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Calls for papers, seminars and conferences, moot court competitions and other opportunities from around the world. Each entry has a short description and a link to the original call. Updated regularly.
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- 30 Oct 2026Deadline
10 days leftCall for papers · University of Vienna
Austrian Review of International and European Law
The Austrian Review of International and European Law (ARIEL) has issued a Call for Papers and invites interested persons to submit contributions for volume 31. The issue will focus on questions surrounding “peace and security” in international law.
- 6 Nov 2026Deadline
Moot court · World Intellectual Property Organization
WIPO IP Moot Court Competition
The WIPO IP Moot Court Competition is a simulated court experience where participants address IP law issues arising in a hypothetical case, including through written submissions and oral arguments before a panel of judges. It is also a great chance to connect with peers from around the world that share a passion for IP.
- 9 Nov 2026Deadline
Other · Stichting Bob Wessels Insolvency Law Collection (BWILC)
PhD Workshop on European/International Insolvency Law
Invitation to all PhD researchers in the field of European or International Insolvency Law to apply for the 9th edition of the annual PhD workshop to be held in Rome, Italy.
Rome · Event: 7 April 2027 · More details →
- 15 Nov 2026Deadline
Seminar or conference · London School of Economics and Political Science and King’s College London
13th Environmental Politics & Governance Conference
The EPG Conference showcases the world's best emerging research on environmental politics and governance. The 2027 EPG Conference seeks papers that offer significant theoretical and/or empirical insights on all domains of environmental politics and governance. EPG welcomes studies that employ any combination of rigorous quantitative, qualitative, or other innovative research designs, including comparative, historical, interpretive, and computational approaches.
London, United Kingdom · Event: 15 June 2027 · More details →
- 15 Nov 2026Deadline
Moot court · International Trademark Association
Asia-Pacific Moot Court Competition
The Asia-Pacific Moot Court Competition is an annual event that introduces law students in the Asia-Pacific region to important international trademark and unfair competition law issues.
The India Habitat Centre in New Delhi, India · Event: 12 February 2027 · More details →
- 16 Nov 2026Deadline
Moot court · Grotius Centre for International Legal Studies
IBA International Criminal Court Moot Court Competition
Case concerning matters such as the confirmation of charges against a Defendant in absentia; the international humanitarian law principle of usufruct; and whether a Defendant is criminally liable as a commander for war crimes committed by “digital subordinates”.
The Hague, Netherlands. · Event: 14 June 2027 · More details →
- 30 Nov 2026Deadline
Call for papers · International Journal for the Semiotics of Law – Revue internationale de Sémiotique juridique
Special Issue - The Semiotics of Sustainability Law: Context, Pretext, and the Interpretation of Legal Meaning
Sustainability has become one of the defining normative concepts of contemporary law. However, its legal significance remains inherently dependent upon processes of communication, interpretation, and meaning-making. This Special Issue approaches sustainability not as a fixed legal category but as a semiotic construct whose meaning is continuously produced, negotiated, translated, and contested through legal language, discourse, institutional practices, and interpretative communities.
Event: 30 April 2027 · More details →
- 15 Jan 2027Deadline
Call for papers
Journal of International Law of Peace and Armed Conflict
The Journal of International Law of Peace and Armed Conflict is soliciting papers to be published I the first issue of 2027, themed “Rights, Platforms, and Algorithms: Human Rights in the Digital Age”. The journal focuses on contemporary challenges of international humanitarian law and related fields, including international human rights law and international criminal law as well as on practical challenges of humanitarian aid and peace missions.
- 3 Feb 2027Deadline
Other · American University, Washington, D.C.
2027 Human Rights Essay Award from the Academy on Human Rights and Humanitarian Law
The Human Rights Essay Award is an annual award sponsored by the Academy aimed at encouraging the production of academic articles in the field of international human rights law. The topic for the 2027 will be: Democracy, Human Rights and Participation.
- 1 Mar 2027Deadline
Seminar or conference · The Faculty of Social Sciences, Rīga Stradiņš University
6th Global Conference on Parliamentary Studies
The Faculty of Social Sciences at Rīga Stradiņš University, in cooperation with the International Journal of Parliamentary Studies (Brill) and Széchenyi István University invites researchers and experts to submit abstracts for the Conference. Under the theme 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝗹𝗶𝗮𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗗𝗲𝗺𝗼𝗰𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗰 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗹𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲, the conference will explore the role of parliaments in strengthening democratic resilience and the challenges facing democratic institutions today.
Riga, Latvia · Event: 15 July 2027 · More details →
- OpenNo deadline
Call for papers · Pedro Arrupe Human Rights Institute at the University of Deusto
Deusto Journal of Human Rights - Rolling Basis Submission
The Deusto Journal of Human Rights is an open-access, peer-reviewed academic journal, that focuses on the areas such as law, sociology, philosophy, and anthropology of human rights. The submission period of this journal remains open all year around.
- OpenNo deadline
Call for papers · VIZJA University, Warsaw, Poland.
AI, Law, Politics: An Interdisciplinary Journal on Human–AI Interaction in Legal and Political Systems
General submissions are open on a rolling basis and there is no closing date for regular-issue manuscripts. Accepted papers are assigned to the next appropriate available issue; submission does not reserve a place in a particular issue. No Special Issue or Thematic Collection call is currently open.
- OpenNo deadline
Call for papers · University of Philippines Law Center
International Legal Studies Journal - Rolling Basis Submission
The International Legal Studies Journal is soliciting journal articles, case notes and book reviews focused on international law and international relations. Possible topics include, but are not limited to, international trade, environmental, criminal and space law, ASEAN and comparative law, international dispute resolution, and the philosophy and theory of international law.
- OpenNo deadline
Call for papers · Utrecht University School of Law, Netherlands.
The Utrecht Law Review - Rolling Basis Submission
The Utrecht Law Review is an open access, peer-reviewed journal which aims to offer an international academic platform for multidimensional legal research.
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