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UNESCO’s 2025 Cyrus Cylinder Resolution: Perpetuating the Shortcomings of the Traditional Paradigm of International Legal Historiography | by Anonymous Author
UNESCO’s 2025 Cyrus Cylinder Resolution: Perpetuating the Shortcomings of the Traditional Paradigm of International Legal Historiography
On 6 November 2025, at its 43rd General Conference in Samarkand, UNESCO adopted a resolution recognising the text inscribed on the Cyrus Cylinder – a sixth-century BCE artefact – as a charter of human...
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January 2, 2026 at 1:26 PM
UNESCO’s 2025 Cyrus Cylinder Resolution: Perpetuating the Shortcomings of the Traditional Paradigm of International Legal Historiography | by Anonymous Author
Happy New Year; Farewell (Not Really); and our Most Read Posts of 2025 | by Marko Milanovic
Happy New Year; Farewell (Not Really); and our Most Read Posts of 2025
On behalf of the EJIL: Talk! editorial team, I would like to extend our best wishes to our readers and their families for the new year. Hopefully it will be a bit better than the ones before it. This ...
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January 2, 2026 at 1:24 PM
Happy New Year; Farewell (Not Really); and our Most Read Posts of 2025 | by Marko Milanovic
EJIL News! | by Sarah Nouwen
EJIL News!
The transition from 31 December 2025 to 1 January 2026 entails four big events in EJIL’s life. 1. After almost 30 years, first as Assistant Editor and since 2008 as Managing Editor, Anny Bremner will ...
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December 31, 2025 at 1:28 PM
EJIL News! | by Sarah Nouwen
Systemic Integration and Space Law After the Climate Advisory Opinions | by Giulia Bordacchini, Vitali Braun, Elena Ćirković and Adam Mitchell
Systemic Integration and Space Law After the Climate Advisory Opinions
This post draws on the work of the International Institute for Space Law (IISL) Working Group on Pluralistic Governance and International Space Law (Chair, Elena Cirkovic). The 2024–2025 climate advis...
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December 31, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Systemic Integration and Space Law After the Climate Advisory Opinions | by Giulia Bordacchini, Vitali Braun, Elena Ćirković and Adam Mitchell
Might or Right? The Prospect of an ICJ Advisory Opinion on the Security Council Veto | by Johan Stagstrup and William Cheng
Might or Right? The Prospect of an ICJ Advisory Opinion on the Security Council Veto
The United Nations Security Council (“SC”) veto has once again become a focal point of debate. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and paralysis over the situation in Gaza have revived a familiar concern: th...
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December 30, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Might or Right? The Prospect of an ICJ Advisory Opinion on the Security Council Veto | by Johan Stagstrup and William Cheng
Why the ISA cannot greenlight seabed mining without benefit-sharing regulations | by Aline Jaeckel and Erik van Doorn
Why the ISA cannot greenlight seabed mining without benefit-sharing regulations
Debates around deep seabed mining (DSM) frequently focus on the question of when the International Seabed Authority (ISA) will adopt its regulations for mineral exploitation. The ISA was established u...
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December 30, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Why the ISA cannot greenlight seabed mining without benefit-sharing regulations | by Aline Jaeckel and Erik van Doorn
The Allegations of Genocide Case and Russia’s Judge Ad Hoc | by Milosz Gapsa
The Allegations of Genocide Case and Russia’s Judge Ad Hoc
The Allegations of Genocide case has entered a new phase. On 5 December 2025, the International Court of Justice (Court) issued an order on Russia’s counter-claims. By eleven votes to four, it found t...
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December 29, 2025 at 1:04 PM
The Allegations of Genocide Case and Russia’s Judge Ad Hoc | by Milosz Gapsa
Two Weeks in Review: 15—23 December 2025 | by Sebastian von Massow
Two Weeks in Review: 15—23 December 2025
From drawing lines in the sand to drawing prophets in the press, the last two weeks have run the gamut. Discussions of the failed coup in Benin and civilian arms at sea run alongside analyses of vario...
