Fairness and international peace and security
The 18th Annual Conference of the European Society of International Law will convene in Aix-enProvence in France from Thursday, 31 August, to Saturday, 2 September 2023. The main conference will
be preceded by various workshops organised by the Society’s Interest Groups on 30 and 31 August 2023.
The theme of this year’s conference is ‘Is International Law Fair?’. The Society’s Interest Group on Peace and Security pre-conference workshop is scheduled for 30 August from 4-7 pm. The workshop will take place in person.
We invite papers that address the above themes and questions and welcome those which focus
particularly on:
- The impacts of international peace and security law at the global, regional, national, local and
individual level. - Evolutions in the concepts, norms, institutions and role of critical actors in international peace
and security law. - Lessons that can be learned from past and current international crises, including the war in
Ukraine. - Theoretical Reflections on Fairness, equity and Justice in/international peace and Security
law and scholarship.
Application Process
Please submit an abstract in PDF (in English) of no more than 500 words by 23 April 2023 to all of the
IGPS Convenors:
• Saeed Bagheri: saeed.bagheri[at]reading.ac.uk
• Patryk Labuda: patryk.labuda[at]graduateinstitute.ch
• Clare Frances Moran: cf.moran[at]abdn.ac.uk
• Erin Pobjie: e.pobjie[at]essex.ac.uk
Please title your document as follows for ease of reference: [Surname_abstract title]
The following information must be provided with each abstract in the same document:
• Author’s name and affiliation;
• Author’s brief CV, including a list of relevant publications;
• Author’s contact details, including email address;
• Whether you wish to be considered for the ESIL Young Scholar’s Prize, and if so, confirm that
you meet the eligibility conditions as stated on ESIL’s website.
Only one abstract per author will be considered.
Applicants will be informed of the selection committee’s decision no later than 28 April 2023.
Depending on the number and quality of abstracts, up to 6 abstracts may be selected. Full papers should
be submitted by 1 August 2023 (or 29 June, for those who wish to be considered for the Young Scholar’s
Prize). Selected papers may be published in an edited collection or a special journal edition after
the workshop.
Evaluation criteria
Abstracts will be selected based on the following criteria:
1) their alignment with the objectives of the event;
2) the overall coherence of the panel, and
3) the general criteria according to the ESIL Conference Call for Papers.
More information on the ESIL conference is available here: https://www.esilaix2023.fr/
For more information on the IGPS: https://igpeaceandsecurity.wixsite.com/esiligps
For more information refer to broucher
