On 8 October 2025, the Jack and Mae Nathanson Centre on Transnational Human Rights, Crime and Security at York University will host an online seminar on "The Right to Strke Under International Law." Details are here.

The latest issue of the Journal of International Dispute Settlement (Vol. 16, no. 3, September 2025) is out. Contents include: * Special Issue: Current Challenges in International Investment Law * Esmé Shirlow, Transparency in investment treaty arbitration: past, present, and future * Special issue: Justice Post-ISDS * Francesca Farrington & Nevena Jevremović, Between a rock and a hard place: the impact of replacing or abolishing ISDS on investment-affected parties * Special Issue: Translucent Justice * Walter Arévalo-Ramírez & Andrés Rousset-Siri, Undermining the authority of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights: cases of state’s weaponization of the value of transparency * Suhong Yang & Shuai Guo, Selection process of judges and members at international courts and tribunals: in search of efficient transparency * Gautam Mohanty & Alexandros Bakos, Revisiting transparency standards in investor–state dispute settlement vis-à-vis third-party funding: how much transparency is too much transparency? * Elena Abrusci, More transparency on regional human rights courts? What we (still) need to know to understand and access regional human rights justice * Marco Dimetto, Inscrutable procedural orders: two models of transparency in international dispute settlement (ICSID and ICJ) * Thomas Vogt-Geisse, Three visions of transparency in international adjudication * Letizia Lo Giacco, Rethinking transparency through the public–private prism: the case of the ICC–NGOs partnership * Ezgi Özlü, Translucent justice: strategic transparency and the legitimacy of the ECtHR * Hemi Mistry, Transparency as performance: the ‘As Is’ and ‘As If’ worlds of international adjudication * Fenghua Li, Transparency as a pathway to align ICSID arbitration with sustainable development * Irene Miano, De facto transparency? Investigating the practice of the International Court of Justice * Danae Georgoula & Lan Ngoc Nguyen, Judicial reasoning as a mask: rationalizing the transparency of the law of the sea tribunals * Carolina Mancuso, Procedural rules and judicial practices: a good or bad match for transparency? * Bruno Biazatti, The backlog-driven reform of the Initial Review of petitions in the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights * Editorial * Cédric Dupont & Thomas Schultz, Trump’s tariffs: from a trade problem into an investment problem? * Articles * Georgios Dimitropoulos, Investment law and the digital economy * George Kahale, The Mobil and Conoco cases against Venezuela: the good, the bad and the ugly * Yun Zhao & Yanru Chen, The evolving lex mercatoria: a game-changer for transparency in international commercial arbitration * Jay Tseng, Insolvency of a party in international arbitration: considerations on staying arbitration proceedings * Eleonora Castro, Clarifying the clean hands doctrine under general international law * Nektarios Papadimos, A golden mean approach to independence and impartiality in investment arbitration * Zelin Li, Inter-court competition in non-adjudicative activities: a case study of the International Court of Justice presidential speeches, 1991–2022 * Daria Levina, The myth of instant success: a historical account of the Commercial Court of England and Wales * Current Developments * Gabrielle Marceau & Maria George, Trade, climate and differentiation: an analysis of the interaction between the ‘Principle of Common But Differentiated Responsibilities’ and the WTO agreement * Nikiforos Panagis, Held in suspense: the past, present, and future of the suspension of proceedings at the International Court of Justice * Guang Ma & Hong Wu, The proliferation of unilateral trade measures and the crisis of the multilateral trading system      

The latest issue of the Journal of the History of International Law / Revue d'histoire du droit international (Vol. 27, no. 3, 2025) is out. Contents include: * Julia Klaus, ‘The Right of Existence of Peoples as Independent Nations’: Raphael Lemkin, the Tokyo Tribunal, and Aggression * Rishabh Bajoria, Kashmir’s Erasure from International Law: David Lilienthal and the Forgotten Pre-History of the Indus Waters Treaty (1948–1951) * Maria Adele Carrai, China Unbounded: Extraterritoriality, Nationality, and the Late Qing’s Engagement with International Law      

