Legal Limits for UNSC Action on Peace in Ukraine – EJIL: Talk! – Go Health Pro

Legal Limits for UNSC Action on Peace in Ukraine – EJIL: Talk! – Go Health Pro

The last weeks have seen a gradual increase of pressure on the Ukrainian leadership to succumb to Russia’s imperialist demands. In particular, the United States of America under the Trump Administration have repeated their calls for a “Peace Deal” between the two states at war. The Administration suspended military and intelligence aid to Ukraine after … Read more

A Ukrainian Peace Agreement Without Ukraine? – EJIL: Talk! – Go Health Pro

Legal Limits for UNSC Action on Peace in Ukraine – EJIL: Talk! – Go Health Pro

Several months ago, I examined what was shaping up to be a very dark ending to the Ukraine conflict.  Russia and the United States would draft a peace agreement requiring that Ukraine cede substantial territory to Russia, as well as potentially granting immunity to Russian officials for international crimes and enabling the mass deportation of Ukrainians from Russian controlled areas.  The U.S. and Russia would present that agreement to Ukraine as a take-it-or-leave it proposition. If Ukraine signed, it would obviously do so because of Russian coercion via the use of force in 2014 (Crimea) and 2022 (the rest of Ukraine).  If it did not, the war would continue, with the U.S. likely withdrawing its logistical and intelligence support from Ukraine as a result.

That account turned out to be overly optimistic. While as of this writing the negotiations are proceeding in fits and starts, the main talks in Saudi Arabia have begun without Ukraine’s direct participation. While Ukraine has few options in the face of a seemingly unified Russian-American front, it has nonetheless made clear that it will not accept any agreement that allows Russia to annex all the territory it currently occupies or one that does not provide for credible third-party security guarantees. It also objects to other Russian demands, such as the calling of elections.  A U.S. envoy has described the status of the Russian occupied territories the “elephant in the room” at the negotiations. These developments thus present the very real possibility that Russia and the US will deal with the Ukrainian objections by simply removing it from the process entirely and concluding an agreement to which Ukraine is not a party.

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CfP In the Name of National Security – The Fragility of Human Rights; Leiden-Edinburgh Global Law Summer School; United Nations Anti-Racism Mechanisms Regarding Reparations Event; International Law Weekend; EU and International Law in Times of Trump II; CfP Reconstructing Peace; CfP Conference in International Law and Human Rights; CfEL IL on the Battlefield; 2025 CLEER Summer School; CfP Edinburgh Student Law Review; CfP Asian Cities and the International Legal Order; Cambridge International Law Journal Conference; Masterclass Conflict & Security Law; Max Planck Masterclass – EJIL: Talk! – Go Health Pro

Legal Limits for UNSC Action on Peace in Ukraine – EJIL: Talk! – Go Health Pro

1. Call for Papers: In the Name of National Security – The Fragility of Human Rights. The Centre for Public Law at the University of Cambridge and Universidad Autónoma de Madrid will co-host a workshop In the Name of National Security: The Fragility of Human Rights at the Centro de Estudios Políticos y Constitucionales in Madrid on 3 July 2025. Keynotes will be presented by Professor Iain Cameron and Professor Ana María Salinas de Frías. The workshop is held in conjunction with the European Human Rights Law Review and it is intended that a selection of papers from the workshop will be included in a Special Issue of the journal in 2026. Additional support for the event is generously provided by the Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades, Confinanciado por la Unión Europea. The organisers welcome abstracts on any topic within the theme. To propose a paper, submit an abstract of 250-500 words by 25 April 2025 using this form. Full papers are to be submitted by 26 June 2025, one week in advance of the workshop. Papers may be between 5,000 and 10,000 words (inclusive of footnotes). Direct any queries you might have about this event to either Professor Susana Sánchez Ferro (UAM) or Dr Kirsty Hughes (Cambridge). Grant PID2021-123563NB-I00, funded by MICIU/AEI/ 10.13039/501100011033 and by “ERDF/EU”

2. Leiden-Edinburgh Global Law Summer School: Public Interest Dispute Resolution and Advocacy. The Summer Course on Global Law, offered jointly by Leiden and Edinburgh Law Schools, focuses this year on the theme of Public Interest Dispute Resolution and Advocacy. It offers research-based education on public interest litigation as a core feature of global legal practice. Coordinated by Letizia Lo Giacco (Leiden) and Gail Lythgoe (Edinburgh), there are modules on Transnational Food Governance: Markets, Movements, and Regulations, Global Security Governance, and Climate Change Litigation: Views from the Practice. More information is available here. Registration is now open.

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Trump can’t secure a robust peace in Ukraine without Europe – Go Health Pro

Trump can’t secure a robust peace in Ukraine without Europe – Go Health Pro

If Donald Trump wants to successfully resolve the Russia-Ukraine war, he will have to take Brussels and London into account, write George Scutaru and Peter Watkins. The whirlwind of events the past few weeks have fundamentally changed the dynamics of transatlantic relations. At the heart of the debate is the future of Ukraine. President Trump … Read more

CfP Oxford Workshop in Honour of Sir Frank Berman; ILaW Gendered Peace Through International Law Talk; CfP International Organisations as Imperial Designs; CfP Workshop on Sociological Inquiries into International Law; Thicker Notions of Human Rights Accountabilities Conference; GMU Academy on Seabed Governance; CfP Reconstructing International Criminal Justice; Universality of International Law and its Discontent Lecture; Innovative Ways to Counter Terrorism Conference – EJIL: Talk! – Go Health Pro

Legal Limits for UNSC Action on Peace in Ukraine – EJIL: Talk! – Go Health Pro

1. Call for Papers: Oxford Workshop in Honour of Sir Frank Berman. The Oxford University Faculty of Law, the Oxford Institute for Ethics, Law & Armed Conflict, All Souls College, and Wadham College will host a workshop on 17 June 2025 to honour Sir Frank Berman KCMG KC’s long personal and professional association with Oxford, including his time as Visiting Professor of International Law and Honorary Fellow of Wadham College, Oxford. Applications are invited from early career researchers, including doctoral students, on the theme – Treaty Regimes in International Law. Topics may include the functioning, control, and governance of particular treaty regimes, the activities of dispute settlement or monitoring bodies, and assemblies or conferences of State parties. They are particularly interested in examining how well the general law of treaties copes with the interactions or conflicts between different treaty regimes, as well as between treaty regimes and general international law. Abstracts of no more than 400 words together with a short resumé should be submitted by 10 March 2025 to elac.events {at} bsg.ox.ac(.)uk  (please indicate ‘Berman workshop abstract’ in the subject line). If selected, participants will then be asked to circulate a draft of the paper, which can still be rough/in progress, by 23 May 2025. They are able to provide some financial assistance to selected participants on the basis of need.

2. ILaW Gendered Peace Through International Law Talk. On 19 Feb 2025, 5.30pm, in London, International Law at Westminster (ILaW) are hosting a talk with Dr Louise Arimatsu and Professor Christine Chinkin on their book Gendered Peace through International Law (Hart 2024). The talk, moderated by Dr Marco Longobardo, will explore the main findings of their open access book, discussing what a gendered peace might look like and its impact on international law. More info and free registration are available here.

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