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December 29, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Two Weeks in Review: 15—23 December 2025 | by Sebastian von Massow
A New Chapter in the Prophet Cartoon Controversy: A Clear Violation of Freedom of Speech in the Making | by N. Betül Haliloğlu Pakdil
A New Chapter in the Prophet Cartoon Controversy: A Clear Violation of Freedom of Speech in the Making
On June 26, satirical magazine Leman published a cartoon, depicting two men with white wings flying over a bombarded city, greeting each other: “As-salamu alaykum (Peace be upon you), I am Muhammad,” ...
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December 29, 2025 at 12:59 PM
A New Chapter in the Prophet Cartoon Controversy: A Clear Violation of Freedom of Speech in the Making | by N. Betül Haliloğlu Pakdil
🚨 New EJIL: The Podcast! Episode 🎙️ Palestinian Legal Frontiers: SC Res 2803 and Beyond
This episode explores a range of legal questions related to the past, present, and future of Palestine. Featuring Victor Kattan, Mona Rishmawi, and Sonia Boulos.
This episode explores a range of legal questions related to the past, present, and future of Palestine. Featuring Victor Kattan, Mona Rishmawi, and Sonia Boulos.
EJIL: The Podcast! Episode 40: Palestinian Legal Frontiers: SC Res 2803 and beyond
Palestine and the Palestinians are often the subjects of conversations in the news, on blogs and in judicial opinions, but not present in conversations themselves. The issues are treated episodically ...
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December 23, 2025 at 2:22 PM
🚨 New EJIL: The Podcast! Episode 🎙️ Palestinian Legal Frontiers: SC Res 2803 and Beyond
This episode explores a range of legal questions related to the past, present, and future of Palestine. Featuring Victor Kattan, Mona Rishmawi, and Sonia Boulos.
This episode explores a range of legal questions related to the past, present, and future of Palestine. Featuring Victor Kattan, Mona Rishmawi, and Sonia Boulos.
Guatemala’s Application to Intervene in the Sapodilla Cayes Case: An Impermissible Intervention by an Indispensable Party? | by Sanmay Moitra
Guatemala’s Application to Intervene in the Sapodilla Cayes Case: An Impermissible Intervention by an Indispensable Party?
The International Court of Justice recently heard oral arguments by Guatemala, Belize and Honduras on Guatemala’s application to intervene under Article 62 of the Statute in the case concerning Sovere...
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December 23, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Guatemala’s Application to Intervene in the Sapodilla Cayes Case: An Impermissible Intervention by an Indispensable Party? | by Sanmay Moitra
Does Italy’s New Femicide Law Comply with International Law? | by Alessia Nicastro and Emanuele Corn
Does Italy’s New Femicide Law Comply with International Law?
On 25 November 2025, the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, the Italian Parliament unanimously approved Law No. 181/2025, creating the autonomous crime of femminicidio (f...
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December 23, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Does Italy’s New Femicide Law Comply with International Law? | by Alessia Nicastro and Emanuele Corn
My patria is the book: Ten good reads 2025 | by Joseph Weiler
My patria is the book: Ten good reads 2025
Here, yet again, is my pick of “good reads” from the books I read in 2025. I want to remind you, as I do every year, that these are not “book reviews”, which also explains the relative paucity of law ...
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December 23, 2025 at 1:25 PM
My patria is the book: Ten good reads 2025 | by Joseph Weiler
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'The political logic of the 27 states, of “weakening the Convention system to save the system”, is unconvincing. It concedes a swathe of territory to radical right parties in framing the ECHR and the ECtHR as existentially problematic re border control, but will not satisfy their constituencies.'
