For this week's PIL Research Seminar, we had Taha Almasri for a fascinating presentation on his DPhil research on 'Principle—non-intervention; concept—coercion.' Thank you for joining us and for sparking great discussion among the group!

Please join us for our third PIL Discussion Group seminar on November 20, 2025. Dr @geraldovidigal.bsky.social will deliver a talk entitled ‘Adjudicating over Anarchy: Judicial Remedies, Compliance, and Enforcement in International Law.’ See further here www.law.ox.ac.uk/content/even...

For this week’s PIL Discussion Group seminar, we were delighted to have Prof @oonahathaway.bsky.social discuss her project entitled ‘War Unbound.’ We look forward to seeing how the project unfolds. As always, we thank everyone for joining us both in person and online.

As we’re halfway through the term, we had our last round of New Student presentations today at the PIL Research Seminar. We heard from João, Joshua, and Odinaka about their research proposals. We look forward to seeing their projects develop throughout their studies!

We continued with the New Students presentations, where Daisy, Holly, Taqbir, and Will discussed their research outlines that cover a wide range of topics at this week’s PIL Research Seminar—wishing them the very best in their respective projects!

We warmly invite you to our second PIL Discussion Group event of this term, scheduled for next Thursday, 6 November 2025. Prof @oonahathaway.bsky.social will deliver a talk entitled ‘War Unbound’. For more information and to register for the event, see here: www.law.ox.ac.uk/content/even....

In this week’s PIL Research Seminar, Dan Byam Shaw and Quinn Farr presented their DPhil research proposals. We were also delighted to be joined by Charlotte Magnus, visiting from Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, who provided an overview of her research.

We were delighted to have Prof Jorge E. Viñuales at our first PIL Discussion Group event of the academic year. He presented on ‘Bringing Climate Change before the ICJ: Process, Outcome and Pure Conjecture.’ Thanks, everyone, for joining us!

Welcome to the 25/26 Academic Year 🥳 We began our PIL Seminars by having two of our new research students, Hossein and Bianca, present their outlines. We look forward to seeing their work develop throughout the year!

Join us for our first PIL Discussion Group of this academic year next Thursday, 16 October 2025! Prof Jorge E. Vinuales will be presenting on the topic of ‘Bringing Climate Change before the ICJ: Process, Outcome and Pure Conjecture’. For more information, see here: www.law.ox.ac.uk/content/even...

We are so excited to welcome all back to our new academic year! The term card for Michaelmas is now out - do join us for a fruitful discussion 🥳 Light lunch will be available for those attending in person.

❗Prof Lavanya Rajamani shares her insights on the ICJ's Advisory Opinion on Climate Change in the @abilaofficial.bsky.social's podcast, International Law Chats - together with Andrew B. Loewenstein, Prof @niluferoral.bsky.social and Ambassador Franz Perrez. www.law.ox.ac.uk/content/news...

🎧 In the latest episode of EJIL: The Podcast!, Prof Lavanya Rajamani, together with Profs Margaret Young and Phoebe Okowa, discuss the ICJ’s groundbreaking advisory opinion on the obligations of States in respect of climate change. Listen now: www.ejiltalk.org/ejil-the-pod... @ejiltalk.bsky.social

🚨Give the new episode of the ‘Fire and Wire’ podcast a listen as Prof Lavanya Rajamani shares her insights on climate and human rights 🌎 ⚖️ www.law.ox.ac.uk/content/news...

Delighted to again welcome lawyers from the Royal Navy and the FCDO to Oxford for the International Law Course, where they presented at our final PIL seminar. We’ve had an amazing year - many thanks to our presenters and all who participated. See you next academic year!👋

For our final PIL seminar, we heard from Ayako Hatano on ‘Reconceptualising Internalisation of International Law: A Case Study of Racialised Hate Speech in Japan’.

Happy Week 8! We are excited to kickstart our final week of Trinity Term with the International Law Workshop in Honour of Sir Frank Berman KCMG KC. We have a great itinerary lined up - watch this space! ✨

We are delighted to have hosted the first Oxford-Bonn doctoral exchange workshop at sunny Oxford 🌞 We had such a fruitful discussion the past two days - with many lifelong friendships formed!

Today at our Week 7 PIL Seminar, we are delighted to have Professor @bodansk.bsky.social share his insights on the topic ‘Towards an International Legally Binding Instrument to End Plastic Pollution’.

If you’re in Oxford this Friday (13 June 2025), join us for a special public lecture by Professor Sienho Yee! The lecture will be held in-person at the @oxfordlawfac.bsky.social, and is part of the first Oxford-Bonn doctoral exchange workshop. 🥳 No registration is required.

We heard from Juan-Pablo Pérez-León-Acevedo at today’s PIL seminar, where he shared on his research topic, ‘Reparations for Mass Atrocities at the International Court of Justice’.

What a way to dispel the 5th week blues! Today, Aakarsh Banyal presented on ‘Protection of Foreign Investments at Sea’ at our PIL Seminar.

We’re now mid-way through Trinity Term! 🌞 Today, we had the fantastic opportunity to hear from Prof @atzanakopoulos.bsky.social on ‘International Law and Domestic Courts: Quantum Uncertainty’.

Thank you all for a lively discussion to close off the final discussion group of this term – and to Profs Kimberley Trapp and Alex Mills for guiding us through their research. See you next term! 🥳 This is part of the ILA British Branch seminar series and supported by OUP Law.

At today’s PIL seminar, @melanieschndr.bsky.social presented her research on ‘The Role of International Law in Shaping Energy Security’.

