Upcoming events

    • 12 Feb 2026
    • 9:00 AM
    • 13 Feb 2026
    • 5:00 PM
    • Curtin University (City Campus) and University of Western Australia

    Jointly hosted by Curtin University & University of Western Australia.

    Submission of presentation proposals now closed.

    Registration of attendance due by 23 January 2026.

    The ANZSIL International Peace and Security Interest Group (IPSIG) was established in 2014 to provide a space for those ANZSIL members who are interested in conflict, peace and security issues to connect with one another and exchange ideas. IPSIG welcomes discussions of peace and security issues from a variety of theoretical and doctrinal perspectives. 

    Since its inauguration in 2015, the Workshop has become IPSIG’s principal annual activity. Attended by international law academics, practitioners, and students, IPSIG Workshops have consistently provided a valuable and constructive forum for the discussion of current international peace and security issues, and related research, teaching, and public engagement. 

    2026 Annual Workshop

    In 2025, the international legal order stands at a difficult crossroads. The world is witnessing a surge in geopolitical fragmentation, where traditional alliances are fraying and new power blocs are emerging. At the same time, rapid technological advancements, from autonomous weapons systems to artificial intelligence, are re-shaping the nature of armed conflict and challenging the applicability of long-standing legal norms. War has grown increasingly complex, often involving multiple non-state actors, transnational threats, and hybrid warfare methods that muddy the lines between combatants and civilians, peace and war, legality and impunity. In this increasingly volatile landscape, the core principles of international law, especially those regulating the use of armed force and the conduct of hostilities, are under unprecedented strain.

    The 2026 edition of the Annual IPSIG Workshop seeks to facilitate a discussion between researchers, practitioners and other experts about their work pertaining to issues currently shaping international peace and security law; conversely, considering how international peace and security law is shaping current issues.  While the theme of the Workshop is intentionally broad, papers related to the following topics are particularly encouraged: 

    • How are Articles 2(4) and 51 of the UN Charter being interpreted amid contemporary threats and interventions?
    • Rethinking the UN Security Council: reform, legitimacy, and the future of international governance
    • Application of international law to cyber warfare, autonomous weapons, the growth of AI, hybrid conflicts, and non-state actors in armed conflict
    • Power asymmetries and historical legacies shaping the enforcement and interpretation of IHL and the jus ad bellum
    • Alternative models or institutions for regulating the use of force and IHL and ensuring accountability in international law
    • Development of other mechanisms to foster better enforcement, monitoring, and accountability—especially in asymmetric warfare
    • State reporting on decisions concerning use of force and compliance with international law
    • To what extent can institutions such as the ICC, ICJ, and regional courts contribute to reinforcing international legal norms?
    • Challenges and opportunities for strengthening legal protections for the environment in armed conflicts and IHL.
    • To what extent do international sanctions remain an effective tool for ensuring compliance with international law? Should they be reformed to address contemporary challenges, or reinforced in their current form?

    These themes are indicative – we also encourage submissions of papers on issues related to IPSIG more broadly. We welcome a discussion of the relevant legal issues from a variety of methodological, theoretical and doctrinal perspectives.  

    Keynote speaker

    We have the honour to welcome Professor Devika Hovell as keynote speaker for the event. Devika Hovell is Professor of Public International Law at the London School of Economics, specialising in international criminal law, Security Council practice and procedure, sanctions, international dispute resolution and the law relating to the use of force. She has published widely in leading journals, including the European Journal of International Law, American Journal of International Law, and the British Yearbook of International Law. Alongside her academic work, Devika has worked and provided legal advice to a range of NGOs, governments, law firms and the UN International Law Commission.

    Arrangements and Format   

    The Workshop will be held over two days, Thursday 12 February 2026 at the Curtin University City Campus, and Friday 13 February 2026 at the University of Western Australia (UWA). The Workshop is planned as an in-person event, and we hope as many people as possible will be able to join us in Perth, Australia.

    The Workshop will take the form of interactive panels, with presentations followed by a Q&A session with all Workshop participants.  We are also planning to include a panel of Australian and New Zealand Government representatives to discuss current events.  

