Antonios Tzanakopoulos
@atzanakopoulos.bsky.social
Professor of Public International Law, University of Oxford. Door Tenant, Three Stone Chambers. Secretary-General, International Law Association.
I spoke on Populism and international law at the Margalla Dialogue in Islamabad. Many thanks to all the participants and colleagues at the Islamabad Policy Research Institute, for the hospitality and spirited exchanges. Until next time!
November 15, 2025 at 8:25 PM
I spoke on Populism and international law at the Margalla Dialogue in Islamabad. Many thanks to all the participants and colleagues at the Islamabad Policy Research Institute, for the hospitality and spirited exchanges. Until next time!
I gave a talk on the UN and its sanctioning power at the International Symposium on the 80th anniversary of the United Nations in Shenzhen. Thanks to the wonderful colleagues at the Institute of International Law of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences for the kind invitation.
October 24, 2025 at 3:49 PM
I gave a talk on the UN and its sanctioning power at the International Symposium on the 80th anniversary of the United Nations in Shenzhen. Thanks to the wonderful colleagues at the Institute of International Law of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences for the kind invitation.
With some excellent colleagues we represented the Republic of Equatorial Guinea before the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea in the M/T Heroic Idun (No 2) case. A great team.
October 14, 2025 at 6:20 PM
With some excellent colleagues we represented the Republic of Equatorial Guinea before the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea in the M/T Heroic Idun (No 2) case. A great team.
A wonderful - if unorthodox (pun intended) - start to the academic year: a seminar on reservations to treaties for the LLM of the University of Athens, on the margins of a long hearing at the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea. Thanks to all for the enjoyable seminar.
October 13, 2025 at 4:36 PM
A wonderful - if unorthodox (pun intended) - start to the academic year: a seminar on reservations to treaties for the LLM of the University of Athens, on the margins of a long hearing at the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea. Thanks to all for the enjoyable seminar.
With Johanna Lorenzo and Christian Walter, we shared our impressions at the concluding roundtable of the @esil-sedi.bsky.social 2025 Annual Conference in Berlin on Reconstructing Int’l Law. Chaired by Vasilka Sancin. Many thanks to Helmut Aust and Heike Krieger of @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social.
September 14, 2025 at 3:09 PM
With Johanna Lorenzo and Christian Walter, we shared our impressions at the concluding roundtable of the @esil-sedi.bsky.social 2025 Annual Conference in Berlin on Reconstructing Int’l Law. Chaired by Vasilka Sancin. Many thanks to Helmut Aust and Heike Krieger of @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social.
Our Issue Paper with Efthymios Papastavridis for UNODC on Surveillance and Enforcement of High Seas Marine Protected Areas has been published and will be presented at UNHQ in NYC on 27 Aug.
August 20, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Our Issue Paper with Efthymios Papastavridis for UNODC on Surveillance and Enforcement of High Seas Marine Protected Areas has been published and will be presented at UNHQ in NYC on 27 Aug.
You can access it here:
June 4, 2025 at 8:45 PM
You can access it here:
But the executive summary is available now - following some further work at UNODC HQ in Vienna.
June 4, 2025 at 8:45 PM
But the executive summary is available now - following some further work at UNODC HQ in Vienna.
UNODC Expert Group Meeting: our issue paper with Efthymios Papastavridis on Surveillance and Enforcement in High Seas MPAs is still in draft as we incorporate comments from the experts.
June 4, 2025 at 8:45 PM
UNODC Expert Group Meeting: our issue paper with Efthymios Papastavridis on Surveillance and Enforcement in High Seas MPAs is still in draft as we incorporate comments from the experts.
Thank you, IDS class of 2024-25. I hope you enjoyed it as much as I did - and sorry we got rained on just when y’all wanted to take a picture.
May 21, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Thank you, IDS class of 2024-25. I hope you enjoyed it as much as I did - and sorry we got rained on just when y’all wanted to take a picture.
I wrote commentaries on Articles 21 (self-defence) and 50 (obligations not affected by countermeasures) for the Commentary on the Articles of State Responsibility edited by Patrícia Galvão Teles and Pierre Bodeau-Livinec.
May 13, 2025 at 6:17 PM
I wrote commentaries on Articles 21 (self-defence) and 50 (obligations not affected by countermeasures) for the Commentary on the Articles of State Responsibility edited by Patrícia Galvão Teles and Pierre Bodeau-Livinec.
Together with some excellent colleagues, I will deliver a special course on international law and domestic courts at The Hague Academy of International Law in January 2026.
May 7, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Together with some excellent colleagues, I will deliver a special course on international law and domestic courts at The Hague Academy of International Law in January 2026.
Team Malaysia 🇲🇾 at the ICJ for the Advisory Opinion on the presence and activities of the UN and others in the Occupied Palestinian Territory.
April 29, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Team Malaysia 🇲🇾 at the ICJ for the Advisory Opinion on the presence and activities of the UN and others in the Occupied Palestinian Territory.
I spoke to Matt Frei on LBC Radio on the sanctions imposed by the Trump Administration against the International Criminal Court.
February 8, 2025 at 6:07 PM
I spoke to Matt Frei on LBC Radio on the sanctions imposed by the Trump Administration against the International Criminal Court.
From our discussion with Brad Roth, moderated by Maria Varaki, and hosted by Yuval Shany at the Center for Transnational Legal Studies in London on ‘Marx in Our Times - and Legal Order’. Papers below.
November 26, 2024 at 6:55 PM
From our discussion with Brad Roth, moderated by Maria Varaki, and hosted by Yuval Shany at the Center for Transnational Legal Studies in London on ‘Marx in Our Times - and Legal Order’. Papers below.
Today 17:45 at CTLS London with Brad Roth, Maria Varaki, Yuval Shany.
November 25, 2024 at 4:34 PM
Today 17:45 at CTLS London with Brad Roth, Maria Varaki, Yuval Shany.
United Nations (Human Rights Special Procedures) - International Conference on Sanctions, Business and Human Rights 🇺🇳🇨🇭
November 22, 2024 at 3:00 PM
United Nations (Human Rights Special Procedures) - International Conference on Sanctions, Business and Human Rights 🇺🇳🇨🇭
United Nations Regional Course in International Law for Asia and the Pacific 🇺🇳🇹🇭
November 20, 2024 at 9:17 AM
United Nations Regional Course in International Law for Asia and the Pacific 🇺🇳🇹🇭