Countdown to Chișinău: The Risk of Politicising the ECHR over Migration | by Andrew Forde and Alice Donald
Countdown to Chișinău: The Risk of Politicising the ECHR over Migration
It is ironic that Ministers of Justice of the 46 Council of Europe (CoE) member states convened on International Human Rights Day to discuss how they might reduce the scope of their obligations under ...
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December 19, 2025 at 2:44 PM
'The political logic of the 27 states, of “weakening the Convention system to save the system”, is unconvincing. It concedes a swathe of territory to radical right parties in framing the ECHR and the ECtHR as existentially problematic re border control, but will not satisfy their constituencies.'
Announcements: CfA Yearbook of International Disaster Law; CfS Solventia Journal of Insolvency & Bankruptcy Laws [...] | by Mary Guest
Announcements: CfA Yearbook of International Disaster Law; CfS Solventia Journal of Insolvency & Bankruptcy Laws; CfA Impact of Strasbourg and Luxembourg Courts on Lex Sportiva; CfS American Society o...
1. Call for Abstracts: The Yearbook of International Disaster Law. The Yearbook of International Disaster Law (Brill) is inviting submission of abstracts for Issue 8 (2025). The Yearbook includes both...
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December 23, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Announcements: CfA Yearbook of International Disaster Law; CfS Solventia Journal of Insolvency & Bankruptcy Laws [...] | by Mary Guest
Dear authors,
EJIL: Talk! is now closed for the holiday season. We are not accepting new submissions from 20 December 2025 to 5 January 2026. Have a lovely break!
With all best wishes,
The Editors
EJIL: Talk! is now closed for the holiday season. We are not accepting new submissions from 20 December 2025 to 5 January 2026. Have a lovely break!
With all best wishes,
The Editors
December 20, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Dear authors,
EJIL: Talk! is now closed for the holiday season. We are not accepting new submissions from 20 December 2025 to 5 January 2026. Have a lovely break!
With all best wishes,
The Editors
EJIL: Talk! is now closed for the holiday season. We are not accepting new submissions from 20 December 2025 to 5 January 2026. Have a lovely break!
With all best wishes,
The Editors
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Essential reading for those interested in the process of reform of the European Convention on Human Rights and the risks involved, by @drandrewforde.bsky.social and @alicedonald.bsky.social on @ejiltalk.bsky.social
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Countdown to Chișinău: The Risk of Politicising the ECHR over Migration
It is ironic that Ministers of Justice of the 46 Council of Europe (CoE) member states convened on International Human Rights Day to discuss how they might reduce the scope of their obligations under ...
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December 19, 2025 at 9:14 AM
Essential reading for those interested in the process of reform of the European Convention on Human Rights and the risks involved, by @drandrewforde.bsky.social and @alicedonald.bsky.social on @ejiltalk.bsky.social
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Very interesting development and thoughtful reflections. Worth your time if you are interested in what human rights can bring to the table when tackling decolonization.
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When Decolonization Meets Human Rights: CERD’s 2025 Decision on the Chagos Agreement
Debates on the Chagos Archipelago have long been framed through questions of territorial sovereignty and decolonization, largely as a bilateral matter between the UK and Mauritius. Human rights dimens...
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December 18, 2025 at 9:11 AM
Very interesting development and thoughtful reflections. Worth your time if you are interested in what human rights can bring to the table when tackling decolonization.
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This was a good read @ejiltalk.bsky.social
December 16, 2025 at 2:34 PM
This was a good read @ejiltalk.bsky.social
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#AutonomousWeapons are an environmental issue.
Marco Di Donato's @ejiltalk.bsky.social article calls for a #KillerRobots treaty to include “emission limits for AI-enabled weapons systems training [and] ... clear accountability measures in cases of non-compliance.”
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Marco Di Donato's @ejiltalk.bsky.social article calls for a #KillerRobots treaty to include “emission limits for AI-enabled weapons systems training [and] ... clear accountability measures in cases of non-compliance.”
