Pope Leo XIV's first encyclical, Magnifica Humanitas, is not a source of international law. It creates no treaty obligations, modifies no customary rules, and settles no legal…

While the U.S. is discussing a 10-year moratorium on all federal AI legislation (‘One Big Beautiful Bill Act’), many countries around the world are – in very…

Editor's note: This post is part of a book discussion on Alexander Wentker’s “Party Status to Armed Conflict in International Law". I am very grateful…

On the 23rd of January 2024, the Russian Federation launched a “massive” airstrike on the cities of Kyiv and Kharkiv, firing 41 missiles. The air defences shot down…

Recent meetings of the Advisory Boards of EJIL and I•CON were dedicated, among other issues, to, surprise surprise, the ChatGPT challenge. In the context of law faculties and…

Artificial Intelligence (‘AI’), particularly large language models (‘LLMs’) such as Open AI’s ChatGPT, Bing Chat, and Google Bard, pose clear risks when lawyers use them without understanding their…