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  • Happy New Year; Farewell (Not Really); and our Most Read Posts of 2025 janvier 1, 2026
    On behalf of the EJIL: Talk! editorial team, I would like to extend our best wishes to our readers and their families for the new year. Hopefully it will be a bit better than the ones before it. This has been a very busy year for the blog. We published about 20% more posts this […]
    Marko Milanovic
  • EJIL News! décembre 31, 2025
    The transition from 31 December 2025 to 1 January 2026 entails four big events in EJIL’s life. 1. After almost 30 years, first as Assistant Editor and since 2008 as Managing Editor, Anny Bremner will leave the journal. Many international lawyers will have communicated with Anny about the publication of their articles or book reviews. […]
    Sarah Nouwen
  • Systemic Integration and Space Law After the Climate Advisory Opinions décembre 30, 2025
    This post draws on the work of the International Institute for Space Law (IISL) Working Group on Pluralistic Governance and International Space Law (Chair, Elena Cirkovic). The 2024–2025 climate advisory opinions confirm that neither specialised treaties nor voluntary frameworks can displace customary environmental obligations or operate in isolation from general international law. The opinions reinforce […]
    Giulia Bordacchini
  • Might or Right? The Prospect of an ICJ Advisory Opinion on the Security Council Veto décembre 30, 2025
    The United Nations Security Council (“SC”) veto has once again become a focal point of debate. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and paralysis over the situation in Gaza have revived a familiar concern: the SC’s primary responsibility for maintaining international peace and security appears ill served when one permanent member (“P5”) can unilaterally block even minimal […]
    Johan Stagstrup
  • Why the ISA cannot greenlight seabed mining without benefit-sharing regulations décembre 29, 2025
    Debates 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, 2025
    The 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, 2025
    From 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, 2025
    As 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, 2025
    On 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, 2025
    Palestine 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