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AI-Enabled Weapons Systems and the Environment: The Overlooked Costs of AI-Driven Warfare
Introduction The relationship between AI-enabled weapons systems and environmental harm grown in significance in contemporary society. These two areas fall within fields that have attracted increasing...
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December 16, 2025 at 10:52 AM
#AutonomousWeapons are an environmental issue.
Marco Di Donato's @ejiltalk.bsky.social article calls for a #KillerRobots treaty to include “emission limits for AI-enabled weapons systems training [and] ... clear accountability measures in cases of non-compliance.”
www.ejiltalk.org/ai-enabled-w...
Marco Di Donato's @ejiltalk.bsky.social article calls for a #KillerRobots treaty to include “emission limits for AI-enabled weapons systems training [and] ... clear accountability measures in cases of non-compliance.”
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Very interesting analysis of a recent universal jurisdiction case from Finland. Recommended reading!
Prosecuting Members of Russian Mercenary Groups for War Crimes, a Remedy for Victims? | by Sorcha MacLeod and Iryna Marchuk
Prosecuting Members of Russian Mercenary Groups for War Crimes, a Remedy for Victims?
‘Remedy is rare’ for the victims of atrocity crimes and human rights violations committed by contemporary mercenaries. Indeed, there have been only a few prosecutions of mercenaries fighting in Ukrain...
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December 16, 2025 at 10:49 AM
Very interesting analysis of a recent universal jurisdiction case from Finland. Recommended reading!
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"Providing continuing, clear analysis on the law against these killings and other uses of force is imperative, as is providing information on the lawful way to respond to high levels of violent criminality that hinder democracy and the rule of law."
Effective Opposition to Summary Executions in an Escalating Phony War at Sea | by Mary Ellen O'Connell
Effective Opposition to Summary Executions in an Escalating Phony War at Sea
President Donald Trump’s attacks on small boats in the Caribbean and Pacific began on September 2, 2025. To date, 87 people have been killed in 23 incidents, all on the high seas. The President has j...
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December 12, 2025 at 1:44 PM
"Providing continuing, clear analysis on the law against these killings and other uses of force is imperative, as is providing information on the lawful way to respond to high levels of violent criminality that hinder democracy and the rule of law."
Countdown to Chișinău: The Risk of Politicising the ECHR over Migration | by Andrew Forde and Alice Donald
Countdown to Chișinău: The Risk of Politicising the ECHR over Migration
It is ironic that Ministers of Justice of the 46 Council of Europe (CoE) member states convened on International Human Rights Day to discuss how they might reduce the scope of their obligations under ...
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December 19, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Countdown to Chișinău: The Risk of Politicising the ECHR over Migration | by Andrew Forde and Alice Donald
Who’s the ‘Self’ in Collective Self-defence under International Law? About Japanese PM Takaichi’s Comments Regarding an Attack on Taiwan | by Jean-Baptiste Dudant and Charles-Emmanuel Detry
Who’s the ‘Self’ in Collective Self-defence under International Law? About Japanese PM Takaichi’s Comments Regarding an Attack on Taiwan
What caused such a stir about newly elected and first-ever female Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s comments on Taiwan last month? Appearing before the House of Representatives Budget Committee...
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December 18, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Who’s the ‘Self’ in Collective Self-defence under International Law? About Japanese PM Takaichi’s Comments Regarding an Attack on Taiwan | by Jean-Baptiste Dudant and Charles-Emmanuel Detry
When Decolonization Meets Human Rights: CERD’s 2025 Decision on the Chagos Agreement | by Elodie Tranchez
When Decolonization Meets Human Rights: CERD’s 2025 Decision on the Chagos Agreement
Debates on the Chagos Archipelago have long been framed through questions of territorial sovereignty and decolonization, largely as a bilateral matter between the UK and Mauritius. Human rights dimens...
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December 18, 2025 at 10:53 AM
When Decolonization Meets Human Rights: CERD’s 2025 Decision on the Chagos Agreement | by Elodie Tranchez