EJIL: Talk!
- The ICC’s Residual Jurisdiction & the Situation in the Philippines janvier 20, 2026Background On 23 October 2025, the International Criminal Court’s (‘ICC’) Pre-Trial Chamber I (‘PTC’) dismissed Duterte’s challenge to the Court’s jurisdiction. Duterte, to recall, was arrested in March 2025 on allegations of crimes against humanity in the context of the Philippine government’s anti-narcotics campaign. Seemingly, Duterte’s case presents a novel issue for the ICC. During […]Gemmo Bautista Fernandez
- In This Issue – Reviews janvier 20, 2026This issue includes four book reviews that address, from different perspectives, varied experiences and expertise, and distinct methods, the ways in which international law can both limit state violence and violations of human dignity, but also, in some respects, endorse or reproduce the dynamics that enable practices of violence and oppression of human dignity. Françoise […]Anne Lagerwall
- In This Issue janvier 19, 2026Opening this issue’s articles section, Marius Pieterse argues for a reconceptualization of cities as victims of human rights violations. His article maps out avenues for recognition of the harm sustained by urban collectives, challenging individualist understandings of human rights in a state-centric international legal order. The next article focuses on another question of standing in […]Ana Luisa Bernardino
- New Issue of EJIL (Vol. 36 (2025) No. 3) – Out Soon janvier 19, 2026The latest issue of the European Journal of International Law will be published shortly. 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: News!; In This Issue; In This […]Mary Guest
- Announcements: CfP New Technologies & Legal Accountability; Art & Cultural Heritage Summer School; CfP Law of State Immunity; CfS Trade, Law & Development; Regional & International Dispute Settlement Course; CfA EUI Economic Statecraft Conference; CfP Global South Law, Policy, & Development; Challenging Frontex’s De Facto Immunity Webinar; LawAI Research Fellow Vacancy; Right to Food & the Global Order Lecture; Protection of Human Dignity Through Criminal Law Conference; Cyber-Enabled International Crimes Event; Inter-Judicial Dialogue on Climate Change & Human Rights; CfA CITIL’s WTO Chairs Programme Symposium janvier 18, 20261. Call for Papers: New Technologies and International Legal Accountability, University of Perugia. The organisers of the European Society of International Law (ESIL) supported Conference “New Technologies and International Legal Accountability”, which will take place in Perugia on 22–23 October 2026, are inviting contributions exploring the role of international law in ensuring accountability for malicious […]Mary Guest
- Closing the Last Gap in International Criminal Law: Why a Convention on Crimes Against Humanity Matters janvier 16, 2026This is a post in our Joint Symposium on “Negotiating a Treaty on Crimes Against Humanity” run in partnership with Just Security. The international community stands at a pivotal moment in the evolution of international criminal law. While genocide and war crimes have long been codified in dedicated international treaties, crimes against humanity — arguably […]Jörg Polakiewicz
- UNCOPUOS and the Quiet Transformation of Space Resources Law janvier 16, 2026Space resources have long occupied a gray zone in international space law. They are central to the future of exploration and sustained presence beyond Earth, yet they remain legally ambiguous in a regime originally designed for use and exploration with an emphasis on scientific inquiry. That ambiguity, a legacy of the mid-20th century, has long […]Güneş Ünüvar
- A (very) short history of Crimes Against Humanity janvier 16, 2026This is a post in our Joint Symposium on “Negotiating a Treaty on Crimes Against Humanity” run in partnership with Just Security. Understanding the history of a legal concept can help illuminate its normative content, and explain what it stands for, why it is defined in a particular way, and how it relates to connected […]Guénaël Mettraux
- Another Setback for Ukraine? The ICJ Declares Russia’s Counter-Claims in the Ukraine v. Russia Genocide Case Admissible janvier 15, 2026On 5 December 2025, the ICJ delivered its order on the admissibility of Russia’s counter-claims in the Ukraine v. Russia genocide case. It is now the second decision by the Court in this unusual ‘reverse genocide case’ (see, on this blog, Raju, Milanovic, Weller) brought by Ukraine in which Ukraine has arguably suffered a setback, at […]Nils Schneider
- EU Sanctions and the Undoing of International Investment Arbitration janvier 15, 2026Sailing Yacht A in the Gulf of Trieste, seized in 2022 under the EU sanctions regime. It is well known that the EU has a complicated relationship with international investment arbitration. Whilst the two appear to be grounded in comparable commitments to a liberal international economic order, EU institutions have taken the view that investor-state […]Toni Marzal