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- Two nodes of interaction between AI and the obligation to respect state sovereignty 02/10/2026Artificial intelligence (AI) is interacting in ever more complex ways with the sovereignty of states. On the one hand, AI technologies are beginning to underpin key sectors and services, including national security, the economy, healthcare. Consequently – and unsurprisingly – states are seeking to protect AI capabilities and the data infrastructure they rely on. The […]Tsvetelina van Benthem
- Beyond Attribution: What Does a State Owe When Its Company Goes Abroad? 28/09/2026On 18 August 2026, the Aylla Rewe del Ngen Mapu Kintuantü, an autonomous political, social, spiritual and cultural alliance bringing together ancestral authorities and more than 150 communities of the Mapuche Williche Indigenous people in southern Chile, filed a complaint against Statkraft AS before the Norwegian Consumer Authority. The complaint concerns Statkraft’s human rights due […]Sacha Bourgeois-Gironde
- Announcements: CfS Cyber Law Toolkit; GLAR Ghandhi Research Seminar Series; ESIL Conversations Webinars 27/09/20261. Call for Submissions: Cyber Law Toolkit. The Cyber Law Toolkit, an online resource on international law and cyber activities, is inviting proposals for new scenarios for its next general update, scheduled for September 2027. The Toolkit features a growing collection of hypothetical scenarios inspired by real-world cyber incidents, each accompanied by detailed legal analysis. It […]Mary Guest
- 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