Events and Announcements: 22 February 2026

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Call for Papers

Palestine Against and Through International Law: KÜREMER invites abstracts for a workshop on 13 June 2026 in Istanbul at Koç University, which will critically examine the role of international law in enabling, organising, and contesting the genocide in Gaza. The workshop will dwell in the tension between exposing law’s colonial and racialised complicities and mobilising international legal vocabularies and institutions for accountability, resistance, and emancipation. Each paper will be assigned a discussant who will provide detailed feedback, fostering in-depth discussion and critique. Discussants include Shahd Hammouri (Kent), Victor Kattan (Nottingham), Nahed Samour (Radboud), and Christine Schwöbel-Patel (Warwick). 

Abstracts of no more than 500 words should be sent to kuremer@ku.edu.tr by 22 March 2026. Limited funding is available to cover travel and accommodation costs, with priority given to junior scholars and those without institutional financial support. The call for papers can be read here. 

Events

International Law Symposium in Transnational Networks and Accountability: The Centre for Justice, Law and Society at University of East London, together with Legal Action Worldwide, present: International law symposium on Transnational Networks and Accountability. The symposium will take place at University of East London -University Square Stratford (USS), on Wednesday 4 March 2026 from 11:00am -13:30pm GMT.

Often, lawyers view Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) in terms of their specific contribution to the dimensions of global justice, i.e., as advocates or partners in the field. Examining the legitimacy of global justice institution is incomplete unless we look at the broader context of global governance.  Thus, this symposium brings together scholars and practitioners from the disciplines of international law, international criminal law, transitional justice and international relations. Broadly speaking, Kirabira’s new book helps to answer critical questions about the role of NGOs in global governance which continue to evade scholarly works. What should we think of NGOs working within the often-contested spaces of Global South-North global governance? How do they impact on the imbalances in the global governance structures? Are there avenues for countering hegemony within NGO work in international criminal justice? A panel will explore these issues. Find full information here and please register here.

Nuremberg Academy Lecture 2026: The International Nuremberg Principles Academy is hosting this year’s Nuremberg Academy Lecture, which will be delivered by Judge Hilary Charlesworth and will take place on Tuesday, 28 April 2026, from 5.30 pm to 7.30 pm, in Courtroom 600 of the Nuremberg Palace of Justice, the historic venue of the main Nuremberg war crimes trial. In her lecture, Judge Hilary Charlesworth (International Court of Justice) will address the question “Does the International Court of Justice have a Criminal Jurisdiction?”. She will examine the extent to which issues of international criminal law arise within the work of the International Court of Justice, including through advisory opinions and other judicial functions that intersect with criminal responsibility and accountability under international law.

The event is open to the public free of cost and without pre-registration. All participants are invited to stay for the reception following the lecture. Further Information on the Nuremberg Academy Lecture can be found here.

Global Law at Reading (GLAR) Ghandhi Research Seminar Series, 2025-26, Semester 2: GLAR announces the following events for the remainder of the academic year (all times are UK time, and all are welcome without prior registration):

• Dr Andrea Maria Pelliconi, Lecturer in Human Rights at the University of Southampton, Demographic engineering and the reconfiguration of self-determination in Western Sahara from Morocco’s occupation to UN Security Council Resolution 2797 (2025); 24 February 2026, 2pm, Palmer 101 and online on Teams
• Dr Catherine Briddick, Associate Professor at the Refugee Studies Centre, Oxford, Palestine refugees and Article 1D of the Refugee Convention in European courts; 5 March 2026, 1pm, EM57 or online on Teams
• GLAR book discussion: Animals and the Constitution: Towards Sentience-based Constitutionalism, with authors John Olusegun Adenitire and Raffael Fasel, and discussants David Bilchitz, Melanie Murcott and Alok Gupta; 11 March 2026, 2.30pm, Palmer 105 or online on Teams
• Dr Nick Maple, Senior Lecturer in Refugee Studies at the University of London, Refugee Reception in Southern Africa; 12 March 2026, 1pm, EM57 or online on Teams
• Dr Antonio Coco, Senior Lecturer in Law at the University of Essex, Modes of Liability for AI-Enabled Crimes in International Criminal Law; 19 March 2026, 12 noon, Palmer G09 or online on Teams
• Dr Federica Paddeu, Associate Professor of Law and Derek Bowett Fellow, Queens’ College, University of Cambridge, The Distributive Effect of Countermeasures in International Law; 30 April 2026, 12 noon, Palmer 107 or online on Teams
• Dr Jeff Crisp, Research Associate at the Refugee Studies Centre, Oxford and former Senior Protection Officer at UNHCR, The Role of UNHCR and the Future of Humanitarian Work; 7 May 2026, 1pm, EM57 or online on Teams 

University of Edinburgh Global Law Conference: University of Edinburgh Centre for International and Global Law (CIGL), and the International Law Reading Group (ILRG) is jointly organising the University of Edinburgh Global Law Conference, a two day conference on 30 April and 1 May 2026 aiming to gather research that can demonstrate the multifaceted nature of global law, its explanatory power of the contemporary legal order, and deepen the understanding of legal scholarship on the role global law plays to respond to current and future challenges. The conference is held in person only at the University of Edinburgh Old College. For further information and to sign up please visit the following link.

Scholarship

Sam Pegram Scholarship: The University of York’s Centre for Applied Human Rights and the Sam Pegram Humanitarian Foundation are excited to announce the Sam Pegram Scholarship. This full LLM scholarship includes tuition, accommodation, travel and visa costs, and a living stipend for one international student to pursue an LLM in International Human Rights Law and Practice, offered by the University of York.

The Sam Pegram Scholarship is in memory of Sam Pegram, a caring, kind and talented young man who tragically died in 2019. Sam was an alumnus of the LLM. Through this scholarship, others will have the opportunity to study on this course and make a positive difference for the rights of people on the move and human rights more generally. For eligibility and application details, please visit this website. Applications for 2026/27 are open until Sunday 31 May 2026, 11.59pm BST.

Questions? Contact Dr Mattia Pinto (mattia.pinto@york.ac.uk).