New issue of EJIL The latest issue of the European Journal of International Law  (Vol. 32 (2021) No. 4) is now out. EJIL subscribers have…

This episode accompanies the launching of a new rubric in the European Journal of International Law – Legal/Illegal. The first installment of Legal/Illegal, which appears in issue 32(4), focuses…

This is the first post in a joint symposium hosted by EJIL:Talk and Articles of War, the blog of the Lieber Institute at West Point. The symposium reflects…

Much ink has been spilled on the United Kingdom's withdrawal from the European Union on 31 January 2020 (which was preceded by a referendum which took place on…

At the end of last month, Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs Sergei Lavrov wrote a spirited defence of international law in Kommersant, Russia’s main business paper. True…

In a recent piece on Just Security, Tom Ruys and Felipe Rodríguez Silvestre argue that a state whose territory is unlawfully occupied by another state does not…

A recent report has described how Royal Australian Navy helicopter pilots were targeted with lasers during a night flight in the South China Sea. The lasers were…

Factual Background and Legal Issue The extensive air strikes launched by Israel on Iranian forces and assets across Syria in the early morning of 10 May…

This post is part of the Joint Symposium that we are co-hosting with Opinio Juris on Anthea Roberts' new book Is International Law…