1. BIICL-SLS Online Workshop: Daily Life of International Law. The British Institute of International and Comparative Law and the Society of Legal Scholars’ International Law section, together with Dr Jean-Pierre Gauci and Dr Solon Solomon, are inviting interested individuals to the online BIICL-SLS workshop on the daily life of international law that will take place on 29 October. The program can be found here. Register here.
2. International Cooperation under the European Convention on Human Rights Conference. On 15 – 16 October 2026, the University of Liverpool will host the conference “International Cooperation under the European Convention on Human Rights: Sources, Limits, and Enforceability of State Obligations”. On 15 October at 17:00, Judge Mykola Gnatovskyy (European Court of Human Rights) will deliver the keynote speech, “The Cooperative Infrastructure of the European Convention on Human Rights: An Article 3 Perspective.” The conference will conclude on 16 October with a plenary discussion featuring Judges Mykola Gnatovskyy and Vasilka Sancin (European Court of Human Rights) and the organisers. The keynote and all Friday afternoon panel discussions, including the plenary, are open to the public; the plenary will also be streamed online. Further details and registration are available here.
3. Conference on Mapping International Law’s Second Worlds (SWAIL II): Middle Powers, Semi-Peripheries and Shifting Hierarchies in the Global Legal Order. Singapore Management University, 16 – 17 November 2026. While international law’s role in perpetuating hierarchy, domination and exclusion are increasingly acknowledged , less attention has been paid to the experiences, practices, processes, vocabularies and perspectives of in-betweenness that defy binary classifications of North-South, core-periphery, liberal-illiberal, etc. Drawing on Second World Approaches to International Law (SWAIL), a self-reflexive project exploring how international law produces and manages ‘in-betweenness’ across different registers, this conference explores conceptual semi-peripherality, incomplete integration, actor-based claims to middle-power or emerging-power agency, and other associated themes. The conference program is here.
4. Lecture: There is No Just War – Natural Law Teaching on War and Peace. Mary Ellen O’Connell will deliver the 2026 Richard O’Sullivan Memorial Lecture on 15 October in London. A global debate on the meaning of the venerable “just war” doctrine was sparked in April by the open disagreement between Pope Leo and Vice President Vance. The lecture presents Just War theory in light of its origins and impact on today’s law against war, codified in the United Nations Charter. The connection is largely forgotten, leaving the law against war vulnerable to flexible interpretations of the Charter by leaders and assertions that they are acting for reasons above the law. The result is the highest number of armed conflicts since World War II. Thursday, 15 October, The University of Notre Dame, 1-4 Suffolk St., London, SW1Y 4HG. Admission is free but a ticket is required and obtainable here.
5. Fossil Fuel Feuds at the International Court of Justice Webinar. CIL Energy Law & Policy is organising a webinar as a part of the NUS Centre for International Law Distinguished Speaker Series featuring Harro van Asselt, Hatton Professor of Climate Law with the Department of Land Economy at the University of Cambridge on ‘Fossil Fuel Feuds at the International Court of Justice (ICJ)’ on Thursday, 29 October from 16:00 to 17:30 SGT on ZOOM. The ICJ’s Advisory Opinion on Obligations of States in Respect of Climate Change breaks new ground by clearly identifying fossil fuel production, licensing, and subsidisation among the activities to which international climate change obligations apply, going as far to suggest that such activities may constitute internationally wrongful acts. This presentation analyses the ICJ’s Advisory Opinion as well as the proceedings leading up to it. It discusses the scientific and legal background that led to the inclusion of the topics of fossil fuel production and fossil fuel subsidies in the proceedings. It then looks at the proceedings and the Court’s reasoning, identifying its jurisprudential advances and limitations. Finally, it discusses the potential impacts of the Advisory Opinion. It concludes that while it may be too early to declare that international law requires the phase-out of fossil fuels, the decision puts states – particularly developed countries with greater capacities – that are expanding fossil fuel production and continue to subsidise fossil fuels on notice. For more information and to register, see here.
6. Call for Participants: Writing and Publishing in the Law of the ECHR and Other International Human Rights Systems – A Workshop for Early Career Researchers. The Academy for European Human Rights Protection at the University of Cologne and the University of Zurich have announced an open call for participants for their upcoming joint workshop, “Writing and Publishing in the Law of the ECHR and Other International Human Rights Systems: A Workshop for Early Career Researchers”, which will take place on 11 – 12 February 2027. The workshop brings together Early Career Researchers, senior academics, editors, and practitioners to discuss the challenges and opportunities involved in researching, writing, and publishing academic work in the field of international human rights protection. Early Career Researchers attending the workshop in person will also have the opportunity to present their ongoing research in small-group sessions. The call for participants is open until 9 November 2026. Further information on the workshop and the application process can be found here. Additional information can be found here.
7. Canadian Council on International Law Annual Conference 2026: Bend, Not Break: Resilience and Evolution of International Law. The Canadian Council on International Law Annual Conference 2026 is currently open for registration, with Early Bird Registration ending on 14 October. Register here. The conference will include more than 15 concurrent sessions over two days including the Careers in International Law panel on Friday and the Legal Advisor’s Reception on Thursday. Keynote speakers include: Olabisi D. Akinkugbe, Purdy Crawford Chair in Business Law and Associate Professor, Schulich School of Law, Dalhousie University; Pierre-Marie Dupuy, Professor Emeritus, Paris Panthéon-Assas University; Monica Hakimi, William S. Beinecke Professor of Law, Columbia Law School; and, Valerie Hughes, Former Director, WTO Legal Affairs Division and Appellate Body Secretariat.
8. ESIL Conversations Series: Responsibility of States and International Organisations in Times of Accountability Gaps: 25 Years of ARSIWA and 15 Years of ARIO. The second webinar in the ESIL Conversations Series will take place on 13 October 2026, 15:00-16:30 Rome time, Online. Full info and how to register here. The webinar will be devoted to violations of peremptory norms and erga omnes obligations: What role for international responsibility?
9. Expressions of Interest: ILA Egyptian Branch Annual Conference 2026. The International Law Association – Egyptian Branch will hold its first Annual Conference, “Contemporary Challenges in International Law: Regional Perspectives & Emerging Prospects,” on 14 – 15 November 2026, hosted by the German University in Cairo. The conference will bring together academics, practitioners, representatives of international and public institutions, students and early-career professionals. Panels will address the use of force and regional security, international humanitarian law, natural resources, investment law, commercial and maritime disputes, and the future of international law. An online Students’ Training Day will precede the conference on 12 November 2026. Expressions of interest to attend are open until 12 October 2026. The current programme is available here. Attendance is subject to approval and capacity. Successful applicants will subsequently receive registration information.