1. Call for Papers: Ljubljana Sanctions Conference. The Ljubljana Sanctions Conference will be held on 25 – 26 September 2025 at the Faculty of Law, University of Ljubljana. The event aims to encourage interdisciplinary discussions by bringing together practitioners, scholars, and experts to explore various aspects of sanctions in international and European law, politics, and economics. The organisers invite abstracts covering a wide range of topics, including the evolution of international sanctions practices, theoretical and practical perspectives on sanctions, challenges in national sanctions implementation, sanctions and human rights, legal issues surrounding the confiscation of state and private property, sanctions as geo-political and geo-economic tools, links between sanctions and investment law, sanctions and humanitarian action, critical views on sanctioning policies and double standards, and TWAIL perspectives on sanctions. Paper and panel proposal up to 500 words must be submitted by 31 December 2024. The call for papers and submission portal is available here.
2. Secondary Sanctions and the International Legal Order Panel Discussion. The T.M.C. Asser Instituut is hosting the free event “Secondary Sanctions and the International Legal Order” at 18:00 CET on 5 November 2024 in The Hague, the Netherlands. Register here.
3. The Law of International Society: A Road Not Taken Lecture. The Center for Critical Democracy Studies at the American University of Paris is holding a lecture by Martti Koskenniemi (University of Helsinki) on: “The Law of International Society: A Road Not Taken”. The moderator is Anne-Charlotte Martineau (CNRS). The lecture will take place on 10 October , 10:30 at 6 Rue du Colonel Combes, 75007, Paris. Room Q-801. Register here (for in-person or via Zoom). Co-organized with the Centre de Recherche sur les Relations entre les Risques et le Droit by Delphine Dogot (UCLille) and Roman Zinigrad (AUP).
4. Call for Submissions: Cyber Law Toolkit. Cyber Law Toolkit, the online resource on international law and cyber operations, is inviting submissions for its next general update in September 2025. Successful authors will be awarded an honorarium. The Toolkit consists of a growing number of hypothetical scenarios, each of which contains a description of cyber incidents inspired by real-world examples and accompanied by detailed legal analysis. The Toolkit has been expressly referenced in a number of State national positions on international law in cyberspace and it has become a key reference point for governments, militaries, international organizations, and academics. To keep pace with the recent developments in the cyber security domain and remain a relevant resource, the Toolkit is regularly updated. The project team welcomes proposals for new scenarios to be included in the 2025 update. This call for submissions is open until 15 November 2024. For more information, see the full text of the call.
5. ICCT Live Webinar. The International Centre for Counter-Terrorism (ICCT) is hosting a webinar entitled “The Role of Transitional Justice in the Context of Counter-Terrorism: Opportunities and Challenges” on 29 October at 15:00 (CET). The new Special Rapporteur on the promotion of truth, justice, reparation and guarantees of non-recurrence, Professor Bernard Duhaime, will explain his approach to the mandate and his areas of interest for the years to come. Afterwards, a panel of counter-terrorism experts will examine the relevance of transitional justice for counter-terrorism. Register here.
