Ogłoszenia 29.05.2026 r.

1. Call for applications: Olomouc Weapons Law Course 2026 (Ołomuniec, wrzesień 2026 r.)

Centre for International Humanitarian and Operational Law, działające przy Wydziale Prawa Uniwersytetu Palackiego w Ołomuńcu, organizuje w dniach 14-18 września br. Olomouc Weapons Law Course 2026.

Z opisu kursu:

When a crisis leads to warfare, it is the law of armed conflict that determines how the hostilities can be conducted and which weapons can be used. Some of the detailed rules of the law of armed conflict prohibit particular weapons entirely while other rules limit the situations in which other weapons can be used. Unsurprisingly, the law requires states to assess the weapons they plan to acquire in order to determine whether their intended uses will be lawful. Making those determinations is a skilled task that has profound implications for the security of the State, indeed for its very ability to defend itself. It is vitally important therefore that the personnel who conduct these weapon reviews are suitably knowledgeable. Participants in this Weapons Law course will receive expert instruction on all the principles and rules of this important area of law and will discuss how the law applies to the full range of weapon technologies from the most traditional to the most modern.

The Course involves periods of lecture interspersed with seminar discussions in which the participants go into smaller groups to discuss pre-set problem scenarios. The solutions of each work group are then presented in plenary and are discussed. The purpose of this approach is to ensure that each element of the course is fully understood by all of the participants. It is a step by step approach that is intended to help each participant to learn at his or her own pace.

Zgłoszenia na kurs można przesyłać do 8 sierpnia br.

Opłata za udział w wydarzeniu wynosi 1200 euro (1100 euro przy wpłacie do 1 czerwca).

Więcej informacji o kursie można znaleźć tutaj.

Ogłoszenia 22.05.2026 r.

1. Call for papers: Yearbook of International Humanitarian Law
Redakcja Yearbook of International Humanitarian Law zaprasza do przesyłania zgłoszeń do kolejnego numeru czasopisma (vol. 29), którego tematem przewodnim będzie "International Humanitarian Law and Courts".
Więcej informacji na temat problematyki tego numeru można znaleźć tutaj.
Abstrakt proponowanego artykułu (do 500 słów) należy przesłać do 19 czerwca br.

2. Call for papers: MenschenRechtsMagazin
Redakcja MenschenRechtsMagazin zaprasza do przesyłania zgłoszeń (w trybie ciągłym) do kolejnych numerów czasopisma.
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Ogłoszenia 15.05.2026 r.

1. Call for papers: Symposium on the Special Tribunal for the Crime of Aggression against Ukraine – Critical Perspectives on Foundations

Völkerrechtsblog zaprasza do udziału w Symposium on the Special Tribunal for the Crime of Aggression against Ukraine – Critical Perspectives on Foundations.

Teksty mogą dotyczyć m.in. następujących zagadnień:

• The Tribunal’s jurisdictional framework, including its ratione personae and ratione materiae limitations, and its dependence on state referral mechanisms;
• The legal character of the Tribunal as a hybrid, international or internationalised court, and the implications of this characterisation for the applicability of immunities under international law;
• The contribution of Ukrainian and Eastern European perspectives to ongoing debates on accountability for the crime of aggression;
• The extent to which the Tribunal’s institutional design reflects, modifies, or departs from existing models of international criminal adjudication;
• The role of state support and participation in shaping the Tribunal’s claim to represent the international community;
• The interaction between legal argument and broader theoretical frameworks, including international relations and “just war” thinking; and
• The Tribunal’s relationship with the ICC, including questions of complementarity, coordination, and potential normative fragmentation.

Zgłoszenia należy przesyłać do 14 czerwca br.

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Polsko – Niemieckie Forum Prawnicze oraz Międzynarodowa Konferencja Naukowa „Cudzoziemiec przed sądem”

 Szanowni Państwo,

serdecznie zapraszamy do udziału w obradach Polsko – Niemieckiego Forum Prawniczego oraz Międzynarodowej Konferencji Naukowej „Cudzoziemiec przed sądem” (Foreigner before the Court), które odbędzie się w formie hybrydowej w dniach 12.05-14.05 na Uniwersytecie Zielonogórskim. Partnerami organizacyjnymi tego przedsięwzięcia są Okręgowa Izba Radców Prawnych w Zielonej Górze oraz Centrum Badań nad Prawem Migracyjnym Instytutu Nauk Prawnych PAN.

