Events and Announcements: 8 December 2024

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Calls for Papers

ASIL International Criminal Law Interest Group Works-in-Progress Conference: The ASIL International Criminal Law Interest Group will be holding its annual Works-in-Progress Conference in person on May 30, 2025, at Boston University School of Law. Submissions at various stages of development on any topic related to international criminal law broadly construed (including transnational criminal law) are welcome. We also welcome indications of interest from those interested in commenting on papers.

Prospective Applicants should fill out this form by March 15, 2025, indicating whether they hope to present a paper and/or comment on papers, or whether they would like to attend without presenting or commenting. Applicants hoping to present a paper should provide a title and abstract. Decisions will be made by early April. Drafts will be due approximately two weeks before the conference. If you have any questions, please feel free to e-mail directly co-chairs Ryan Liss (rliss@uwo.ca) or Steve Koh (koh@bu.edu).

International Law’s Local Encounters: Experiences and Imaginaries of (de-)Coloniality: Join us for an engaging two-day workshop on June 5 and 6, 2025, at the University of Amsterdam to explore local contestations about the pluralities of ‘futures’ in international law. We are interested in all fields of or relating to international law in asking questions like: how are claims to decoloniality and decolonization coming to expression in international legal practice via and through local experiences and global solidarities – and how is it shaping international law? And how can we understand current and historical claims to decolonial futures through international law by taking seriously the specific places that they arise from? Situating the local in international law gives a vantage point of where claims are made and formulated in international law through different visions of the future and contexts. Think of, e.g., the ICJ Advisory Opinion proceedings on ‘Obligations of States in respect of Climate Change’ which was shaped by local understandings in Vanuatu of the futures that international law must address.

300-word abstracts are due by January 5, 2025. You can read more about the workshop and access the submission form here.

CILJ Annual Conference 2025: The Cambridge International Law Journal (CILJ) is pleased to invite the submission of abstracts to be considered for presentation at the 14th Annual Conference of the CILJ: The Conference will take place at the Faculty of Law, University of Cambridge, on April 28 and 29, 2025. The theme of the 2025 Conference is ‘Navigating a Multipolar World: Challenges to the Post-WWII Status Quo of International Law’. We invite all interested scholars to submit an abstract between 250 and 300 words via this link by 23.59 GMT on January 9, 2025. We welcome submissions from PhD students, early career researchers, established academics, and practitioners. Selected papers will be presented at the Conference, and all conference presenters will have the opportunity to submit their papers for consideration for publication in Volume 14(2) of the CILJ. Further details can be found here or by contacting conference@cilj.co.uk.

GLC-SPIL International Law Journal: Students for the Promotion of International Law (SPIL), Mumbai, invites submissions for Volume V of the GLC-SPIL International Law Journal (ILJ). The theme for this edition invites scholarly writings on international environmental law, with submissions open to law students, academics, and professionals. Accepted formats include articles (6,000-10,000 words), essays (4,000-6,000 words), and case notes or commentaries (1,500-3,000 words). The last day for submission is December 15, 2024 (likely to be extended). The ILJ Volume V will be launched formally at the 15th GLC International Law Summit 2025, between March 6-8, 2025. Authors of selected papers will receive certificates of merit, publication, and a chance to present their articles at the Summit.

For detailed submission guidelines and process, please click here.

JGLR Special Issue on Palestine and International Law: The student-run law review in Indonesia, Juris Gentium Law Review (JGLR), is opening its doors to any interested students, of any level of study, to publish their research findings in the form of articles, case commentaries, book reviews, or article reviews for its Palestine and International Law Special Issue. The submission deadline is January 15, 2025.

JGLR is also pleased to announce the Dr. Saeed Al-Dahshan Prize, an award of USD 200 in books of the recipient’s choosing, which will be granted to the author whose contribution is deemed to have the highest merit. You can learn more about the open submission here.

BIICL-SLS International Law Section Workshop: The British Institute of International & Comparative Law and the International Law section of the Society of Legal Scholars invite you to a one-day hybrid workshop taking place in central London on March 26, 2025, under the title ‘Soft Law in International Law’.

The organizers, Dr. Jean-Pierre Gauci, Georgia Greville, Dr. Saeed Bagheri, and Dr. Solon Solomon, invite abstracts to be submitted by December 16, 2024, to biicl-sls-workshop@biicl.org together with a short 150-word bio. Decisions will be communicated by January 24, 2025. More information on the workshop can be found here.

Call for Submissions

ASIL International Criminal Law Scholarship Prize: Submissions are now being accepted for the 2024 American Society of International Law International Criminal Law IG Scholarship Prize. The deadline for submissions is January 15 2025, at 5pm EST. The winner will be announced and recognized at the ASIL Annual Meeting in April 2025. Please see this flyer for full details.

For questions about the prize or submission process, please contact the ICLIG Co-Chairs Steve Koh (koh@bu.edu) or Ryan Liss (rliss@uwo.ca).

Events

Litigating the Energy Charter: The International Law Association Irish Branch is hosting a webinar, ‘Litigating the Energy Charter Treaty’, on Monday, 9 December 2024, at 10am GMT. The discussion will be on climate change policies and investor-state dispute settlement under the Energy Charter Treaty, legal options for states to exit the treaty, and compensating fossil fuel investors. More information and a QR code through which to register can be found on this flyer. Registration is also possible here.

Court of the Citizens of the World: The Court of the Citizens of the World was established to confront impunity where existing judicial systems face limitations. The Court organizes tribunals to highlight significant human rights violations and to advocate for justice on an international level. The upcoming tribunal, scheduled for May 2025, will focus on ICC arrest warrants for key figures within both the Israeli and Hamas leadership—specifically, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Hamas Chief in Gaza Yahya Sinwar. This tribunal, under the esteemed patronage of the late Nuremberg Prosecutor Benjamin Ferencz and supported by Nobel Peace Prize laureate Oleksandra Matviichuk, is planned to take place at the Old Bailey in London or The Hague.