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- The US Sanctions Against the ICC 15/10/2026Some two hours after the Nobel Prize Committee announced the award of the Peace Prize to Navi Pillay for her work on international law and the establishment of international accountability for atrocity crimes, the US government struck back. Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced a significant escalation in the US campaign against the International Criminal […]Marc Weller
- Investment Arbitration as Ransom? The EU Sanctions Regime and ‘Administrative Chill’ 15/10/2026Introduction and Factual Background: Fridman v Luxembourg In February 2022, shortly after Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the European Union placed Mikhail Fridman on its sanctions list. The designation subjected the Russian-Israeli businessman’s funds and economic resources to an asset freeze, affecting interests held through Luxembourg – including his 37.9% ownership of the investment group […]Güneş Ünüvar
- EJIL: The Podcast! Episode 46: Protection of Civilians: Crisis, Commentary and Compliance 14/10/2026The number and extent of today’s armed conflicts, and the crisis of compliance with international humanitarian law (IHL), are well-recognized. In his annual report on the Protection of Civilians in Armed Conflict, the UN Secretary-General has underscored how “[i]nconsistent standards, assertions of exceptional circumstances and hollow calls for compliance [have] undermined respect for international humanitarian […]Marnie Lloydd
- Characterizing Lethal Autonomous Weapon Systems: Consensus Without Agreement? 13/10/2026On 4 September 2026, the Group of Governmental Experts (GGE) on Emerging Technologies in the Area of Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems adopted the report of its sessions from 2024 to 2026 (CCW/GGE.1/2026/3). The report represents a significant diplomatic breakthrough: it formulates, by consensus, ‘a set of elements of an instrument’ to address the normative and […]Aurel Sari
- Can Argentina Bring UNCLOS Proceedings Against the UK Concerning the Exploitation of Hydrocarbon Resources in the North Malvinas Basin? 12/10/2026On 28 September 2026, Argentina’s President announced that he had instructed its Foreign Ministry and the government’s legal teams to institute arbitral proceedings against the United Kingdom under Annex VII of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, 1982 (UNCLOS). Argentina seeks to prevent the exploitation of hydrocarbon resources in the ‘North […]Abhijeet Shrivastava
- Announcements: BIICL-SLS Online Workshop; International Cooperation under the ECHR Conference; Mapping International Law’s Second Worlds Conference; There is No Just War Lecture; Fossil Fuel Feuds at the ICJ Webinar; CfP Writing and Publishing in the Law of the ECHR; Canadian Council on International Law Annual Conference; ESIL Conversations Series; ILA Egyptian Branch Annual Conference 11/10/20261. BIICL-SLS Online Workshop: Daily Life of International Law. The British Institute of International and Comparative Law and the Society of Legal Scholars’ International Law section, together with Dr Jean-Pierre Gauci and Dr Solon Solomon, are inviting interested individuals to the online BIICL-SLS workshop on the daily life of international law that will take place […]Mary Guest
- Congratulations to Navi Pillay, International Lawyer, Judge on the Thin Red Line, and Nobel Peace Prize Laureate 09/10/2026The Norwegian Nobel Committee today announced the award of this year’s Peace Prize to our colleague Navi Pillay, formerly a judge on the ICTR and ICC, ex-UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, former member of the UN commission of inquiry on the OPT and Israel, and currently a judge ad hoc at the ICJ. It […]Marko Milanovic
- High Moral Character as Optional? ICC Vetting Design Flaws 09/10/2026Introduction Paragraph 23 of the due diligence procedure adopted by the Assembly of States Parties in 2023 requires the Independent Oversight Mechanism (IOM) to report on judicial candidates high moral character for elected office. Yet, for the election of six judges in New York this December, vetting did not take place in a timely manner. […]Ezequiel Jimenez Martinez
- 80 Years After Nuremberg’s Foundational Moment: On the Current Situation of the Crime of Aggression 08/10/2026The text below is a reproduction of Prof Dr Claus Kreß’ keynote address at the 2026 Nuremberg Forum, as delivered on 7 October at Court Room 600, Nuremberg. As readers of the blog know, we occasionally publish longer texts or lectures that we consider speak significantly to the moment. ‘If this be an innovation, it […]Claus Kreß
- Runaway Interest in ISDS: Back to (Legal) Basics 07/10/2026Until recently, it was fair to decry the lack of attention paid to how ISDS tribunals quantify compensation, against evidence of ballooning awards and the sometimes dizzying amounts involved. Today, however, this issue is no longer secluded from public and academic scrutiny: it features prominently in critical scholarship and is probably the most contentious item […]Toni Marzal