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Call for Proposals for R-Space 2025 is now Open! Join #RSpace2025 — the refugee-led convening running Dec 15–17 alongside the GRF Progress Review 2025 in Geneva. 📅Deadline: August 15, 2025 🔗Read the full details here: drive.google.com/file/d/1hArByi… 📧Submit your applications here:…

ANNOUNCING: #ILW25 Opening Plenary speaker - Elinor Hammarskjöld! Elinor Hammarskjöld is the United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Legal Affairs. ABILA President Michael Scharf will interview Ms. Hammarskjöld on October 23, 2025. Get tickets here: ila-americanbranch.org/ilw-2025-regis…

The ILA Committee on Safeguarding Cultural Heritage in All Stages of Armed Conflict convened in Seoul for its intersessional meeting at the esteemed National Palace Museum of Korea from May 26 to 30, 2025. Read about Alison Renteln's experience here: linkedin.com/posts/american…

New publication: Child Labor and International Law – A Clash of Conventions: Business Obligations Regarding Child Labor Issues, by Alan Franklin for the ABILA Blog Read Part 1 here: ila-americanbranch.org/child-labor-an… Read Part 2 here: ila-americanbranch.org/child-labor-an…

Call for Nominations: 2025 ABILA Outstanding Achievement Award - DEADLINE EXTENDED The ABILA Outstanding Achievement Award was established to recognize outstanding contributions in the field of international law. Nomination deadline: July 31, 2025. ila-americanbranch.org/call-for-nomin…

A huge congratulations to ABILA member @RezGardi - for her services to refugees and human rights advocacy, she was appointed to the New Zealand Order of Merit in the King's Birthday Honours 2025. Read more about her achievement here: dpmc.govt.nz/honours/lists/…

The next episode of our podcast, International Law Chats, is live! Chiara Giorgetti and Milena Sterio interviewed our Chair, Leila Sadat, about her longstanding efforts to establish a treaty on Crimes Against Humanity. Listen on Spotify here: open.spotify.com/episode/1bclL3…

Tickets for International Law Weekend 2025 are now live! Early bird prices are available until September 23, 2025. Register here: ila-americanbranch.org/ilw-2025-regis…

Join us at the 3rd ICC Italia Arbitration Forum ⚖️ 📅 Date: 9 October 2025 📍 Location: Rome, Italy Don't miss this opportunity to engage in in-depth discussions on the evolution of international commercial arbitration 🔗 Register now at 2go.iccwbo.org/icc-italia-arb…

Call For Nominations: 2025 Charles Siegal Distinguished Service Award - DEADLINE EXTENDED The ABILA’s Charles Siegal Distinguished Service Award recognizes outstanding contributions to the ABILA by a member of the ABILA. See more here: ila-americanbranch.org/call-for-nomin…

Emerging Voices 2025 Panel – Call for Submissions We will select several abstracts for presentation at ILW 2025 as part of a panel of new and emerging professionals. Accepted applicants will be invited to present their papers at the Emerging Voices Panel. ila-americanbranch.org/emerging-voice…

In honor of ILW 2025’s theme of ‘Crisis as Catalyst,’ ABILA is hosting its next blogging symposium with the International Humanitarian Law Committee. Editors for this Symposium are Professor Gabor Rona, Anne Harper, & Freya Doughty-Wagner. See more here: ila-americanbranch.org/blogging-sympo…

International Law Chats Ep. 3 - Africa Popularis with Amb. Namira Negm and Tafadzwa Pasipanodya is live! Listen here: open.spotify.com/episode/7v1T9I…

Announcing: ABILA's 2025 Student Ambassadors! 2025 was a record year for Student Ambassador applications. Congratulations to: Hadja K. Bah, Vibha Bangarbale, Callista Borst, Sungwon Cho, Hallie Green, Chioma Menankiti, Jessica Moore, & Haichen Zhao. ila-americanbranch.org/abila-2025-stu…

It's the final week for submissions - get your panel idea in soon!

The American Branch is proud to share its directory of experts for news media. From the law of armed conflict to international intellectual property law, the ABILA is full of leading international law experts. See the full list here: ila-americanbranch.org/wp-content/upl…

The newest episode of International Law Chats is live! Look WHOs Back? with Professor Gian Luca Burci (@GVAGrad). He discusses the @WHO pandemic convention and the future of global health law. Listen here: open.spotify.com/episode/0ePGej…

Due to popular demand, we've extended our ILW panel proposal deadline for a second (and final) time. New deadline: May 15, 2025! Send proposals in here: ila-americanbranch.org/international-…

Announcing: the International Law Weekend Organizing Committee 2025! See more here: ila-americanbranch.org/announcing-ilw…

At the @asilorg Annual Meeting (#ASILAM) today, our Chair Leila Sadat gave the prestigious Goler T. Butcher Medal Lecture "The Long Arc of Justice: Forging a Convention for Crimes Against Humanity." Congratulations, Professor Sadat!