Özsu: Completing Humanity: The International Law of Decolonization, 1960–82

Umut Özsu (Carleton Univ. - Law) has published Completing Humanity: The International Law of Decolonization, 1960–82 (Cambridge Univ. Press 2023). Here's the abstract:

After the Second World War, the dissolution of European empires and emergence of 'new states' in Asia, Africa, Oceania, and elsewhere necessitated large-scale structural changes in international legal order. In Completing Humanity, Umut Özsu recounts the history of the struggle to transform international law during the twentieth century's last major wave of decolonization. Commencing in 1960, with the General Assembly's landmark decolonization resolution, and concluding in 1982, with the close of the third UN Conference on the Law of the Sea and the onset of the Latin American debt crisis, the book examines the work of elite international lawyers from newly independent states alongside that of international law specialists from 'First World' and socialist states. A study in modifications to legal theory and doctrine over time, it documents and reassesses post-1945 decolonization from the standpoint of the 'Third World' and the jurists who elaborated and defended its interests.

Call for Papers: Legal aspects of reform to the 1998 Belfast/Good Friday Agreement

A call for papers has been issued for a workshop on "Legal aspects of reform to the 1998 Belfast/Good Friday Agreement," to be held April 10, 2024, at the University of Liverpool. The call is here.

Call for Submissions: General Principles of International Law: More Than A Gap-Filler?

The Netherlands Yearbook of International Law has issued a call for submissions for its forthcoming volume 54 (2023) on the topic of "General Principles of International Law: More Than A Gap-Filler?" The call is here.

Call for Papers: Invoking Global Standards: How International Law Works in Japan and in Other Asian Countries?

The Japan Chapter of the Asian Society of International Law has issued a call for papers for its 15th Annual Conference, to be held June 30, 2024, at Chuo University, Myogadani Campus, Tokyo. The theme is: "Invoking Global Standards: How International Law Works in Japan and in Other Asian Countries?" The call is here. The deadline for proposals is February 29, 2024.

New Volume: Max Planck Yearbook of United Nations Law

The latest volume of the Max Planck Yearbook of United Nations Law (Vol. 26, 2022) is out. Contents include:

• Thematic Forum: ‘The International Court of Justice at 75: an Assessment’
• Interview: in Conversation with Judge Abdulqawi Ahmed Yusuf
• Interview: in Conversation with Judge Hilary Charlesworth
• Interview: in Conversation with Philippe Gautier
• Interview: in Conversation with Cristina Hoss
• Thematic Articles
• Paula Wojcikiewicz Almeida & Giulia Tavares Romay, Opening the World Court to the International Community: an Empirical Analysis of Non-party Participation in the International Court of Justice
• Michael A. Becker, Pay No Attention to that Man behind the Curtain: the Role of Civil Society and Other Actors in Decisions to Litigate at the International Court of Justice
• Amanda Bills, Revisiting the Standard of Proof for Charges of Exceptional Gravity before the International Court of Justice
• Serena Forlati & Paula Wojcikiewicz Almeida, Is There a Role for Intervener States in Inducing Compliance with Decisions of the International Court of Justice?
• Zuzanna Godzimirska, The Legitimacy of the International Court of Justice from the Vantage Point of UN Members
• Sondre Torp Helmersen, The Application of Teachings by the International Court of Justice, 2016– 2022
• Gleider Hernández, ‘With a Steady Hand’: Precedent and the International Court of Justice
• David Hongler, The International Court of Justice and Territorial Disputes: an Updated Systematization
• Vladyslav Lanovoy, Counter-Claims before the International Court of Justice: Incidental yet Independent
• Sotirios-Ioannis Lekkas, Panos Merkouris & Daniel Peat, The Interpretative Practice of the International Court of Justice
• Yishu Liu, Treating Evidence from Negotiations: the So-called Exclusionary Practice
• Cameron Miles, Anatomy of a Judgment or: Why Aren’t You Reading Djibouti v France?
• Kei Nakajima, Fact-Finding by Trade-off: Questions of Evidence and Its Interactions with Valuation in Compensation Cases before the International Court of Justice
• Victor Stoica, The Remedial Mechanisms of the International Court of Justice: Past and Present
• Katalin Sulyok, Framing Environmental Disputes and Scientific Knowledge by the International Court of Justice: Past Developments and Current Trends
• Julio A. Tilloy, The Unprecedented Legal Effect of a Precedent: the Chagos Advisory Opinion in Light of the Mauritius/ Maldives Judgment
• Kimberley N. Trapp, The ICJ and International Terrorism
• Articles on the Law and Practise of the United Nations (General Section)
• Nina Cozzi, Gender Equality in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development: the Missing Link between Equal Pay and Unpaid Care and Domestic Work
• Philipp Janig, Jane A. Hofbauer & Christina Binder, Peacekeeping in the Anthropocene: the Effects of Climate Change and Positive Human Rights Obligations in ‘Protection of Civilians’ Mandates
• Per Sevastik, Rule of Law and Human Rights: at the National and International Levels
• Marko Svicevic, The Invocation of Chapter vii in United Nations Security Council Resolutions: Qualification, Classification, and Legal Bindingness
• Michael Wood, The ILC’s First Reading Draft Articles on ‘Immunity of State Officials from Foreign Criminal Jurisdiction’ (2022)
• Reports and Documents
• Update on the Law and Practise of the United Nations - Statement by Mr. Miguel de Serpa Soares, Under-Secretary-General for Legal Affairs and United Nations Legal Counsel to the International Law Commission (2023)

Conference: YJIL's 50th Anniversary: Celebrating the Work of W. Michael Reisman

On March 8, 2024, the Yale Journal of International Law will celebrate its fiftieth anniversary with a conference on "Celebrating the Work of W. Michael Reisman." Program and registration are here.

Call for Papers: Recharacterising International Disputes: Exploring the Phenomenon of Multi-Fora Litigation

A call for papers has been issued for a conference on "Recharacterising International Disputes: Exploring the Phenomenon of Multi-Fora Litigation," to be held June 12-13, 2024, at Maastricht University. The call is here.

New Issue: Questions of International Law

The latest issue of Questions of International Law / Questioni di Diritto Internazionale (no. 102, 2023) is out. Contents include:

• Advisory opinions on climate change: Leading from the bench?
• Introduced by Annalisa Savaresi
• Irini Papanicolopulu, The climate change advisory opinion request at the ITLOS
• Margaretha Wewerinke-Singh, Ayan Garg, & Jacques Hartmann, The advisory proceedings on climate change before the International Court of Justice
• Monica Feria-Tinta, An advisory opinion on climate emergency and human rights before the Inter-American Court of Human Rights

Conference: 118th ASIL Annual Meeting

On April 3-6, 2024, the American Society of International Law will hold its 118th Annual Meeting in Washington, DC. The theme is: "International Law in an Interdependent World." The preliminary program is here. Registration is now open, with the early bird discount ending on January 29, 2024.

Call for Papers: Socio-economic rights and non-discrimination at the intersection of the market, the border, and the welfare state

A call for papers has been issued for a workshop on "Socio-economic rights and non-discrimination at the intersection of the market, the border, and the welfare state," to be held May 27-28, 2024, at Lund University. The call is here.

