EJIL: Talk!
- Proving Genocide September 18, 2025This week, a UN commission of inquiry found that Israel is committing genocide in Gaza. NGOs and various other bodies have of course made that finding before. Proving genocide, in Gaza or elsewhere, invariably turns on proving the specific intent of the perpetrators. In this post, I do not want to get into the Gaza […]Marko Milanovic
- A duty to fight for your nationals? Ukraine and the future of reparation claims September 17, 2025In ongoing peace negotiations to end Russia’s unlawful invasion of Ukraine, Russia has demanded that Ukraine waive any reparation claims for the damages resulting from the invasion. This follows a broader set of Russian demands capable of impacting justice and accountability, particularly amnesties to “political prisoners” and – earlier – withdrawing declarations recognising the International […]Maksym Vishchyk
- Book Reviewing: An Opening Note and In This Issue September 17, 2025We are honoured and delighted to assume the role of Book Review Editors for the European Journal of International Law. At a time marked by deepening animosities between nations, growing polarization within them, challenging times for the respect of peoples’ and human rights and an erosion of commitment to foundational norms of international law, the […]Anne Lagerwall
- In This Issue September 16, 2025The Articles section in this issue opens with an analysis of lump sum agreements by Lauge N. Skovgaard Poulsen. Drawing on a compilation of almost 400 lump sum agreements from Westphalia until today, Poulsen provides a historical account of this central piece of international claims infrastructure. He highlights their role as alternatives to adjudication and […]Abhimanyu George Jain
- EJIL: News! September 16, 20251. Have a Look at the Cover Many readers find EJIL articles through searches and don’t read the journal cover to cover. But have a look at the cover of volume 36 (2025). There she is: a ‘Lady with a Hat’, a work from 1981 by Slovak artist Albín Brunovský. Like all good art, it […]Sarah Nouwen
- New Issue of EJIL (Vol. 36 (2025) No. 2) – Out Now September 15, 2025The latest issue of the European Journal of International Law has now been published. We will publish a number of posts outlining the contents of this issue and the editorials over the coming week. Here is the Table of Contents for this new issue, as well as the Abstracts: Editorial: EJIL: News!; In This Issue; Book […]Mary Guest
- The new Peruvian Amnesty Law of August 2025: Old Wine in New Bottles September 15, 2025Background On August 13, 2025, Peruvian President Dina Boluarte enacted Law 32419 with the support of right-wing political parties, including “Popular Force” (“Fuerza Popular”), the party led by the daughter of former President Alberto Fujimori. It is important to recall in this context that Boluarte herself has been severely criticized and even investigated for the […]Kai Ambos
- Announcements: Use of Biometrics by Armed Forces Conference; CfA International Legal Resonance Workshop; International Law Breakfast Briefings; CfP Journal of International Law of Peace and Armed Conflict; Treaty Scrutiny in Westminster Report; Levan Alexidze International Law Moot Court Competition; Causal Inquiry and Establishing State Responsibility Workshop; Disarmament from the Margins’ Conference September 14, 20251. The Use of Biometrics by Armed Forces Conference. On 23 – 24 October, the NATO Cooperative Cyber Defence Centre of Excellence, the Faculty of Military Sciences of the Netherlands Defence Academy and the Amsterdam Center for International Law are organising a conference on the law applicable to the use of biometrics by armed forces. […]Mary Guest
- Right to Life in the ICJ Advisory Opinion on Climate Change September 12, 2025The ICJ Advisory Opinion of 23 July 2025 on states’ obligations in respect of climate change is, for many reasons, pathbreaking. Some of such features pertain to international human rights law. Ramindo Perera discussed one aspect, the ICJ’s recognition of the right to a clean and healthy environment as a ‘new’ human right. Here, I […]Martin Scheinin
- The (in)admissibility of interventions with respect to provisional measures September 12, 2025Asked to identify the procedure that has defined the pace of the International Court of Justice’s docket over the past few years, one might feel torn between intervention under Article 63 of the Statute or provisional measures (‘PMs’) indicated under Article 41. This post highlights an issue at the intersection of the two procedures. It […]Keilin Anderson