The latest issue of Questions of International Law / Questioni di Diritto Internazionale (no. 112, 2025) is out. Contents include: * The influence of security concerns on the fulfilment of climate-related obligations in contemporary international law: A virtu-ous or vicious dynamic? * Introduced by Angelica Bonfanti * Antonio Mariconda, Advancing climate-related obligations through security concerns: Lessons from the Falepili Union Treaty * Giorgia Pane, Budgeting for war: The climate-security trade-off and profiles of responsibility in international law      

The latest issue of the Chinese Journal of International Law (Vol. 24, no. 3, September 2025) is out. Contents include: * Editorial Comment * Sienho Yee, Self-drive, Inducement, or Compulsion: Co-progressive Climate Change Solutions and the Advisory Proceedings before the ITLOS and the ICJ * Articles * Upasana Dasgupta & Biswanath Gupta, Duty to Notify an Impending Disaster on Earth and in Outer Space: Obligation on Third-Party States * Olga Starshinova & Elena Murashko, Empowering the WTO Appellate Body to Render Advisory Opinions: a Solution to the Crisis or its Aggravation? * Comment and Review Essay * Rein Müllerson, Revolutions in “Superpowers” and Their Impact on Geopolitical Reconfiguration of the World and International Law

The latest issue of Global Constitutionalism (Vol. 14, no. 3, November 2025) is out. Contents include: * Danny Schindler, Constitutionalizing dissent: The universe of opposition rules in African constitutions * Whitney K. Taylor, Embedding constitutional rights * M. Victoria Kristan, The Day After a Broken Democratic Polity * Ron Levy & Ian O’Flynn, Vetoes, deadlock and deliberative umpiring: Toward a proportionality doctrine for power-sharing constitutions * Svenja Ahlhaus, Boundary assembly: An institutional proposal for democratizing membership politics * Nicola Sharman, Recognising differentiated affectedness within a global demos: promoting the democratic legitimacy of the UNFCCC * Maxim van Asseldonk, Claude Lefort in the age of the total constitution * Emilia Justyna Powell & Joshua Paldino, The Taliban, Afghan constitutionalism and modern Islamic law states: renegotiating the balance of religious and secular law      

Macquarie University’s Environmental Law Research Centre and the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Regional Office for the Pacific have issued a call for papers for a conference on "Securing justice for the planet: Opportunities for, and barriers to, course correction," to take place March 18-19, 2026, in Sydney. The call is here.      

The American Branch of the International Law Association will hold International Law Weekend 2025 in New York City on October 23-25. The theme is "Crisis as Catalyst in International Law." The program is here. Registration is here.      

The latest issue of International Organization (Vol. 79, no. 3, Summer 2025) is out. Contents include: * Articles * Joshua Freedman, Can Status Competition Save the World? Grafting, Green Energy, and the Climate Crisis * Chelsea Estancona & Lucía Tiscornia, From Cocaine to Avocados: Criminal Market Expansion and Violence * Timm Betz & Leonhard Hummel, Supplying Influence: Domestic Production Networks in Trade Politics * Brandon K. Yoder & Michael D. Cohen, Fighting to Be Friends: Third-Party Bargaining, Alliance Formation, and War * Research Notes * Mark S. Manger & Nicola Nones, Trade and Exchange Rate Competition in East Asia * Cameron Mailhot & Sabrina Karim, International State Building and Civilian Preferences: Experimental Evidence from Liberia * David C. Logan, Elite–Public Gaps on Nuclear Weapons: The Roles of Salience and Knowledge      

New Works in Legal History: Many legal historians publish books with presses that are not represented at the conference book sale. In recognition of this fact, the ASLH will host a table to showcase t...