New Issue: Revista Española de Derecho Internacional

The latest issue of the Revista Española de Derecho Internacional (Vol. 75, no. 2, 2023) is out. Contents include:

• Editorial
• Fausto Pocar, Con motivo del 75 aniversario de la "REDI"
• Estudios
• Oriol Casanovas y La Rosa, Setenta y cinco años de derecho internacional público en la "Revista Española De Derecho Internacional"
• Ignacio de la Rasilla del Moral, La historia del derecho internacional en la "Revista Española de Derecho Internacional" (1948-2022)
• José Carlos Fernández Rozas, La aportación de la "Revista Española de Derecho Internacional" a la difusión del Derecho internacional privado
• Caterina García i Segura, Setenta y cinco años de Relaciones Internacionales en la "Revista Española de Derecho Internacional"
• Antonio Remiro Brotóns, El discreto encanto -y desencanto- de la "Revista Española de Derecho Internacional" 1948-1978
• Eulalia W. Petit de Gabriel, La "Revista Española de Derecho Internacional". Historia, identidad y desafíos en su 75 aniversario
• Miguel Angel Acosta Sánchez, Sobre la inmigración irregular como amenaza a la seguridad y su "nueva" dimensión como instrumento de presión política: el caso de Marruecos
• María Carro Pitarch, El “Acuerdo BBNJ”: Hacia un nuevo régimen para la conservación y el uso sostenible de la diversidad biológica marina en zonas fuera de la jurisdicción nacional
• María Victoria Cuartero Rubio, Algunas reflexiones sobre el acceso a la justicia en Derecho internacional privado
• Adriana Fillol Mazo, El estatus jurídico de los animales en los conflictos armados
• Eduardo Jiménez Pineda, La zona contigua. La interpretación de su régimen jurídico por la jurisprudencia internacional
• Patricia Orejudo Prieto de los Mozos, La identidad de género en el derecho internacional privado español
• Karlos Pérez de Armiño, La reforma del pilar de paz y seguridad de Naciones Unidas. Respuesta a los nuevos desafíos y al riesgo de irrelevancia
• Foro
• Miguel Gardeñes Santiago, La ley 8/2021, de medidas de apoyo a las personas con discapacidad, y la regulación de los poderes preventivos otorgados en previsión de una futura discapacidad: Nota introductoria
• Mònica Vinaixa i Miquel, Los poderes preventivos en el Derecho internacional privado español: una aproximación crítica a la Ley 8/2021, de 2 de junio
• José María Valls Xufré, El poder preventivo en derecho interregional

New Issue: Revue Générale de Droit International Public

The latest issue of the Revue Générale de Droit International Public (Vol. 127, no. 3, 2023) is out. Contents include:

• Robert Charvin, "Nous, peuples des Nations Unies": la Charte menacée, les grandes puissances, la doctrine... Quelle démocratie por la politique extérieure?
• Edoardo Stoppioni, La fin de l'organe d'appel de l'OMC: chronique d'une mort annoncée
• Marie Suzel Tabard, La Cour Internationale de Justice, le solidarisme et la rigeur du syllogisme: l'ordonnance du 5 juin 2023

New Issue: Nordic Journal of Human Rights

The latest issue of the Nordic Journal of Human Rights (Vol. 41, no. 4, 2023) is out. Contents include:

• Elisa Fornalé, Vulnerability, Intertemporality, and Climate Litigation
• Kaisa Huhta, Conceptualising Energy Justice in the Context of Human Rights Law
• Kjersti Skarstad, Oppression or Support? Social Policy in the Lives of Persons with Intellectual Disabilities
• Hannah Ji-Jia Liu, Obligation to Provide Sexuality Education: Reviewing Women’s Right to Sexual and Reproductive Health under UN Human Rights Treaties
• Sean Molloy, Exclusionary Inclusion? Peace Agreements and Provisions on Child Protection
• Marc A. Stuhldreier, The Gewirthian Needs-Based Hierarchy: A Concept for Prioritising Conflicting Norms in International Law
• Tomas Wedin, Samuel Moyn and Marcel Gauchet on the Relationship Between Human Rights, Neoliberalism, and Inequality

New Issue: Journal of Conflict Resolution

The latest issue of the Journal of Conflict Resolution (Vol. 68, no. 1, January 2024) is out. Contents include:

• Articles
• Michael A. Jensen, Neil Ferguson, Sheehan Kane, & Gary LaFree, Choosing Where to Fight: Do Social Networks Distinguish American ISIS Foreign Fighters from ISIS-Inspired Terrorists?
• Lu Liu & Manuel Eisner, Beyond Ransom and Political Concessions? Explaining Changes in Insurgents’ Kidnapping Involvement Versus Event-frequency
• Chia-yi Lee & Yasutaka Tominaga, The Determinants of Terrorist Listing
• Nadiya Kostyuk & Erik Gartzke, Fighting in Cyberspace: Internet Access and the Substitutability of Cyber and Military Operations
• James D. Kim, The Long-run Impact of Childhood Wartime Violence on Preferences for Nuclear Proliferation
• Chanelle Duley & Prasanna Gai, Electoral Integrity, the Concession of Power, and the Disciplining Role of Protests
• Data Set Feature
• Sara Hellmüller, Xiang-Yun Rosalind Tan, & Corinne Bara, What is in a Mandate? Introducing the UN Peace Mission Mandates Dataset

New Volume: Chinese (Taiwan) Yearbook of International Law and Affairs

The latest volume of the Chinese (Taiwan) Yearbook of International Law and Affairs (Vol. 40, 2022) is out. Contents include:

• Essay
• Ying-jeou Ma, Reflections on Why I Studied International Law and How I Used It to Help my Country and People
• Articles
• David Proaño Alcívar, States in Danger of Extinction: The Case of the Republic of Kiribati
• Tomas Hamilton & Gabriele Caon, Corporate Accountability for Atrocity Crimes in Myanmar: Business Complicity in the Investigations of the UN Fact-Finding Mission
• Sungjin Kang, The DEPA and ASDEA: Template for Digital Trade Agreements for Indo-Pacific?
• Mao-wei Lo, Can the CPTPP Help? The (Un)expected Roles of the CPTPP to Eradicate Forced Labor Issues in Taiwanese Distant Water Fisheries
• Special Reports: Indo-Pacific Strategies
• Desirée LeClercq, The Indo-Pacific Economic Framework for Prosperity: Promise or Peril for Labor Governance through Trade Instruments?
• Yurika Ishii, The Connectivity in the Indo-Pacific: Policies and Strategies of the ASEAN, the US, and the EU
• Arie Afriansyah & Aristyo Rizka Darmawan, Sailing between Reefs: Balancing Indonesia’s Maritime Security Cooperation in the Indo-Pacific
• Stefanie Schacherer, The EU and the Indo-Pacific Region – Prospects of a Green Partnership
• Special Reports: Taiwan and International Law
• David KC Huang & Nigel N.T. Li, National Identity in Taiwan: A Doctrinal Analysis through the Lens of Democratism
• Tsung-Ling Lee, Taiwan and the 2005 International Health Regulations (IHR): Covid-19 and the Evolving Landscape of Global Health
• Ying-Jun Lin, No Pay, No Gain? APEC and Taiwan’s Experiences

New Issue: Italian Review of International and Comparative Law

The latest issue of the Italian Review of International and Comparative Law (Vol. 3, no. 2, 2023) is out. Contents include:

• Special Issue: The Judicial Protection of the Environment in International and European Law
• Claudia Candelmo, Lorenzo Cecchetti, Domenico Pauciulo & Pierfrancesco Rossi, The Judicial Protection of the Environment in International and European Law
• Jorge E. Viñuales, Second Thoughts? The International Adjudication of Environmental Disputes 30 Years Later
• Riccardo Luporini, Climate Change Litigation before International Human Rights Bodies: Insights from Daniel Billy et al. v. Australia (Torres Strait Islanders Case)
• Antonio Mariconda, Victim Status of Individuals in Climate Change Litigation before the ECtHR: Between Old Certainties and New Challenges
• Federica Passarini, Legal Standing of Individuals and NGOs in Environmental Matters under Article 9(3) of the Aarhus Convention
• Pierre Clément Mingozzi, The Contribution of itlos to Fight Climate Change: Prospects and Challenges of the cosis Request for an Advisory Opinion
• Julio Alberto Tilloy, The ITLOS Jurisprudence Regarding the Procedural Obligation to Conduct an Environmental Impact Assessment and Its Significance for Deep Seabed Mining
• Francesca Sironi De Gregorio, Proving Environmental Harm in Inter-State Litigation: Challenges and Evolving Strategies
• Camilla Burelli, The Deterrent Effect of Financial Sanctions Pursuant to Article 260(2) TFEU in the Context of Violations of Environmental Obligations 367
• Nadia Perrone, Perspectives of Extraterritorial Jurisdiction for Environmental Damage in the Proposal of the European Directive on Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence
• Marco Pasqua, Authorisations to Emit Greenhouse Gases – A Conflict-of-Laws Perspective
• Anna Facchinetti, State Immunity from Civil Jurisdiction in Transboundary Environmental Litigations
• Francesco Gallarati, Is Climate Emergency a Constitutional Emergency? A Critical Appraisal
• Roberto Louvin, Ezio Benedetti & Pasquale Viola, Comparative Public Law and Water Crisis: Environmental Cost, Participation, and Alternative Dispute Resolution
• Articles
• Elena Corcione, Is There a Role for Domestic Law in the Interpretation of the European Convention on Human Rights? Why Autonomous Concepts Are not That Autonomous After All
• Franco Peirone, Another Brick in the Building of the EU Rule of Law: Anti-Corruption
• Case Notes
• Giacomo Biagioni, Recognition of a Danish Monetary Penalty in Employment Matters and Public Policy
• Alessandro Nascimbeni, The Italian Supreme Court and the European ne bis in idem Principle: A Correct Decision Worthy of Some Criticism
• Matilde Rocca, Upholding Maritime Migrants’ Rights at the Borders of Europe – J.A. and Others v. Italy
• Recent Developments
• Silvia Talavera Lodos, Reframing Special Protection and Immigration as an Emergency: Italy’s Not-So-Novel Approach

