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What do the battles with M23 mean for the DRC and UN Peacekeeping? – EJIL: Talk! – Go Health Pro

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What do the battles with M23 mean for the DRC and UN Peacekeeping? – EJIL: Talk! – Go Health Pro

At the end of January 2025, the M23 captured the city of Goma, the largest city in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and the region’s humanitarian and security hub. Why does this matter to us international lawyers? It matters for many reasons, not least because this is another escalation in one of the world’s … Read more

What is the Future of the Prohibition Against Collective Expulsion in the European Human Rights Legal Framework? – EJIL: Talk! – Go Health Pro

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What do the battles with M23 mean for the DRC and UN Peacekeeping? – EJIL: Talk! – Go Health Pro

On 12 February 2025, the European Court of Human Rights (“the Court”) held hearings in three cases concerning collective expulsions: R.A. and Others v. Poland (42120/21), H.M.M. and Others v. Latvia (42165/21) and C.O.C.G. and Others v. Lithuania (17764/22). These cases included alleged migrant instrumentalisation and hybrid threats orchestrated by Belarus (and Russia) as a … Read more

Execution of Strasbourg’s Landmark Climate Mitigation Judgment Verein KlimaSeniorinnen v. Switzerland – EJIL: Talk! – Go Health Pro

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What do the battles with M23 mean for the DRC and UN Peacekeeping? – EJIL: Talk! – Go Health Pro

In July 2024, I wrote, together with Chhaya Bharwaj, that the execution of the first climate mitigation judgment of the European Court of Human Rights, Verein KlimaSeniorinnen v. Switzerland, was a space to watch.  This was because the Court found, for the first time, that the lack of an adequate legislative framework to mitigate the … Read more

UN Bodies’ Views on the Indigenous Right to Culture, the Indigenous Right to Land, and Resource Extraction – EJIL: Talk! – Go Health Pro

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What do the battles with M23 mean for the DRC and UN Peacekeeping? – EJIL: Talk! – Go Health Pro

In October 2024, the Committees on the Rights of the Child (CCRC) and Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR) published their Views in three communications against Finland. Both Committees concluded that the country had violated the rights of individuals in the Kova-Labba Siida (a Sámi community) by granting a mineral exploration permit and area reservation … Read more

CfP European Law Unbound Society; CfP Centre for the Law of EU External Relations; CfA Justice and Reconstruction in Post-Conflict Societies; CfP Cultural Heritage Law; CfS Feminist Jurisprudence Discussion Group – EJIL: Talk! – Go Health Pro

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What do the battles with M23 mean for the DRC and UN Peacekeeping? – EJIL: Talk! – Go Health Pro

1. Call for Papers: Learned Society – European Law Unbound Society. From 25 – 27 September 2025, the inaugural conference of a new Learned Society — European Law Unbound Society (ELU-S) will take place. “Unbound” takes two meanings here: It will cover all scholarly and methodological approaches to the world of European legal Scholarship. It will, too, be a very inclusive society welcoming scholars at all stages of their career: From doctoral students to senior professors and practitioners. For a more elaborate description of ELU-S and a call for papers (Unbound!) see here.  

2. Call for Papers: Centre for the Law of EU External Relations. The Centre for the Law of EU External Relations (CLEER) and the T.M.C. Asser Instituut are inviting abstracts for a conference on ‘Shifting institutional dynamics in EU external relations’ that will take place on 12 December 2025 at the premises of the T.M.C. Asser Instituut in The Hague. The deadline for submission of abstracts is 30 April 2025. More information can be found here.

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