    There is no registration or participation fee. Support for the Workshop has been generously provided by ANZSIL, Curtin University and UWA.

    An optional social gathering will be organised on the evening of Thursday, 12 February 2026, following the first day of the Workshop. Additional activities and optional lunch will be organised for Friday, 13 February, at the conclusion of the Workshop. Further details about these social activities will be provided closer to the date of the event.

    Submission of Presentation Proposals 

    The submission of presentation proposals has now closed.

    Registration

    Both those wishing to deliver presentations and those wishing to attend the Workshop without presenting are asked to complete the registration form [click here] by 23 January 2026. Early registration is encouraged to help the organisers ensure adequate catering and facilities.  

    Details are also available here.

    • 30 Jun 2026
    • 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
    • Faculty of Law, Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington, Aotearoa New Zealand

    Call for Papers

    Deadline: Monday, 16 February 2026

    The Australian and New Zealand Society of International Law (ANZSIL) Postgraduate Research Students Workshop will be held in person on Tuesday, 30 June 2026, at Victoria University of Wellington, Aotearoa New Zealand.

    The Workshop aims to provide postgraduate degree research students with an opportunity to present their research to their peers, develop their feedback and engagement skills, discuss their experiences of postgraduate research and make academic and professional connections. Participants will give presentations on an aspect of their research for approximately 10 minutes, followed by a roundtable discussion of each paper. To facilitate this discussion, participants must submit short papers (no more than 1,500 words) for distribution before the Workshop. Participants will also be expected to engage as discussants of other papers.

    The Workshop will be followed by the 33rd ANZSIL Annual Conference, which will take place at Victoria University of Wellington Faculty of Law from Wednesday, 1 July to Friday, 3 July 2026. Workshop participants are encouraged to attend the full Conference and there is no registration fee for workshop participants to attend the Workshop or the Annual Conference. Applicants for the Workshop must be enrolled in a higher degree research program (PhD, SJD, or Research Masters) at an Australian or New Zealand university.

    Applicants should submit an abstract of up to 350 words and biographical note of up to 250 words no later than 16 February 2026. Your biographical note should indicate how many full years you have completed in your research degree and whether you have completed any formal requirements for candidacy in your degree. Priority will be given to participants seeking to present at an ANZSIL Postgraduate Workshop for the first time, and who have completed formal confirmation requirements for their research degree. Preference may also be given to abstracts that demonstrate a connection with the conference theme. The Convenors encourage applications from scholars from underrepresented backgrounds and institutions. There will be a small travel bursary to assist with expenses for students who are selected to take part in the Workshop and are based outside Wellington.

    All information should be provided via this link: https://form.jotform.com/243520294585864.

    Short papers (no more than 1500 words) will be due on 5 June 2026.

    Postgraduate Research Students Workshop Convenors 2026

    • 01 Jul 2026
    • 03 Jul 2026
    • Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington, Aotearoa, New Zealand

    ANZSIL Oceans and International Environmental Law Interest Group - Call for Abstracts for ANZSIL Annual Conference OIELIG Anniversary Panel

    The ANZSIL Conference is a special occasion for the Oceans and International Environmental Law Interest Group (OIELIG), because it marks a 10-year anniversary. This Call for Abstracts invites submissions to join the anniversary panel, which will cover the topic, ‘A Decade of Burgeoning or Blighted Legal Change’. In addition to presentation at the Conference, papers will be considered for inclusion in a planned Special Issue in a peer-reviewed international law journal, to be curated by the OIELG Co-Chairs after the conference.

    Further information is available here. Submit your abstract for this panel to oielig@anzsil.org by 1February 2026.

