1. Future(s) of International Water Law: Reimagining Transboundary Water Governance for a Changing World. The International Water Law Academy (IWLA) is hosting a webinar series on the “Future(s) of International Water Law: Reimagining Transboundary Water Governance for a Changing World”. The series explores how international water law may evolve in response to the complex water challenges of the twenty-first century. The first webinar, on 13 October, 1-2pm GMT, features a discussion with the inaugural winners of the AIDA Global Water Law Excellence Award, Patricia Wouters and Salman MA Salman, with moderation by IWLA Director, David J Devlaeminck. These experts in international water law will look at the past development, current status and possible future trajectories of international water law. Register for the webinar here. More information on the Academy can be found here.
2. Call for Readers and Reviewers: Code, Law and Capital. Khurram Chughtai of KSC.JUSNREM is inviting expressions of interest in two works in progress: the Global Edition and the Pakistan Library Edition. The project examines digital assets, legal rights and institutional authority, including cross-border claims, international standards and their operation through domestic legal systems. Readers, reviewers, libraries, translators and institutional partners are welcome. Interest registration is free. The first reviewer-round cutoff is 31 October 2026; registration remains open afterwards. The calls and detailed contents are available here.
3. Call for Applications: ESIL Early-Career Mentoring Program 2026v– 2027. The European Society of International Law (ESIL) is inviting expressions of interest from prospective mentors and mentees for its Early-Career Mentoring Program for the 2026 – 2027 academic year. The programme offers two tracks: the Starting-out track pairs incoming and early-stage PhD candidates with advanced PhD candidates and postdoctoral researchers, while the Building-on track pairs PhD candidates in their final years or in the first year after submission with established academics and international law professionals. The deadline for expressions of interest is 12 October 2026. Further information and the application questionnaire are available here.
4. The Impact of Neutrality on Research and Knowledge Production in Legal Scholarship Workshop. Ruhr University Bochum will host the Volkswagen Stiftung-funded workshop “The Impact of Neutrality on Research and Knowledge Production in Legal Scholarship” on 9 – 10 December 2026 in Bochum. The workshop will critically examine neutrality as a construct, methodological stance, and disciplinary instrument in legal scholarship, including its conceptual and historical foundations, its sociopolitical dimensions, its implications for academic infrastructure and research methodologies, and its relationship to academic rigour. A limited number of places are available for engaged listeners, with applications open to researchers from different disciplinary backgrounds. Applications shall be sent to Dr. Sissy Katsoni (Spyridoula.Katsoni@ruhr-uni-
5. The Right to a Safe, Stable and Healthy Climate: From Recognition to Realisation Webinar. The NUS Centre for International Law is hosting the NUS-CIL webinar “The Right to a Safe, Stable and Healthy Climate: From Recognition to Realisation” (8 October 2026, 5:00 PM – 7:00 PM Singapore Time). Moderated by Elena Pribytkova (Senior Research Fellow, NUS-CIL), the session brings together leading global experts: Elisa Morgera (UN Special Rapporteur on Climate Change), Astrid Puentes Riaño (UN Special Rapporteur on the Human Right to a Clean, Healthy and Sustainable Environment), Surya Deva (UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Development), Helen Magata (Executive Director, Tebtebba, Indigenous Peoples’ International Centre for Policy Research and Education, Philippines), and M
6. Call for Abstracts: Workshop on Community Interests in International Law – Theory, Adjudication and Human Rights: Although community interest norms in international law are gaining more and more attention, their theoretical foundations and practical application remain underexplored. Therefore, a team of legal researchers from Radboud University and the University of Groningen are inviting submissions examining how community interest norms are conceptualized, addressed by international courts and tribunals, and how the nexus between serious human rights violations and breaches of community interest norms can be assessed. The call for abstracts can be found here. We invite scholars and practitioners to submit an abstract of up to 500 words, together with a short biography of up to 150 words, to johanna.ritter {at} ru(.)nl and d.e.uribe {at} rug(.)nl with the subject line “CfA Community Interests Workshop.” They also encourage early-career scholars, including doctoral candidates, to submit an abstract. The abstract submission deadline is 15 January 2027.
7. Romanian Yearbook of International and European Law Launch. The Romanian Yearbook of International and European Law (RYIEL) will be launched on 14 October 2026 at the Faculty of Law of the West University of Timișoara, Romania, during its inaugural conference, supported by the European Society of International Law (ESIL). The conference will explore the contribution of Central and Eastern Europe to the development of international law and will bring together judges, academics and practitioners from several countries, including members of international courts and the Institut de Droit International. Founded by Professor Iulia Motoc, Judge at the International Criminal Court, and co-edited by Professor Sebastian Rădulețu, Judge at the European Court of Human Rights, and Professor Raluca Bercea, RYIEL examines Romania’s engagement with the international legal order and the interaction between international and EU law in Romania and Eastern Europe. The Yearbook adopts an interdisciplinary perspective and will be published primarily in English as an open-access digital publication.
8. International Law Breakfast Briefings (Hybrid). The University of Copenhagen – Faculty of Law is launching a new season of its hybrid International Law Breakfast Briefings. The autumn programme features five sessions and offers researchers, practitioners and students the opportunity to engage with one another on contemporary issues in international law. Participants may join either in person or remotely via Zoom. Find the full programme, including registration links, here.
9. Book discussion: Disaster Displacement and International Protection in the EU. This book talk webinar will take place on 10 November 2026, 09:00 London · 10:00 CET · 20:00 Sydney · Online. Why does the EU still lack consolidated protection for people displaced across borders by disasters? In this book talk, Dr Chiara Scissa (Università di Bologna and Università degli Studi della Tuscia) presents her new book, which examines three causes of that gap: how disaster displacement is conceptualised, how asylum authorities interpret international protection statuses, and how restrictive asylum policies built on deterrence block access to protection. Register here.
10. TwoLaW Lecture Series on the Laws of War. The next lecture in the TwoLaW Lecture Series on the Laws of War, organised by Professor Jochen von Bernstorff and Professor Andreas Kulick, will take place on 30 October 2026 from 6:00 to 7:00 pm CET. Professor Andrew Clapham will speak on “Why we should not accept the use of Prize Law today.” He will examine the rules that have historically allowed states to claim captured enemy ships. Register here.