Call for Papers: Social Hierarchies in Catastrophic Times: International Law, Critique, and Structural Change

A call for papers has been issued for a workshop on “Social Hierarchies in Catastrophic Times: International Law, Critique, and Structural Change,” to take place September 3-7, 2024, in Kochi. The call is here.

Call for Submissions: Polish Yearbook of International Law

The Polish Yearbook of International Law has issued a call for submissions for its next volume (vol. 43, 2023). The deadline is January 31, 2024. The call is here.

New Volume: Asian Yearbook of International Law

The latest volume of the Asian Yearbook of International Law (Vol. 27, 2021) is out. Contents include:

• Amrith Rohan Perera & Karawita Arachchige Akalanka Nuwan Thilakarathna, M.C.W. Pinto’s Contribution to the Development of International Law
• J. Eduardo Malaya, Philippine State Practice on Diplomatic Privileges and Immunities
• Chun-i Chen, The Practices on Diplomatic Immunities and Privileges of the Republic of China on Taiwan: A Unique Case
• Rustam Atadjanov, Diplomatic Privileges and Immunities: Central Asian Law and Practice
• Dorothea Anthony, Diplomatic Privileges and Immunities: Australian Practice
• Muhammad Ekramul Haque & Azhar Uddin Bhuiyan, Diplomatic Immunity and Privileges: Bangladesh State Practice
• Pranjali Kanel, Diplomatic Privileges and Immunities: Looking at the Nepalese Approach

New Volume: Polish Yearbook of International Law

The latest volume of the Polish Yearbook of International Law (Vol. 42, 2022) is out. Contents include:

• Special Section: The War in Ukraine
• Anna Wyrozumska, The Russian “Special Military Operation” in Ukraine before International Courts
• Jerzy Kranz, Russian Crimes in Ukraine: Between Guilt and Responsibility
• Anastasiia Vorobiova, The “Lessons of Nuremberg”: Their Use and Abuse in the Current Russia-Ukraine War
• Tiina Pajuste & Julia Vassileva, Inclusion of Women in the Ukrainian Peace Process – Can International Law Play a Bigger Role in Ensuring Inclusion?
• Dominika Pietkun, The European Commission Filing Gaps in the FDI Screening Regulation in the Face of the War in Ukraine
• Aleksander Gubrynowicz, At the Crossroads of International Criminal Law, the Montreal Convention, International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights: Some Remarks on the Interpretation of International Law by the Hague District Court in the MH-17 Judgments and Their Potential Legacies
• General Articles
• Małgosia Fitzmaurice, Human Right to Clean Environment and the Rights of Nature in the Anthropocene
• Joanna Markiewicz-Stanny, Age Assessment: Polish Practice and International Standards
• Peter Hilpold & Julia Waibl, The Poet, the Law and the Protection of Individual Rights: An EU Reform Proposal from Literature
• Łukasz Gruszczyński & Réka Friedery, The Populist Challenge of Common EU Policies: The Case of (Im)migration (2015-2018)
• Izabela Jędrzejowska-Schiffauer, Łukasz Szoszkiewicz, Joseph Wilde-Ramsing, Katharine Booth, Pauline Barraud de Lagerie, & Beata Faracik, Towards EU-wide Mandatory Human Rights and Environmental Due Diligence for Business: A Breakthrough in Europe and Beyond?
• Sylwia Mazur, The Temporary Protection Directive is Dead, Long Live the Temporary Protection Directive! Indispensability of the Temporary Protection Scheme in the EU Legal Landscape
• Polish Practice
• Oktawian Kuc, Russian Properties in Warsaw. Decades-long Polish-Russian Diplomatic and Legal Battles for Parity and the Questions of Immunities in Polish Courts
• Aleksandra Mężykowska, Domestic practice: Resolutions of the Chambers of the Polish Parliament (Sejm and Senate) on recognition of Russia as a terrorist state in light of the practice of Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe and European Parliament
• Resolution of Sejm of the Republic of Poland of 14 December 2022 on the recognition of the Russian Federation as a state supporting terrorism
• Resolution of Senate of the Republic of Poland from 26 October 2022 on the recognition of the authorities of the Russian Federation as a terrorist regime
• Katarzyna Strąk, The Impact of the Return Directive on Polish Return Law and Practice – Recent Developments
• Book Reviews
• Michał Kowalski, Lukasz Gruszczynski, Marcin Menkes, Veronika Bílková and Paolo Davide Farah (eds.), The Crisis of Multilateral Legal Order. Causes, Dynamics and Implications, Routledge, London and New York 2023
• Bartłomiej Krzan, Oktawian Kuc, The International Court of Justice and Municipal Courts: An Inter-Judicial Dialogue, Routledge, London, New York: 2022
• Jakub Kociubiński, Maciej Bernatt, Populism and antitrust: the illiberal influence of populist government on the competition law system, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge: 2022
• Ewa Bujak, Chien-Huei Wu, Law and Politics on Export Restrictions. WTO and Beyond, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge: 2021

New Issue: International Community Law Review

The latest issue of the International Community Law Review (Vol. 25, no. 6, 2023) is out. Contents include:

• Special Issue: Current Challenges of International and European Human Rights Law
• Elżbieta Karska & Karol Karski, Current Challenges of International and European Human Rights Law: Introductory Remarks
• Maciej Oksztulski, Maciej Perkowski, & Wojciech Zoń, Autistic Persons in the Labour Market in the Light of ECtHR Case-law
• Krzysztof Orzeszyna, The Common Core of the Fundamental Standards of International Humanitarian Law and International Human Rights Law
• Jakub J. Czepek, ECtHR Case-law Concerning Russian Aggression on Ukraine and the Events Taking Place after 2014
• Bartosz Ziemblicki, Modern Technologies as a Challenge for the Right to Privacy under the European Convention on Human Rights
• Elżbieta Karska, Karol Karski, & Konrad Wnorowski, The Status of Women in the Armed Forces: Polish Solutions in the Light of Human Rights Standards Defined by Selected International Organizations
• Paweł Bucoń, The Right to Marry and the Right to Establish a Family in the Universal, European and Polish Dimension
• Katarzyna Grzelak-Bach, The Role of Soft Law of the Council of Europe in Polish Court Proceedings: A Historical Overview

Dvaladze: Equality and Non-Discrimination in Armed Conflict: Humanitarian and Human Rights Law in Practice

George Dvaladze (International Committee of the Red Cross) has published Equality and Non-Discrimination in Armed Conflict: Humanitarian and Human Rights Law in Practice (Edward Elgar Publishing 2023). Here's the abstract:

Although expressly prohibited under international law, discrimination is amongst the humanitarian issues that adversely impact persons, communities, and society at large, in all types of armed conflicts. In this important book George Dvaladze unpacks the complexity of the international legal regulation of guarantees of equality and non-discrimination applicable in armed conflict.

Discrimination is often the root cause of, or it is intrinsically linked to, armed conflict. The realities of such situations can also exacerbate inequalities that predate the outbreak of the conflict. Addressing a significant dearth in legal literature, this discerning book analyses an array of sources of international humanitarian law (IHL) and human rights law in order to define a method to distinguish between prohibited discrimination and other differentiations in armed conflict that are permitted or even required by law. To facilitate the evaluation of a practice as discrimination, Dvaladze utilises illustrative examples from recent practices in contemporary armed conflicts and interactive flowcharts.

