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Bruno Agustin Arpi (Adelaide Univ. - Law) has published Shaping the Ice: Argentina and Australia’s Contributions to Antarctic Law (Springer 2026). Here's the abstract: This book examines the crucial role of Antarctic legal studies in managing present and future geopolitical tensions in Antarctica. Specifically focusing on Argentina and Australia's historical contributions, it examines key moments of crisis in Antarctic history to assess their impact on Antarctic law development. By analysing these nations' responses to critical situations, the book extracts valuable lessons on how they can effectively use Antarctic law to navigate current and future geopolitical challenges. Furthermore, the book offers seven practical recommendations for Argentina and Australia to enhance Antarctic law, ensuring its efficacy in addressing these challenges. Readers will not only gain a comprehensive understanding of Argentina and Australia's historical roles in shaping Antarctic law but also appreciate the pivotal role of this legal framework in maintaining order, stability, and cooperation in the Antarctic region. The book's insights are invaluable for policymakers, scholars, and anyone interested in the sustainable governance of Antarctica, emphasizing the significance of international collaboration in preserving this unique and vital environment.

The latest issue of the Virginia Journal of International Law (Vol. 66, no. 2, 2026) is out. Contents include: * Philip Sales, The Past and the Future of the European Court of Human Rights * Trent Buatte, From Deep Freeze to Seize: The Legal Case for Confiscating Russian Sovereign Assets for Ukraine * Jayanth K. Krishnan, The Forgotten Lawyer: Donor Aid and Rule of Law Efforts in Our Current Political Moment

The latest issue of the Netherlands International Law Review (Vol. 72, no. 3, December 2025) is out. Contents include: * Climate Change Litigation: International Legal Perspectives * Denise Prévost, Machiko Kanetake, & Jan Wouters, Climate Change Litigation: International Legal Perspectives * Dominic Coppens & Nicolas Lockhart, Wayfinders for Climate Change Action: The ICJ, ITLOS, and IACtHR Advisory Opinions on Climate Change * Roman Girma Teshome, Rethinking the Determination of Victim Status in Rights-based Climate Change Litigation * Antoine De Spiegeleir, International Law After KlimaSeniorinnen * Beichen Ding, Extraterritorial Climate Change Obligations and Their Implications for Unilateral Climate-related Trade Measures * Isabela Keuschnigg, Clemens Kaupa, Joana Setzer, L. Delta Merner, Kaia Turowski, Paul Lachapelle, Allison Shyrock & Aradhna Tandon, Integrating Scope 3 Emissions into Corporate Climate Change Litigation: Evolution, Challenges, and Responses * Aydin Mehdi Khani Saatlou, Reza Tajarlou, & Alireza Kheirandish, Caspian Sea Water Transfer Project: International Law Considerations and Implications * Who is Afraid of Choice-of-Court Agreements in Domestic Cases? The Inkreal Case and Beyond Aleksandrs Fillers

The latest issue of the Journal on the Use of Force and International Law (Vol. 13, no. 1, 2026) is out. Contents include: * Hannah Woolaver, Collective self-defence or military action with consent? The legal basis of SADC’s mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo * Achille Castrogiovanni, NATO’s ACC and CPC stay-behind networks: Article 2(4), collective self-defence, and democratic control * Sungcheol Choi, The legal status of the NLL and the right of self-defense against North Korea’s cross-NLL artillery fire * Faisal Al-A’bbadi & Mohammad Assaf Alsalamat, Reassessing the role of the United Nations Security Council in peaceful conflict resolution: legality, efficacy, and reform * Victor Iruobe & Ikpenmosa Uhumuavbi, Retaliatory sovereignty: Israel, Iran, and the juridification of existential threat * Ahmed Elmohtadybellah, Iran’s strike on U.S. forces in Qatar: self-defense or aggression? A doctrinal appraisal under the UN charter and the Rome statute

Roman Kwiecień (Jagiellonian Univ. in Kraków - Law) has published Relational Normativity of International Law: General International Law and the International Legal Order (Routledge 2026). Here's the abstract: This book provides a comprehensive assessment of general international law and its normative relevance to the international legal order. The relevance of general international law to the international legal order is founded on a concept of the relational normativity of international law. The book demonstrates how relational normativity is an intrinsic feature of international law that characterises it as a legal order. It argues that this is of crucial importance for the sources of international law as well as for normative conflicts between its rules and principles. Making a strong case for positing general international law as the core of international law, the book argues this is a basis of normative unity, an effective remedy for fragmentation, and a useful guide to areas of normative conflicts of special legal regimes. Thus, it offers an analytical lens for understanding how unity and coherence can be maintained within an increasingly complex and specialised international legal landscape.