The latest issue of the International Journal of Marine and Coastal Law (Vol. 40, no. 3, 2025) is out. Contents include: * Articles * Robin Churchill, Dispute Settlement in the Law of the Sea: Survey for 2024 * Eduardo Cavalcanti de Mello Filho, Is the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf Mandated to Consider Submissions from Non-States Parties to the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea? * Yoshifumi Tanaka, Prevention of Vessel-Source Plastic Pollution from Arctic Shipping: Some Thoughts on Normative Interactions between Treaties * Gabriele Goettsche-Wanli & Johannes-Alexander Müller, Does ‘Ecocide’ Provide a Viable Option to Address the Gravest Crimes against the Marine Environment? * Ruixuan Zhuo, Chunchang Zhang, & Mengqi Zhou, Reforming China’s Ship-Source Oil Pollution Compensation Fund in View of Increasingly Strict Environmental Protection What Are the Next Steps? * Shani Friedman, Justice, Equity, and Approaches for Sharing Benefits from Deep Sea Mining Operations in the Area * Current Legal Developments * Goran Dominioni & Beatriz Martinez Romera, The 2023 IMO Greenhouse Gas Strategy: Considerations of Equity * Miłosz Gapsa, The End of a Low Threshold for Granting Provisional Measures with the ‘Zheng He’ Case? * Ríán Derrig, Reforming United Nations Ocean Governance      

The latest issue of the Netherlands Quarterly of Human Rights (Vol. 43, no. 3, September 2025) is out. Contents include: * Column * Andrew Clapham, Liability for killing in war and why there is no ‘licence to kill’ * Articles * Sarah Thin, From Paris with love: The systemic integration of environmental law in the interpretation of UN human rights treaties * Clara Bosch March, The ECtHR jurisprudence on the prohibition of collective expulsion of aliens at land borders in the aftermath of N.D. and N.T. v Spain: Between deference and discipline

On October 7, 2025, the European Society of Internaitonal Law will host a webinar on "Teaching International Law through Theater Performances." This event, part of the ESIL Teaching Corner Webinar Series, will discuss theatrical portrayals of international law, involving academics, screenwriters, and students/actors, who have been involved in some recent performances (Qui a tué Patrice Lumumba?; The Ongwen Trial; This Is Not a Trial). Details are here.      

The latest issue of the International Journal of Transitional Justice (Vol. 19, no. 2, July 2025) is out. Contents include: * Editorial * Vasuki Nesiah, After Gaza * Articles * Safia K Southey, Building Reparations: Key Factors for Success in Transitional Justice Efforts * Janine Natalya Clark, Whose Testimony? Thinking about Other-Than-Human Witnesses in Transitional Justice * Jeremy Julian Sarkin, Why the International Criminal Court Should Apply Restorative Justice and Transitional Justice Principles to Improve the Impact of Its Criminal Trials on Societies around the World * Azadeh Sobout, Urbicide and Coming to Terms with the Past: Everyday Acts of Return and Reconstruction in Post-war Nahr el Bared * Sarah A Son, Nazanin Zadeh-Cummings, & Danielle Chubb, Participatory Transitional Justice as Anticipatory Project: North Korea, Diasporas and Uncertain Futures * S Garnett Russell, Paula Mantilla-Blanco, Daniela Romero-Amaya, & Tatiana Cordero-Romero, Education and Transitional Justice: Como, Para, Sobre * Carlos Gutiérrez-Rodríguez, Memorial Justice? Lessons from Colombia on How Memorialization Can Serve Justice in Transitional Contexts * Claire-Anne Louise Lester, The Marikana Commission of Inquiry: An Ambiguous Experiment with ‘Truth’ and ‘Justice’ * Notes from the Field * Tutku Ayhan, From Sexual Violence to Systemic Vulnerabilities: Ethical Considerations in Research in Post-Atrocity Settings * Review Essay * Emma Murphy, The Good, the Bad, and the Ideal: Towards an Embrace of Complexity in ‘Victim-Centred’ Transitional Justice      