New Issue: European Journal of International Relations

The latest issue of the European Journal of International Relations (Vol. 29, no. 4, December 2023) is out. Contents include:

• Kimberly Hutchings, Doing epistemic justice in International Relations: women and the history of international thought
• Bernardo Teles Fazendeiro, The question of truth: how facts, space and time shape conversations in IR
• Alexander Stoffel & Ida Roland Birkvad, Abstractions in International Relations: on the mystification of trans, queer, and subaltern life in critical knowledge production
• Nicolas Gäckle, Governing pandemic fatigue: an International Relations case of experiential biopolitics
• Stefan Elbe, Dagmar Vorlíček, & David Brenner, Rebels, vigilantes and mavericks: heterodox actors in global health governance
• Stephanie C. Hofmann, Anamarija Andreska, Erna Burai, & Juanita Uribe, Porous organizational boundaries and associated states: introducing memberness in international organizations
• Mihaela Papa, Zhen Han, & Frank O’Donnell, The dynamics of informal institutions and counter-hegemony: introducing a BRICS Convergence Index Practice-based and public-deliberative normativity: retaining human control over the use of force Open AccessResearch articleFirst published April 10, 2023pp. 990–1016 Ingvild Bode, Practice-based and public-deliberative normativity: retaining human control over the use of force
• Marianne Dahl & Kristian Skrede Gleditsch, Clouds with silver linings: how mobilization shapes the impact of coups on democratization
• Chris Deacon, Perpetual ontological crisis: national division, enduring anxieties and South Korea’s discursive relationship with Japan

New Issue: Journal of International Humanitarian Legal Studies

The latest issue of the Journal of International Humanitarian Legal Studies (Vol. 14, no. 2, 2023) is out. Contents include:

• Symposium: Law, Language and War
• Emily Crawford, Introduction to the Symposium on Law, Language and War
• Emily Crawford, Annabelle Lukin, & Jacqueline Mowbray, The Terminology of the Law of Warfare: A Linguistic Analysis of State Practice
• Annabelle Lukin & Alexandra García Marrugo, The International Laws of War: Linguistic Analysis from the Perspectives of Register, Corpus and Grammatical Patterning
• Matt Killingsworth, International Humanitarian Law: Necessity, Distinction and the ‘Standard of Civilisation’
• Amanda Alexander, Filling the Gaps: The Expansion of International Humanitarian Law and the Juridification of the Free-Fighter
• Frédéric Mégret, Another Look at the Gendered Constitution of the Laws of War: Semantic Fields, Hegemonic Masculinities and the Reproduction of Heteronormativity
• Tamer Morris, The Language of the Protection of Civilians Mandate and the Primary Responsibility of the State: A Legal Norm for Peace and Security
• Juan-Pablo Pérez-León-Acevedo, Sexual and Gender-Based Violence Committed by Non-State Armed Groups Against Women/Girls and lgbti+ Persons in Non-International Armed Conflicts: Peru’s Case

Viñuales, Clapham, Boisson de Chazournes, & Hébié: The International Legal Order in the XXIst Century: Essays in Honour of Professor Marcelo Gustavo Kohen

Jorge E. Viñuales (Univ. of Cambridge - Law), Andrew Clapham (Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies), Laurence Boisson de Chazournes (Univ. of Geneva - Law), & Mamadou Hébié (Leiden Univ. - Law) have published The International Legal Order in the XXIst Century / L’ordre juridique international au XXIeme siècle / El órden jurídico internacional en el siglo XXI : Essays in Honour of Professor Marcelo Gustavo Kohen / Ecrits en l’honneur du Professeur Marcelo Gustavo Kohen / Estudios en honor del Profesor Marcelo Gustavo Kohen (Brill | Nijhoff 2023). The table of contents is here.

New Issue: Transnational Environmental Law

The latest issue of Transnational Environmental Law (Vol. 12, no. 3, November 2023) is out. Contents include:

• Editorial
• Thijs Etty, Josephine van Zeben, Cinnamon Carlarne, Leslie-Anne Duvic-Paoli, Bruce Huber, & Leonie Reins, The Quest to Close the Accountability Gap in Environmental Law
• Articles
• Suzanne Kingston, Edwin Alblas, Micheál Callaghan, & Julie Foulon, Empowering Through Law: Environmental NGOs as Regulatory Intermediaries in EU Nature Governance
• César Rodríguez-Garavito & David R. Boyd, A Rights Turn in Biodiversity Litigation?
• Margaretha Wewerinke-Singh, The Rising Tide of Rights: Addressing Climate Loss and Damage through Rights-Based Litigation
• Anél du Plessis, Nicolene Steyn, & John Rantlo, City-Level Law and Action for Climate-Resilient Development in Southern Africa
• Manon Simon, Jan McDonald, & Kerryn Brent, Transboundary Implications of China's Weather Modification Programme
• Alice Bleby & Anita Foerster, A Conceptual Model for Climate Change Mainstreaming in Government
• Kaisa Huhta & Seita Romppanen, Comparing Legal Disciplines as an Approach to Understanding the Role of Law in Decarbonizing Societies
• Jérémie Gilbert, Creating Synergies between International Law and Rights of Nature

Schneiderman & Van Harten: Rethinking Investment Law

David Schneiderman (Univ. of Toronto - Law) & Gus Van Harten (York Univ. - Osgoode Hall Law) have published Rethinking Investment Law (Oxford Univ. Press 2023). The table of contents is here. Here's the abstract:

There is no denying that the rules and enforcement mechanisms of investment law and arbitration reach deep into the regulatory and policy space of host states. Investment tribunals have the ability to second-guess all variety of state measures and, in doing so, have displayed a remarkable lack of restraint. Despite investment law's muscularity, without equal in international law, the prevailing orthodoxy treats investment law as a defensible and just restraint on government and politics. This volume helps to correct the prevailing view.

Rethinking Investment Law illustrates how investment law protections for foreign investors constrains states and over-compensates investors. It offers a more balanced vision of how international law can protect all those affected, not just foreign investors. An expert set of contributors explain both the conventional law and its limitations. Their analysis shows that doctrines, now widely entrenched, in orthodox accounts of investment law could have taken, and could still take, a different turn. They offer a more respectful approach to states' roles and responsibilities to enact laws in the public interest.

Conference: América para los americanos . . . Y para el mundo: La Doctrina Monroe y la hegemonía estadounidense en América Latina

On December 11-12, 2023, a conference will be held on "América para los americanos . . . Y para el mundo: La Doctrina Monroe y la hegemonía estadounidense en América Latina," in Santiago de Chile. The program is here.

Lieblich: Whataboutism in International Law

Eliav Lieblich (Tel Aviv Univ. - Law) has posted Whataboutism in International Law (Harvard International Law Journal, forthcoming). Here's the abstract:

Whataboutism, as a response to allegations of wrongdoing, is everywhere in contemporary public discussion, and international law is not an exception. Unsurprisingly, it has been central to Russia’s justification discourse regarding its invasion of Ukraine. Whataboutism evokes conflicting responses. On the one hand, it can be a logical fallacy and is frequently employed as a cheap tactic to derail public debate. On the other, we often feel that there might be something in such arguments, and that they cannot be dismissed offhand.

This article seeks to offer a general theory on the potential normative relevance of whataboutism in international law. Utilizing insights from the theoretical framework of informal logic, it shows that whataboutism should be addressed as a potentially valid argumentative scheme, rather than as a pure fallacy. The article argues that since whataboutism in international law frequently invokes notions of unfairness, the question whether whataboutism is relevant in international legal argumentation requires establishing whether there are indeed obligations of fairness between the alleger and the whataboutist objector.

As the article claims, since obligations of fairness generally require the exercise of public power, the salient question concerning the relevance of whataboutism in international law is whether international actors interact under assumptions of private or public law. The article explores both traditions in international legal theory, offers indications for the existence of such public functions in specific instances, and suggests preliminary implications of a relevant whataboutist claim in international law.