Wykłady wprowadzające wygłoszą

prof. dr h.c. multi Burkhardt Hess (Uniwersytet Wiedeński)

prof. dr Wolfgang Hau (Uniwersytet w Monachium)

prof. dr hab. Karol Weitz, SSN (Uniwersytet Warszawski)

dr hab. Tadeusz Zembrzuski, prof. UW (Uniwersytet Warszawski)

Szczegóły organizacyjne znajdują się na stronie https://inp.uz.zgora.pl/cps2026

Zaproszenie na wykład: „Migrants, Politics, Democracy, and the Role of ICE in the United States”

 Centrum Badań nad Prawem Migracyjnym Instytutu Nauk Prawnych PAN, ma zaszczyt zaprosić na wykład profesora Hiroshi Motomury z University of California (UCLA) pt.

„Migrants, Politics, Democracy, and the Role of ICE in the United States”:

Responses to migration have become an issue of intense controversy in the United States since Donald Trump returned to the U.S. presidency in January 2025. His administration has vigorously pursued deportations by adopting unprecedented approaches to arrests, detention, and deportation, as well as by virtually ending refugee admissions and asylum. A key part of this campaign is carried out by the federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency, or ICE, which Congress has separately and extravagantly funded. Many of these developments have established a militarized interior presence that some see as impacting not just migrants but also broader society and undermining democracy. Professor Hiroshi Motomura from the UCLA School of Law will discuss the significance of these developments, not just for the United States, but also for immigration policy in many countries facing similar challenges.

 

Profesor Motomura jest specjalistą w zakresie prawa migracyjnego, a jego najnowsza książka pt. „Borders and Belonging: Toward a Fair Immigration Policy” została wydana przez Oxford University Press w 2025 roku.

Spotkanie odbędzie się 12 maja 2026 roku, w godzinach 10.00-12.00 w siedzibie Instytutu w Pałacu Staszica (ul. Nowy Świat 72) w sali nr 273 (II piętro).

Spotkanie odbędzie się w języku angielskim i nie będzie tłumaczone.

Spotkanie jest otwarte.

 

Migration Law Research Centre at the Institute of Law Studies of the Polish Academy of Sciences has the pleasure to invite you to a guest lecture by Professor Hiroshi Motomura from the University of California (UCLA) titled

„Migrants, Politics, Democracy, and the Role of ICE in the United States”.

 

Responses to migration have become an issue of intense controversy in the United States since Donald Trump returned to the U.S. presidency in January 2025. His administration has vigorously pursued deportations by adopting unprecedented approaches to arrests, detention, and deportation, as well as by virtually ending refugee admissions and asylum. A key part of this campaign is carried out by the federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency, or ICE, which Congress has separately and extravagantly funded. Many of these developments have established a militarized interior presence that some see as impacting not just migrants but also broader society and undermining democracy. Professor Hiroshi Motomura from the UCLA School of Law will discuss the significance of these developments, not just for the United States, but also for immigration policy in many countries facing similar challenges.

 

The lecture will be held on 12 May 2026, between 10.00 and 12.00 am, at the Institute premises, at the Staszic Palace (Nowy Swiat 72 Street), room 272 (second floor).

The lecture is open to the public.

 

Ogłoszenia 17.04.2026 r.

1. Call for papers: Absolute Rights under the ECHR at State Borders (listopad, Norymberga 2026 r.)

W dniach 9-10 listopada br. w Norymberdze odbędą się warsztaty pt. "Absolute Rights under the ECHR at State Borders".Wytąpienia mogą dotyczyć m.in. nastepujących tematów:

- Do absolute rights have a definable “core”? Can the absolute character of a right be limited to its “core” aspects?

- Can procedural rights be absolute? Is procedural protection resulting from the procedural limb of an absolute right (necessarily) absolute?

- How does the distinction between positive and negative obligations interplay with the absolute character of rights under the ECHR?

- Are there any circumstances in which crisis affects absolute rights? Can “instrumentalization of migration” be regarded as a crisis?

- How do absolute rights relate to the right of states to control the entry of non-nationals into their territory?

- How do Art. 3 ECHR and Art. 4 of Protocol No. 4 ECHR interact in the light of the absolute nature of Art. 3 ECHR?

- Can Art. 4 of Protocol No. 4 ECHR be considered an absolute right?

- How does the absolute character of a right affect relative evidentiary assessments inherent in pushback cases?

- How does jurisprudence on pushbacks and border violence, their politicized context and surrounding narratives influence what it means for a right to be absolute under the ECHR?

Planowana jest publikacja pokonferencyjna.

Zgłoszenia (podsumowanie wystąpienia do 500 słów, plan wystąpienia do 200 słów oraz biogram do 150 słów) należy przesyłać do 10 maja.

Uczestnicy mogą ubiegać się o dofinansowanie kosztów podróży i zakwaterowania.

Więcej informacji do znalezienia tutaj.