Ezequiel Heffes has published Los grupos armados frente al derecho internacional (Tirant Lo Blanch 2025). Here's the abstract: La guerra, tal como fue conocida hasta la primera mitad del siglo XX, ha dejado de existir. La idea de un enfrentamiento exclusivamente entre los ejércitos de dos o más Estados, y llevado a cabo solo luego de presentada una declaración formal, parece una imagen cinematográfica o propia de los libros de historia. Hoy en día, la escena central es ocupada por actores diferentes a los Estados: los grupos armados. En 2024, el Comité Internacional de la Cruz Roja estimó la existencia de alrededor de 450 grupos armados que causaban una "preocupación humanitaria a nivel mundial". Para octubre de ese mismo año, había al menos 210 millones de personas viviendo en áreas controladas por dichos grupos. Pero, ¿Qué tienen en común los Tigres de Liberación de Tamil Eelam, en Sri Lanka, el Ejército de Liberación Nacional, en Colombia, los grupos Mai-Mai, en la República Democrática del Congo, y la Administración Autónoma del Norte y Este de Siria? En un mundo en el que estos actores armados existen (o han existido), y participan activamente en conflictos armados, el presente libro investiga el marco jurídico que regula sus comportamientos y actividades. De esta forma, los diferentes capítulos proponen miradas alternativas al estudio de los grupos armados que, en la mayoría de los casos, son constituidos a partir de la violación al derecho doméstico del Estado.      

The latest issue of International Legal Materials (Vol. 64, no. 4, August 2025) is out. Contents include: * Legal Consequences Arising from the Policies and Practices of Isr. in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, Including East Jerusalem (Advisory Opinion) (I.C.J.), with introductory note by Michael A. Becker * Best Practices for the Washington Conference Principles on Nazi-Confiscated Art, with introductory note by Evelien Campfens * Doe v. Cisco Systems, Inc. (9th Cir.), with introductory note by William S. Dodge      

The Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law invites doctoral and postdoctoral researchers to apply to be "engaged listeners" at a conference on "International Law and Emotions: Recovering Universality?," which will take place February 25-27, 2026, in Heidelberg. Engaged listeners will not give a talk but are expected to participate actively in the discussions and will be listed in the conference’s program. All accepted engaged listeners will be admitted to the conference including meals free of charge. For engaged listeners who have exhausted other potential sources of funding, travel costs and accommodation in Heidelberg could be covered upon request and depending on the availability of funds. Details are here.      

The latest issue of Climate Law (Vol. 15, nos. 1-2, 2025) is out. Contents include: * Christina Voigt, Philipp Sauter, Rita Guerreiro Teixeira, Joeri Rogelj, Carl-Friedrich Schleussner, & Katalin Sulyok, The Legal Power of Highest Possible Ambition: Setting Legal and Scientific Indicators to Assess Highest Possible Ambition under Article 4(3) of the Paris Agreement * Pratik Purswani & Esha Rana, Mapping India’s Legislative Framework for Climate Change * Josephine van Zeben & Mirta Alessandrini, Food ‘Securitization’ and the Climate Crisis: Lessons from the EU Response to the War in Ukraine * Meng Zhang, Governance Innovation or Imagination? Three Storylines of Navigating the EU’s Leading Role in Green Hydrogen Deployment in a Polarized World * Viktor Weber, The Challenges of Switching ‘Sail-Fast-then-Wait’ to ‘Sail-Slow-and-Save’ in the Decarbonization of Voyage-chartered Bulk Shipping * A. Stella Ebbersmeyer, Transparency and Non-State Actors in the Regulation of Black Carbon Emissions from Arctic Shipping * Jannika Jahn, A New Type of Constitutional ‘Pathway Review’ for Climate Change Mitigation: The Case of German Climate Litigation Since 2021 * Pablo Pellon Ricciardi, Lliuya v. rwe : A Leap Forward for Private Climate Litigation?      

