Study of International Law

Written by human beings but with a grammar-check programme keeping an eye on these non-native speakers’ expressions, this editorial introduces EJIL’s first Policy on Use of Generative Artificial Intelligence (Gen AI), a form of artificial intelligence that some authors use to analyse data and to create content, including text or figures. The policy was adopted after extensive…

The times has come to do something about the scourge of war. It is shocking that, in the twenty-first century, the interacting of the minds of two men could cause a world war affecting all human beings everywhere. Despite the notoriously impulsive nature of their personalities, much analysed by commentators, these two men could have known…

My latest article, ‘Statehood and International Organization: Rethinking Their Conceptual Relationship with Reference to Customary International Law’, addresses whether, how, and to what extent, doctrinal propositions that we accept about the legal personality of states can be extended to international organizations. I argue that our theories would make much more sense if we let go of the…

In the wake of relentless violence being live-streamed onto our phones for the last two years, the international legal community has been confronted with questions about the relevance and legitimacy of international law: ‘Is international law dead?’ ‘Is it in crisis?’ ‘What is it like to teach international law in times like…