International Law Weekend 2026 Program Overview
The unifying theme for ILW 2026 is [R]evolution in the International Legal Order, as follows:
“This conference will examine the re-ordering of the international legal order at a pivotal moment of transition. Shifts in global power, challenges to bedrock legal principles, including the prohibition on the use of force, and retreat from long-standing international commitments pose challenges to the status quo, creating both uncertainty and opportunities for renewal. As some traditionally dominant states scale back their engagement with international law and institutions, space opens to reconsider the global distribution and exercise of authority and responsibility.”
Plenary Speakers include:
Dapo Akande, Chichele Professor of Public International Law, University of Oxford Faculty of Law
Elinor Hammarskjöld, United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Legal Affairs and United Nations Legal Counsel
Oona Hathaway, Gerard C. and Bernice Latrobe Smith Professor of International Law, Yale Law School; ASIL President
Judge Kimberly Prost, International Criminal Court (presenting virtually)
