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Announcements: Postdoctoral Fellow Vacancy Chinese University of Hong Kong; CfL The African Court at 20; CfA Kırımlı Dr. Aziz Bey International Humanitarian Law Competition & School; CfP Cambridge Forum on Corporate Climate Governance; CfA Max Planck Yearbook of United Nations Law
1+ day, 10+ hour ago (270+ words) Mary is an Associate Editor of EJIL:Talk! She qualified and practised as a senior associate in telecoms, media and technology at Clifford Chance LLP, following which she was Head of… No comments to display 1. Call for Submissions: Doctoral and…...
Ensuring Accountability and Remedy for Victims of Mercenarism: Colombia at an Inflection Point
1+ week, 3+ day ago (167+ words) What does the International Convention require of Colombia? The Imperative to Dismantle the Mercenarism Ecosystem Closing the Accountability Gap for Human Rights Abuses and International Crimes In the view of the Government (at least under the pre-June 2026 presidency), acceding to…...
Two Weeks in Review: 27 July—7 August 2026 – EJIL: Talk!
1+ week, 1+ hour ago (374+ words) EJIL’s first policy on generative AI Interview with Judge Theodor Meron EU borders: Ceuta and Mellila EU ban on Israeli imports from the OPT Arbitration and the nationalisation of British Steel A new future for international drug control? State immunity…...
Location, Location, Location: The UK Supreme Court’s Judgment in Shehabi v. Bahrain
1+ week, 3+ day ago (296+ words) In a split decision, the Supreme Court concluded that Bahrain was not entitled to immunity in the claim for harassment. Section 5 of the UK SIA—the ‘territorial tort exception’ to State immunity—applies where “legally causative acts” occur in the…...
National Security as a Sword for Expropriation: The UK-China BIT on the Brink
1+ week, 5+ day ago (207+ words) From indirect to direct expropriation The Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Act 2026 completed the process. It received royal assent and took effect on 16 July 2026. It transferred legal title to the state. This two-step progression presents a textbook sequence of creeping expropriation. A…...
Trade with the Settlements: How EU Law Points the Way out of the Deadlock – EJIL: Talk!
1+ week, 5+ day ago (138+ words) The European Union’s Decision-Making Process on Trade with Israeli Settlements While the EU’s decision-making on Israel has been difficult for quite some time, as explained here, the latest episode of the drama started earlier this summer. During a meeting of…...
From Survival to Justice: A Conversation with Judge Theodor Meron
2+ week, 5+ day ago (304+ words) Few figures in international law have witnessed and influenced its development as much as Judge Theodor Meron. A Holocaust survivor who became a leading scholar, government legal adviser, diplomat and international judge, his unique reflections offer a first-hand account, built…...
EJIL’s first Policy on Use of Generative Artificial Intelligence – EJIL: Talk!
2+ week, 6+ day ago (712+ words) The Continuing Need for Human Intelligence in Scholarly Production Disclosure of Gen AI Given the policy’s starting point of the intellectual contribution of humans, authors must disclose uses of Gen AI beyond de minimis exceptions, such as checking grammar and…...
Two Weeks in Review: 13—24 July 2026 – EJIL: Talk!
3+ week, 1+ hour ago (379+ words) International law and popular culture China and economic coercion New Issue: EJIL Vol. 37 (2026) No. 1 The latest issue of EJIL will be published this week: an overview of articles, book reviews, and debates can be found here here. And as ever,…...
The Legality of the Use of Interstate Force during the 2026 Israel/US-Iran Hostilities: What States Said and did not Say
3+ week, 3+ day ago (203+ words) The Asymmetry in Condemnation The Weight of Silence? Silence and the 2026 Hostilities As mentioned above, in the context of the 2026 hostilities, most international actors were silent with regard to at least two instances of uses of force: As a cornerstone…...