New Issue: Human Rights Law Review

The latest issue of the Human Rights Law Review (Vol. 23, no. 4, December 2023) is out. Contents include:

• Emma N Sweeney, L Michelle Bruijn, & Michel Vols, Deconstructing the Eviction Protections Under the Revised European Social Charter: A Systematic Content Analysis of the Interplay Between the Right to Housing and the Right to Property
• Ryan Goss, The Disappearing ‘Minimum Rights’ of Article 6 ECHR: the Unfortunate Legacy of Ibrahim and Beuze
• Azadeh Chalabi, A New Theoretical Model of the Right to Environment and its Practical Advantages
• Patricia Wiater, Fundamental Rights of Corporations as International Human Rights: The Perspective of Regional Economic Courts
• Katie Morris, Vulnerability, Care Ethics and the Protection of Socioeconomic Rights via Article 3 ECHR
• Ula Aleksandra Kos, Signalling in European Rule of Law Cases: Hungary and Poland as Case Studies

New Issue: Journal of World Investment & Trade

The latest issue of the Journal of World Investment & Trade (Vol. 24, no. 6, 2023) is out. Contents include:

• Henok Asmelash, The Role of International Trade Law in the Energy Transition
• Markus Petsche, The Application of the Salini Test Beyond Article 25 of the ICSID Convention: Analysis of Recent Trends in Treaty and Arbitral Practice
• Ayşegül Kula, The European Investment Bank Complaints Mechanism: Its Potential and Limitations

Call for Papers: The ICC as Justice Hub, Pragmatic Complementarity and Domestic ICL Enforcement

The Joined-up-Justice Project at Tilburg Law School's Department of Criminal Law has issued a call for papers for a conference on "The ICC as Justice Hub, Pragmatic Complementarity and Domestic ICL Enforcement," to take place June 13-14, 2024. The call is here.

New Issue: Archiv des Völkerrechts

The latest issue of Archiv des Völkerrechts (Vol. 61, nos. 2-3, 2023) is out. Contents include:

• Carl Schmitt: Der Nomos der Erde - Kritik und Krise des eurozentrischen Völkerrechts
• Horst Bredekamp, Skizze einer politischen Ikonologie von Großräumen
• Reinhard Mehring, Land, Meer und Luft
• Marcus M. Payk, Versailles, Weltkrieg, westliche Hemisphäre
• Christian Neumeier, Der Nomos des Kapitals
• Niels Werber, Zweimal Großraum
• Ke Li, Das Unmögliche von Anfang an
• Yasuhiro Endo, Land und Meer, Himmel und Sonne
• Danilo Scholz, Koloniale Nahmen, koloniale Gaben
• Victor Loxen, Landnahme, Staat und Völkerrecht in Amerika

New Issue: Pécs Journal of International and European Law

The latest issue of the Pécs Journal of International and European Law (Vol. 2023, nos. 1-2) is out. Contents include:

• Dalma Takó, Clauses Providing Possibility of Choice in International Treaties
• Ágoston Mohay, Bence Kis Kelemen, Attila Pánovics, & Norbert Tóth, The Articles on the Responsibility of International Organisations – Still Up in the Air after More Than a Decade?
• Gagik Chilingaryan, Norms of the Council of Europe in the Postsoviet Space: National Minorities in the Republic of Armenia and the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities
• Bence Kis Kelemen, The Final Frontier: responsibility of international organizations for outer space activities
• Marta Romańska, Agata Cebera, & Jakub Grzegorz Firlus, Between morality and discrimination by public administration: the case of so-called ‘LGBT free zones’ in Poland
• István Szijártó, The right to translation in the criminal procedure and the meaning of essential documents – three recent cases of the European Court of Justice in the field of criminal cooperation between Member States

AJIL Unbound Symposium: The Contours and Limits of Advisory Opinions

AJIL Unbound has posted a symposium on “The Contours and Limits of Advisory Opinions.” The symposium includes an introduction by Jean Galbraith and contributions by Margaretha Wewerinke-Singh, Jorge E. Viñuales, and Julian Aguon, Massimo Lando, Maria Antonia Tigre and Armando Rochae, Eran Sthoeger, and Walter Arévalo Ramírez and Andrés Rousset Siri.

New Issue: International Review of the Red Cross

The latest issue of the International Review of the Red Cross (Vol. 105, no. 924, 2023) is out. The theme is: "Protecting the Environment in Armed Conflict." Contents include:

• Bruno Demeyere, Protection of the Environment During Armed Conflict
• Interview with Marja Lehto: Former International Law Commission Special Rapporteur on the Protection of the Environment in Relation to Armed Conflicts
• Helen Obregón Gieseken & Vanessa Murphy, The protection of the natural environment under international humanitarian law: The ICRC's 2020 Guidelines
• Rigmor Argren, The obligation to prevent environmental harm in relation to armed conflict
• Catherine-Lune Grayson, Amir Khouzam, Nishanie Jayamaha, & Stephanie Julmy, The Climate and Environment Charter for Humanitarian Organizations: Strengthening the humanitarian response to the climate and environment crises
• Britta Sjöstedt & Karen Hulme, Re-evaluating international humanitarian law in a triple planetary crisis: New challenges, new tools
• W. Casey Biggerstaff & Michael N. Schmitt, Protecting the environment in armed conflict: Evaluating the US perspective
• Simon Bagshaw, The 2022 Political Declaration on the Use of Explosive Weapons in Populated Areas: A tool for protecting the environment in armed conflict?
• Eve Massingham, Elina Almila, & Mathilde Piret, War in cities: Why the protection of the natural environment matters even when fighting in urban areas, and what can be done to ensure protection
• Eva Baudichau, Another brick in the wall: Climate change (in)adaptation under the law of belligerent occupation
• Felicia Wartiainen, Time for “environmentarian corridors”? Investigating the concept of safe passage to protect the environment during armed conflict
• Jérôme de Hemptinne, Increasing the safeguarding of protected areas threatened by warfare through international environmental law
• Elaine (Lan Yin) Hsiao, Adrian Garside, Doug Weir, & Andrew J. Plumptre, Protected zones in context: Exploring the complexity of armed conflicts and their impacts on the protection of biodiversity
• Lingjie Kong & Yuqing Zhao, Remedying the environmental impacts of war: Challenges and perspectives for full reparation
• Matthew Gillett, Criminalizing reprisals against the natural environment
• Wim Zwijnenburg & Ollie Ballinger, Leveraging emerging technologies to enable environmental monitoring and accountability in conflict zones
• Pouria Askary & Katayoun Hosseinnejad, A possible legal framework for the exploitation of natural resources by non-State armed groups
• Mara Tignino & Tadesse Kebebew, A galaxy of norms: UN peace operations and protection of the environment in relation to armed conflict
• Raphaël van Steenberghe, International environmental law as a means for enhancing the protection of the environment in warfare: A critical assessment of scholarly theoretical frameworks
• Catherine O'Rourke & Ana Martin, Gender, conflict and the environment: Surfacing connections in international humanitarian law
• Amanda Kron, At the frontlines of implementing the right to a healthy environment: Understanding human rights and environmental due diligence in relation to armed conflicts
• Radhika Kapoor & Dustin A. Lewis, The practice of the UN Security Council pertaining to the environment and armed conflict, 1945–2021
• Shiri Krebs, Above the law: Drones, aerial vision and the law of armed conflict – a socio-technical approach
• Line Baagø-Rasmussen, Carin Atterby, & Laurent Dutordoir, Building the case for a social and behaviour change approach to prevent and respond to the recruitment and use of children by armed forces and armed groups

New Issue: Ethics & International Affairs

The latest issue of Ethics & International Affairs (Vol. 37, no. 3, Fall 2023) is out. Contents include:

• Roundtable: Global Governance and Lethal Autonomous Weapon Systems
• Josephine Jackson, Mapping the Lethal Autonomous Weapons Debate: An Introduction
• David A. Deptula, An Operational Perspective on the Ethics of the Use of Autonomous Weapons
• Arun Seraphin & Wilson Miles, Toward a Balanced Approach: Bridging the Military, Policy, and Technical Communities
• Mary Ellen O'Connell, Banning Autonomous Weapons: A Legal and Ethical Mandate
• Esther D. Reed, Accountability for the Taking of Human Life with LAWS in War
• Anthony F. Lang, Jr., Regulating Weapons: An Aristotelian Account
• Feature
• Neil Renic & Elke Schwarz, Crimes of Dispassion: Autonomous Weapons and the Moral Challenge of Systematic Killing
• Review Essay
• Dominic Lenzi, Hope, Pessimism, and the Shape of a Just Climate Future

