In the wake of recent reporting on jus cogens by the U.N. International Law Commission (ILC), I thought I would share two feminist critiques of the doctrine. First, “Magic”

or Smoke and Mirrors? The Gendered Illusion of Jus Cogens seeks to demystify and debunk the ILC’s positivist methodology for identifying jus cogens norms and reveals [...]

[Dhaval Bothra is a law student at Symbiosis Law School, Pune.] Introduction This blog specifically analyzes the legality of unilateral economic sanctions imposed by Member

States, excluding UNSC sanctions. The primary focus is on evaluating the compatibility of these unilateral economic sanctions with the WTO’s Public Morals Exception, [...]

The International Criminal Court has been frequently accused of a bias against Africa in that all its defendants thus far have been from Africa. But might the ICC suffer from

another bias that disadvantages Africa? EJIL editor-in-chief Sarah Nouwen discusses with Stewart Manley and Pardis M. [...]

On September 29-30, 2023, the Department of International Law at the Faculty of Public Governance and International Studies at Ludovika – University of Public Service will

host a conference on "War and Peace in International Law – The Fate of Human Rights," in Budapest. [...]

On October 23-24, 2023, the Faculty of Law of the Justus-Liebig University Gieβen will host a conference on "Chemical and Biological Weapons: The Interconnectivity of Norms."

Details are here. [...]

There is a lacuna in the International Criminal Court’s (ICC) jurisprudence on jurisdiction for the transboundary crime against humanity of deportation. The issue is whether

the deportation of victims across the high seas into the territory of a Rome Statute state party falls within the ICC’s territorial jurisdiction. [...]

How do international organizations change? Many organizations expand into new areas or abandon programmes of work. Advocacy and Change in International Organizations argues

that they do so not only at the collective direction of member states. Advocacy is a crucial but overlooked source of change in international organizations. [...]

We treat U.S. foreign relations law as a discrete body of law—and it is. But it is not independent. To the contrary, it relies on the same institutional actors that govern

more generally: the President, Congress, the federal judiciary, administrative agencies, and sub-national governments. [...]