2. Call for papers: Minnesota Journal of International Law

Redakcja Minnesota Journal of International Law zaprasza do przesyłania zgłoszeń do kolejnego numeru czasopisma, który będzie dotyczył tematyki "Judicial Responses to State Violence: Comparative Perspectives on Accountability".

Teksty należy nadsyłać do 31 sierpnia.

Więcej informacji można znaleźć tutaj.

Ogłoszenia 10.04.2026 r.

1. Call for papers: Journal du Droit Transnational

Redakcja Journal du Droit Transnational zaprasza do przesyłania zgłoszeń do kolejnego numeru czasopisma, w tym na sympozjum “Cyber in International Law: Evolving Frontiers,Normative Challenges, and Institutional Responses”.

Zgłoszenia ogólnych tematów mogą dotyczyć dowolnych zagadnień z zakresu prawa międzynarodowego prywatnego i publicznego, a także prawa UE, zaś teksty na sympozjum powinny nawiązywać do jednego z następujących problemów:

• International security and cyber operations: attribution, due diligence, state responsibility, sovereignty in cyberspace, applicability of international humanitarian law, countermeasures, and cyber peacekeeping.
• International human rights law: privacy and surveillance, biometric governance, freedom of expression in the cyberspace, accessibility, discrimination, and human rights in AI systems.
• International environmental law: environmental effects of digital infrastructure and cryptocurrency mining, governance of e-waste, cyber tools for environmental monitoring, vulnerability of climate data systems to cyber threats.
• International economic and trade law: digital trade, cross-border data flows, platform governance, algorithmic transparency obligations, and cybersecurity norms in trade agreements.
• International criminal law: cybercrime, transnational investigative cooperation, digital evidence, and the role of international institutions.
• Global humanitarian, refugee, migration laws and issues: digital identity systems, biometric data in humanitarian contexts, cyber threats to displaced populations, and the regulation of the digital border.
• International space law: vulnerabilities of satellite infrastructure, cybersecurity of space-based assets, cyber-enabled space governance.
• Law of the sea and maritime law: cyber risks for autonomous ships, digital infrastructures at sea, the regulation of underwater communication cables.
• International institutional law: the role of international organizations in international cyber norms, soft law; multistakeholder governance, the fragmentation or convergence of global cyber regimes.
• The normative adequacy of existing international legal regimes in addressing cyber-related challenges.
• Cyber issues and global public goods, including environmental protection.
• Conceptual and methodological challenges, including the ways in which cyber phenomena resist or reconfigure traditional concepts of territory, jurisdiction, responsibility, and sovereignty.

Teksty należy przesyłać do 31 maja.

Więcej informacji można znaleźć tutaj.

2. Call for papers: The Future of International Peace and Security: Conceptualizing the Securitization of Climate Change (Monachium, październik 2026 r.)

W dniu 19 października br. w Monachium odbędzie się konferencja pt. "The Future of International Peace and Security: Conceptualizing the Securitization of Climate Change".

Wystąpienia mogą dotyczyć m.in. następujących zagadnień:

• How can the securitization of climate change be conceptualized within the framework of international law? To what extent can existing legal categories accommodate climate-related risks?
• What are the risks and opportunities of the securitization of climate change from an international law perspective? Under what conditions can climate change be conceptualized as a threat to peace and security? How does the climate-security nexus challenge traditional understandings of international peace and security?
• How do international and regional organizations differ in their approaches to climaterelated security risks? What role should the UN Security Council (still) play in addressing climate change-related threats?
• What institutional adaptations are required to address climate-related security risks effectively?
• Should or can military actors be tasked with addressing climate related harms or be subject to climate related obligations?
• How does a climate-security framing affect the mandates and practice of peace operations?
• In what ways can climate-related security governance be reconciled with principles of common but differentiated responsibilities, equity and cooperation? How might climate (due diligence) obligations evolve where climate impacts foreseeably contribute to instability or conflict?
• What are the risks associated with a shift from mitigation and adaptation to securitydriven threat management, and with the transfer of governance from environmental to security institutions?
• Does the securitization of climate change risk privileging militarized or state-centric responses over human security and climate justice? How can equity, human rights and climate justice be safeguarded within a security-oriented framework?

Zgłoszenia (abstrakt do 500 słów wraz z biogramem do 100 słów) należy przesyłać do 20 kwietnia.

