1. Summer School on European Union Law in Corfu Island. The Summer School on European Union Law in Corfu Island will take place from 27 – 31 July 2026 in Corfu Island, with the topic ‘The EU as a global
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The European Journal of International Law is a scholarly publisher focused on international law topics. It provides in-depth analysis and commentary on issues such as jus ad bellum, human rights treaties, international humanitarian law, war crimes, and the legal frameworks governing armed conflicts and international organizations. The publisher addresses complex legal questions arising from contemporary global events, including military interventions, human rights protocols, and the prosecution of war crimes. Its content often explores the intersection of international legal principles with current geopolitical developments, offering critical perspectives on the application and challenges of international law.
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War, Neutrality and the UN Charter: State Practice in the Iran Conflict
Legal assessments of the ongoing Israel-US hostilities with Iran have thus far been largely characterized by a binary framework. Criticisms have focused on the manifest disregard for the UN Charter and the law governing self-defence. Supportive assessments have either…
The Court That Built the Advisory Opinion It Refused to Complete: OC-30/25 on Arms Trafficking, Corporate Immunity, and the Reach of Advisory Jurisdiction
Mexico’s effort to hold the gun industry to account has now encountered an institutional setback in San José. Its request for an advisory opinion raised six questions before the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACtHR). This post examines, against a…
Neutrality at Sea in Practice: Rescue, Internment, and Warship Repairs in a Contemporary Naval Conflict
Recent naval incidents in the Indian Ocean involving Iranian warships, the United States, and regional coastal States have drawn renewed attention to a body of law often assumed to belong to another era: the law of neutrality at sea. Reports…
The Protection of Journalist Viktoriia Roshchyna under International Humanitarian Law
Viktoriia Roshchyna, a Ukrainian journalist whose reporting focused on crime, human rights and Russia’s actions in occupied Ukraine, died in Russian captivity. She was a freelance journalist, working for various independent news outlets such as Ukrainska Pravda, as well…
Attacks on dual-use objects and the prohibition of terrorising civilians: the attacks on Iran’s oil facilities
Late on Saturday, March 7, the Israeli military conducted a series of strikes against several oil storage facilities in and around Tehran, igniting large fires at the facilities. By the following morning, Iran’s capital was reported to be covered in…
The Inter‑American Court’s Warning Shot: Illicit U.S. Firearms and the Hemispheric Duty States Keep Ignoring
Criminal organizations finance, procure, broker, transport, and illegally distribute U.S.‑made weapons throughout Latin America and the Caribbean to fuel political violence in the region. Latin America is experiencing a surge of violence that is neither spontaneous nor locally contained. It…
Two Weeks in Review: 9—20 March 2026
For every complex problem, there is a solution that is clear, simple, and wrong. In a time of exceedingly complex problems, the last few weeks have seen some remarkably wrong “solutions”. Contributions to the blog over the last fortnight have…
Announcements: Summer School on Digital Human Rights; CfP Freedom of the Seas and Freedom of the Individual Workshop; State Responsibility in Crisis Workshop; ORIL–UN Treaty Body Human Rights Case Law Reporters; Max Planck Masterclass, Dr. Ana Bobić; Genocide Convention at the ICJ Lecture; International Law and Peace in Ukraine Conference; War, Territory, and International Law Lecture
By Mary Guest
1. Summer School on Digital Human Rights in Lund, June 2026. The Faculty of Law and the Raoul Wallenberg Institute for Human Rights at the University of Lund are hosting a Summer School in Digital Human Rights, which will take…
The Legality of the UK Permitting the US to Use British Bases to Stop Iranian Attacks on Shipping in the Strait of Hormuz
Yesterday, the UK Government announced a significant change in its policy of allowing the United States to use British military bases during its war on Iran, solely to stop Iranian attacks on countries in the Gulf – I previously examined…