; BIICL International Law Short Courses; CfP Iuris Dictio Journal 05/07/20261. Call for Papers: Journal of International Peace and Organization / Die Friedens-Warte. The Journal of International Peace and Organization / Die Friedens-Warte is inviting submissions for a special issue on the “Crisis of the International Law-Based Order?”. The special issue, edited by Professor Pierre Thielbörger (Ruhr University Bochum and Hertie School) and Professor Andreas von […]Mary Guest
- Concluding the Normative Synergy on State Continuity: The ILC, the General Assembly and the Climate Advisory Opinion 03/07/2026A month ago, the United Nations General Assembly took a position significantly less ambiguous than the ICJ on a question of existential importance to island States threatened by climate-induced sea-level rise. Referring to the Climate Change Advisory Opinion, it recalls that the Court “found that, once a State is established, the disappearance of one of […]Jean-Baptiste Dudant
- Crimean Coastal State Rights and the Resilience of International Arbitration 30/06/2026Introduction On 15 June 2026, the Permanent Court of Arbitration published its merits award in Ukraine v. the Russian Federation concerning coastal state rights in the Black Sea, Sea of Azov, and Kerch Strait (PCA Case No. 2017-06). The award itself had been issued on 22 April 2026. The case concerned an array of claims […]Michael Raff
- Two Weeks in Review: 15—26 June 2026 28/06/2026The last two weeks have primarily grappled with the implications of the Chişinău Declaration, along with Israel’s continued policies concerning occupied Palestine: the establishment of ad hod military courts and its blockade of the Sumud Flotilla. Criminal proceedings in Iranian courts around the Minab school bombing raise questions about the prosecution of war crimes in […]Sebastian von Massow