EJIL: Talk!
- From Managed Trade to Managed Investment Through Trade 25/02/2026Prior to the establishment of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) and the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), tariffs routinely functioned as deliberate instruments of industrial policy. By raising the cost of imports, States sought to channel foreign economic activity inland, effectively leaving exporters wishing to preserve market access with little alternative but to […]Victor Crochet
- Climate Change, Sea-Level Rise, and Cultural Rights: The Case of Bonaire 24/02/2026On the 28th of January, the District Court of the Hague rendered its judgment in the case of Greenpeace v. the Netherlands. The case addressed the Dutch State’s mitigation and adaptation obligations towards the Caribbean territory of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, specifically Bonaire – a small island situated off the coast of Venezuela with […]Flore Heinrich
- Back to the Pre-Lisbon era? Why the Provisional Application of the EU-Mercosur Agreement is so Controversial 23/02/2026On 17 January 2026, the EU and Mercosur signed an ambitious trade and cooperation package composed of two instruments: a Partnership Agreement (EMPA) and an Interim Trade Agreement (iTA). After more than 20 years of negotiations, this deal has been praised as a major stepping stone for extending the EU’s economic and geopolitical influence worldwide, […]Alexandre Lejeune
- Two Weeks in Review: 9—20 February 2026 22/02/2026Over the last fortnight, some issues have remained in the spotlight: the implications of the Trump administration’s posture and practice for international institutions, Russia’s use of law to pressure its perceived antagonists, concerns around commercial deep-sea mining, and the open politicization of migration at the ECtHR. These have been joined by some newer players: issues […]Sebastian von Massow
- Announcements: CfS Study and Analysis of International Law Scholarship; University of Edinburgh Global Law Conference; International Law Breakfast Briefings; ELI Webinar on Consumer Agenda; CfP Future of the International Legal Order; 2026 Global Scholars Intensive; CfP Utrecht Journal of International and European Law 22/02/20261. Call for Submissions: The Study and Analysis of International Law Scholarship. The Georgetown Journal of International Law (GJIL) and the Consortium for the Study and Analysis of International Law Scholarship (SAILS) are inviting submissions for a special collaboration in Volume 57.4 of GJIL. This issue will feature up to five scholarly articles (9,000–12,000 words) […]Mary Guest
- Reading the Updated Commentary on GCIV in an Imperial Moment 20/02/2026The updated ICRC Commentary of the Fourth Geneva Convention (GCIV) is a monumental, if not timely, achievement. At its core, it provides a set of very useful legal interpretations on an enormous body of rules and provisions, reflecting a gigantic amount of work by an adroit ICRC team, supported by numerous experts from both academia […]Boyd van Dijk
- Stepping Forward, with Caution: The Inter-American Court’s Approach to Transfemicide in Leonela Zelaya 19/02/2026Just a few weeks ago, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights delivered its long-awaited judgment in Leonela Zelaya and Other v Honduras, concerning Leonela Zelaya’s transfemicide. Leonela Zelaya was born in Cortés, on Honduras’ northern coast. Estranged from her family and expelled from her home, she moved to Tegucigalpa in her twenties, where she engaged […]Carlos J. Zelada
- Judicial Independence Under Threat: Russia’s Conviction in absentia of Nine International Criminal Court Officials 18/02/2026On 12 December 2025, the Moscow City Court convicted nine International Criminal Court (ICC) officials in absentia for crimes relating to the unlawful prosecution of Russian citizens. These individuals were prosecuted in retaliation for the issuance of ICC arrest warrants against several Russian nationals, including President Vladimir Putin. A group of UN experts promptly declared […]Caleb Wheeler
- Protecting civilians in good faith: A joint symposium on the updated ICRC Commentary on the Fourth Geneva Convention 17/02/2026Following five years of research and consultations, the ICRC published a new, updated Commentary on the Fourth Geneva Convention (GC IV) of 1949 in October 2025. GC IV is the cornerstone of protection for civilians in international armed conflict and occupation – protections that remain urgently relevant amid patterns of urban warfare, strikes on essential services, […]Mary Guest
- Announcements: Global Law at Reading Ghandhi Research Seminar Series; Where Human Rights Take Place Workshop; KÜREMER Call for Papers; BIICL Training Programme 15/02/20261. Global Law at Reading (GLAR) Ghandhi Research Seminar Series. GLAR has announced the following events for the remainder of the academic year (all times are UK time, and all are welcome without prior registration): (1) Dr Andrea Maria Pelliconi, Lecturer in Human Rights at the University of Southampton, Demographic engineering and the reconfiguration of self-determination […]Mary Guest