Furuya, Takemura, & Ozaki: Global Impact of the Ukraine Conflict: Perspectives from International Law

Shuichi Furuya (Waseda Univ. - Law), Hitomi Takemura (Hitotsubashi Univ. - Law), & Kuniko Ozaki (Chuo Univ. - Law; formerly, Judge, International Criminal Court) have published Global Impact of the Ukraine Conflict: Perspectives from International Law (Springer 2023). The table of contents is here. Here's the abstract:

The invasion of Ukraine by the Russian Federation on February 24, 2022, and the subsequent military campaigns entail several classical aspects of armed conflict. First, it is a type of international armed conflict between two sovereign States that had been prevalent until the middle of the twentieth century but not in the last several decades. It is also a direct intervention by a superpower into a neighboring State with the former’s aspiration of territorial expansion. This action evokes a scheme of war reminiscent of the nineteenth or early twentieth century. At the same time, however, the invasion is generating in the international community a sense of new phenomena, leading to a new era that may be different from the past three decades following the end of the Cold War. In fact, the hostilities between the Russian Federation and Ukraine, as well as reactions by other States and international organizations, have raised legal and political issues that require scholars to reexamine existing frameworks of the international community and individual rules of international law.

The process of applying international law to States is a dynamic one. Rules of international law may and should regulate the behavior of States and provide standards to decide whether a particular act by a State is permissible. At the same time, however, States may change or replace existing rules, and a significant event or series of such events may be a strong motivator to create a new legal framework. In this regard, rules of international law and the conduct of States are in a dialectical relationship. International law can both shape a mode of conduct and be shaped by that conduct—being its creator as well as its creation. The Ukraine conflict is not an exception. We can discuss the conduct of the Russian Federation, Ukraine, other States, and international organizations and evaluate their legality and legitimacy from the viewpoint of existing rules. However, we may also reevaluate the current rules of international law through the lens of the Ukraine conflict and discuss possible changes to those rules in the future.

Inspired by the latter aspect of the international legal process, the present book aims to examine the impact of the Ukraine conflict, whether salient or potential, on various rules of international law. Most of the authors are from Japan and other Asian countries that are geographically remote from the site of the conflict. It is often true, however—and particularly in this case—that those keeping an appropriate distance can look at relevant issues in a broader view and from a more objective perspective. To what extent and in what manner may the Ukraine conflict have an impact on the legal framework of the international community and the rules of international law? This book is the first to answer those questions in a comprehensive manner.

New Issue: La Comunità Internazionale

The latest issue of La Comunità Internazionale (Vol. 78, no. 3, 2023) is out. Contents include:

• Articoli e Saggi
• Ugo Villiani, Possibili vie di pace per la guerra in Ucraina
• Paolo Bargiacchi, Alcune riflessioni sulla legittima difesa nel diritto internazionale (I parte)
• Sara de Vido, Approcci giuridici femministi al diritto internazionale: verso un diritto ecofemminista e post-umano?
• Claudia Cinelli, The Evolving Regulatory Framework for Space Resource Utilization
• Note e Commenti
• Mirko Sossai
• Jean Paul Pierini, La recente riforma delle intercettazioni per fini di intelligence, il diritto UE e la giurisprudenza della corte EDU
• Osservatorio Diritti Umani
• Francesco Seatzu, Les requêtes individuelles à caractère abusif devant la Cour Européenne des Droits de l’Homme: réflexions critiques après l’arrêt Zambrano c. France

ILR Now Available on Bluesky

ILR now automatically posts to Bluesky (@jkatzcogan.bsky.social). You may also receive ILR updates at X/Twitter (@IntLawReporter), as well as through a daily email and the RSS feed.

New Issue: International Journal of Marine and Coastal Law

The latest issue of the International Journal of Marine and Coastal Law (Vol. 38, no. 4, 2023) is out. Contents include:

• Robin Churchill, Dispute Settlement in the Law of the Sea: Survey for 2022
• Sondre Torp Helmersen, Three Perspectives on Marine Life in International Disputes
• Bianca Haas, Seoyeon Oh, Kathryn Dalton, Shui-Kai Chang, Juno Fitzpatrick, Kengo Minami, Hiroaki Matsui, Guifang (Julia) Xue, Ji-Eun An, Kamal Azmi, Ruth Davis, Han-Yu Lin, Myung-Hwa Jung, & Quentin Hanich, Untangling Jurisdictional Complexities for Crew Labour Regulations on Fishing Vessels in the Western and Central Pacific Ocean
• Ai Nhan Ho & Phuoc Huu Ngo, Combating Illegal, Unreported, and Unregulated Fishing: A Vietnamese Perspective
• Qiuwen Wang, Hu Zhang, & Chenghang Hu, Ship Security Rules in China’s Maritime Traffic Safety Law: Increased Legal Flexibility in Maritime Security Measures and Potential Problems
• Günther Handl, Decarbonising the Shipping Industry: A Status Report
• Philipp Kastner, Teaching Law of the Sea from a Critical Perspective
• Keyuan Zou & Bingru Niu, New Procuratorial Role in Marine Environmental Public Interest Litigation
• Aleke Stöfen-O’Brien, The Second Session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee to Develop an International Legally Binding Instrument on Plastic Pollution, Including the Marine Environment

Triefus: The UNGPs and ISDS: Should Businesses Assess the Human Rights Impacts of Investor–State Arbitration?

Stephanie Triefus (Erasmus School of Law) has posted The UNGPs and ISDS: Should Businesses Assess the Human Rights Impacts of Investor–State Arbitration? (Business and Human Rights Journal, forthcoming). Here's the abstract:

Investor–state dispute settlement (ISDS) has been heavily criticized from the perspective of human rights. However, the potential adverse human rights impacts of ISDS and the responsibilities of businesses to avoid causing or contributing to those impacts under the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights have yet to be spelled out. Although states are currently reforming ISDS, progress has been slow, and businesses have an independent responsibility to ensure that their operations do not harm human rights. Against this background, this article unpacks how businesses might contribute to three non-exhaustive examples of potential human rights impacts of ISDS: namely, the chilling effect on human rights regulation, crippling mega-awards and direct impacts on third-party rights. This article breaks new ground by exploring how human rights due diligence could be a useful tool for businesses to identify and address these impacts.

Call for Submissions: The Biological Weapons Convention at 50: Perspectives on the Past, Present and Future

The Department of Public Law and Public International Law of the Justus Liebig University in the context of CBWNet is accepting paper proposals for an edited volume to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Biological Weapons Convention. The edited volume - provisionally titled "The Biological Weapons Convention at 50: Perspectives on the Past, Present and Future" - will examine selected issues pertaining to the past, present, and future of the Biological Weapons Convention. The call is here.

Frost: The global “political voice deficit matrix”

Neli Frost (Univ. of Oxford) has posted The global “political voice deficit matrix” (International Journal of Constitutional Law, forthcoming). Here's the abstract:

The present article illuminates something important yet undertheorized about the relationship between democracy, technology, and globalization. That is, that digital technologies are crucial for certain types of cross-boundary interactions between individuals or communities, and that these interactions are crucial for democratizing relations of power and authority established in and by regimes of global governance. The article does so by linking together two related conversations that have yet to take sufficient account of each other: those taking place between law and technology scholars on the democratizing potential of digital technologies, and those taking place amongst international lawyers on the relationship between democracy and globalization. The article undertakes this alchemy by putting forward the theoretical construct of the “political voice.” This construct offers a normative theory that outlines the democratic functions of vertical communications between individuals and public decision-makers within and across boundaries, but also, crucially, explains how these are dependent on robust horizontal, transnational exchanges between individuals or communities. This construct thus offers a lens through which to evaluate the extent to which digital technologies live up to their democratizing potential, and allows for a normative conceptualization of the possible consequences of their failure to do so as a problem of global governance.