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Call for papers: Law in the Age of Hybrid Threats

Law in the Age of Hybrid Threats

Joint symposium of

Contemporary Central & East European Law journal

and Centre for Research on Law and Hybrid Threats at ILS PAS

 

 

According to the European Centre of Excellence for Countering Hybrid Threats (Hybrid CoE), hybrid threats ‘are harmful activities that are planned and carried out with malign intent (…) [with the aim to undermine] a target, such as a state or an institution, through a variety of means, often combined.’[1] In a joint publication with the European Commission, the Hybrid CoE identified thirteen domains in which hybrid threats target States: infrastructure, cyber, space, economy, military/defence, culture, social/societal, public administration, intelligence, diplomacy, political, information, and legal.[2] When it comes to the last one, actors deploying hybrid threats may choose from a variety of tools, such as ‘exploiting legal thresholds, gaps, complexity and uncertainty; circumventing its legal obligations; avoiding accountability; leveraging rule-compliance by the targeted state; exploiting the lack of legal inter-operability among targeted nations; using its own regulatory powers under domestic law; and utilizing the law and legal processes to create narratives and counter-narratives.’[3] What is important is that these tools may, but do not necessarily have to, violate the law.

 

Against this background, the Editors of Contemporary Central & East European Law, together with the Centre for Research on Law and Hybrid Threats at the Institute of Law Studies of the Polish Academy of Sciences, invite submissions for the joint symposium on the topic “Law in the Age of Hybrid Threats.” The aim of the symposium is to gather contributions from scholars across different branches of law, both public and private, focusing on various cases of law being used, abused, or targeted by actors employing hybrid threats. We welcome submissions not only from Central and Eastern Europe but from all over the world, addressing both theoretical issues and case studies.

 

 

Contributions may explore, among others, the following questions:

·         Does law define hybrid threats or any aspects thereof? If so, how was such a definition developed, and is it useful for scholars and practitioners? What purpose does it serve?

·         How is the law used to target vulnerabilities in democratic societies?

·         Have states adopted legislation targeting specific examples of hybrid threats, such as disinformation?

·         Have domestic or international courts, directly or indirectly, referred to hybrid threats?

·         Are private or public law regulations more effective in dealing with hybrid threats? Is it possible to use traditional domestic regulations—such as those concerning defamation or the unlawful obtaining and dissemination of personal data—to prosecute hybrid threats? Can a lawsuit be filed for infringement of personal rights against an actor deploying hybrid threats?

·         How hybrid threats affect the protection of human rights? Are human rights systems equipped with sufficient measures of reaction to hybrid threats?

 

Contributions may address all areas of domestic and international law, as well as intersections between different branches. Articles may focus on a single domestic jurisdiction or employ a comparative approach.

 

We welcome submissions of 6,000-8,000 words (including footnotes). All submissions must conform to the OSCOLA style. Submissions that do not comply with these guidelines will not be processed.

The texts should be submitted via the online platform available on the journal’s website by 15 June 2026.

 

The Contemporary Central & East European Law is a fully Open Access journal, with articles published under the CC BY-SA licence. The journal operates on an online-first publication model.

 

 

In case of any inquiries, please contact dr Agata Kleczkowska – agata.kleczkowska@inp.pan.pl.

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[1] Hybrid Coe, Hybrid threats as a concept, at https://www.hybridcoe.fi/hybrid-threats-as-a-phenomenon/.

[2] Georgios Giannopoulos, Hanna Smith, Marianthi Theocharidou (eds.), The Landscape of Hybrid Threats: A Conceptual Model Public Version, European Union and Hybrid CoE 2021, pp. 26-33.

[3] Ibidem, p. 30.

Ogłoszenia 27.03.2026 r.

Call for papers: Enduring Contributions and Challenges: The 60-Year and 20-Year Legacies of the International Covenants and the Human Rights Council (listopad 2026 r.)

W dniach 4-6 listopada br. w modelu hybrydowym odbędzie się konferencja "Enduring Contributions and Challenges: The 60-Year and 20-Year Legacies of the International Covenants and the Human Rights Council".

Wystąpienia muszą mieścić się tematycznie w jednym z następujących obszarów:

• Track 1: 60 Years of Covenant Right

• Track 2: International, Regional and Local Dimensions of Covenant Rights

• Track 3: From Norms to Accountability: The UN Human Rights Council and its Supervisory Mechanisms

• Track 4: The Covenants and Council: Beyond 60 and 20

Zgłoszenia (abstrakt 300-500 słów wraz z biogramem do 200 słów) należy przesyłać do 25 kwietnia.

Za udział w konferencji będzie obowiązywać opłata, której szczegóły zostaną podane wkrótce.

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Ogłoszenia 20.03.2026 r.

1. Call for papers: ESIL–SLADI Junior Faculty Forum (Florencja, październik 2026 r.)

W dniach 7-9 października br. we Florencji odbędzie się ESIL–SLADI Junior Faculty Forum. Zaproszenie do udziału w Forum skierowane jest do młodych badaczy do 5 lat po uzyskaniu stopnia doktora lub objęciu stanowiska adiunkta.

Więcej informacji o problematyce wydarzenia można znaleźć tutaj.

Zgłoszenia należy przesyłać do 30 kwietnia.