Introduction Students’ protests and encampments at various universities in the US and other States around the world have brought renewed necessary attention to international academic cooperation with Palestinian and Israeli higher education institutions (HEIs). These on and off-campus protests are based on negative developments concerning basic human rights for Palestinians, including the right to education, that have been steadily deteriorating over decades in occupied Palestine, but whose violations by Israeli authorities have escalated after the indiscriminate Hamas attacks of 7 October 202 ..read more

The Rosalyn Higgins Prize is an annual prize which awards EUR 1.000 of Brill book vouchers and a one-year LPICT subscription to the author of the best article on the law and practice of the International Court of Justice, either focusing solely on the ICJ or with the ICJ as one of the dispute settlement mechanisms under consideration. The winning article will also be published in LPICT and made freely available online for ninety days to maximize its dissemination. Deadline: 15 May 2024 More information HERE ..read more

* With thanks to Helin Laufer and Liyu Feng, Editors-in-Chief for Cambridge International Law Journal (Volume 13), for bringing this to our attention. The Editorial Board of the Cambridge International Law Journal (CILJ) is pleased to invite submissions for Volume 13(2), to be published in December 2024. This issue builds upon the 13th CILJ Annual Conference, held on 8–9 April 2024, but is open to submissions from all authors including those who are not presenting or participating in the Conference. Theme of Submission:  The Intersection of Peace and Sustainability in Internatio ..read more

Lund (Sweden), 16-18 September 2024 https://sv-se.eu.invajo.com/event/sociologyoflawdepartmentlunduniversity/criticallegalconference2024 ..read more

Introduction Will there be an end to the carnage unleashed on the Palestinian people in the Gaza strip, especially after 7 October 2023? And, how can that noble humanitarian aim be achieved as soon as possible, given killing and maiming, destruction of infrastructure, and denial of basic human dignity of Palestinians in Gaza has intensified during the last almost six months, but it has been going on for decades? In this blog I have tried to analyze issues concerning the rights of the Palestinian people under international law more generally and the Genocide in the Gaza Strip case (South Africa ..read more

500 days of Inaction On Monday, 11. March 2024, the trial against seventeen young activists started, who in February and March 2023 demonstrated against the inaction of the government of Norway to implement the judgment in the so-called Fosen case. This criminal case is against thirteen defendants who on 27. February 2023 protested in front and inside the Ministry of Petrol and Energy (now: Ministry of Energy) and five defendants who demonstrated in front the Ministry of Finance on 2. March 2023. Their demonstrations marked 500 days since the Supreme Court of Norway, sitting in Grand Chamber ..read more

The editorial board invites authors to submit papers to be published in the 2nd issue of 2024. This issue’s topical focus is on Businesses in International Humanitarian Law. The Journal of International Law of Peace and Armed Conflict / Humanitäres Völkerrecht (JILPAC / HuV) specialises in the legal analysis surrounding armed conflicts. The Journal focuses on the contemporary challenges of international humanitarian law and related fields, including international human rights law and international criminal law as well as on practical challenges of humanitarian aid and peace missions. It p ..read more

There is a position currently advertised at the Irish Centre for Human Rights at the University of Galway. The Centre is recruiting a lecturer in international law, with specialist expertise in international humanitarian law, international criminal law, peace operations or public international law. The deadline for applications is 29 February 2024. Further details can be found at: https://www.universityofgalway.ie/about-us/jobs ..read more

The ICJ issued its provisional measures orders on Friday, 26 January 2024. Read the summary (prepared by the Registry), the Order English French. The individual opinions: Declaration of Judge Xue English; Dissenting opinion of Judge Sebutinde English; Declaration of Judge Bhandari English; Declaration of Judge Nolte English; Separate opinion of Judge ad hoc Barak English. We are all hoping that the Order of the Court will have a positive effect in alleviating the humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza and preventing the risk of genocide. That said, the latest statements by the Israeli gove ..read more

Introduction While awaiting the International Court of Justice’s (ICJ or Court) order on provisional measures, which should come sometime next week, and in any event before 5 February 2024 latest (given the change in the current composition of the Court on 6 February 2024), this blogpost tries to summarize the arguments presented by South Africa and Israel before the ICJ respectively on 11 and 12 January (in a single round of oral pleadings), and reflect briefly on what to expect next. For the provisional measures procedure, besides there being a dispute between the parties, five legal aspec ..read more