EJIL: Talk!
- Beyond “the Infirm”? Persons with Disabilities in the Updated ICRC Commentary on the Fourth Geneva Convention 06/11/2026Not until the adoption of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) in 2006 did any considered attention turn to what international human rights law means for persons with disabilities during armed conflict. Children and women have long received specific attention under international humanitarian law (IHL) while persons with disabilities have not. […]Janet E. Lord
- The Expiry of MINURSO’s Mandate, Western Sahara, and the Foundations of International Law 05/11/2026Last Friday, on 30 October 2026, the UN Security Council failed to renew the mandate of the UN’s Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO), bringing to an end an international presence that has lasted since 1991. In terms of immediate consequences, this could have considerable ramifications on the ground, risking an escalation of […]Sebastian von Massow
- Recognition of Palestine, the International Law of Statelessness, and International Refugee Law 05/11/2026Some 157 UN States, comprising about 80% of the membership of the United Nations, now recognise Palestine as a State. However, there is dramatic difference among recognising States as to whether Palestinians remain stateless persons. Given, in particular, the absence of any Palestinian nationality law, it is erroneous to conclude that Palestinians have ceased to […]Eric Fripp
- First Among Equals: The Election for the ICJ’s Presidency 04/11/2026Congratulations to Rena Lee, François Alabrune, Dapo Akande, Mahmoud Hmoud, and Phoebe Okowa on their election to the International Court of Justice (ICJ)! These elections have captivated international law enthusiasts worldwide and were among the most interesting in the Court’s history. However, the election season is not quite over yet. In accordance with Articles 2 […]Noam Morris
- Congratulations to Dapo (Final Instalment) 03/11/2026In the (hopefully) final entry to this long running series, MANY CONGRATULATIONS to Dapo Akande, who was elected today by the UN General Assembly and Security Council to the International Court of Justice! Congratulations also to the other four fine people on their (re-)election. But Dapo is the founder of this blog, and so he […]Marko Milanovic
- Repairing and Re-pairing: Collective Remedies for Greenland’s Forced Contraception Cases 03/11/2026Since late August, the debate about Greenland’s forced contraception cases has focused almost exclusively on one question, namely whether Denmark committed genocide. This discussion detracts from the main issue and one on which much is already agreed. Two official inquiries and a group of UN human rights experts all accept that thousands of Inuit women […]Veronika Fikfak
- Two Weeks in Review: 19 October—1 November 2026 01/11/2026It has been a week of courts and complaints. Commentators have ranged from fragile intervention coalitions at the ICJ and the collective enforcement of ECtHR awards against Russia, to the Helsinki Court of Appeal’s read on national criminal jurisdiction for damage to submarine cables in the EEZ. Meanwhile the first formal climate-related complaint has been […]Sebastian von Massow
- Announcements: US Sanctions Against the ICC Roundtable; CfP Battlefield Forensics; EU-Mercosur Partnership Agreement Workshop; CfS ASIL International Legal Theory Prize; CfP Sustainability and its Discontents; Security Concerns in International Law Workshop; CfS International Criminal Law Scholarship Prize; Governing AI in a Fragmented World 01/11/20261. US Sanctions Against the ICC: Responses and Resilience Roundtable. On Monday 9 November, 1400-1530 UK time, Global Law at Reading (GLAR), School of Law, University of Reading, will be hosting an online Expert Roundtable on ‘US Sanctions against the ICC: Responses and Resilience.’ Register here. Judge Kimberley Prost (International Criminal Court), Dr Ezequiel Jimenez […]Mary Guest
- The Hague Group and the Uneven Volatility of Intervention Coalitions at the International Court of Justice 30/10/2026Introduction On 15 October 2026, Colombia’s Foreign Ministry announced that the country was leaving the Hague Group, which it now described as a body “created to isolate and attack Israel”. The Hague Group was launched in The Hague on 31 January 2025 by nine states: Belize, Bolivia, Colombia, Cuba, Honduras, Malaysia, Namibia, Senegal, and South […]Kyra Wigard
- Opening the Door to Collective Enforcement: Council of Europe Proposals to Secure Payment of ECtHR Awards Against Russia 29/10/2026On 30 September 2026, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) adopted Resolution 2678 (2026) and Recommendation 2315 (2026) that seek to finally move ahead with the implementation of European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) judgments against Russia. For the first time in Council of Europe history, these documents endorse concrete proposals to […]Grigory Vaypan