The International Organizations Interest Groups (IOIGs) of the American Society of International Law (ASIL) and the European Society of International Law (ESIL) are delighted to announce a call for proposals for their biannual virtual workshop of academic works in progress addressing the law or practice of international organizations. The workshop will provide an opportunity for scholars to receive feedback from their peers and experts in international organizations law. The tentative date to hold the workshop is 17 February 2025, at a time convenient for the most number of selected au ..read more

  The Symposium “Emerging Issues in Environmental Rule of Law: Contributions from Academia and Civil Society towards the Montevideo Environmental Law Programme” will take place on 30-31 May in hybrid format, in-person in Nairobi & via webinar. Further details, including the link to register, are available on this webpage. The programme of the event is available here. This Symposium is jointly organized by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), the International Council of Environmental Law (ICEL), the Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (UC3M), the University of Vigo (UVigo) a ..read more

PDF Version Vol 13, Issue 9 Editorial board: Patrycja Grzebyk (editor-in-chief), Lucas Lixinski, Alina Miron, Anne Saab and Peter-Tobias Stoll Irene Victoria Massimino (IU McKinney, Indianapolis) Image by Rick Bajornas (cc)   Introduction Proceedings in absentia tend to be controversial in both national and international criminal legal systems. In essence, critics complain that in absentia proceedings can deny the defendant the constitutional and human rights guarantees of due process. Despite these challenges, and under exceptional circumstances, international ad-hoc tribunals and the I ..read more

A new volume of the ESIL Series, titled “International Law and Universality” was published in April 2024. The editors are Işıl Aral, Assistant Professor of Public International Law, Koç University, and Jean d’Aspremont, Professor of International Law, Sciences Po School of Law. This book takes an unflinching look at the roles and functions played by the idea of universality in international legal discourses, as well as the narratives of progress that often accompany it. In doing so, it provides a critical appraisal of the mechanisms of inclusion and exclusion attendant to internation ..read more

  On 23-24 May 2024, Bocconi University is holding an ESIL-supported conference on “When International Arbitration Meets the Rule of Law: Lessons Learned and Challenges Ahead”. The conference is free of charge, but registration is required. Please register here. The programme is available on the conference webpage ..read more

  On Sunday, 30 June 2024, the Japan Chapter of the Asian Society of International Law is holding its 15th Annual Conference at Chuo University, Myogadani Campus, Tokyo. The theme of this year’s conference is: “Invoking Global Standards: How International Law Works in Japan and in Other Asian Countries?”. The programme of the event is now available here. For further details, please check the dedicated webpage. Registration Deadline: June 27, 2024.   FURTHER INFORMATION ..read more

  The 2025 ESIL Annual Conference will be held on 11-13 September 2025, and will be hosted by the Department of Law of Freie Universität Berlin. The event will address the topic “Reconstructing International Law ..read more

PDF Version Vol 13, Issue 8 Editorial board: Patrycja Grzebyk (editor-in-chief), Lucas Lixinski, Alina Miron, Anne Saab and Peter-Tobias Stoll Yannick Radi* (UCLouvain) Image by NASA (cc)   1. Introduction On January 19, Japan became – with the Smart Lander for Investigating Moon (SLIM) – the fifth country to land on the Moon, after the Soviet Union, the US and, more recently, China and India.[1] Remarkably, the SLIM landed as intended within 100m of its targeted location. Such unprecedented precision in landing, made possible by the use of new navigation technologies, will be key to tou ..read more

Editor: Helmut Aust (Freie Universität Berlin) In this issue Message of the President Guest Editorial by Mirko Sossai: The Fate of Cities in Conflicts: From Urban Warfare to Urban Diplomacy Meet an ESIL member – Hannah Birkenkötter What’s Going On? ESIL Lectures and Dialogues ESIL Series ESIL Paper Series ESIL Reflections News from Interest Groups 1. Message of the President Dear ESIL members, As spring beckons, you will certainly be aware that 2024 marks the 20th anniversary of ESIL’s Founding  Conference, during which our Society came into being. The Conference was held in Florence ..read more

  As part of the ESIL/ASIL Global Engagement Series, an online event will take place with Dr. Frederick Cowell, Senior Lecturer at Birkbeck University in London, to discuss his monograph on Defensive Relativism: The Use of Cultural Relativism in International Legal Practice  (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2022), which was awarded the ESIL Monograph Prize at the 2023 Conference in Aix-en-Provence. Frederick will be joined by Professor Serena Forlati, Professor Freya Baetens, and Professor Gleider Hernández, who will comment and discuss the main themes of the book. These include t ..read more