ESIL Annual Conferences
The Society has provided a forum for the exchange and promotion of new ideas ever since the inaugural meeting in 2004 in Florence, and ESIL events and publications continue to illustrate the breadth and range of members’ interests and activities.
ESIL event
There has been a major ESIL event in a different venue each year since the Society was set up:
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Geneva (2005),
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Paris (2006),
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Budapest (2007),
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Heidelberg (2008),
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Helsinki (2009), Cambridge (2010),
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Tallinn (2011),
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Valencia (2012),
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Amsterdam (2013)
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Vienna (2014),
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Oslo (2015),
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Riga (2016)
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Naples (2017),
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Manchester (2018),
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Athens (2019),
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Stockholm (2021),
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Utrecht (2022)
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Aix-en-Provence (2023).
Further details of past annual conferences
Future annual conferences will be held in Vilnius (2024), Berlin (2025), and Lisbon (2026).
If your institution is interested in hosting a future annual conference, please read this procedural document carefully.
2025 ESIL Annual Conference on “Reconstructing International Law”
Berlin, 11-13 September 2025
2024 ESIL Annual Conference on “Technological Change and International Law”
Vilnius, 5-6 September 2024
2023 ESIL Annual Conference on “Is International Law Fair?”
Aix-en-Provence, 31 August-2 September 2023
2022 ESIL Annual Conference on “In/Ex-clusiveness of International Law”
Utrecht, 1-3 September 2022
2021 ESIL Annual Conference on “Changes in International Lawmaking – Actors, Processes, Impact”
Stockholm University, 9-11 September 2021
2019 ESIL Annual Conference on “Sovereignty – A Concept in Flux?”
National & Kapodistrian University of Athens, 12-14 September 2019
2018 ESIL Annual Conference on “International Law and Universality”
University of Manchester, 13-15 September 2018
2017 ESIL Annual Conference on “Global Public Goods, Global Commons and Fundamental Values – The Responses of International Law”
University of Naples Federico II, 7-9 September 2017