    OIELIG Co-Chairs Margaret Young (m.young@unimelb.edu.au), Marcelo Feitosa De Paula Dias (marcelo.feitosadepauladias@hdr.qut.edu.au), Lowell Bautista (L.Bautista@westernsydney.edu.au) and Bjørn-Oliver Magsig (bjornoliver.magsig@vuw.ac.nz)



    • 01 Jul 2026
    • 9:00 AM
    • 03 Jul 2026
    • 1:00 PM
    • Faculty of Law, Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington, Aotearoa New Zealand

    Co-hosted by the New Zealand Centre for Public Law

    Call for Papers and Panel Proposals

    Deadline: Monday, 16 February 2026


    He moana pukepuke e ekengia e te waka
    A stormy sea can be navigated

    By adopting this whakataukī (proverb) to develop the theme of the conference, the Organising Committee is aiming to capture the zeitgeist of today’s international legal order, while drawing on a metaphor that is particularly apt for our gathering together on the shores of Moana Oceania.

    The lyrical quality of the whakataukī should not beguile us into under-estimating the challenges. This may not be a passing storm. These stormy seas might be causing lasting destruction. We may have already suffered irreparable structural harm. Recognising all that, the challenges bring with them an opportunity to re-imagine – and re-build – whole new worlds, whole new ways of being, new communities, and new strategies. The challenges also invite us to listen and be attentive to other voices that may have been neglected.  Even if we are not spurred to radical change, at the very least, the challenges might prompt us to think carefully about our traditional tools and re-examine our long-cherished assumptions.

    We hope that this conference can provide the opportunity to imagine new worlds. In doing so, we ask if there is still a place for reform of the old system? Of the old ways of doing things? If we do embark on imagining new worlds, then what might the contours of new horizons look like? If we persist with the familiar, how might renewal or reform emerge?  If we fail to adapt, then what lies ahead?

    We look forward to welcoming participants to the 33rd ANZSIL Conference on the theme: Navigating Stormy Seas: People, Place and Perspectives in International Law and warmly invite proposals from any area of international law exploring these questions.

    In the tradition of ANZSIL Conferences, the Conference Organising Committee will also consider proposals on international law topics not connected to the Conference theme and welcomes the submission of panel proposals from ANZSIL Interest Groups. The Committee particularly encourages non-traditional panel formats, including round-table discussions, or a Q&A panel with subject matter experts.  The Committee is very happy to be contacted for questions regarding innovative panel suggestions (conference@anzsil.org).

    ANZSIL aims to promote diversity in the international law community and strongly encourages submissions from Māori, Indigenous Australians and from individuals and groups traditionally underrepresented in this forum.

    Submission of Paper Proposals

    Those proposing papers for presentation at the Conference should submit:

    • An abstract of no more than 250 words; and
    • A biographical note of no more than 200 words (for inclusion in the electronic Conference program).

    Please submit your paper proposal using the Call for Papers application link here: https://form.jotform.com/253346203464857

    Submission of Panel Proposals

    Submissions for well-constructed panels, especially those using innovative formats, relevant to the Conference theme are strongly encouraged. Those proposing panels for presentation at the Conference should submit:

    • A synopsis of no more than 250 words, explaining the rationale, theme and format of the panel; and
    • Three or four paper or speaker proposals, including in each case the information requested above (being a 250-word abstract of the paper, or explanation of what a speaker would contribute to the format proposed, and a 200-word biographical note).

    Please submit your panel proposal using the Call for Panels application link here: https://form.jotform.com/253345890939875

    Process and Dates

    The closing date for proposals is Monday, 16 February 2026. The Organising Committee will endeavour to inform applicants of the outcome of their proposals by mid-March 2026. All presenters will be required to register for the Conference by early May to be included in the final Conference program. Further information about the Conference, including program and registration details, will be made available on the ANZSIL Conference page in due course.

    Conference Fee

    The conference fee will be confirmed in early 2026. We anticipate charging a registration fee (early bird) of approximately AUD440.00 for ANZSIL members/Speakers.

    Registrations for the Conference will open in March/April 2026.

    Alice Edwards Breakthrough Researcher Award 2026

    ANZSIL is delighted to announce that it will be awarding the Alice Edwards Breakthrough Researcher Award to assist one or two early career researchers (or PhD students) to present at our 33rd Annual Conference.

