08 Nov Events and Announcements: 8 November 2026
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Calls for Papers
Reparations for Harm – Intersections of Human Rights, Humanitarian and International Criminal Law: The workshop Reparations for Harm: Intersections of Human Rights, Humanitarian and International Criminal Law will be held in Utrecht on 22 and 23 April 2027. The rapidly changing geopolitical landscape and large-scale armed conflicts underscore the need for reparation for victims of serious human rights violations and other violations of international humanitarian or criminal law. The workshop will host several panels on all aspects of reparations. The convenors welcome submissions on, among other topics:
- reparations by human rights courts and quasi-judicial mechanisms;
- reparations in international criminal justice;
- reparations for harm in inter-state and mass claims mechanisms;
- reparations for harm before domestic courts; and
- universal jurisdiction and reparations.
For more information and submission guidelines, see the CfP here.
Sustainability and Its Discontents: Law and the Fashion System: Fashion Theory: The Journal of Dress, Body & Culture invites contributions to a special issue examining sustainability as a contested field of transnational governance. Using fashion as a particularly revealing global industry, the issue asks how sustainability obligations are constructed across law, corporate governance, global supply chains and voluntary initiatives, and how these frameworks distribute responsibility among brands, suppliers, workers, consumers and states. The call particularly welcomes work on due diligence, traceability, global value chains, labour and production, corporate responsibility, Global South perspectives, and the interaction between regulatory ambitions and persistent structures of economic inequality. Abstracts of 500 words are due 3 January 2027. Selected contributors may be invited to present at an EUI–Institut Français de la Mode conference on 8–9 April 2027. Further information and submission details can be found here.
Human Rights Essay Award 2027: The Academy on Human Rights and Humanitarian Law at American University Washington College of Law invites submissions for the Human Rights Essay Award (HREA). The topic for 2027 is “Democracy, Human Rights and Participation.” Participants may address any issue related to the theme, provided the essay engages directly with it. The Academy understands international human rights law broadly, to include international humanitarian law and international criminal law. Two winners will be selected: one for the best essay in English and one for the best essay in Spanish. The competition is open to individuals worldwide who have already obtained their first law degree. The submission deadline is 3 February 2027. For additional information and submission guidelines, see here.
Events
Webinar: Nuclear Reactors on the Moon – Legal Aspects of Space Reactor Deployment: Space reactors powering space mining or human settlements on the Moon are no longer a utopia. Several projects plan to bring nuclear reactors into operation on the Moon in the 2030s. In December 2025, the US executive order Ensuring American Space Superiority became the first legal instrument to explicitly address the deployment of reactors on the Moon by 2030. Nuclear energy will play an integral role in the further exploration of outer space, but a transparent legal framework is a major prerequisite for deploying future lunar reactors. This lecture asks what legal framework should govern the deployment of nuclear reactors on the Moon (and beyond), whether the existing regimes of international space law and international nuclear law can regulate it, and what a future framework for “space nuclear law” might look like. The webinar takes place on Zoom on 19 November 2026, 16:00–17:30 SGT (09:00–10:30 CET). For registration and more information, see here.
Nuremberg Academy Dialogue – “The United Nations and the Nuremberg Principles”: The International Nuremberg Principles Academy invites you to its Nuremberg Academy Dialogue, held as an online webinar on 20 November 2026 at 18:00 CET. Organised as part of The Hague Justice Week in cooperation with the City of The Hague and The Hague Humanity Hub, the Dialogue features a high-level panel on the foundational role of the United Nations and the International Law Commission in formulating the Nuremberg Principles, and on how these principles continue to shape international criminal law and accountability efforts for core international crimes today. Confirmed speakers include:
- Dr Cécile Aptel, Principal Advisor, UN International, Impartial and Independent Mechanism on Syria; Professor of Practice of International Law, The Fletcher School, Tufts University
- Laurel Baig, Principal Legal Advisor and Officer in Charge, Arusha Branch, Office of the Prosecutor, UN International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals
- Judge Ivana Hrdličková, former President of the Special Tribunal for Lebanon
- Ambassador David Scheffer, Senior Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations; Professor of Practice, Arizona State University; former US Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes Issues
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, and addressed to a global audience of legal professionals, academics and civil society representatives. To attend, please register here. Further information is available here.
ILA (British Branch) Lecture Series at UCL: The UCL Faculty of Laws is organising the following lectures as part of the ILA (British Branch) Lecture Series. Both run from 18:00 to 19:00 and are followed by a drinks reception:
- 25 November 2026: “Avoidance in International Dispute Settlement”, Dr Manuel Casas (Twenty Essex). Free registration here.
- 9 December 2026: “Changing the Jus ad Bellum: Creation and Modification of Legal Bases for the Use of Force in International Law”, Dr Katie Johnston (Liverpool Law School). Free registration here.
Conference – Digital Dual Use: The ZEVEDI project group Digital Dual Use will host an interdisciplinary conference in Frankfurt am Main on 3–4 December 2026. “Dual use” refers to the possibility that civilian technologies could be used for hostile military purposes. Applied to digital solutions and goods, the concept reaches its limits, raising the question of whether the existing dual-use framework needs to be reconsidered. The conference will discuss both the existing legal framework and the specific characteristics of digital technologies, and will analyse why digital issues can complicate dual-use assessments. The conference will be held in German. The programme and registration details are available here.