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- Serious Misconduct Cost the ICC Its Prosecutor. Its Judges Face a Vote No Character Report Reaches. 24/09/2026The ICC removed a Prosecutor for misconduct. This December it elects six judges — after its own Advisory Committee reported that it could not complete the moral-character check the Rome Statute requires, and while the report that would complete it sits unseen by the States who vote. In July 2026 the Assembly of States Parties […]Carina Bury
- Changing the Map, Reframing the World? 22/09/2026When we talk about international law, we talk about how the world is ruled. When doing so, we speak of States, territories and borders, often picturing them against a world map familiar from school geography lessons. Yet that apparently straightforward image embodies choices about how the world is represented. The popular Greenland comparison makes the […]Hendrik Mathis Drößler
- Announcements: Attribution of Non-State Actor Conduct Event; CfP The Netherlands as Host State of the ICJ and ICC; CfA Symposium in Memory of Theo van Boven; Bingham Centre for the Rule of Law Vacancy; Levan Alexidze International Law Moot Court Competition; Mainz Masterclass in International Adjudication 20/09/20261. Attribution of Non-State Actor Conduct During Armed Conflict Panel Discussion: University of Reading. Global Law at Reading will host a panel discussion on Attribution of Non-State Actor Conduct During Armed Conflict on Tuesday, 29 September 2026, 16:30–18:00 UK time (HBS G13, University of Reading), followed by a reception at Park House, with options for both in-person […]Mary Guest
- AI and International Law’s Algorithmic Geographies 18/09/2026For much of the last decade, international lawyers have approached artificial intelligence (AI) primarily, if at all, as an object of legal regulation. The central questions have become familiar: How should international law regulate AI? Which existing legal rules apply to emerging technologies? Are new treaties required? Can established doctrines of state responsibility, international humanitarian […]Loqman Radpey
- Can We See Generative AI in International Law Blogging? 17/09/2026Gen AI and its Contributions In July 2026 EJIL published its ecosystem-wide generative artificial intelligence (Gen AI) policy. The policy is carefully worded and wisely narrow. While it also addresses a series of concerns which would merit discussion individually, such as those concerning plagiarism and accuracy, in this contribution I will focus on what the […]Niccolò Ridi
- 879 Cases Struck Out in Lebedeva: An Unfortunate Swan Song for Russia at the European Court 16/09/2026In Lebedeva and others v. Russia, the European Court of Human Rights (“the Court”) issued a short judgment with sweeping effects – striking out 879 potentially meritorious applications alleging Russia’s human rights violations. Many of these cases concern harrowing personal stories of Russia’s abuses. Ms Abuyeva’s son and dozens of others were killed and injured […]Daniil Ukhorskiy
- 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