1. American Branch of the International Law Association COO Vacancy. The American Branch of the International Law Association (“ABILA”) seeks a dynamic individual with superb organizational and people skills and an interest in international law for the position of Chief Operating Officer (COO). This part-time position will require approximately 80 hours/month, 20 hours/week on average. Workload will fluctuate throughout the year, peaking in late summer and fall during preparations for their flagship event, International Law Weekend (ILW). Compensation is $26/hour, equivalent to approximately $26,000/year. Application deadline: 15 January 2025. See more here.
2. Call for Papers: International Law – Silence, Forgetting and Remembrance, Australian and New Zealand Society of International Law (ANZSIL) Annual Conference 2025. ANZSIL is inviting paper and panel proposals for its 32nd Conference, to be held at the Australian National University, Canberra, 2 – 4 July 2025. Submissions on a range of areas are invited, with a focus on questions relating to the theme: What is unknown to, or excluded from, international law? What doctrinal fields, subject matters, actors and objects, and approaches are we at risk of forgetting or ‘un-knowing’? Who is given a voice in international law? What subjects are marginalised as irrelevant by international law? For the full Call and the submission process see here. Deadline for proposals: 10 February 2025. Applications are open for the Alice Edwards Breakthrough Researcher Award, designed to assist one or two early career researchers and PhD students to present at the Conference. See here for details.
3. Call for Papers: Protection of Human Rights in the Context of Armed Conflict. The Centre for Fundamental Rights at the Hertie School, the Essex Armed Conflict and Crisis Hub and the Human Rights Centre at the University of Essex, and the Oxford Institute for Ethics, Law and Armed Conflict and the Bonavero Institute of Human Rights at the University of Oxford are inviting abstract submissions for one day research workshop to be held on 13 June 2025 at the Hertie School in Berlin, Germany. The deadline for submitting abstracts of no more than 500 words is 3 February 2025. After the initial selection of proposals, participants will be invited to submit draft papers between 8,000 and 10,000 words by 2 June 2025. Details of the call can be found here.
4. Call for Papers: Conference on the Law Applicable to the Use of Biometrics by Armed Forces. The NATO Cooperative Cyber Defence Centre of Excellence, the War Studies Research Centre of the Netherlands Defence Academy and the Amsterdam Center for International Law (ACIL) are organizing an international conference on the law applicable to the use of biometrics by armed forces, contractors working with armed forces, and ICT companies involved in military acquisition and procurement. The aim of the conference is to provide a platform for debate between academics, practitioners and policy-makers to discuss the legal aspects of the military use of this technology. The conference will build on the fruitful discussions held during two previous conferences devoted to this topic held in Amsterdam (May 2023) and Tallinn (May 2024) and will take place in Tallinn on the 22- 23 May 2025. Researchers and practitioners interested in addressing the issues above are invited to respond to this call for papers with a 1-2 page proposal for a paper and presentation, along with a brief CV. See the call for papers here for further details and suggested topics.
