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Public International Law Group of the University of Oxford
For the final PIL Discussion Group of the term, Dr Jessica Howley presented on ‘Overlapping Individual and Interstate Claims: Recent Trends’. Thank you, everyone, for a lively discussion, and we hope to see you next term!
December 4, 2025 at 5:02 PM
For the final PIL Research Seminar of the term, we heard from Katharina Neumann on ‘The Role of International Environmental Law in Addressing Agricultural Greenhouse Gas Emissions – The Case for a Sectoral Approach.’
December 3, 2025 at 2:41 PM
In this week’s PIL Research Seminar, we heard a fascinating presentation by Stephany Aw on ‘Third States in the Proceedings of International Courts and Tribunals.’
November 26, 2025 at 3:29 PM
We are excited to warmly invite you to our last PIL Discussion Group event of the term on Thursday, 4 December 2025. Dr Jessica Howley will present: 'Overlapping Individual and Interstate Claims: Recent Trends'. For details and registration, click here: www.law.ox.ac.uk/content/even...
PIL Discussion Group: Overlapping Individual and
Abstract This year's judgment of the European Court of Human Rights in Ukraine and the Netherlands
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November 24, 2025 at 1:28 PM
For this week’s PIL Discussion Group seminar, we were delighted to have Associate Professor Geraldo Vidigal discuss his forthcoming book, “Adjudicating over Anarchy: Judicial Remedies, Compliance, and Enforcement in International Law.” Thank you to everyone for joining us!
November 20, 2025 at 5:06 PM
In this week’s PIL Research Seminar, we heard from Yue Cao on ‘Unilateral Economic Measures and the Non-Intervention Principle: The Definition and Scope of Domaine Réservé.’
November 19, 2025 at 11:08 AM
For this week's PIL Research Seminar, we had Taha Almasri for a fascinating presentation on his DPhil research on 'Principle—non-intervention; concept—coercion.' Thank you for joining us and for sparking great discussion among the group!
November 12, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Please join us for our third PIL Discussion Group seminar on November 20, 2025. Dr @geraldovidigal.bsky.social will deliver a talk entitled ‘Adjudicating over Anarchy: Judicial Remedies, Compliance, and Enforcement in International Law.’ See further here www.law.ox.ac.uk/content/even...
PIL Discussion Group: Adjudicating over Anarchy
Abstract Without the ability to mobilise coercive measures, international adjudicators must rely on
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November 10, 2025 at 12:12 PM
For this week’s PIL Discussion Group seminar, we were delighted to have Prof @oonahathaway.bsky.social discuss her project entitled ‘War Unbound.’ We look forward to seeing how the project unfolds. As always, we thank everyone for joining us both in person and online.
November 6, 2025 at 5:36 PM
As we’re halfway through the term, we had our last round of New Student presentations today at the PIL Research Seminar. We heard from João, Joshua, and Odinaka about their research proposals. We look forward to seeing their projects develop throughout their studies!
November 5, 2025 at 2:54 PM
We continued with the New Students presentations, where Daisy, Holly, Taqbir, and Will discussed their research outlines that cover a wide range of topics at this week’s PIL Research Seminar—wishing them the very best in their respective projects!
October 29, 2025 at 12:37 PM
We warmly invite you to our second PIL Discussion Group event of this term, scheduled for next Thursday, 6 November 2025. Prof @oonahathaway.bsky.social will deliver a talk entitled ‘War Unbound’. For more information and to register for the event, see here: www.law.ox.ac.uk/content/even....
PIL Discussion Group: War Unbound | Faculty of
Abstract International humanitarian law, also known as the law of armed conflict, is supposed to
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October 27, 2025 at 1:09 PM
In this week’s PIL Research Seminar, Dan Byam Shaw and Quinn Farr presented their DPhil research proposals. We were also delighted to be joined by Charlotte Magnus, visiting from Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, who provided an overview of her research.
October 22, 2025 at 2:39 PM
We were delighted to have Prof Jorge E. Viñuales at our first PIL Discussion Group event of the academic year. He presented on ‘Bringing Climate Change before the ICJ: Process, Outcome and Pure Conjecture.’ Thanks, everyone, for joining us!
October 17, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Welcome to the 25/26 Academic Year 🥳 We began our PIL Seminars by having two of our new research students, Hossein and Bianca, present their outlines. We look forward to seeing their work develop throughout the year!
October 17, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Join us for our first PIL Discussion Group of this academic year next Thursday, 16 October 2025! Prof Jorge E. Vinuales will be presenting on the topic of ‘Bringing Climate Change before the ICJ: Process, Outcome and Pure Conjecture’. For more information, see here:

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PIL Discussion Group: Bringing Climate Change
Abstract On 23 July 2025, the International Court of Justice delivered a landmark advisory opinion
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October 9, 2025 at 8:45 AM
We are so excited to welcome all back to our new academic year!

The term card for Michaelmas is now out - do join us for a fruitful discussion 🥳 Light lunch will be available for those attending in person.
October 3, 2025 at 12:37 PM
❗Prof Lavanya Rajamani shares her insights on the ICJ's Advisory Opinion on Climate Change in the @abilaofficial.bsky.social's podcast, International Law Chats - together with Andrew B. Loewenstein, Prof @niluferoral.bsky.social and Ambassador Franz Perrez.

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Professor Lavanya Rajamani discusses landmark ICJ
Professor Lavanya Rajamani, Professor of International Environmental Law at the University of
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August 7, 2025 at 1:41 PM
🎧 In the latest episode of EJIL: The Podcast!, Prof Lavanya Rajamani, together with Profs Margaret Young and Phoebe Okowa, discuss the ICJ’s groundbreaking advisory opinion on the obligations of States in respect of climate change. Listen now: www.ejiltalk.org/ejil-the-pod...

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EJIL: The Podcast! Episode 37: The ICJ’s Advisory Opinion on Climate Obligations: Remarkable, Radical and Robust
There were gasps in the courtroom when the ICJ delivered its advisory opinion on the obligations of States in respect of climate change on 23 July 2025. In this episode, Margaret Young (Melbourne Law ...
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August 4, 2025 at 2:51 PM
🚨Give the new episode of the ‘Fire and Wire’ podcast a listen as Prof Lavanya Rajamani shares her insights on climate and human rights 🌎 ⚖️

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Lavanya Rajamani featured in Vice-Chancellor's
In a recent episode of 'Fire and Wire', Vice-Chancellor Professor Irene Tracey speaks with Oxford
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July 21, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Delighted to again welcome lawyers from the Royal Navy and the FCDO to Oxford for the International Law Course, where they presented at our final PIL seminar.

We’ve had an amazing year - many thanks to our presenters and all who participated. See you next academic year!👋
June 19, 2025 at 1:40 PM
For our final PIL seminar, we heard from Ayako Hatano on ‘Reconceptualising Internalisation of International Law: A Case Study of Racialised Hate Speech in Japan’.
June 18, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Happy Week 8! We are excited to kickstart our final week of Trinity Term with the International Law Workshop in Honour of Sir Frank Berman KCMG KC. We have a great itinerary lined up - watch this space! ✨
June 17, 2025 at 10:53 AM
We are delighted to have hosted the first Oxford-Bonn doctoral exchange workshop at sunny Oxford 🌞

We had such a fruitful discussion the past two days - with many lifelong friendships formed!
June 13, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Today at our Week 7 PIL Seminar, we are delighted to have Professor @bodansk.bsky.social share his insights on the topic ‘Towards an International Legally Binding Instrument to End Plastic Pollution’.
June 11, 2025 at 11:38 AM