New Issue: World Trade Review

The latest issue of the World Trade Review (Vol. 22, no. 5, December 2023) is out. Contents include:

• Gaurav Bhattacharya, Industry Size and Trade Protection in the Presence of Environmental Regulations: An Empirical Investigation of the Indian Manufacturing Sector
• Weihuan Zhou & Mandy Meng Fang, ‘Unforeseen Developments’ Before and After US – Safeguard Measure on PV Products: High Standard or New Standard?
• Jeffrey Kucik & Sergio Puig, Towards an Effective Appellate Mechanism for ISDS Tribunals
• Francesca Micocci & Armando Rungi, Predicting Exporters with Machine Learning
• Motoshi Suzuki, Aiding Higher Education with Export Expansion in the Developing World
• Till Schöfer, From Developing Country Leader to Flexible Negotiator: New Directions in Brazilian Trade Strategy
• Zhiyuan Wang, Designing Competition Clauses in Preferential Trade Agreements

New Issue: Netherlands International Law Review

The latest issue of the Netherlands International Law Review (Vol. 70, no. 2, September 2023) is out. Contents include:

• Mauro Barelli, A Heartfelt Commitment to the International Rule of Law? The United Kingdom and the International Court of Justice
• Aikaterini Tsampi, Islandness and the European Court of Human Rights: Marooning Rights on Islands?
• Jie (Jeanne) Huang, Developing Chinese Private International Law for Transnational Civil and Commercial Litigation: The 2024 New Chinese Civil Procedure Law
• Evgeny Tikhonravov, The International Community’s Reaction to the Soviet Annexation of the Baltic Republics: The Recognition Dilemma <.ku>
• Tom Ruys & Mira Deweerdt, From Tehran to Moscow: The ICJ’s 2023 Certain Iranian Assets Judgment and Its Broader Ramifications for Unilateral Sanctions, Including Against Russia Authors

Conference: Derecho Internacional Latino-Americano/Direito Internacional Latino-Americano/Latin American International Law

The Sociedad Latinoamericana de Derecho Internacional will hold its biennial conference on November 29-December 1, 2023, at the Universidade de São Paulo. The theme is: “Derecho Internacional Latino-Americano/Direito Internacional Latino-Americano/Latin American International Law.” The program is here.

Imseis: The United Nations and the Question of Palestine: Rule by Law and the Structure of International Legal Subalternity

Ardi Imseis (Queen's Univ., Canada - Law) has published The United Nations and the Question of Palestine: Rule by Law and the Structure of International Legal Subalternity (Cambridge Univ. Press 2023). Here's the abstract:

Contrary to conventional wisdom, there has been a continuing though vacillating gulf between the requirements of international law and the UN on the question of Palestine. This book explores the UN's management of the longest-running problem on its agenda, critically assessing tensions between the organization's position and international law. What forms has the UN's failure to respect international law taken, and with what implications? The author critically interrogates the received wisdom regarding the UN's fealty to the international rule of law, in favour of what is described as an international rule by law. This book demonstrates that through the actions of the UN, Palestine and its people have been committed to a state of what the author calls 'international legal subalternity', according to which the promise of justice through international law is repeatedly proffered under a cloak of political legitimacy furnished by the international community, but its realization is interminably withheld.

New Issue: International Journal of Refugee Law

The latest issue of the International Journal of Refugee Law (Vol. 35, no. 2, June 2023) is out. Contents include:

• Annick Pijnenburg, Migration Deals Seen through the Lens of the ICESCR
• Michel Remi Njiki, Statelessness and Nationality Matters in the context of Migration between Northern Africa and Spain
• Cecilia Manzotti, Nationality Status Determination in Asylum Procedures under the CEAS and the Potential Impact of the ‘New Pact on Migration and Asylum’
• Minos Mouzourakis, Adjudication of Procedural Safeguards for Vulnerable Asylum Seekers in Greece: Case Law and Systemic Non-Compliance

Call for Papers: 31th Annual ANZSIL Conference

The Australian and New Zealand Society of International Law has issued a call for papers for its 31th Annual Conference, to be held July 3-5, 2024, at Melbourne Law School. The theme is: "International Law: Crisis, Conflict and Cooperation." The call is here.

New Issue: Revue québécoise de droit international

The latest issue of the Revue Québécoise de Droit International (Hors-série octobre 2023) is out. Contents include:

• Le droit international humanitaire applicable au conflit armé entre la Russie et l’Ukraine
• Mathilde Doucet & Thomas Roos, Revue de presse juridique sur les événements survenus en Ukraine depuis le 24 février 2022 : que disent le droit de la guerre, les droits humains, le droit des réfugiés et le droit international pénal sur les rapports des médias ?
• Aurélia Gervasoni, Renaissance
• Mustafa Tuncer, L’analyse d’un blocus maritime inédit : le cas du blocus de la mer Noire
• Nathan Michaud, Le droit international humanitaire applicable à la situation de siège durant le conflit russo-ukrainien : perspectives au regard de la pratique des forces armées russes
• Pauline Lesaffre, L’alimentation comme arme de guerre de la Russie en Ukraine : réflexion sur la protection de la sécurité alimentaire par le droit des conflits armés
• Fanny Royen, L’identité, la guerre et la « sauvegarde des pierres » : l’identité nationale ukrainienne à l’épreuve des actes d’hostilité contre le patrimoine culturel
• Léna Boron, Etienne Gouin, & Charlie Savourel, Droit international humanitaire et centrales nucléaires : quelles règles applicables à la centrale de Zaporijia ?
• Alysson Berrendorf, Les technologies de l’armement utilisées dans le conflit ukrainien : un nouveau laboratoire pour une nouvelle génération d’armements ?
• Bobléwendé Gildas Ouegraogo, Les problèmes de licéité des fournitures d’armes aux parties au conflit armé russo-ukrainien
• Malgorzata Ulla, Le droit de la neutralité à l’épreuve de l’agression de la Russie contre l’Ukraine : l’exemple de la Suisse
• Silviana Cocan & Miriam Cohen, La dualité de la responsabilité internationale de l’État et la responsabilité pénale individuelle dans le cadre de la guerre russo-ukrainienne : une analyse à la lumière de la poursuite de l’acte d’agression et des crimes de guerre
• Sergio Salinas Alcega, The Invasion of Ukraine from the Point of View of the European Court of Human Rights: Extraterritorial Responsibility of Russia and (Un)Control of International Humanitarian Law
• Pierre Jourdain, Les ambiguïtés des obligations internationales des États en matière d’exportation de biens à double usage à destination de la Fédération de Russie et de l’Ukraine
• Lana Van Langendonck, Crimes sexuels en Ukraine : promesses et défis du droit pénal international
• Thomas Pépin, Enjeux et défis de l’application de la protection temporaire de l’Union européenne dans le contexte du conflit ukrainien
• Marco Sassòli, Le DIH en Ukraine : défis, lacunes et opportunités − réflexions à partir d’un premier rapport pour l’OSCE

Orakhelashvili: From “dualism” towards isolationism? Or why the Government keeps losing cases

Alexander Orakhelashvili (Univ. of Birmingham - Law) has posted From “dualism” towards isolationism? Or why the Government keeps losing cases.

Call for Submissions: Revista Ius Inter Gentes

A call for submissions has been issued for the 2024 edition of Ius Inter Gentes – Revista de Derecho Internacional y Relaciones Internacionales. The call is here.

New Issue: International Environmental Agreements: Politics, Law and Economics

The latest issue of International Environmental Agreements: Politics, Law and Economics (Vol. 23, no. 4, December 2023) is out. Contents include:

• Annie Young Song, Beyond intergovernmental cooperation: domestic politics of transboundary air pollution in Korea and Singapore
• Nila Kamil & Sylvia Karlsson-Vinkhuyzen, Exploring the links between climate transparency and mitigation policy through a reflexive capacity lens: case studies of Brazil, China, India, Indonesia, and Mexico
• Dinar Dewi Kania, Dian Artanti Arubusman, Mustika Sari, Ridho Bramulya Ikhsan & Safathira Zaldin, Does ICAO’s climate change mitigation policy based on international agreements reflect global environmental justice?
• Mohammad Reza Seyedabadi, Mohsen Karrabi, & Abolfazl Mohammadzadeh Moghaddam, The potential of CO2 emission reduction via replacing cement with recyclable wastes in the construction industry sector: the perspective of Iran’s international commitments
• Nilay Tulukcu Yıldızbaş, Üstüner Birben, Osman Devrim Elvan & Melek Bilgin Yüce, An analysis of the convention on the protection of the Black Sea against pollution (the Bucharest Convention) from the perspective of Turkish contract law

Call for Papers: Cambridge International Law Journal 13th Annual Conference

The Cambridge International Law Journal has issued a call for papers for its 13th Annual Conference, which will be held at the University of Cambridge on April 8-9, 2024. The theme is: "The Intersection of Peace and Sustainability in International Law." The call is here.

