Since returning to power in 2021, the Taliban has sought to reverse Afghan women’s hard-won progress toward gender equality. Through dozens of decrees, policies, and statements, it has targeted the autonomy and rights of women and girls, barring them from public life and severely restricting their basic freedoms. Yet, Afghan women have refused to accept
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Gaza and the Collective Political Costs of Algorithmic Warfare
Since Israel started its military campaigns against Gaza, Lebanon, and the West Bank after the terrorist attacks of October 7, 2023, both academia and the media have intensely debated the Israel Defence Force’s (IDF) use of so-called artificial intelligence-enabled decision-support systems (AI-DSS) for its combat operations. Controversies have mainly revolved around the staggering number of…
Another Genocide Convention case, another conundrum for interventions
By Pranay Lekhi
On 5 March 2025, Sudan instituted proceedings against the United Arab Emirates (UAE) before the International Court of Justice (ICJ) regarding alleged violations by the UAE of its obligations under the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of Genocide (the Genocide Convention). The case concerns allegations that the UAE is supporting Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support…
Two Weeks in Review, 10 – 23 March 2025
By Tal Gross
Over the past two weeks, EJIL’s contributors have offered thoughtful insights into a variety of pressing international law issues. Among the topics discussed are significant climate litigation rulings, developments in indigenous rights, challenges surrounding secondary sanctions, and the evolving role of peacekeeping forces, highlighting the dynamic nature of international legal frameworks.
Climate Litigation
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Announcements: EU Accession to the ECHR Workshop; Sam Pegram LLM Scholarship Launch; Traditional Ecological Knowledge Forum; Beyond Disasters Conference; CfP Durham Energy Disputes Conference; CfA International Nuremberg Principles Academy Research Prize
By Mary Guest
1. The EU Accession to the ECHR: Procedural Hurdles and Prospects Before the ECtHR Workshop. This workshop will take place on 15 – 16 May 2025 at the Faculty of Law, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, with the first day available in a hybrid format. The workshop will explore the procedural challenges and implications following the…
International Law as a Common Heritage of Mankind
In 1990, when the European Journal of International Law (EJIL) had its first issue, its founders, including myself, obviously stressed in their first editorial the link between international law and the construction of the European Union. The socio-political context in which the Journal had just been launched was very different from that which prevails today.…
From the Right to be Consulted to the Right to No Contact: The Inter-American Court Faces Its First Case on Indigenous Peoples in Voluntary Isolation
Yesterday, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights published a landmark ruling in the case of Pueblos Indígenas Tagaeri y Taromenane v. Ecuador, the first case in its 45-year history to address the rights of Indigenous peoples living in voluntary isolation.
The case concerns Ecuador’s international responsibility for the violation of the rights of the…
Immunity of State Officials: A Jus Cogens Criteria for Draft Article 7?
Immunities of state officials are a subject matter in international law that continues to raise tensions between States. The seventy-sixth session of the International Law Commission (ILC) will take place in Geneva from April 14 to May 30 and June 30 to July 31, 2025. One of the topics to be discussed on the agenda…
Applying the Litmus Test: An Independent Norm Under Customary International Law to Prohibit Secondary Sanctions?
We can witness in real time how the Trump administration is devastating international relations as well as the international legal order. Sanctions form an integral part of this disruptive behaviour, as they attribute political and economic weight to the US’ foreign policy agendas (see e.g. here; here). One particular tool to maximize…
Starlink and International Law: The Challenge of Corporate Sovereignty in Outer Space
SpaceX’s Starlink project is transforming Low Earth Orbit (LEO) with an unprecedented “mega-constellation” of satellites. Originally planned for 12,000 satellites, Starlink has since expanded its ambition to 42,000 satellites – five times the number of all objects humans had ever launched into space prior to this project. This massive private deployment promises global internet coverage,…