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- ‘FL7726SH’: Between The Law of the Sea and the Jus ad Bellum? 11/03/2026In the morning of Wednesday 25 February 2026, a Cuban government vessel carrying five border guard troops approached a speedboat, registered in the U.S. as FL7726SH, after it had, according to Cuba’s Interior Ministry, entered its territorial waters in Falcones Cay, Villa Clara province. Upon being approached for identification by the Cuban vessel, the crew of […]Christian Henderson
- The Legality of Iran’s Closure of the Strait of Hormuz 10/03/2026This post assesses the legality of the closure of the Strait of Hormuz from the perspective of the law of armed conflict at sea. In the context of the rights of neutral States, it discusses the passage regime in and over the Strait of Hormuz that continues to apply in the on-going international armed conflict […]Alexander Lott
- The War on Terroir Continues: The Escalating Conflict Between the U.S. and the EU on Geographical Indications 10/03/2026In a time when the views of the European Union and the United States of America appear to be drifting further apart each day, long-standing issues are resurfacing once again. Tim Josling’s 2006 article “The War on Terroir” describes the transatlantic trade conflict between the U.S. and the EU concerning Geographical Indications (GIs) through the […]Lukas Herich
- AI and the Commission and Facilitation of International Crimes: On Accountability Gaps and the Minab School Strike 09/03/2026The use of artificial intelligence in military operations is a topic of enormous relevance, as the ongoing conflict in Iran well demonstrates. In particular, the United States has been using Anthropic’s Claude AI model, as part of its Maven project, as a decision support system in targeting. The Israeli military’s use of AI systems in […]Marko Milanovic
- Two Weeks in Review: 23 February—6 March 2026 08/03/2026Here we go again? Last weekend saw yet another shock to the system, as the US and Israel launched an armed attack on Iran: the last week on the blog has seen some initial reactions. These are joined by analyses of the hard-fought (and already faltering?) EU-Mercosur trade agreement, regional shifts in dispute settlement under […]Sebastian von Massow
- GC IV: Internment in Non-Occupied Territory 06/03/2026International humanitarian law (IHL) treaties use a range of terms to denote deprivation of liberty, one of which is internment. While there is no legal definition, internment is understood to mean the non-criminal detention of a person based on the serious security threat his or her activity poses to a detaining authority. It is the […]Jelena Pejic
- EJIL: The Podcast! Episode 41: Thinking through Rupture in International Economic Law: Views from Latin America 04/03/2026In January 2026, the Prime Minister of Canada, Mark Carney, gave a widely noted speech at the World Economic Forum, in which he described the current period we’re living through as a rupture in the world order. How should we be thinking about rupture – and continuity – in relation to the contemporary international economic […]Andrew Lang
- Some Preliminary Thoughts on Ghana’s Announced Recourse to 1982 LOSC Arbitration in the Maritime Boundary Dispute with Togo 04/03/2026On 20 February 2026, Ghana, in a press release, formally notified the Government of Togo of its decision to submit their unresolved maritime boundary dispute to arbitration under the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (henceforth: 1982 LOSC). After the lapse of almost a decade during which negotiations, joint technical committees […]Andreas Giorgallis
- The Legality of the UK Interception of Iranian Missiles and Permitting a Limited US Use of British Bases 02/03/2026The UK government has been careful in not directly supporting the ongoing US-Israeli use of force against Iran. This is at least partly because (I’m sure) the internal view within the government is that the use of force is illegal. Indeed, in the endless political rigmarole about the deal between the UK and Mauritius on […]Marko Milanovic
- Announcements: CfP ClimateXLaw Conference; International Water Law in Times of Polycrisis Webinars; CfE Oxford LGBT+ Rights Discussion Group; Migrating Fears Film Screening; CfP International Law of Culture at a Crossroads; IFLOS Summer Academy 01/03/20261. Call for Papers, Panels and Posters: ClimateXLaw Conference 2026. The Faculty of Law, University of Ljubljana, will host the ClimateXLaw Conference on 10–11 September 2026. The event explores how legal paradigms can be reconceptualised to address climate change as a long‑term, systemic condition rather than an exceptional crisis. Scholars and practitioners from law and related disciplines are invited […]Mary Guest