New Volume: Revista Ius Inter Gentes

The latest volume of Revista Ius Inter Gentes (Vol. 4, 2023) is out. Contents include:

• Derecho Internacional Privado
• César Candela Sánchez, La Conferencia de la Haya de Derecho Internacional Privado: una Organización Intergubernamental modelo desde una mirada académica latinoamericana
• Henry Omar Zevallos Castillo, ¿Derecho o hecho?: Una mirada crítica de la jurisprudencia de la Corte Suprema y el Tribunal Registral sobre el conocimiento y aplicación del derecho extranjero
• Derecho Penal Internacional
• Avecita Zapata Cano, Los crímenes de guerra contra bienes culturales en el Estatuto de Roma de la Corte Penal Internacional: Análisis desde el caso Al Mahdi
• Derecho Internacional de los Derechos Humanos
• Camila Addiechi, Access to justice for victims of domestic violence during the COVID-19 pandemic: developments and good practices in Latin America and the Caribbean
• Derecho Internacional Público
• Daniela Escarria Parra & Camilo Osorio Vásquez, Violation of Popular Sovereignty? A Case Study on the plebiscite of October 2, 2016, and the implementation of the Peace Agreement with the FARC-EP
• Relaciones Inetrnacionales
• Elvis Ojeda Huerta, Principales retos de la Diplomacia en un mundo post pandemia
• Entrevistas
• Juan Manuel De Faramiñán Gilbert, El desarrollo progresivo del Derecho del Espacio Ultraterrestre
• Héctor Domínguez Benito, La Historia del Derecho Internacional como campo de estudio

Call for Papers: Comparative International Legal Policy: National Political Approaches Towards International Legal Order

A call for papers has been issued for a workshop, convened by the Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, on "Comparative International Legal Policy: National Political Approaches Towards International Legal Order," to take place June 5-6, 2024, in Berlin. The call is here.

Conference: La protección de los derechos humanos en el transcurso de los conflictos

On November 27-29, 2023, the XXII Jornadas de Derecho Internacional Humanitario will take place at the Facultad de Derecho de la Universidad de Valencia. The theme is: "La protección de los derechos humanos en el transcurso de los conflictos." Details are here.

Conference: Justice in international investment law in a post-ISDS world

On November 23-24, 2023, the Erasmus School of Law will hold a conference on "Justice in international investment law in a post-ISDS world," in Rotterdam. Details are here.

New Issue: Virginia Journal of International Law

The latest issue of the Virginia Journal of International Law (Vol. 64, no. 1, Fall 2023) is out. Contents include:

• Anu Bradford, Europe’s Digital Constitution
• Benjamin R. Farley, Regulating the Foreign-Fighter Phenomenon
• Noam Noked & Zachary MarconeE, Closing the “Shell Bank” Loophole
• Scott R. Anderson, Taiwan, War Powers, and Constitutional Crisis

New Issue: GlobaLex

The latest issue of GlobaLex (September/October 2023) includes:

• Md. Mostafa Hosain & Md. Ershadul Karim, A Research Guide on the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC)
• Miarom Bégoto & Narcisse Djimbaye, Regional Trade Agreements in Africa - A Historical and Bibliographic Report of ECOWAS and CEMAC
• Arundhati A. Satkalmi, Research Guide on Transboundary Freshwater Treaties and Other Resources

Conference: China and Europe in the African Continent

On November 30-December 1, 2023, the DIRPOLIS Institute at the Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies will host a conference on "China and Europe in the African Continent," in Pisa. Details are here.

Kidane: Africa's International Investment Law Regimes

Won L. Kidane (Villanova Univ. - Law) has published Africa's International Investment Law Regimes (Oxford Univ. Press 2023). Here's the abstract:

Over the last six decades, Africa has attracted less than 4% of global foreign direct investment, and yet is party to nearly a quarter of the world's investment cases under the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID). The African states' support was indispensable for the creation of the ICSID, but once it began its adjudicative function it became a source of dread for Africans. Since the beginning of the new millennium, however, Africa has embarked on innovative reform efforts and questioned the shortcomings of international investment law.

Africa's International Investment Law Regimes offers a qualitative study of more than 30 cases ranging from the 1970s to present and methodically appraises Africa's investment treaty activity. In these examinations, Won L. Kidane assesses whether the adopted and proposed continental, regional, and bilateral reform efforts are indeed responsive to the actual deficiencies of the existing regime.

This book is unique in its thorough treatment of African ICSID cases. Kidane's conclusions illuminate a lack of evidence in claims of institutional bias but address the reckoning African states have undergone to become full participants in the process with proper representation.

New Issue: Global Governance: A Review of Multilateralism and International Institutions

The latest issue of Global Governance: A Review of Multilateralism and International Institutions (Vol. 29, no. 3, July-September 2023) is out. Contents include:

• Jacob Udo-Udo Jacob, Cognitive Third Force: The Case for Building a Supranational Public Opinion to Enhance the UN’s Moral Influence
• Dennis Niemann, David Krogmann, & Kerstin Martens, Torn into the Abyss? How Subpopulations of International Organizations in Climate, Education, and Health Policy Evolve in Times of a Declining Liberal International Order
• Reem Alshamsi, The Role of Extrinsic Motivation in Securing Actors’ Compliance with the International Anti-Money Laundering/Counterterrorist Financing Regime
• Nicholas Frank, Explaining Innovation and Imitation in the RCEP
• Rebecca Barber, An Early Assessment of the General Assembly’s 2022 Veto Initiative
• Gianluigi Negro, China and the ITU: A History of Standards
• Jorge Antonio Pérez-Pineda, The Private Sector and the 2030 Agenda: Challenges following BAPA+40

New Issue: International Theory

The latest issue of International Theory (Vol. 15, no. 3, November 2023) is out. Contents include:

• Ivan Fomin, Strategic culture as a meaning-making system: towards a social semiotic account of multimodal cultural constraints in international relations
• Jeffrey Robertson & Andrew Carr, Is anyone a middle power? The case for historicization
• John de Bhal, Rethinking ‘middle powers’ as a category of practice: stratification, ambiguity, and power
• Symposium: A Symposium on Global IR
• Michael Barnett & Ayşe Zarakol, Global international relations and the essentialism trap
• Tarak Barkawi, Christopher Murray, & Ayşe Zarakol, The United Nations of IR: power, knowledge, and empire in Global IR debates
• Martin J. Bayly, Global at birth: a relational sociology of disciplinary knowledge in IR and the case of India
• Victoria Tin-bor Hui, ‘Getting Asia right’: de-essentializing China's hegemony in historical Asia
• Michael Barnett & George Lawson, Three visions of the global: global international relations, global history, global historical sociology
• Zeynep Gülşah Çapan, Manjeet S. Pardesi, & Musab Younis, Response section

New Issue: Climate Law

The latest issue of Climate Law (Vol. 13, nos. 3-4, 2023) is out. Contents include:

• Special Issue: The Climate Regime and Other Areas of Law
• Margaret A. Young & Markus W. Gehring, The Climate Regime and Other Areas of Law
• Alistair Mills, Meeting Lofty Aspirations? English National Planning Policy, International Law, and Climate Change
• Sek Lun Cheong, Human Rights Due Diligence and the Climate Change Dimension: Implications for Investor Responsibility in International Investment Law
• Rebecca McMenamin, Advisory Opinion on Obligations of States in Respect of Climate Change: Potential Contribution of Human Rights Bodies
• Ella Vines, Legal Constraints on Australian Coal Mining: The Role of the Paris Agreement
• Roanna McClelland, Rights of Rivers in a Changing Climate