The Rosalyn Higgins Prize is an annual prize which awards EUR 1000 of Brill book vouchers and a one-year LPICT subscription to the author of the best article on the law and practice of the International Court of Justice, either focusing solely on the ICJ or with the ICJ as one of the dispute settlement mechanisms under consideration. The winning article will also be published in LPICT and made freely available online for ninety days to maximize its dissemination. Deadline: 15 May 2026 More information can be found HERE.
(written by Carola Lingaas, Jeremy Sarkin and Jessica Jonsson) Following a referendum in 2011, South Sudan became independent from Sudan after decades of protracted armed conflict. The optimism for a peaceful future of the world’s newest nation state quickly evaporated when internal power struggles between the President and Vice-President arose. These political tensions reignited violence and led to the outbreak of an internal armed conflict along ethnic lines. Political actors instrumentalised ethnic identity, transforming elite rivalry into widespread violence against civilian populations. In 2015, an Agreement for the Resolution of the Crisis in South Sudan (ARCISS) was brokered with the…
2nd Annual Nordic IHL Symposium,IHL/LOAC Implications for Nordic Preparedness in Relation to Emerging Threats and Technologies, Copenhagen, 28-29 May 2026. Early career professionals who are nationals of or based in a Nordic state are invited to submit abstracts for a panel at the symposium, which is co-hosted by the University of Copenhagen’s Centre for Military Studies, the Danish Red Cross, the Danish MoD, and the Danish MFA. Through the lens of IHL and related areas, the symposium will explore how developments in modern warfare – geography, actors, targets, and technology – have affected and will affect Nordic preparedness on the home front…
The Nordic Journal of Human Rights invites submissions of papers presenting innovative scholarship analysing the multiple challenges facing the international human rights project amid shifting global power relations in contemporary world politics and seeking to address issues such as: The journal takes a multi-disciplinary approach to human rights as legal, political, and social practice. We publish high-quality scholarship analysing the past, present and future of human rights from a variety of theoretical and methodological viewpoints. Read about how to submit a manuscript here. Read the full call for papers here.
The SLS International Law section and Solon Solomon (BUL) together with Saeed Bagheri (University of Reading), have organized a 2-day Conference on ‘The U.S. and International Law in changing times’ held in London on 5-6 November with panels on a number of issues, spanning from sovereignty, human rights and trade to AI, science, technology and international organizations. With keynote addresses given by Oona Hathaway (Yale), Jose Alvarez (NYU) and Gerry Simpson (LSE) and with a roundtable chaired by Solon Solomon and including, apart from Professors Hathaway and Alvarez, also Professors Moshe Hirsch (The Hebrew University of Jerusalem) and Martins Paparinskis…
“Türkiye: Concern at widespread detentions” As Türkiye entered a challenging period—one that continues to unfold—United Nations Human Rights Office Spokesperson Liz Throssell made the following statement regarding the events: “We urge the authorities to ensure that the rights to freedom of expression and freedom of assembly are guaranteed, in line with international law, and that credible allegations of unlawful use of force against protesters are promptly and thoroughly investigated.” It was not only Throssell who responded to the developments in Türkiye; a wide range of actors also expressed concern and issued calls to the Turkish government. Across these responses, a…
Introduction This blogpost provides a general international law analysis concerning issues of academic boycott and relevant legal obligations of States and of universities concerning the dire situation of higher education institutions (HEIs) in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (oPt), due to measures taken by Israeli authorities[see also Gentian Zyberi, World’s higher education institutions need to react to the mass atrocities committed by the IDF in Gaza, 5 May 2024]. First, I provide some context about the escalation of the armed conflict in Gaza since October 2023 and more generally the HEIs situation in the oPt. Then, the focus turns to analyzing…
Some context concerning the latest escalation of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict since 7 October 2023 The indiscriminate attacks launched by Hamas militants on 7 October 2023, resulting in about 1,200 Israelis killed and several thousands’ wounded (also in following days), with about 240 persons forcefully detained and taken back to the Gaza Strip, including children and elderly persons, took the world by surprise. What rightfully and immediately followed was the condemnation of these attacks by Heads of States and Governments, many emphasizing Israel’s right to defend itself without making any qualifications. Since then, due to military action by the Israeli army,…
