Announcements: Second World Approaches to International Law Webinar; CfP Yearbook of International Humanitarian Law; CfP Selection and Standards in International Adjudication; Olomouc Weapons Law Course; Contemporary Challenges in International Law Conference; CfP What are the Boundaries of ‘the Human’ in Human Rights; Research Prize in ICL of the International Nuremberg Principles Academy

1. Webinar on Second World Approaches to Worldwide Legislation. Exploring worldwide legislation as a fancy set of practices and concepts formed by dominant discourses and their blind spots, ‘Second Worldness’ in SWAIL capabilities as an analytical, diagnostic, and dialogical gadget that problematizes liminality, twin exclusion, and the situations of recognition inside worldwide authorized argument. Following an inaugural journal symposium within the Worldwide Neighborhood Legislation Evaluate, this webinar will talk about the articles’ predominant themes with a view to SWAIL’s future improvement. 9 June 2026, 14:00-16:00. Register right here.

3. Name for Papers: Selecting the Bench – Choice and Requirements in Worldwide Adjudication. Upcoming judicial elections in 2026 throughout a number of main worldwide courts, together with the Worldwide Court docket of Justice, the Worldwide Prison Court docket, and the Worldwide Tribunal for the Legislation of the Sea, deliver renewed consideration to nomination and voting practices, analysis standards, and institutional expectations positioned upon candidates. For that reason, Kyra Wigard, Juliette McIntyre and David Donat Cattin are convening an knowledgeable assembly at Utrecht College on 9 September that seeks to make use of this convergence of institutional moments as a possibility to look at these procedures and practices in an interdisciplinary method, ranging from Article 2 of the Statute of the Worldwide Court docket of Justice. Submit an summary on recommended themes by 19 June 2026. For extra particulars, see right here.

4. Olomouc Weapons Legislation Course: Navigating the Authorized Parameters of Conventional and Rising Applied sciences. Functions are actually open for the 2026 instalment of the Weapons Legislation Course organized by the Centre for Worldwide Humanitarian and Operational Legislation and carried out by the Course Director Air Commodore William Boothby (RAF Retired, PhD). The course will happen from 14 – 18 September 2026 in Olomouc, Czech Republic, and is particularly designed for tutorial students, army authorized advisors, MoD and MFA officers, army commanders, weapon reviewers, and procurement specialists. ­This intensive course will look at the complicated authorized frameworks governing the legality of weapons, the mitigation of pointless struggling, and the mechanisms of authorized evaluation. It employs a extremely interactive methodology, combining lectures, seminar discussions with give attention to work in teams, and plenary periods the place group options are debated and evaluated to solidify the sensible software of the legislation. ­The curriculum is structured to information attendees from foundational ideas to superior authorized software. Registration is open till 8 August 2026. For extra data and registration, see right here.

5. Modern Challenges in Worldwide Legislation: Regional Views & Rising Prospects Convention. The Worldwide Legislation Affiliation (ILA) Egyptian Department is inviting submissions for its First Annual Convention 2026, “Modern Challenges in Worldwide Legislation: Regional Views & Rising Prospects,” to be held on the German College in Cairo on 14 – 15 November 2026. The convention will deliver collectively students, practitioners, diplomats, authorized advisers, and early-career researchers to debate urgent points throughout private and non-private worldwide legislation. Panels will tackle using power and battle administration, worldwide humanitarian legislation, local weather and useful resource governance, funding disputes, and business and maritime disputes arising from geopolitical fragmentation and armed battle. Confirmed audio system embrace distinguished students and practitioners within the area of worldwide legislation. Abstracts of 300 – 500 phrases, along with a brief biography, ought to be submitted to ilaegyptbranch {at} gmail(.)com by 1 July 2026. Additional particulars are included within the Name for Papers. 

6. Name for Papers: What are the Boundaries of ‘the Human’ in Human Rights? 2026 marks the sixtieth anniversary of the adoption of the Worldwide Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) and the Worldwide Covenant on Financial, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR). Speedy technological developments, together with synthetic intelligence, automated decision-making, biotechnological and digital types of id problem typical assumptions about what constitutes human personhood, company, and vulnerabilities. Moreover, digitalization, new applied sciences and adjusted behavioral patterns with meant in addition to unintended adjustments as to who’s seen, acknowledged and guarded by human rights regimes, calls us to rethink the factors by which human rights frameworks set up who (or what) counts as ’human’ and thus deserves human rights safety. In different phrases: What are the Boundaries of ‘the Human’ in Human Rights? Contributors are invited to submit abstracts (most 300 phrases) by 14 June 2026 to the educational committee: Rigmor Argren (rigmor.argren{at}oru(.)se). Extra data is on the market right here.

7. Name for Functions: Analysis Prize in ICL of the Worldwide Nuremberg Rules Academy to Take part within the Adamas Residencies 2026. Yearly, the Worldwide Nuremberg Rules Academy affords a analysis prize to a doctoral or post-doctoral researcher within the area of worldwide prison justice and human rights to assist their analysis residency on the Château de Goutelas. Initiated by the French jurist Mireille Delmas-Marty, the Adamas residencies are a European residency programme for authorized researchers on the Château de Goutelas in Marcoux, France. From 4 – 13 September 2026, the Château de Goutelas will likely be internet hosting each attorneys and artists, who will likely be invited to conduct their analysis in a novel cultural and historic website, whereas discovering stimulating alternatives to cross-fertilise their work. The researcher have to be fluent in French however will be finishing up their analysis in one other language. Since 2021, the Adamas program has been run by the Château de Goutelas, heritage website for tradition, in partnership with the Constitutional Council, the Worldwide Nuremberg Rules Academy, the Worldwide Affiliation of Financial Legislation (A.I.D.E.), the Robert Badinter Institute (previously IERDJ), and extra not too long ago joined by the Affiliation of Labor Legislation and Social Safety (AFDT). Functions ought to be despatched to registration@nurembergacademy.org earlier than 15 June 2026. Additional data will be discovered right here.