EJIL Analysis

The text below is a reproduction of Prof Dr Claus Kreß’ keynote address at the 2026 Nuremberg Forum, as delivered on 7 October at Court Room 600, Nuremberg. As readers of the blog know, we occasionally publish longer texts or lectures that we consider speak significantly to the moment. ‘If this be an innovation, it is…

Until recently, it was fair to decry the lack of attention paid to how ISDS tribunals quantify compensation, against evidence of ballooning awards and the sometimes dizzying amounts involved. Today, however, this issue is no longer secluded from public and academic scrutiny: it features prominently in critical scholarship and is probably the…

Artificial intelligence (AI) is interacting in ever more complex ways with the sovereignty of states. On the one hand, AI technologies are beginning to underpin key sectors and services, including national security, the economy, healthcare. Consequently – and unsurprisingly – states are seeking to protect AI capabilities and the data infrastructure they rely on. The…

On 18 August 2026, the Aylla Rewe del Ngen Mapu Kintuantü, an autonomous political, social, spiritual and cultural alliance bringing together ancestral authorities and more than 150 communities of the Mapuche Williche Indigenous people in southern Chile, filed a complaint against Statkraft AS before the Norwegian Consumer Authority. The complaint concerns Statkraft’s human rights due…