Events and Announcements: 26 October 2025

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Announcement

Call for Participants – ESIL Early-Career Mentoring Program: Expressions of interest for the ESIL Early Career Mentoring Program 2025-2026 are now open until 27 October. Anyone interested is warmly invited to participate as a mentor or mentee by completing this questionnaire.

For questions, suggestions, or further information, contact the ESIL Early Career Network Coordinating Committee at esil.ecr@gmail.com.

Calls for Papers

2026 Human Rights Essay Award: The Academy on Human Rights and Humanitarian Law at American University Washington College of Law invites submissions for the 2026 Human Rights Essay Award (HREA). The topic is “The right to protest under international human rights law: legal protection and challenges ahead.” Essays must focus directly on this theme, which may include aspects of international humanitarian or criminal law. The competition is open to legal professionals worldwide who have already earned their first law degree. Two winners—one for English and one for Spanish—will receive a full tuition scholarship to the 2026 Program of Advanced Studies on Human Rights and Humanitarian Law, held 25 May –12 June 2026, in Washington, D.C. (travel and living costs not included). Outstanding essays may be published in the American University International Law Review. The submission deadline is 3 February 2026, at 11:59 PM (EST). More details are available here or via email at humanrightsessay@wcl.american.edu. Follow @acadhumanrights on Instagram or Academy on Human Rights on LinkedIn for updates.

Central Asia Yearbook on International Law (CAYIL): The Central Asia Yearbook on International Law (Brill | Nijhoff; first volume 2026) invites submissions on international law with a substantive link to Central Asia (Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan); broader topics are also considered. In addition to peer-reviewed articles, CAYIL publishes practice-oriented essays, reflections on recent developments, case and treaty notes, literature reviews, and surveys of State practice. Rolling submissions are accepted until 31 March 2026. All pieces undergo double-blind review. Articles should not exceed 10,000 words (including footnotes), shorter pieces are welcome. Authors should transparently disclose any use of AI tools in line with De Gruyter Brill’s policy. Full details: here. Enquiries and submissions: Professor Sergey Sayapin, School of Law, KIMEP University — s.sayapin@kimep.kz.

Fairness and International Law – Across Space and Time: The Max Planck Law Fellow Group, led by Prof. Andreas von Arnauld (WSI) in collaboration with Prof. Anne Peters (MPIL) and Prof. Marie-Claire Foblets (MPI Eth), invites early-career researchers (PhD students and postdocs) to a workshop on Fairness and International Law: Across Space and Time, 10–12 May 2026 in Kiel, Germany. The workshop will explore how international law can address fairness challenges affecting geographically distant, past, or future interests in areas such as human rights, environmental protection, peace and security, international economic law, decolonisation, migration, and digital governance.

Participants will receive feedback from peers and leading scholars in follow-up online sessions, with results published in the institutes’ working paper series and forming the basis for a future conference (Spring 2027). Submit a 1,000-word abstract with a short CV by 12 December 2025 via this form. Draft papers are due 26 April 2026. Accommodation expenses are covered. Questions: zahmad@wsi.uni-kiel.de.

Digitalisation of Justice – Perspectives from Germany and The Netherlands: Emerging scholars (PhD candidates or within one year post-PhD) are invited to submit abstracts for the symposium Digitalisation of Justice: Perspectives from Germany and the Netherlands, scheduled for 29 May 2026 in Groningen, the Netherlands. Six authors will be selected to present posters throughout the day, deliver elevator pitches, and engage with questions from attendees. Full paper submissions prior to the symposium may be considered for an edited volume to be published by Springer Nature.

The symposium welcomes original research on the impact of digitalisation on courts and dispute resolution, balancing efficiency and fairness, including topics in Private International Law, Civil, Criminal, and Administrative Procedure. Dutch and German perspectives are central, with broader European perspectives also considered. Abstracts (max. 250 words), CV, and optional travel scholarship requests (max. 150 words) should be emailed to Dr. Benedikt Schmitz at digitalisation@weakerparties.eu by 9 November 2025. More information here.

Event

Book Launch – Responsibility Sharing in International Refugee Law: On 29 October 2025, 5,30pm, in London, the International Law at Westminster (ILaW) centre will host the launch of the book Responsibility Sharing in International Refugee Law by Dr Elizabeth Mavropoulou. Speakers include Professor Violeta Moreno Lax (Hertie School and Queen Mary University of London), Professor David Canto (Refugee Law Initiative, London School of Advanced Studies) and Dr Marco Longobardo (University of Westminster). More info and free registration available here.