Call for Papers: The Law and Reality of the Responsibility to Maintain International Peace and Security, 8th June 2026
University of Liverpool School of Law and Social Justice
You are warmly invited to submit proposals for a publication workshop as part of the research project: The Law and Reality of the Responsibility to Maintain International Peace and Security.
Following an initial scoping workshop for the research project in November 2025, we are now seeking full chapter proposals for an edited collection focused on seeking to understand the law and reality of the responsibility to maintain international peace and security at the United Nations.
A full publication workshop will be hosted at the University of Liverpool on 8th June 2026.
Call for papers We are seeking authors to contribute papers or chapters to an edited collection that will form the conceptual framework for Strand 1 of the project, as set out in Annex 1 of the document. We are seeking proposals for chapters to contribute to the collection in the following areas:
• The legal nature of the responsibility to maintain international peace and security in the UN Charter, whether under Article 24(1) of the Charter or elsewhere
• Other legal sources of the responsibility to maintain international peace and security
• Political commitments outlining states’ or the UN’s responsibilities to maintain peace and security including, but not limited to, the responsibility to protect
• The overlap, if any, between human rights obligations and the responsibility to maintain peace and security
• The practical application of the responsibility to maintain peace and security within the United Nations, including informal working methods, guidance, or practices
• Policy and practitioner perspectives of the reality of the nature of the responsibility to maintain international peace and security
• Formal or informal structures that influence the content and implementation of the responsibility to maintain international peace and security
To submit a proposal, please send a proposed title, a 300-word abstract, and short biography to:
- Dr Patrick Butchard, email: butcharp@edgehill.ac.uk and
- Dr Ben Murphy, email: hsbmurph@liverpool.ac.uk
Timeframes
- Call deadline- 31st March 2026
- Decision on participation by- 10th April 2026
- Publication workshop- 8th June 2026
- Submission of full paper- 1st December 2026
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