The 2024 ESIL Collaborative Book Prize was awarded in September 2024 during the 19th ESIL Annual Conference in Vilnius to Immi Tallgren for her book Portraits of Women in International Law (Oxford University Press, 2023)

Jury’s report

Lucidly written and accessible, yet theoretically and empirically rigorous, “Portraits of Women in International Law” makes an outstanding contribution to the intellectual history of international law. It opens new avenues for critical and feminist approaches to the field, inviting us all to radically transform the discipline’s future. More than that, the book enhances historical awareness of the international law process to date – uncovering important components of it long left in the shadow – as a key factor for the process going forward on more inclusive and balanced cultural premises. The jury believes it will be an essential reading and an invaluable resource for students, scholars and practitioners for years to come.