On 21 May 2026, the International Court of Justice delivered its advisory opinion on the right to strike under ILO Convention No. 87, holding by ten votes to four that the right is protected by that i...
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UNCITRAL Working Group III has been seized with Investor-State Dispute Settlement (ISDS) reform for nearly ten years. Pursuing several initiatives in parallel, one project now entering its final stage...
From April 27 to 22 May 2026, the 11th Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) was held in New York amid a climate of considerable tension. In ...
Bulgaria won the 70th Eurovision Song Contest in Vienna with Dara’s “Bangaranga”; Israel finished second; and five countries, Ireland, Spain, the Netherlands, Slovenia and Iceland, stayed away in prot...
Essential Supplies for Friends? AOTES, Export Restrictions, and WTO Non-Discrimination | by Yoshimichi Ishikawa
Two Weeks in Review: 18—29 May 2026 | by Sebastian von Massow
When Advice Should Have Turned Binding: A Missed Opportunity | by Pranay Lekhi
Announcements: Diversity and Teaching International Law Webinar; CfP Workshop on Neutrality in Legal Scholarship; [...] | by Mary Guest
Announcements: CfA International Law of the Sea Conference; Introduction to PIL Summer School; Peace Operations International Law Summer School [...] | by Mary Guest
Is Deep-Seabed Mining Compatible with the Human Right to a Healthy Environment? Insights from the ICJ and IACtHR Climate Change Advisory Opinions | by Samantha Robb, Naima Taafaki-Fifita and Michelle Bender
When supply-chain disruptions interrupt access to essential supplies, small, highly open economies are particularly vulnerable. A familiar response has been cooperation and information-sharing, as ref...
China turns on tariff-free trade for Africa, while Iran turns off the internet. The ICJ’s advisory jurisdiction is back in focus, with the Right to Strike Advisory Opinion handed down a day after the ...
On 21 May 2026, the International Court of Justice gave its advisory opinion on the Right to Strike under ILO Convention No. 87. By ten votes to four, the Court concluded that the right to strike of w...
1. Diversity and Teaching International Law Webinar. On Wednesday 17 June at 14.30 – 16.00 CET, the ESIL Teaching Corner Webinar Series will host a webinar on ‘Diversity and Teaching International Law...
1. Call for Abstracts: Postgraduate Research Conference on the International Law of the Sea. The International Law Department, Geneva Graduate Institute is inviting submissions for a postgraduate rese...
In 2025, following the 2024 advisory opinion (AO) of the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea on Climate Change (here), the International Court of Justice (ICJ) and the Inter-American Court o...
