EJIL: Talk!
- A Map Is Not a Memorial: Brazil’s Former DOPS and the Legal Content of Non-Recurrence 11/09/2026Twenty-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 central to dictatorship-era repression, the site has still not been officially converted into the memorial the law envisaged. In November 2025, the Federal Public […]Estéfany Rocha Monteiro
- Access to the Logbook: How Autonomous Ships Complicate the Flag State’s Ability to Fulfill its Article 94 UNCLOS Obligation 09/09/2026On 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 ships that, to various extents, operate independently of direct human control and are overseen or remotely controlled by humans in remote operations centres (ROCs), where the […]Cedric Pfeiler
- A Reckoning in the Emperor’s Court: Jamaica’s Reparations Petition to the Privy Council 07/09/2026On 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 […]Britta Redwood
- Two Weeks in Review: 24 August—4 September 2026 06/09/2026The 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 concerning safe third country return. It has also been a fortnight rich in proposals: from how to harmonize free education under […]Sebastian von Massow
- Announcements: Law of Neutrality and the Prohibition of Aggression Symposium; New Technologies and International Legal Accountability Conference; CfP Protection of Liberty at Sea 06/09/20261. 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 […]Mary Guest
- Nuclear Liability Beyond Earth: Who Pays for an Incident on the Lunar Surface? 02/09/2026Lunar 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 infrastructure. Today, lunar missions are mostly about establishing the long-term infrastructure necessary to remain there. Under the Artemis Programme, NASA is developing phased infrastructure […]Yunus Emre Bakiler
- The Rise and Second Demise of the Central American Court of Justice 01/09/2026In 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 world’s earliest permanent international courts. Although the CACJ never succeeded in consolidating itself, this post aims to draw attention to this overlooked event by exploring the […]Anny Matamoros Pineda
- An Update on the Relationship Between IHL and IHRL, Lex Specialis and Recent Developments 01/09/2026The 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 include what is probably the most significant judicial engagement ever with this relationship – the 2025 European Court of Human Rights Ukraine and the Netherlands v. Russia […]Marko Milanovic
- Harmonizing the Fragmented Right to Education: The Proposed Free Education Optional Protocol 28/08/2026Nothing 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 barriers to education as more or less problematic depending on their stage of childhood. For primary education, the obligation to remove fees is clear […]Bede Sheppard
- From Specificity to Institutional Reliability: J.B. v. Greece and Diplomatic Assurances 27/08/2026On 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. […]Tamar Vardiashvili