The latest issue of Ocean Development & International Law (Vol. 56, no. 3, 2025) is out. Contents include: * Ethan Beringen, Exploring the Potential for Inter-Regime Learning Between the BBNJ Agreement and the Global Plastics Treaty * Pornomo Rovan Astri Yoga & Lowell Bautista, Legal Analysis of the Establishment of Exclusion Zones for Submarines in Indonesia’s Archipelagic Sea Lanes * Laisa Branco de Almeida, The New Regulatory Framework under the BBNJ Agreement for Marine Genetic Resources and the Material Exception to Fishing and Fishing-Related Activities * Daiana Seabra Venancio, Challenges in Defining the Legal Status of Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs) * Endalew Lijalem Enyew, Impact and Recognition of Traditional Fishing Rights in Maritime Boundary Delimitation: Overview of State Practice in Latin America and Africa * Henrik Ringbom, New Threats—Old Rules: Law of the Sea Issues Raised by Suspected Attacks on Submarine Infrastructure in the Baltic Sea * Tajra Smajic, Climate Change and Deep Seabed Mining: Implications of the COSIS Advisory Opinion * Sophia Kopela, Due Diligence and the Establishment of Area-Based Management Tools Including Marine Protected Areas in the BBNJ Agreement      

On September 22, 2025, a seminar will be held on "State Succession and ISDS," at the University of Vienna. Details are here.      

A call for papers has been issued for a workshop on "Positive Obligations and Discrimination in the Case Law of the European Court of Human Rights," to be held June 4-5, 2026, in Lund. Details are here.

The Codification Division of the UN Office of Legal Affairs recently added the following materials to the UN Audiovisual Library of International Law: lectures in English and Spanish on The UNIDROIT Principles on International Commercial Contracts, by Alejandro Garro; a lecture in English on The Principle of Non-Intervention in International Law, by Frédéric Mégret; and lectures in English on The Principle of Non-Intervention in Cyberspace and on Peaceful Settlement of Interstate Cyber Disputes, by Nicholas Tsagourias. The Audiovisual Library of International Law is also available as an audio podcast on Apple, SoundCloud, and other platforms.      

On October 23-24, 2025, the NATO Cooperative Cyber Defence Centre of Excellence, the Faculty of Military Sciences of the Netherlands Defence Academy, and the Amsterdam Center for International Law will hold a conference on "The Law Applicable to the Use of Biometrics by Armed Forces," in Tallinn. Registration information is here. The program is here.      

Solène Guggisberg (Utrecht Univ.) & Catherine Blanchard (Utrecht Univ.) have published Non-use Measures for Global Goods and Commons in International Law (Brill | Nijhoff 2025). The table of contents is here. Here's the abstract:In a world facing major environmental crises, radical measures are increasingly called for. As a change in paradigm from our anthropocentric approach to the environment and its resources remains mostly aspirational, non-use measures present themselves as practical regulatory tools to respond to environmental degradation. This edited volume examines moratoria, bans, no-take or entry zones across regimes regulating global goods and commons. It analyses factors that have contributed to the successful adoption and implementation of non-use measures for resources in the high seas, deep seabed, atmosphere, and Antarctica. It then presents pathways for the development and adoption of further non-use measures in these areas and in outer space, before reflecting on such measures’ limitations and potential.      

Heather Jean Alexander (Center for the Future of Citizenship) has published The Nationality and Statelessness of Nomadic Peoples Under International Law (Oxford Univ. Press 2025). Here's the abstract: Despite the universal right to nationality, many nomadic peoples struggle to claim this fundamental status. International law offers solutions to combat statelessness-like birth registration-but do they work for nomadic peoples? The Nationality and Statelessness of Nomadic Peoples Under International Law delves into the nationality challenges faced by four communities: former Bedouin in Kuwait, Tuareg in Mali, Fulani in Côte d'Ivoire, and Sama Dilaut (Bajau Laut) in Malaysia. Drawing on diverse sources from across disciplines, as well as original field research, the book traces the roots of nomadic statelessness from colonization to the present. Through a rigorous legal analysis, the book evaluates how effectively international law addresses these underlying issues and safeguards the right to nationality for those whose lifestyles transcend borders and conventional nation-state structures. Finally, the book proposes reforms to international law to better address the needs of nomadic peoples regarding nationality and citizenship.