Events and Announcements: 14 June 2026

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Call for Papers

Conference and PGR Roundtable – Theorising the New Age of Environmental Human Rights Law Conference + PGR Roundtable: The conference will examine how recent developments in environmental human rights law should be understood at the level of theory. We invite abstracts of up to 200 words. Abstracts should touch on one or more of the four themes, broadly construed: the philosophical foundations of the right to a healthy environment; contested right-holders; the rights-turn in climate litigation; and courts, democracy, and legitimacy. We welcome submissions from legal scholars, philosophers, political theorists, and social scientists. We also invite abstracts of up to 200 words from postgraduate researchers. PGR presenters may receive funded travel and accommodation (provided by the Society of Legal Scholars). The deadline for all abstracts is 6 July 2026. The main conference takes place on 17 and 18 September 2026 at Lancaster Castle. CFP for main conference (contact j.letwin@lancaster.ac.uk).CFP for PGR Roundtable (contact k.neaves@lancaster.ac.uk or c.cornejomartinez@lancaster.ac.uk). Further details on the website.

Events

Heidelberg Workshop on International Law & The Mind: We are pleased to announce that the Workshop on International Law & The Mind will take place on 25 and 26 June 2026 at the Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law (organized by Moshe Hirsch and Andrea Bianchi). The workshop aims at broadening the analytical toolbox available to international law scholars, by encouraging them to explore how various mental processes shape our understanding of international law and its practical functioning in the international community. For the program, please see here.  If you are interested in attending the workshop in person, please contact Tal Mimran talmimran@gmail.com or Miriam Shenhav miriam.shenhav@mail.huji.ac.il.

International Conference – Nuremberg Forum 2026: From 7 to 9 October 2026, the International Nuremberg Principles Academy cordially invites you to attend the Nuremberg Forum 2026 titled “A Critical Alliance: the UN Charter and the Nuremberg Principles – Peace and Security in a Fragmented World”. Held at the historic Courtroom 600, the venue of the Nuremberg trials, the Forum will assess the historic development and current contentions affecting frameworks regulating the use of force in international law. It will further analyse how the international criminal justice system can adapt to effectively uphold these norms in an era defined by fragmentation, multipolarity, democratic backsliding as well as hybrid and asymmetrical warfare. Discussions will further address the roles of survivor communities, the UN, courts, civil society and other stakeholders in furthering justice, reparations and prevention.

The Conference will be conducted in a hybrid format. Find further information on the panel compositions and themes as well as the (free of charge) registration here.

Nuremberg Academy Dialogue: On Friday, 10 July 2026, the International Nuremberg Principles Academy cordially invites you to attend its inaugural Nuremberg Academy Dialogue. The international dialogue will be held as an online webinar on 10 July 2026 at 6.00 pm CEST. Organised as part of the 80 Years of Nuremberg Symposium in cooperation with the Robert H. Jackson Center, this online event launches a new series dedicated to exploring topical issues in the field of international criminal law. The first Dialogue, titled “Remembering Nuremberg”, will examine how the Nuremberg Trials have been remembered and reinterpreted over the past eight decades, how they continue to shape international criminal law and accountability mechanisms today, and what “remembering Nuremberg” can teach us in responding to contemporary conflicts and mass atrocities. The first Dialogue, titled “Remembering Nuremberg”, will examine how the Nuremberg trials have been remembered and reinterpreted over time, how they continue to shape international criminal law and accountability mechanisms today, and what “remembering Nuremberg” can teach us in responding to contemporary conflicts and mass atrocities.

Confirmed speakers include Ambassador Stephen Rapp, Senior Fellow at the US Holocaust Memorial Museum Center for Prevention of Genocide and Georgetown University Center for National Security Law, former US Ambassador-at-Large for Global Criminal Justice, Professor Gerry Simpson, Professor of Public International Law at the London School of Economics and Political Science, and Professor Annette Weinke, Senior Researcher at the Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena. The dialogue will be chaired by Dr Viviane Dittrich, Deputy Director of the International Nuremberg Principles Academy.

The event is free and open to the public, addressed to a global audience of legal professionals, academics, scholars and civil society representatives. To attend the event, please register here. Further information on the Nuremberg Academy Dialogue can be found here.

Job

Assistant Professor in International Law: The Graduate Institute of International and development Studies Geneva, Switzerland is seeking to hire an outstanding colleague with the potential for research leadership in international law and with a demonstrated interest in issues related to global health. Candidates must hold a doctoral degree in law prior to the start of their contract and show excellence in research through completed projects and a promising research agenda. The application deadline is 16 August 2026. More information here.

Postdoctoral Researcher – Value Collisions Project: The Centre for Fundamental Rights at the Hertie School, is seeking to fill the position of a Postdoctoral Researcher – Value Collisions Project (f/m/div) on a full-time basis (40 hours per week). The contract shall commence on 31 August 2026 and is limited for two years. The successful candidate will join the research project COLLISIONS led by Violeta Moreno-Lax, Professor of International Law at the Hertie School and the Director of the School’s Centre for Fundamental Rights, and will contribute teaching for the MIA programme at the Hertie School in International Law.

The postholder will conduct advanced post-doctoral research on value conflicts in international judicial reasoning, with a focus on either armed conflict or climate change, analysing jurisprudence from the ICJ, regional human rights courts, and UN Treaty bodies, while contributing to research events, publications, teaching on the MIA International Law course, and the broader academic life of the Centre. Candidates should hold (or imminently expect) a doctorate in law, politics, or a cognate discipline, with a strong track record in human rights research, excellent knowledge of international courts in the relevant thematic area, prior publications, and teaching experience. Applications comprising a CV, cover letter with research plan, two writing samples, and two academic references are due 21 June 2026, with interviews planned for 6–7 July; questions can be directed to Professor Moreno-Lax.