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- From Trade to Investment: Can the ACWL Model Travel? 04/06/2026UNCITRAL Working Group III has been seized with Investor-State Dispute Settlement (ISDS) reform for nearly ten years. Pursuing several initiatives in parallel, one project now entering its final stages is the Advisory Centre on International Investment Dispute Resolution (Advisory Centre). The Advisory Centre, as stated in Article 2 of its draft statute, aims to enhance […]Bram Goede
- The Exacerbation of Longstanding Structural Tensions: The 11th NPT Review Conference Closes without an Outcome Document 03/06/2026From April 27 to 22 May 2026, the 11th Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) was held in New York amid a climate of considerable tension. In a context marked by the ongoing Russian war against Ukraine, the U.S.-Israeli war against Iran, concerns about a possible […]Estelle Beauvillain
- Eurovision, Non-Recognition and Bangaranga?! 02/06/2026Bulgaria won the 70th Eurovision Song Contest in Vienna with Dara’s “Bangaranga”; Israel finished second; and five countries, Ireland, Spain, the Netherlands, Slovenia and Iceland, stayed away in protest at Israel’s participation. That combination, spectacle, boycott and contested belonging, is a useful entry point into a wider legal problem. Eurovision is not the United Nations. […]Michael John-Hopkins
- When Advice Should Have Turned Binding: A Missed Opportunity 01/06/2026On 21 May 2026, the International Court of Justice gave its advisory opinion on the Right to Strike under ILO Convention No. 87. By ten votes to four, the Court concluded that the right to strike of workers and their organisations is protected under ILO Convention No. 87 – one of the ILO’s eight “fundamental” […]Pranay Lekhi
- Is Deep-Seabed Mining Compatible with the Human Right to a Healthy Environment? Insights from the ICJ and IACtHR Climate Change Advisory Opinions 01/06/2026In 2025, following the 2024 advisory opinion (AO) of the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea on Climate Change (here), the International Court of Justice (ICJ) and the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACtHR) issued their AOs on Climate Change (here and here, respectively). These historic AOs have generated extensive commentary. This blog […]Samantha Robb
- Two Weeks in Review: 18—29 May 2026 31/05/2026China turns on tariff-free trade for Africa, while Iran turns off the internet. The ICJ’s advisory jurisdiction is back in focus, with the Right to Strike Advisory Opinion handed down a day after the UN General Assembly’s resolution on the Climate Change Opinion. Cruise ships raise complex questions for the international laws governing public health emergencies, while […]Sebastian von Massow
- Announcements: CfA International Law of the Sea Conference; Introduction to PIL Summer School; Peace Operations International Law Summer School; CfP Works-In-Progress Workshop; Regional Energy Interconnectivity and Sustainable Development 31/05/20261. Call for Abstracts: Postgraduate Research Conference on the International Law of the Sea. The International Law Department, Geneva Graduate Institute is inviting submissions for a postgraduate research conference dedicated to the international law of the sea, taking place on 30 September 2026. This conference offers a platform for PhD candidates and early-career researchers to […]Mary Guest
- Russia, Israel, and the Trade in Stolen Ukrainian Grain: A Legal Analysis 29/05/2026In April 2026, relations between Ukraine and Israel were shaken by a considerable diplomatic crisis. In contrast to Ukraine’s recent quarrel with Hungary over the (likely illegal) interception and seizure of a Ukrainian money transport by Hungarian authorities, this dispute was not preceded by years of deteriorating bilateral relations. Since the beginning of Russia’s full-scale […]Philipp Kehl
- Treaty Interpretation in the ICJ’s Opinion on the Right to Strike 28/05/2026On 21 May 2026, the International Court of Justice delivered its advisory opinion on the Right to Strike under ILO Convention No. 87. The question before the Court was whether the Freedom of Association and Protection of the Right to Organise Convention, 1948 (Convention No. 87) protects workers’ right to strike. The core of the […]Julian Arato
- We Need A Global War Powers Resolution 28/05/2026The times has come to do something about the scourge of war. It is shocking that, in the twenty-first century, the interacting of the minds of two men could cause a world war affecting all human beings everywhere. Despite the notoriously impulsive nature of their personalities, much analysed by commentators, these two men could have […]Philip Allott