EJIL: Talk!

• Brexit, the Northern Irish Backstop, and Fundamental Change of Circumstances mars 18, 2019
  If, dear readers, you have any doubts that the parliamentary politics of Brexit have emerged from the fever dream of some demented game theorist, I would just ask you to take a very quick look at the events of last week. In their second meaningful vote on Theresa May’s Brexit deal, British MPs voted itRead […]
  Marko Milanovic
• Announcements: Munich Advanced Course in International Law; International Disaster Law Course; Summer Academy on the Continental Shelf; UN Audiovisual Library of International Law; Business and Human Rights Summer School mars 17, 2019
  1. Munich Advanced Course in International Law. The Munich Advanced Course in International Law (MACIL) is a summer school held at Ludwig Maximilian University Munich (Germany) and dedicated to questions of international law. Its next session, entitled “International law without territory? – Governing spaces, resources and people beyond the confines of state territory”, will take place in late July/early AugustRead […]
  Mary Guest
• Brexit Means Brexit: Does It so When It Comes to EU Citizenship? mars 15, 2019
  Following a dramatic referendum, the United Kingdom triggered Art. 50 of the TEU in March 2017 officially commencing its withdrawal from the EU. At first glance, one of the many consequences of the move is the loss of EU citizenship for all British citizens as they will no longer be ‘holding the nationality of aRead […]
  Serhii Lashyn
• Shamima Begum may be a Bangladeshi Citizen After All mars 14, 2019
  In 2015, Ms Shamima Begum, then a 15-year-old British citizen living in London, travelled to Syria to join the so-called Islamic State. Her fate was unknown until recently when Ms Begum was discovered in a refugee camp in Syria. On 19 February 2019, the British Home Office in a letter delivered to Ms Begum’s family, revoked herRead […]
  Farhaan Uddin
• The “Command Responsibility” Controversy in Colombia: A Follow-Up mars 13, 2019
  A key issue arising out of the peace agreement between the Colombian government and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) guerrillas is the definition of “command responsibility” that the Special Jurisdiction for Peace —the judicial system created as part of the peace talks— will apply when it prosecutes army commanders. In 2017, the ColombianRead […]
  Juan Carlos Ospina
• Negotiating Brexit in the Shadow of the Law of Treaties mars 12, 2019
  It is an extraordinary day in British politics today, with the Prime Minister’s ‘enhanced’ Brexit deal to be voted on in Parliament later this evening. The outcome of today’s vote, and the votes that may follow later in the week, is of course anyone’s guess (although the WA will likely be voted down). I haveRead […]
  Marko Milanovic
• Equivalence and Translation: Further thoughts on IO Immunities in Jam v. IFC mars 11, 2019
  At the end of February, the Supreme Court of the United States issued a landmark judgment on the immunity of international organizations in Jam v. International Finance Corporation, 58 U.S. (2019). The case concerned the meaning of the 1945 International Organizations Immunities Act (IOIA), which affords international organizations “the same immunity from suit … asRead […]
  Julian Arato
• Announcements: CfP The Contribution of the Legal Services of the European Institutions to EU Law; CfP International Law’s Invisible Frames; ICJ Advisory Opinion on the Chagos Islands; UN Audiovisual Library of International Law; CfP European Yearbook of Constitutional Law; Protection of the Wounded and Medical Care-Givers in Armed Conflict mars 10, 2019
  1. Call for Papers: The Contribution of the Legal Services of the European Institutions to European Union Law. The Research Field ‘Legal History of the European Union’ of the Max Planck Institute for European Legal History (MPIeR) issues a call for papers for the upcoming 2019 conference on the contribution of the Legal Services of the EuropeanRead […]
  Mary Guest
• UK’s Position on the Diplomatic Protection of Dual Nationals mars 8, 2019
  The UK Government decided today to exercise diplomatic protection over Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, a dual UK-Iranian national imprisoned in Iran (and one of a number of people who have been in such a position over the past few years). In this post I just want to briefly flag a possible evolution in the UK’s legal viewsRead […]
  Marko Milanovic
• Settling the India-Pakistan Impasse … At Last mars 8, 2019
  I am grateful for Christian Henderson’s careful, detailed post on the violent confrontation between India and Pakistan that began 26 February. By 3 March direct attacks between the neighbors had tapered off, in part owing to Pakistan’s release of the Indian Air Force pilot it detained after his jet crashed in Pakistan. On the IndianRead […]
  Mary Ellen O'Connell