Asian Journal of International Law

Rejections are painful but those can be constructive too! Some important thoughts from @ProfChesterman for early career researchers. @CUP_Law

Have you been following the new blog series from @AsianJIL and the @AsianSil? Explore 12 (and counting!) blog posts on #intlaw topics including #humanrights, the ICJ, genocide in Ukraine, and more: ow.ly/FZL050MIism

Many congratulations to our Co-Editor-in-Chief Professor Antony Anghie. Richly deserved!

UN General Assembly Committee Adopts Resolution Requesting Second Advisory Opinion from ICJ on Occupied Palestinian Territory | by @susanrosepower ejiltalk.org/?p=21701

We resume the final essays of our #digitalisingcontinent Symposium with Uchenna Anyamele's post on "Digitalising Trade Finance under the African Continental Free Trade Agreement: Lessons from the Model Law on Electronic Transferable Records" afronomicslaw.org/category/analy…

We are finally starting to forge a peace pact with nature. Delegates at #COP15 have agreed on a new Global Biodiversity Framework. This is an important step for determined diplomacy and I urge all countries to deliver on their commitments.

New research from our @UTSLaw colleague @rvijeyarasa in the @AsianJIL. CEDAW Committee's latest decision finds Sri Lanka in violation of the Convention for criminalising consensual same-sex relations - an essential evolution in CEDAW's jurisprudence cambridge.org/core/journals/…

As the US Africa leaders summit starts on Monday, my thoughts on what they should seek on trade: @afronomicslaw @ahmednasirlaw @UNDPAfrica @WallachLori @K_JeanPierre @MeneWamkele @MelakuD @DavidLukeTrade @AfCFTA @TradeAfrica @moseskuriahon theeastafrican.co.ke/tea/oped/comme…

Our #HumanRightsDay article collection includes research from @BHRJournal, @IJLC_CUP, @AsianJIL, @LSI_Journal, @Ger_Law_Journal, @Eu_Const, @LJIL_Leiden, @AsianJIL, @EurJRR, @ICLQ_jnl, @JLME_ASLME, @JLRatEmory, @AJIL_andUnbound, and more: ow.ly/fftx50LVAUW

AsianSIL Voices, Blog #3: Reflecting on the Ukraine-Russia conflict, Prof Toshiki Mogami (University of Basel) urges the review and reconstruction of the UN security system to avoid the system's collapse into conflicting camps. Read his views here: cambridge.org/core/blog/2022…

Call For Papers: Conference on Global Crisis and Global Legal Orders: “What should we now discuss for the Future of Global Legal Ordering?” at Waseda University (Tokyo) and also online. Details below: waseda.jp/folaw/icl/news…

It’s not too late to act on the climate crisis. Solutions exist. We must #ActNow and scale up investments to reduce emissions & adapt to climate impacts.

WATCH AGAIN: the address of #ICJ President Joan E. Donoghue before the General Assembly of the #UN on 27 October 2022 media.un.org/en/asset/k1n/k… @UNwebTV @UN

AsianSIL Voices, Blog #2: Vahid Bazzar (Allameh Tabataba’i University, Iran) evaluates the propriety of Germany's action to institute a case against Italy before the ICJ re: jurisdictional immunity of a State. Did Germany make the right action? Read here👉cambridge.org/core/blog/2022…

Is there an #emerging #customary international law obligation to avoid, reduce or prevent #statelessness in South Asia? My article in the @AsianJIL argues that despite the prevalence of statelessness, there is evidence of such an obligation in South Asia. cambridge.org/core/journals/…

Our colleagues at the Centre for International Law Studies in Indonesia have organized an important conference on October 24-25. Details are available below:

📢 We have just published the first issue of our blog, 'AsianSIL Voices'! Access here 👉 cambridge.org/core/blog/tag/…. Watch this space for more interesting & compelling essays about #Asia & #internationallaw in general! @OolongTeaCher @ma_jovanovic @AskaryPouria @ProfSSayapin

📣 The @AsianJIL has launched the AsianSIL Voices blog! Find the first four articles and an introduction here: ow.ly/Asok50L8stS

@AsianJIL is immensely grateful to all its reviewers for their generous help. @CUP_Law has just announced the recipients of @AsianJIL Annual Reviewer Award 2021/22. Many congratulations to @Cheah_WL @pranjan12781 @MShahabuddin77 and Chen Yifeng. cambridge.org/core/journals/…

I have a new (Open Access) article in @AsianJIL. It examines the scary and problematic discourse on terrorism and how it involves, undercuts and synthesizes with discourse on Indigenous peoples' human rights in the Philippines. Find it here: doi.org/10.1017/S20442…

We are deeply saddened by Professor Karen Knop’s passing. Generations of international lawyers will remember her for all the brilliant contributions to the betterment of the discipline.