Call for Papers: 2026 WORKS-IN-PROGRESS CONFERENCE, February 19th, 2026, Submission Deadline- 1 December 2025
American Society of International Law –
International Courts and Tribunals Interest Group
2026 WORKS-IN-PROGRESS CONFERENCE
Faculty of Law (Common Law Section), University of Ottawa
February 19th, 2026
The Intemational Courts and Trihunals Interest Group (ICTIG) of the American Society of
International Law (ASIL), in collaboration with the Faculty of Law (Common Law Section) of
University of Ottawa and Neuberger-Jesin Chair of Intemnational Conflict Resolution, are pleased
to announce a call for papers. The conference will be held on February 19h, 2026 at the Faculty of
Law (Common Law Section), University of Ottawa, Canada. Both carly career and more
experienced scholars and practitioners are encouraged to submit their work-in-progress on any
topic related to international courts and tribunals.
Deadline and Submission
Please email an abstract of 500 words or less in Word or PDF to Prof. Vladyslav Lanovoy
(vanavoy uottawa ca) and Mr. Philipp Kotlaba (p.kotlaba@icj-cij.org), ICTIG’s co-chairs. The
deadline to submit an abstract is December 1, 2025, Decisions will be made by mid-December. If
your paper is selected for presentation, please be prepared to submit a draft of your paper by
January 30.2026. We anticipate selecting between six and eight papers for presentation. Upon
request, funding may be provided to assist with the participants’ travel and accommodation costs.
Works-in-Progress
“Works-in-progress” means scholarship that has reached a stage at which it is substantial enough
to merit serious discussion and eritique but that has not yet appeared in print and can still be revised
after the workshop, if it has already been accepted for publication. Prospects of a potential
publication with one of the leading peer-reviewed journals in the field will also be discussed with
the authors at the conference.
The Conference
The accepted papers will not be presented by their authors at the workshop. Rather, cach paper
will be introduced and discussed first by a commentator before opening the discussion to the other
participants. Each of the participants is expected to have read and to be prepared to discuss all the
papers. Each participant will be asked to serve as the comentator for one of the other papers. The
author of cach paper will then be given an opportunity to respond and ask questions at the end.
External experts may also attend and provide comments and feedback on the papers.
For any question or inquiries, please contact Prof. Vladyslav Lanovoy at vlanovoy@uottawa.ca
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