Ahora disponible en español. Este artículo, escrito junto a @aratojulian.bsky.social, analiza el ataque de Estados Unidos contra Venezuela y sus consecuencias a la luz del derecho internacional. lacritica.ar/post/ataque-...

NB Superb analysis by @justinauriburu.bsky.social @aratojulian.bsky.social: 'The attack on Panama, like this weekend’s attack on Venezuela, was simply illegal. In fact, several of these historical arguments have since become textbook examples of impermissible justifications under the jus ad bellum.'

Justina Uriburu @justinauriburu.bsky.social and Julian Arato @aratojulian.bsky.social: "Trump’s Illegal Attack on Venezuela and Its Consequences" The attack "was plainly illegal" - "a flagrant and grave violation" of Article 2(4) of the UN Charter, "and a severe breach of US law". 1/12

US attacks on Venezuela and the abduction of Nicolás Maduro raise profound legal and geopolitical concerns, with implications well beyond Venezuela itself. In a new post co-authored with Julian Arato, we examine the attack and its broader consequences under international law.

VALE LER: O ataque ilegal de Trump à Venezuela e suas consequências, por @justinauriburu.bsky.social e @aratojulian.bsky.social jnascim.info/x1Fsvk

My latest together with @justinauriburu.bsky.social No love lost for Maduro, and no apologies made for his regime. But the attack on Venezuela was plainly illegal. States can either say so clearly, or parse their way into a law of boundless exceptions and self-judgment.

We were thrilled to have a full house join us for a roundtable with Dr Megan Donaldson (UCL), Prof George Galindo (Brasília & Simon Visiting Prof), & Prof Nehal Bhuta (Edinburgh), chaired by Dr Justina Uriburu (Manchester), on transparency, secrecy, & who governs in a changing international order.

Who governs when the world is falling apart? Join the 2025 Melland Schill Roundtable with Nehal Bhuta, Megan Donaldson & George Galindo. 🗓 19 Nov 2025, 5–6.30pm 📍 Samuel Alexander Building www.eventbrite.com/e/melland-sc... @milcmanchester.bsky.social @uomlaw.bsky.social @uompols.bsky.social

Join us for ‘Green Transition: Environmental, Legal, Macroeconomic Governance’, a workshop exploring how credit policy, law, and finance can drive a just green transition. 📅 19 November 2025 | 13:30–15:00 📍Williamson 4.08 & 💻 Zoom Featuring Simon Youel (Positive Money)

🎙️ New EJIL Podcast: Non-Intervention — Past, Present & Future 🎙️ When should states butt out of other states’ business? Nehal Bhuta & Megan Donaldson talk with Marco Roscini & Frédéric Mégret on the past, present, & future of non-intervention.

We’re delighted to host Dr Edwini Kessie, Director of Agriculture & Commodities at the WTO, for a talk on ‘The WTO in Today’s More Turbulent Policy Environment’. 🗓️ 13 Oct 2025, 3pm 📍Roscoe 1.009, @officialuom.bsky.social Join us for insights on global trade in an era of volatility! #WTO

What does de-dollarisation mean in practice? How does it relate to global law and governance? My article 'Dollar Dominance, De-Dollarization, and International Law' is now out in JIEL. I present dollar dominance and de-dollarisation as competing legal institutions. academic.oup.com/jiel/advance...

Now available on the EJIL YouTube channel 🎥 Susan Marks (LSE) delivering the EJIL Foreword lecture at the EUI Law Department: ‘If the World is a Family, What Kind of Family Is It?’ 👉 Watch here:

This week, despite Venezuela's 2012 denunciation of the American Convention, the IACtHR held that Venezuela remains bound. Why? Because Guaidó re-ratified the Convention, retroactive to 2013, in 2019. The catch? Maduro was incumbent before and after Guaidó, and, arguably, during Guaidó. Read👇

Excellent post by @aratojulian.bsky.social & Justina Uriburu - www.ejiltalk.org/treaty-and-c...

An inspiring opinion for our challenging times. Law can’t do it all nor can courts. But they can do more than many give them credit for. Here the ICJ takes the development of climate change law fully seriously. @justinauriburu.bsky.social & I get into the central prob of sources of law below 👇

There is, undoubtedly, much to say about the ICJ’s landmark advisory opinion on Obligations of States in respect of Climate Change. In this post, Julian and I begin by unpacking the Court’s treatment of the sources of international law governing climate change and how those sources interact.

Treaty and Custom in the ICJ’s Climate Change Opinion | by @aratojulian.bsky.social and @justinauriburu.bsky.social

Now in English: "IDF officers and soldiers told Haaretz they were ordered to fire at unarmed crowds near food distribution sites in Gaza, even when no threat was present."

Call for Submissions! The ASIL Dispute Resolution Interest Group is now accepting entries for the 2026 DRIG Prize, recognizing outstanding scholarship in international dispute resolution Deadline: October 31, 2025 Submit to: [email protected]

‘If the world is a family, what kind of family is it?’ In this new episode of EJIL: The Podcast!, Janne Nijman interviews Susan Marks (LSE) about her EJIL Foreword and the larger project it inaugurates. Go give it a listen 🎧⬇️

You simply can't beat sunny days on campus 😍☀️

Here's the poster for this year's Edinburgh Legal Theory Festival. Come join us, and please share widely!

