Miles Jackson

We are so delighted that Professor @DapoAkandeLaw, Chichele Professor of Public International Law, @UniofOxford has been elected to the International Court of Justice @CIJ_ICJ

The Oxford PIL Discussion Group was delighted to welcome Dr Jennifer Maddocks on 5 November 2026 for a fascinating discussion on "State Responsibility in the Age of Military AI." Many thanks to Dr Maddocks for sharing her expertise on this important and timely topic!

A new term has begun for the Oxford PIL Research Group! Our new students, Shastikk Kumaran, Philipp Eschenhagen, Matisse Reed, Rachel Behring, and Omid Yeganeh shared their research projects at our first two seminars. We wish them every success with their research!

On 17 June, we had the pleasure of hosting the Oxbridge Public International Law Doctoral Exchange Workshop at Jesus College, Oxford. To see more of what happened at the workshop, click here: tinyurl.com/mrbu5pu8

It was a great pleasure to host an international law workshop in honour of Sir Ian Brownlie QC, during which we reflected on his significant contributions to international law scholarship. Thank you all for joining this meaningful occasion and contributing to the discussions 🥳

Our international law workshop in honour of Sir Ian Brownlie QC kicked off in a packed Old Library at All Souls College. @milesmjackson and @DapoAkandeLaw welcomed everyone on behalf of the PIL Group, and @StefanTalmon reflected on the life of Sir Ian Brownlie QC.

For our final PIL Research Seminar for this academic year, we had Hossein Sedehi present on “International Organizations’ Objective Legal Personality as Customary International Law.” We look forward to seeing his project develop over time! 🥳

For this week’s PIL Research seminar, we were delighted to welcome lawyers from the Royal Navy and the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office who completed their International Law Course to present and discuss cross-cutting issues with the attendees.

For our fourth and last PIL Discussion Group event for the term, we were delighted to have Professor Patrícia Galvão Teles discuss the topic of ‘The development of International Law by the ILC and the ICJ - The case of Sea-Level Rise.’ We hope to see many of you again next term!

For the final PIL Research Seminar of this Term, we had Shastikk Kumaran discuss his ongoing writing project entitled ‘Non-Violent Evacuation Operations.’ Many thanks to everyone for attending the weekly seminars. We wish everyone a lovely break, and see you in Trinity Term!

Please join us for our fourth and last PIL Discussion Group for this term on 12 March. Professor Patrícia Galvão Teles will be discussing the topic “The development of International Law by the ILC and the ICJ - The case of Sea-Level Rise.” Register here: law.ox.ac.uk/content/event/p…

For this week’s PIL Research Seminar, Taqbir Huda presented the overview of his DPhil project on ‘Reparations reconsidered: Correction, distribution, or construction?’ We look forward to seeing how his project unfolds over time!

For our third PIL Discussion Group event, we were delighted to have Professor Duncan Hollis and Dr Arun Sukumar present on their project, ‘New Challenges and New Concepts?  Prepositioning and Civilian Critical Infrastructure in International Law.’ Thanks, everyone, for attending!