Call for Articles – Volume 15(1)

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:

1. Articles between 6,000 and 12,000 words including footnotes; and
2. 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. 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.

Submission Guidelines

Style guidelines

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: here 
• OSCOLA: Citing International Law Sources: here 

Submission Platform

The Cambridge International Law Journal accepts only submissions made via the online platform Submittable. The link to this submission platform is open only during active calls for papers.

Submit your manuscript here.

Ethics Policy

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Policy on Artificial Intelligence

The Cambridge International Law Journal does not accept submissions containing drafting or text generated by artificial intelligence (AI) tools. Authors are expected to submit pieces which they have drafted themselves in their own words. The identification of AI-generated text in any of the submissions to the Cambridge International Law Journal by our Editorial Board will result automatically in a decision not to publish the submission.