Call for Papers: for The Latin American and Caribbean Journal of International Law, Submission Deadline- 1 October 2025
Special Issue: The Inter-American Court’s Advisory Opinion on Climate Emergency: Regional and Global Perspectives
The Latin American and Caribbean Journal of International Law invites submissions for a special issue examining the groundbreaking Advisory Opinion on Climate Emergency rendered by the Inter-American Court of Human Rights on July 3, 2025. This special issue aims to provide comprehensive analysis of this landmark decision and its interaction with parallel advisory opinions from the International Court of Justice (ICJ) and the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS) on climate-related matters.
Focus of the special issue
This special issue will examine the Inter-American Court’s advisory opinion through multiple analytical lenses, with particular emphasis on comparative analysis across the three major international advisory opinions on climate change. We welcome interdisciplinary approaches that bridge international law, human rights law, environmental law, with special attention to Latin American and Caribbean perspectives. We particularly encourage submissions that analyse cross-cutting themes across the IACtHR, ICJ, and ITLOS advisory opinions, examining how different international legal frameworks address similar climate challenges.
Submission Guidelines
Abstracts should be submitted by 1 October 2025 to Sol Meckievi at msm59@cam.ac.uk with the subject line “Climate Change Advisory Opinion Special Issue – Abstract Submission”. Submissions must include (1) the author’s name and their institutional affiliation (2) the abstract (500-750 words); and (3) short bio (max 200 words) of the author.
The authors of selected abstracts will be invited to send their full manuscripts to the editors by 7 February 2026. The full manuscript should count no more than 8,000 words, including footnotes, and be formatted as per LACJIL’s style guide. Manuscripts must be written in English.
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