Thank you for your interest in writing for the CILJ Blog. Please complete the form below and upload your article as a Word document (.docx).
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The Editorial Board of the Cambridge International Law Journal is pleased to invite submissions for Volume 15(1), to be published in June 2026.
The CILJ accepts the following types of submissions that engage with current themes in international law:
- Articles between 6,000 and 12,000 words including footnotes; and
- Case Notes, including substantive analysis, not exceeding 3,000 words including footnotes.
Submissions are subject to double-blind peer review. The CILJ's Editorial Board reviews all pieces, and select articles are sent to the Academic Review Board, which consists of distinguished international law scholars and practitioners.
Submission information
Submissions for Volume 15(1) must be received through the online Submittable platform by 23:59 (BST) on Tuesday, 4 November 2025.
Please list the word count of the text and the footnotes on your manuscript.
All copies must be submitted in Word (.doc) or (.docx) format and must conform to our style guidelines, which are available at the following links:
- OSCOLA Fourth edition:
https://www.law.ox.ac.uk/sites/files/oxlaw/oscola_4th_edn_hart_2012.pdf - OSCOLA: Citing International Law Sources:
https://www.law.ox.ac.uk/sites/files/oxlaw/oscola_2006_citing_international_law.pdf
For full submission instructions, please visit www.elgaronline.com/cilj.
We also accept submissions for the CILJ Blog on a rolling basis. Blog articles may be submitted at any time here.
Further information can be obtained from the Editors-in-Chief at editors@cilj.co.uk.
REIMAGINING INTERNATIONAL LAW: CRITICAL, REGIONAL, AND TRANS-DISCIPLINARY PERSPECTIVES
(In-person, Faculty of Law of the University of Cambridge, 23-24 April 2026)
ABOUT THE CONFERENCE
The Cambridge International Law Journal (‘CILJ’) is pleased to invite submissions of abstracts of papers to be considered for presentations at the 15th Annual Conference of the CILJ. The Conference will take place at the Faculty of Law of the University of Cambridge on 23–24 April 2026. The topic of the Conference is ‘Reimagining International Law: Critical, Regional, and Trans-Disciplinary Perspectives’.
The promise of international law as a guarantor of peace, rights, and accountability is being profoundly tested. From protracted conflicts to the erosion of democratic norms and civil liberties, international law’s capacity to deliver justice and stability has been called into question. This moment calls for critical inquiry into the neglected traditions, marginalised voices, and alternative vocabularies that offer different ways of thinking and practicing international law. The 15th Annual Conference is inviting papers that critically examine international law’s limitations, failures, and underlying assumptions, as well as possibilities for its reimagining.
Contributors are encouraged to consider how international law operates not in isolation but within social, political, and economic structures; how its institutions and doctrines reflect power dynamics; and how critical, regional, and trans-disciplinary modes of legal imagination might chart alternative, better futures.
CALL FOR ABSTRACTS
We invite all interested scholars to submit an abstract between 250 and 300 words via the link below by 23:59 GMT, 31 December 2025. We welcome submissions from PhD students, early career researchers and established academics. The selected papers will be presented at the Conference, and all conference presenters will have the opportunity to submit their papers for consideration for publication in Volume 15(2) of the CILJ.
Additional details on our policies on ethics and the treatment of content generated through the use of artificial intelligence are available on our website.
For further information, please contact the Conference Conveners at conference@cilj.co.uk