Join us next Thursday - online or in person - for our final Discussion Group this term! Professors Kimberley Trapp and Alex Mills will present on ‘Jurisdictional Disconnections - State Jurisdiction and Human Rights’. Register here: www.law.ox.ac.uk/content/even...

Today, Prof René Provost presented his research on ‘Legal Pluralism and War: Lessons from Informal Courts of PoW Camps and Jewish Ghettos’. Thank you to everyone who participated in our discussion group – both online and in-person!

Happy Week 2 everyone! In today’s PIL seminar, Tsvetelina van Benthem shared interesting aspects of her research on ‘International Law Protections against Indoctrination’.

We’re delighted to have Prof René Provost at our PIL Discussion Group next Thursday, where he will discuss ‘Legal Pluralism and War: Lessons from Informal Courts of PoW Camps and Jewish Ghettos’. Register to join us in person or online: www.law.ox.ac.uk/content/even...

Thank you to everyone who attended our first PIL Discussion Group of the term, and to Prof Sandesh Sivakumaran for an illuminating discussion on ‘Prohibiting Violence against Women under IHRL’! This is part of the International Law Association British Branch seminar series and supported by OUP Law.

What an amazing start to Trinity term! 🌞 At our first PIL research seminar today, we had our very own "Ted Talk" as Judge Ted Meron shared his thoughts on 'The Current State of International Criminal Justice'. We also celebrated Ted's birthday - Happy Birthday Ted! 🥳

Join us for our first PIL Discussion Group of Trinity Term next Thursday! Prof Sandesh Sivakumaran will be presenting on the topic of ‘Prohibiting Violence against Women under International Human Rights Law’. Register here: www.law.ox.ac.uk/content/even...

A warm welcome back to Trinity term 🌞 Join us for our PIL Discussion Group - all welcome and light lunch will be provided for those attending in person!

❗We’re excited to announce that the PIL Discussion Group lecture recordings are back - so fret not if you missed out on our lively lectures! The first lecture of Hilary Term 2025 by Prof @tomdannenbaum.bsky.social is now available here: podcasts.ox.ac.uk/series/publi... Follow along!

Today at our last PIL Research Seminar of the term, Natasha Holcroft-Emmess shares an overview of her thesis as a whole - ‘Human Rights in Conflicts and Crises: Derogation under Human Rights Treaties’ 🥳🎉 Happy holidays everyone!

At our final discussion group for this term, Prof Marko Milanovic presented on ‘The ICJ’s Conception of an Illegal Occupation in 2024’. Thank you everyone for a lively discussion - see you next term!

In today’s PIL seminar, Mario Pasquale Amoroso shares his research on ‘The Integration of Climate Change Considerations in International Humanitarian Law’.

⏳There’s still a few days left to send in an abstract for our workshop in June! The workshop will allow for substantive engagement with your work in sunny Oxford 🥳

Today, we are delighted to be joined by Sir Michael Wood and Dr Omri Sender for an engaging discussion on the identification of customary international law. Thank you to everyone who joined – online & in person –and to Profs Philippa Webb, Dapo Akande, and Başak Çalı for also sharing their insights.

All are welcome to our PIL Discussion Group this Thursday (in person or online), where Prof Marko Milanovic will talk about ‘The ICJ’s Conception of an Illegal Occupation in the 2024 Palestine Advisory Opinion’. Light lunch will be served! Register here: www.law.ox.ac.uk/content/even...

📣 Join us tomorrow for an important discussion on the identification of customary international law with Sir Michael Wood and Dr Omri Sender - with Prof Philippa Webb as moderator, and Profs Dapo Akande and Başak Çalı as discussants. Register now: www.bsg.ox.ac.uk/events/guide...

A warm thank you to everyone who joined our discussion group today, and to Dr @eitandi.bsky.social and Dr Ellen Nohle for their presentation. This is part of the International Law Association British Branch seminar series, supported by OUP Law.

And just like that we are into the second half of this term! Today, we heard from Edoardo Piermattei at our PIL seminar, on ‘Redefining Sovereignty in Adjudication: The Emergence of International Commercial Courts’.

Join us this Thursday (in person or online) for a discussion with Dr @eitandi.bsky.social and Dr Ellen Nohle on ‘Humanitarian displacement? The (mis)appropriation of humanitarian principles to justify mass displacement’. Register here: www.law.ox.ac.uk/content/even...

Happy Week 5 everyone! Today, Illia Chernohorenko shares his research at our PIL seminar on ‘Constraints on Central Bank Assets as a Response to a Breach of International Law’.

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.

In today’s PIL Seminar, Ayushi Vashisht takes us through her research on ‘The Shifting Terrain of International Investment Law: Integrating Environmental Considerations in Investor-State Dispute Settlement’.

This Thursday, @justinauriburu.bsky.social will be presenting on the ‘Missing Pieces of Peace: A History of International dispute Settlement’ at our second PIL Discussion Group of the term! Join us online or in person – light lunch will be available. Register here: www.law.ox.ac.uk/content/even...

🥳 We are hosting a workshop on 17 June 2025 in Oxford for early-career researchers in international law in honour of Sir Frank Berman KCMG KC. The theme of the workshop is Treaty Regimes in International Law. The deadline for abstracts is 10 March 2025 - please consider applying!

Thank you everyone for joining this term’s first PIL Discussion Group! It was great to kick-off with an insightful discussion by Prof @tomdannenbaum.bsky.social. This is part of the ILA British Branch seminar series and supported by OUP Law.