EJIL: Talk!

• French Contributions to the issue of Head of State Immunity with regard to International Crimes April 24, 2024
  On 14 November 2023, a French court issued an arrest warrant for Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad on “charges of complicity in crimes against humanity and complicity in war crimes”. This decision might have come as a surprise to the majority of scholars who view the issue of head of state immunity through the lens of […]
  Miguel Lemos
• Eunavfor Aspides and the Ratione Temporis Application of the Right of Self-Defence April 24, 2024
  The post is based on my previous one “La missione EUNAVFOR Aspides dell’Unione europea e l’applicazione ratione temporis del diritto di legittima difesa”, published (in Italian) on SIDIBlog on March 19, 2024 Introduction On February 19, 2024 the European Union (EU) launched EUNAVFOR Aspides, a military maritime security operation in response to the current crisis […]
  Eugenio Carli
• Resolution 2728 on Israel/Gaza is Significant, But it Is Not a Binding Council Decision April 23, 2024
  Resolution 2728 on the situation in Gaza is not legally binding. This conclusion is not counterintuitive or surprising. Rather it is the result of a sound understanding of the practice of the Security Council under the Charter. It also flows from the views of the International Court of Justice (ICJ), as articulated in the Namibia […]
  Eran Sthoeger
• Preservation of Territorial Integrity – A Substantive Rule under UNCLOS? April 23, 2024
  The United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) establishes a comprehensive dispute settlement mechanism applicable to any dispute, subject to the exhaustive list of limitations and optional exceptions in Section 3, concerning the interpretation or application of UNCLOS. A complex topic that has arisen in several disputes regarding the application of UNCLOS […]
  Bjørn Kunoy
• Are You a Leader? Ukraine’s Supreme Court Clarifies the Definition of the Crime of Aggression April 22, 2024
  Article 437 of the Ukrainian Criminal Code outlaws planning, preparation or initiation of an aggressive war or an armed conflict, conspiring for any such purpose or waging of an aggressive war or aggressive hostilities. Yet, the domestic legislation is silent on the existence of a leadership requirement. On 28 February 2024, the Grand Chamber of […]
  Sergii Masol
• Vital Statistics: Behind the Numbers April 22, 2024
  Anyone who is a regular reader of EJIL will know that we publish statistics each year on the submissions we receive as well as on articles accepted and published. We consider this to be part of our responsibility as Journal Editors – to keep a keen eye on the “who and where” of authors submitting […]
  Sarah Nouwen
• Two Weeks in Review, 8 – 21 April 2024 April 21, 2024
  Victoria Skeie discusses the complexities and challenges of the ship recycling industry, with a focus on the shortcomings of the Hong Kong International Convention for the Safe and Environmentally Sound Recycling of Ships, 2009. She critiques the Convention for its vague mandates and lack of stringent measures, suggesting that a shift towards enforcing corporate responsibility […]
  Tal Gross
• Announcements: CfP Use of Human Rights Language; Supply Chain Accountability for Arms Exports Conference; CfP Law and Disinformation Workshop April 21, 2024
  1. Call for Papers: The Use of Human Rights Language in International and EU Law. The Faculty of Law of the University of Trento is soliciting abstracts to participate in the XXI Conference of Young Scholars of International Legal Studies. This year’s Conference will be co-funded by the Horizon Europe’s project HRJust. The deadline for submission […]
  Mary Guest
• EJIL: The Podcast! Episode 26: Hunger for Thought April 19, 2024
  We need to talk about hunger. After seven decades of a decline in mass death from starvation, starvation is now a reality for millions of people. And most of this starvation is not due to natural disasters but man-made. In this episode of EJIL: The Podcast, EJIL Editor in Chief Sarah Nouwen speaks with Michael Fakhri, […]
  Sarah Nouwen
• In with the old? The calls for scrapping the ship-scrapping convention April 19, 2024
  The Hong Kong International Convention for the Safe and Environmentally Sound Recycling of Ships, 2009 is set to enter into force in June 2025 and deals with the responsible dismantling of shipping vessels. The Convention’s low standards at the time of drafting in 2009 were the result of states’ unwillingness to seriously address planetary and […]
  Victoria Skeie