EJIL: Talk!

• Continuity of Statehood for Deterritorialized Nations: A Range of Principles but Few Concrete Prospects janvier 21, 2025
  As the public hearings on the request for an advisory opinion on the Obligations of States in respect of Climate Change drew to a close on 13 December, the Court began its deliberation with much material to reflect on. The request introduced by the United Nations General Assembly in April 2023 – even if not […]
  Jean-Baptiste Dudant
• The “Loaded Weapon” of Presidential Immunity: An International Law Perspective on Trump v. United States janvier 20, 2025
  In July 2024, the US Supreme Court held, in a 6-3 ruling, that former President Donald Trump enjoys absolute immunity for acts he committed within his constitutional powers as President, even though they were unlawful under US law. The decision has sparked debate over potential implications for rogue presidents who may wish to subvert the […]
  Philippa Webb
• Announcements: CfP Protections in International Law; CfS Protection of Human Rights in the Context of Armed Conflict; CfP Journal of Conflict and Security Law; Coloniality of Measuring Famine Lecture; Second World Approaches to International Law Workshop; CfP Austrian Review of International and European Law; CfP Early Career Scholars Workshop janvier 19, 2025
  1. Call for Papers: Canterbury Christ Church University. Canterbury Christ Church University, Kent, United Kingdom has issued a call for papers for its annual law conference titled “Protections in International Law.” The conference will be held from the 18 – 19 March 2025 at their campus and facility, with online presenters as well. The conference […]
  Mary Guest
• Two-President Problem: Recognition of Head of State of Georgia after 29 December janvier 17, 2025
  In recent months, Georgia has faced a deepening constitutional crisis. After elections marred with irregularities, the legality and legitimacy of the rule of the present powers-that-be have been questioned domestically and increasingly also internationally. These challenges to its authority have not barred the ruling party – Georgian Dream – from beginning parliamentary sessions as the sole party […]
  Toni Selkälä
• Erga omnes nature of human rights obligations in respect of climate change: A preliminary survey of the positions in the ICJ Climate Change advisory proceedings janvier 16, 2025
  Amongst the many legal issues arising from the ICJ advisory proceedings in Obligations of States in respect of Climate Change, the erga omnes nature of the obligations involved has a particular significance. This nature comprises not only strictly environmental obligations, but also human rights obligations related to climate change. The issue presents a singular opportunity […]
  Luciano Pezzano
• ‘Hybrid threats, ‘grey zones’, ‘competition’, and ‘proxies’: When is it actually war? janvier 15, 2025
  In the last few months, suspicious fires in warehouses and aboard aircraft, the severing of undersea power and Internet cables, GPS jamming, cyber operations against critical civilian infrastructure, and allegations of influence operations and election interference have been depicted as ‘hybrid warfare’ by both politicians and the media. So-called ‘hybrid threats’ or ‘hybrid attacks’, as […]
  Samit D’Cunha
• Kerajaan Malaysia v. Lawyers for Liberty: At the Confluence of Fake News and Extraterritoriality janvier 14, 2025
  The dangers caused by the proliferation of misinformation – or ‘fake news’ – via social media platforms and instant messaging services are not easy to counteract. By the internet’s very nature, online communications are difficult to regulate as information shared by users in one jurisdiction can be easily made available to users in many others. […]
  Dominic Bielby
• Trump’s Coercion of America’s Allies and the Prohibition of Intervention janvier 13, 2025
  Next week, Donald Trump will become President of the United States. Again. Even before his assumption of the presidency, he seems to have started setting his country’s foreign policy. Among the many items on his agenda, we have witnessed all these ideas and proposals about making Canada the 51st state, seizing the Panama Canal and […]
  Marko Milanovic
• Announcements: Ghandhi Research Seminar Series; CfS ASIL Interest Group; CfA Nordic Symposium on the Law of Armed Conflict; CfP Causal Inquiry for Finding Breaches of Human Rights Obligations ECHR; CfP ILA Committee on ADR in International Law; Economic, Social and Cultural Rights Seminar & Book Launch; CfP Polish Review of International & European Law; Research Methods in Fundamental Rights Workshop janvier 12, 2025
  1. Ghandhi Research Seminar Series 2024- 2025. Global Law at Reading (GLAR) is Reading’s research hub for public international law, EU law and human rights law, and it has a proud international reputation for research excellence in these areas. The Ghandhi Research Seminar Series was launched in 2015, named in honour of Professor Sandy Ghandhi, […]
  Mary Guest
• Two Weeks in Review, 30 December 2024 – 12 January 2025 janvier 12, 2025
  International Humanitarian Law Anna-Christina Schmidl and Eitan Diamond assess the legality of Israel’s conduct in North Gaza, focusing on both the law of occupation and the rules governing siege warfare under international humanitarian law (IHL). The authors find Israel’s actions in Northern Gaza likely violate multiple IHL provisions, including those against the starvation of civilians […]
  Tal Gross