The International Law Working Group (ILWG) is open to all members of the EUI community interested in international law, broadly speaking. Members of the Working Group meet regularly in an informal setting to chat about their research and developments in international law. In addition, the Working Group frequently convenes lectures and workshops with the aim of enabling EUI researchers and visitors to engage with each other's work and exchange ideas on topics ranging from international criminal law and the law of the sea to international legal theory, strategic litigation, and beyond.
The Working Group is a continuation of the International Criminal Law Working Group established in 2002 at the initiative of Professor Pierre-Marie Dupuy. It is currently supported by Professors Neha Jain, Sarah Nouwen, and Arnulf Becker Lorca.
Please contact us if you would like to meet with us, join our mailing list, or set up a collaboration!
Recent events hosted by the Working Group
- 18 January 2024 - Book Launch: Immi Tallgren (University of Helsinki), Vasuki Nesia (NYU), Sarah Nouwen (EUI), Parvathi Menon (SOAS), Christopher Carl Gevers (University of KwaZulu-Natal), Jan Klabbers (University of Helsinki), Serena Forlati (University of Ferrara) Portraits of Women in International Law: New Names and Forgotten Faces? (OUP 2023)
(organised in collaboration with the Human & Fundamental Rights Working Group)
- 14 February 2024 - Book Launch: Deval Desai (Edinburgh University)
Expert Ignorance: The Law and Politics of Rule of Law Reform (CUP 2023)
(organised in collaboration with the Max Weber Programme for Postdoctoral Studies)
- 21-22 March 2024 - Book Workshop: David Kennedy (Harvard University) & Martti Koskenniemi (University of Helsinki) Of Law and the World: Critical Conversations on Power, History, and Political Economy (Harvard University Press 2023)
(organised in collaboration with the Legal & Political Theory Working Group)
- 29 April 2024 - Draft chapter discussion: Niko Rajkovic (Tilburg) A Critical Geography of International Law
- 16 May 2024 - Research colloquium (in collaboration with Human & Fundamental Rights Working Group)
- 10 June 2024 - Paper presentation: John-Mark Iyi (University of the Western Cape) The African Union Two-Dimensional Solidarity Agenda: History, Ideology and Pragmatism in Uncertain Times (in collaboration with Cultural Heritage Working Group)
- 2 October 2024 - Book presentation: Emily Jones (Newcastle Law School) Feminist Theory and International Law: Posthuman Perspectives
- 11 October 2024 - Paper presentation: Cormac Mac Amhlaigh (Edinburgh) Is International Law Progressive?
- 25 October 2024 - Paper presentation: Ingo Venzke (University of Amsterdam) Carr and the Climate
- 31 October 2024 - Paper presentation: René Provost (McGill University) Neither War Machines Nor Mere Victims: Legality of Targeting Child Soldiers of the FARC under International Humanitarian Law
- 2 December 2024 - Paper presentation: Aimé Ndayishimiye (Makerere University/EUI) Reflections on the Suitability of the African Court
- 28 January 2025 - Paper presentation: Letizia Lo Giacco (Leiden) International Lobbying: Questions of Authority, Representativeness, and Ideals in International Law
- 7 February 2025 - Lecture: David Dyzenhaus (Toronto) The Legal Experience of Injustice (in collaboration with the Constitutional Law and Politics Working Group)20 February 2025 - Paper presentation: Lorenzo Gasbarri (Sant'Anna) How to Write a Judgment: Creative Writing and International Adjudication
- 25 February 2025 - Book workshop: Alejandro Chehtman, Alexandra Huneeus,and Sergio Puig (eds) Latin American International Law in the 21st Century (in collaboration with the International Economic Law and Policy Working Group)
- 28 February 2025 - Paper presentation: Sophie Hölscher (EUI) Paying for and against climate change: Common but differentiated responsibilities in climate finance and loss and damage funding (in collaboration with the Finance, Innovation and Business Regulation Working Group)