    The purpose of the Award is to encourage and foster the research of the most talented and promising early career researchers (or PhD students) from Australia, Aotearoa New Zealand and the Pacific Islands whose research in international law is making, or is likely to make, a significant contribution to finding solutions to some of the world’s most pressing global or regional challenges. To that end, one or two awards will be made to assist in enabling early career researchers (or PhD students) to present at the ANZSIL Annual Conference.

    Applicants should read the criteria for the Award here before submitting an application.

    The application form is available here and the deadline for applications is Monday, 16 February 2026.

    ANZSIL Conference Organising Committee 2026

Past events

21 Jan 2026 Overlapping Individual and Interstate Claims in International Law: ANZSIL Prize Seminar
25 Nov 2025 From Forest to Framework: Traceability, Technology, and International Law in Combating the Illegal Timber Trade
25 Nov 2025 International Economic Law Workshop, IEL PhD Seminar and AI Regulatory Interoperability Roundtable
03 Nov 2025 Economic, Social and Cultural Rights Network HDR and ECR Symposium: ANZSIL IHRL Interest Group
30 Oct 2025 Feminist Approaches to International Law: ANZSIL GSIL Interest Group Workshop
03 Sep 2025 Law, War and Letter Writing: ANZSIL Seminar
26 Aug 2025 Litigating Climate Change: Recent Developments
20 Aug 2025 The 2025 UN Oceans Conference - Reflections on Proposed Actions to Sustainably Use the Oceans
18 Aug 2025 Recognition of Palestine in International Law: Australian and New Zealand Perspectives
31 Jul 2025 The ICJ’s Climate Advisory Opinion: Initial Reflections and Responses Seminar
02 Jul 2025 ANZSIL 32nd Annual Conference | International Law: Silence, Forgetting and Remembrance
01 Jul 2025 2025 ANZSIL Postgraduate Research Students Workshop
24 Feb 2025 2025 IPSIG Annual Workshop
03 Jul 2024 31st ANZSIL Annual Conference 2024 | International Law: Crisis, Conflict and Cooperation
02 Jul 2024 ANZSIL International Law Teaching Workshop 2024 | Teaching International Law in Times of Crisis
02 Jul 2024 ANZSIL Postgraduate Research Students Workshop 2024
06 Jul 2023 Australasian Society of Legal Philosophy Annual Conference
03 Jul 2023 ICONS Annual Conference | Islands and Ocean: Public Law in a Plural World
29 Jun 2023 30th ANZSIL Annual Conference | Is International Law Resilient?
28 Jun 2023 ANZSIL Postgraduate Research Students Workshop 2023
18 Nov 2022 ANZSIL IELIG 2022 Workshop
12 Oct 2022 Public International Law Webinar Series Keynote and Launch Event
30 Jun 2022 29th ANZSIL Annual Conference | International Law and Global Inter-connectedness
29 Jun 2022 ANZSIL Postgraduate Research Students Workshop 2022
13 May 2022 2022 IPSIG Annual Workshop | New Technologies on the Global Battlespace
26 Apr 2022 ANZSIL/ CIPL Online Seminar - UNCLOS at 40: Pacific perspectives on the negotiations at UNCLOS III
24 Feb 2022 CIPL/ ANZSIL Webinar Series: Looking Back to the Future in the Law of the Sea: UNCLOS III and the LOSC at 40
06 Sep 2021 2021 ANZSIL IELIG Workshop
27 Jul 2021 ANZSIL Seminar: New Books Panel
14 Jul 2021 ANZSIL Seminar: 'Nothing about us without us' Incorporating lived experiences of displacement in international law scholarship
07 Jul 2021 ANZSIL Postgraduate Research Students Workshop 2021
30 Jun 2021 28th ANZSIL Annual Conference | Inertia or Innovation? Reshaping International Law for a Complex Future
15 Apr 2021 The Future of International Environmental Law and the Law of the Sea
14 Dec 2020 IPSIG Virtual Seminar Series
11 Dec 2020 ANZSIL December Zoom Seminar Series
02 Dec 2020 ANZSIL Postgraduate Research Students Workshop 2020
17 Jul 2020 ANZSIL IPSIG Virtual Seminar Series
