Time’s flying as we’re already now midway through Trinity Term! For this week’s PIL Research Seminar, we had Professor Irini Papanicolopulu present on the topic ‘Freedom of the Seas: A Principled Approach.’

We were very delighted to have Sir Tim Eicke KC deliver a presentation titled ‘The European Court of Human Rights: A Look Behind the Scenes’ at our second PIL Discussion Group for this Term. As always, our thanks also go to everyone who joined us in person and online!

For our second PIL Research Seminar of this term, we had Daniel Byam Shaw present on ‘The Evolution of Self-Determination (1945-2019).’ We look forward to seeing his research unfold!

We are pleased to invite you to our second PIL Discussion Group event for this term. Sir Tim Eicke KC will be presenting on ‘The European Court of Human Rights: a look behind the scenes’. For further details, see here: www.law.ox.ac.uk/content/even...

At this week’s PIL Research Seminar, Taha Almasri presented on ‘A Legal History of the Concept of Coercion in the Principle of Non-intervention.’ All the best in his research!

For our first PIL Discussion Group for Trinity Term, we were delighted to have Professors Başak Çalı and Laurence Helfer present on the topic ‘Rethinking Human Rights Treaty Withdrawals: A Process-Based Approach.’ Many thanks to everyone for coming!

Welcome back, everyone! We warmly invite you to our first PIL Discussion Group event for Trinity Term. Professors Başak Çalı and Laurence Helfer will be discussing the topic ‘Rethinking Human Rights Treaty Withdrawals: A Process-Based Approach’. For further details, see here: tinyurl.com/4sfeh5r3

For our fourth and last PIL Discussion Group event for the term, we were delighted to have Professor Patrícia Galvão Teles discuss the topic of ‘The development of International Law by the ILC and the ICJ - The case of Sea-Level Rise.’ We hope to see many of you again next term!

For the final PIL Research Seminar of this Term, we had Shastikk Kumaran discuss his ongoing writing project entitled ‘Non-Violent Evacuation Operations.’ Many thanks to everyone for attending the weekly seminars. We wish everyone a lovely break, and see you in Trinity Term!

For this week’s PIL Research Seminar, we heard from Danilo Garrido on ‘Effective remedies for socio-environmental harm caused by international financial institutions: a review of the IFC’s Compliance Advisor Ombudsman.’ All the best as he prepares for his confirmation!

Please join us for our fourth and last PIL Discussion Group for this term on 12 March. Professor Patrícia Galvão Teles will be discussing the topic “The development of International Law by the ILC and the ICJ - The case of Sea-Level Rise.” Register here: www.law.ox.ac.uk/content/even...

For this week’s PIL Research Seminar, Taqbir Huda presented the overview of his DPhil project on ‘Reparations reconsidered: Correction, distribution, or construction?’ We look forward to seeing how his project unfolds over time!

For our third PIL Discussion Group event, we were delighted to have Professor Duncan Hollis and Dr Arun Sukumar present on their project, ‘New Challenges and New Concepts? Prepositioning and Civilian Critical Infrastructure in International Law.’ Thanks, everyone, for attending!

We are hosting a workshop on 18 June 2026 in Oxford for early-career researchers in international law in honour of Sir Ian Brownlie QC. The deadline for abstracts is 12 March 2026. Please consider applying! For further information, click the image or the link. www.law.ox.ac.uk/content/news...

We warmly invite you to our third PIL Discussion Group for the term, happening next Thursday (19 February). Professor Duncan Hollis and Dr Arun Sukumar will present on ‘New Challenges and New Concepts? Prepositioning and Civilian Critical Infrastructure in International Law.’ To register:

At this week’s PIL Research Seminar, Shirin Kale presented the outline for her DPhil project on the topic of ‘Obligations of Third States Arising from Breaches of Peremptory Norms.’ Best wishes to Shirin as she prepares for her first milestone!

For our second PIL Discussion Group event of the term, we were delighted to have Ambassador Mario Oyarzábal to deliver a talk on the topic of ‘Diplomatic Asylum in Latin America: Continuity, Crisis, and Legal Evolution.’ Thank you all for attending the seminar!

For this week’s PIL Research Seminar, we had Gayathree Devi Kalliyat Thazhathuveetil presenting on ‘Treaty-Based Human Rights Obligations of De Facto Regimes.’ We wish her the very best on her project 🥳

We are excited to share the Hilary 2026 term card 🎉 All are welcome to join either in person or online. Please also note that we will hold our second Discussion Group event this Thursday (5 February). To know more about our upcoming events, see here: www.law.ox.ac.uk/pil-discussi...

We warmly invite you to our second PIL Discussion Group for this term on 5 February. Ambassador Mario Oyarzábal will deliver a talk on ‘Diplomatic Asylum in Latin America: Continuity, Crisis, and Legal Evolution.’ To register, please click here: www.law.ox.ac.uk/content/even...

At this week’s PIL Research Seminar, Jørgen Sørgard Skjold, an academic visitor at St Anne’s College, presented on ‘Non-legally binding international agreements: reflections on practice and possible legal consequences.’

Today we held our first Discussion Group event of the year and of Hilary Term. Professors Mads Andenæs and Johann Leiss (University of Oslo) presented on “Equivalent Protection and Participatory Protection in European Human Rights Law.” Thank you, everyone, for a lively discussion!

Welcome back, everyone! To kick us off with the Hilary Term, Juan-Pablo Pérez-León-Acevedo presented the outline of his DPhil thesis, ‘Reparations for Mass Atrocities at the International Court of Justice.’ We wish him the best as he prepares for his viva!

Happy New Year! Our first PIL Discussion Group event for the Hilary term will take place on 22 January. Professors Mads Andenæs and Johann Leiss will present on ‘Equivalent Protection and Participatory Protection in European Human Rights Law'. To register: tinyurl.com/kvjv3fmv

For the final PIL Discussion Group of the term, Dr Jessica Howley presented on ‘Overlapping Individual and Interstate Claims: Recent Trends’. Thank you, everyone, for a lively discussion, and we hope to see you next term!

For the final PIL Research Seminar of the term, we heard from Katharina Neumann on ‘The Role of International Environmental Law in Addressing Agricultural Greenhouse Gas Emissions – The Case for a Sectoral Approach.’

In this week’s PIL Research Seminar, we heard a fascinating presentation by Stephany Aw on ‘Third States in the Proceedings of International Courts and Tribunals.’

We are excited to warmly invite you to our last PIL Discussion Group event of the term on Thursday, 4 December 2025. Dr Jessica Howley will present: 'Overlapping Individual and Interstate Claims: Recent Trends'. For details and registration, click here: www.law.ox.ac.uk/content/even...

For this week’s PIL Discussion Group seminar, we were delighted to have Associate Professor Geraldo Vidigal discuss his forthcoming book, “Adjudicating over Anarchy: Judicial Remedies, Compliance, and Enforcement in International Law.” Thank you to everyone for joining us!

In this week’s PIL Research Seminar, we heard from Yue Cao on ‘Unilateral Economic Measures and the Non-Intervention Principle: The Definition and Scope of Domaine Réservé.’

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.