Very proud of my wonderful husband!

Critique is the sincerest form of flattery (said someone surely). CCEIL SOAS presents a workshop with the best people critiquing Koskenniemi's oeuvre. On May 26th, at Kairos (84 Tottenham Ct Rd), 1:30 to 6:30 PM. Please register to join us: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/critique-o...

Kelsen has a run of brilliant articles in AJIL in the 40’s. This one was plain fun to read - a snapshot into a moment of hope and opportunity in a very different time.

Join us in person @eui-eu.bsky.social or online on May 19 for an event, focusing on the changing global order and the role of international institutions in these turbulent times. 3 panels, a keynote and a roundtable will address the pressing ?s of what we do now, when the world we knew crumbles

I am very happy to join the team of Editors of @ejiltalk.bsky.social. I am looking forward to working with Devika Hovell, Nehal Bhuta, Marko Milanovic, Julian Arato, Wanshu Cong, and Miles Jackson.

Adiós, Francisco. Un papa humilde, compasivo y un agente de cambio, que habló incansablemente en favor de los migrantes, los pobres y la destrucción planetaria. La tristeza y, más importante, su legado son enormes.

Join our fantastic confirmed speakers Amna Akbar, Rob Knox, Ruth Kinna and Daniel Lock, and come present at our conference: ‘Law & Revolution: Prefiguration or Abolition?’ at the EUI in Florence: www.eui.eu/events?id=57...

Everything is terrible. But, for the students out there, the Max Planck Encyclopedias of International Law are now open access: opil.ouplaw.com/home/MPIL

📢 Call for Papers 📢 The ESIL IG on International Law and Technology is pleased to announce the Call for Papers for our @esil-sedi.bsky.social pre-conference workshop The theme is *Forensic and Counter-Forensic Approaches to Reconstructing International Law - A Cartography and Anatomy of Genocide*

Grateful to be part of this community. 👇

"If universities want to protect free speech and academic freedom on campus, they should fight for it. The Tufts Fletcher School faculty have shown us the way."

In the new #ZaöRV: Tania Atilano explores how mid-nineteenth century Mexican liberal republicans engaged creatively with international law in the context of the French intervention in Mexico. Read now #OpenAccess: www.nomos-elibrary.de/de/10.17104/...

In response to several requests from colleagues, we are happy to announce an extension of the submission deadline for the upcoming LASIL Conference to Friday, 28 March. We very much look forward to reading your submissions!

A fantastic and much needed contribution by @marinavelickovic.bsky.social in this one - www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

if you were ever dying to read about how ICL functions as a mode of accumulation and what the implications of that are for its abolition - then today is your lucky day! (& if you're a normal person, then today is just monday)

There are only a few days left to apply for the Latin American Society of International Law 2025 Biennial Conference, which will take place at Universidad de la República in Montevideo, Uruguay. Full details are available in the call for papers below ⬇️

Join us on 25 March to hear the wonderful Celine Tan discuss how international scholars can reclaim the knowledge production on how states and communities in the Global South engage in and with the global economic architecture.

Looking forward to taking up this responsibility at @tmcasser.bsky.social & building a stronger national and international network & collaboration for international and European law research!

Dr Machiko Kanetake has been appointed as the new academic director and chair of the executive board of the T.M.C. Asser Instituut, starting 1 July 2025. Her leadership, together with the managing director Kasper Vrolijk, will be instrumental in shaping the future of the Institute. 🔗 bit.ly/43ydJp1

📢 Join us for a double book launch celebrating International Law & Universality (OUP 2024) & Expansion in IHRL (Brill 2024)!📚✨ 🎙️Talk by Işıl Aral & Jean d’Aspremont: ‘The Universality of International Law & Its Discontent’ 📅 10 March | ⏰ 4 pm 📍Samuel Alexander A7

After 17 years of serving as EJIL Editor in Chief, he is now stepping down. In his words: ‘for real’. It is an occasion for an in-person conversation: many people know ‘Weiler’ by name or by initials ‘JHHW’; fewer people know him in person. Who is Joseph Halevi Horowitz Weiler?

In @eui-eu.bsky.social this week presenting a new paper draft. Join if you can! I’d love your feedback.Working on this project has provided solace amidst global chaos. Thanks to the Stephanie Hofmann 🙏🏻 for the invite. @campolis.bsky.social @christscollegecam.bsky.social www.eui.eu/events?id=57...

We had a full house at the launch event for the MILC Law and Diplomacy Forum, featuring Ambassador Mzukisi Qobo. Thank you all for engaging in a discussion about the role of the WTO in the context of great power competition, the digital economy, a new Trump administration, and the climate emergency.

🚨 ICYMI 🚨 A new episode was released over the weekend by our wonderful incoming editors of EJIL: The Podcast!, Megan Donaldson and Guy Fiti Sinclair.

Thank you, Dapo Akande, for inviting me to deliver a talk at the Oxford PIL Discussion Group. I am grateful to everyone who attended for their engagement & thoughtful questions. Special thanks to Hosung Ahn & Veronica Soon for being superb hosts and showing me around the beautiful sites of Oxford.

Thank you to everyone for an engaging discussion today, and to @justinauriburu.bsky.social for her fascinating presentation on ‘Missing Pieces of Peace: A History of International Dispute Settlement’. The is part of the ILA British Branch seminar series and supported by OUP Law.