03 Jul 2020 ANZSIL Zoom Q&A Session on International Law in the time of COVID with Victoria Hallum, MFAT (NZ) and Sue Robertson (AG's Office, Australia)
02 Jul 2020 ANZSIL Zoom Lecture: Chester Brown -An international fact-finding commission of inquiry into COVID-19?
01 Jul 2020 ANZSIL Zoom Lecture: Tim Stephens, University of Sydney, Transboundary harm and the Pandemic – Lessons from state responsibility and international environmental law
30 Jun 2020 ANZSIL Zoom Lecture: Treasa Dunworth, University of Auckland:International Law on Biological Weapons: Fit for Purpose?
29 Jun 2020 ANZSIL Zoom Lecture: Steven Freeland, Western Sydney University - The Geopolitics of Outer Space and International Law: Square Peg in a Round Hole?
29 Jun 2020 ANZSIL Zoom Keynote Lecture Series
20 May 2020 OIELIG Online Discussion Group: COVID-19 and the Law of the Sea
09 Dec 2019 Ivan Shearer International Law Workshop
05 Dec 2019 Understanding China's Aspirations in the Southern Ocean
15 Nov 2019 Challenges and Opportunities for Asia-Pacific International Commercial Arbitration Symposium
04 Jul 2019 27th ANZSIL Annual Conference | International Law Futures: The Intersection of Law with Knowledge, Information and Expertise
03 Jul 2019 ANZSIL Postgraduate Research Students Workshop 2019
31 May 2019 2019 IPSIG Annual Workshop
15 Feb 2019 2019 International Economic Law Interest Group workshop
09 Dec 2018 Global Legal Skills Conference 2018 (GLS-13)
11 Oct 2018 Gaetano Morelli Lectures, 5th Edition: Methodologies of International Law
12 Jul 2018 Society of International Economic Law (SIEL) 2018 Global Conference
05 Jul 2018 26th ANZSIL Annual Conference | International Law: From the Local to the Global
04 Jul 2018 ANZSIL Postgraduate Research Students Workshop 2018
02 Jun 2018 Four Societies International Law Conference 2018
27 Apr 2018 2018 IPSIG Annual Workshop
13 Feb 2018 Asia-Pacific Workshop on International Law, Climate Change, Oceans and Coasts
12 Oct 2017 IELIG workshop - Thursday 12th October 2017
29 Jun 2017 25th ANZSIL Annual Conference | Sustaining the International Legal Order in an Era of Rising Nationalism
28 Jun 2017 ANZSIL Postgraduate Research Students Workshop 2017
05 May 2017 International Peace and Security Interest Group Workshop
24 Feb 2017 OIELIG workshop - Law Beyond Boundaries: Innovative mechanisms for the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity beyond national jurisdiction
16 Feb 2017 International Investment Arbitration Across Asia Symposium
14 Oct 2016 Legitimacy and the State Conference
21 Jul 2016 Sixth International Four Societies Conference | International Law, Innovation and the Environment
30 Jun 2016 24th ANZSIL Annual Conference | International Law of the Everyday: Fieldwork, Friction and Fairness
29 Jun 2016 ANZSIL Postgraduate Research Students Workshop 2016
19 May 2016 Integration and International Dispute Resolution in Small States
13 May 2016 ANZSIL International Economic Law Interest Group Workshop 2016
22 Apr 2016 ANZSIL International Peace and Security Interest Group Workshop
18 Mar 2016 In our best interest - treaty scrutiny in a connected world
04 Dec 2015 International Humanitarian Law: Issues of Current Significance and in Memory of Henri Dunant
04 Dec 2015 Joint ANZSIL/KSIL Workshop: Seas, Trade and Treaties - Korean and Australian Perspectives on Contemporary Developments in International Law
07 Sep 2015 Conference: Small States in a Legal World
20 Jul 2015 Joint Asian International Economic Law Conference
03 Jul 2015 2015 Annual General Meeting
02 Jul 2015 23rd ANZSIL Annual Conference | International Law-Making at a Crossroads: Participants, Processes and Principles
01 Jul 2015 ANZSIL Postgraduate Research Students Workshop 2015

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