On September 17–18, 2026, the Law Faculties of Universidad Panamericana, Ave Maria School of Law, and Abat Oliba CEU will host the first International Congress on Human Rights, in Guadalajara, Mexico. The conference will address structural challenges facing the Inter-American Human Rights System across six panels covering: defense of cases and selection of judges and commissioners; control de convencionalidad, subsidiarity and margin of appreciation; the IACtHR and international standards; interpretation of the ACHR; substantive human rights issues; and proposals to strengthen the IAHRS. Four keynote addresses will be delivered by Judge Alberto Borea Odría (IACtHR), former ECtHR Judge Javier Borrego Borrego, former IACHR Commissioner Carlos Bernal Pulido, and IACHR President Edgar Stuardo Ralón Orellana. Sessions will be held in Spanish and English. Details are here.

The latest issue of International Organization (Vol. 80, no. 2, Spring 2026) is out. Contents include: * Articles * Justin Key Canfil, Convergent Flexibility: How International Law Keeps Pace with Technological Change * Brandon J Kinne, Juan F. Tellez, Anya Stewart, Iliyan Iliev, Brandon Derr, Shreya Murthy, & Patrick Bernhard, Transnational Networks and Interstate Competition: How Support for Nonstate Actors Increases Conflict between States * Gino Pauselli & Beth A. Simmons, From Barriers to Abuse: Border Hardening and Torture * Research Notes * Amy Pond, Asset Mobility and Property Rights * Hannah Jakob Barrett & Eric Gabo Ekeberg Nilsen, How Threats of American Withdrawal from NATO Affect European Public Attitudes Toward Defense * Fahd Humayun, Tweets to the Streets? Effects of a Leader’s Social Media Messaging on Nationalist Mobilization * Caroline M. Brandt & Jenniina Kotajoki, Naming and Shaming Nonstate Armed Groups at the United Nations Security Council

AJIL Unbound has posted a symposium on “Exploring Extraterritoriality’s Empire.” The symposium includes an introduction by Md. Rizwanul Islam and Hannah L. Buxbaum, and contributions by Md. Rizwanul Islam , Angela Huyue Zhang, Gillian MacNeil, Pasha L. Hsieh, Alejandro Chehtman, Rosemary Ann Byrne, and Danielle Ireland-Piper.

The inaugural issue of the African Review of International Law (Inaugural Issue, June 2026) is out. Contents include: * Maurice Kamto, Editorial: A Look at Africa and International Law * Maurice Kamto, Editorial: Regard sur l'Afrique et le Droit International * Makane Moïse Mbengue, Introductory Remarks * Yves Daudet, Il Faut Faire Confiance à l’Afrique ! * Bing Bing Jia, Reflections on a Recent African Contribution To International Law * Mario J.A. Oyarzábal, African Jurists in the Four International Legal Institutions: IDI, Hague Academy, ICJ and ILC. A Survey and Comparative Study with Other Regions * Namira Negm, Africa and International Law: A Quick Look into Practice, Collaborative Processes, and Institutional Adaptation * Giuditta Cordero-Moss, The Legal Framework for Arbitration in Africa: Issues Of Applicable Law * Yuko Nishitani, Private International Law and Child Protection From The Perspective of Africa * Grégoire Jiogue, La Réception des Règles De Droit International Privé Français en Afrique Noire Francophone * August Reinisch & Maria José Escobar Gil, The Wealth of Regional Courts in Africa: An Outsider’s Perspective * Laurence Boisson de Chazournes, International Watercourses, Boundary Delimitation and Human Needs: An African Perspective * Nilufer Oral, Sea Level Rise, Implication for Africa And The Work of the International Law Commission * Linos-Alexandre Sicilianos, Réflexions sur la Dimension Humaine du Droit International dans le Contexte Actuel * Dire Tladi, Intertemporal Law and the Denial of Justice