Call for Articles – Volume 15(2)

The Editorial Board of the Cambridge International Law Journal is pleased to invite submissions for Volume 15(2), to be published in December 2026.

The CILJ accepts the following types of submissions:

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. 

Theme of the issue

Submissions must align with the theme of Volume 15(2), which builds on the 15th CILJ Annual Conference entitled 'Reimagining International Law: Critical, Regional, and Trans-Disciplinary Perspectives'. The Editors encourage prospective contributors to engage with neglected traditions, marginalised voices, and alternative vocabularies. 

Authors are invited to explore how international law operates within broader social, political, economic, and technological contexts, and to consider how critical, regional, and trans-disciplinary approaches may open pathways toward more just, inclusive, and responsive legal futures. 

Submissions adopting critical legal perspectives across all areas of public international law, as well as those addressing regionalism and transnational legal orders, are particularly welcome.

Submission information

Submissions for Volume 15(2) must be received through the online Submittable platform by 23:59 (BST) on Sunday, 24 May 2026. 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 Fifth edition: 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.