In this introduction to the special issue Contested Categories in the Context of International
Migration, we argue for the importance of critically engaging with state-created categories …

Why do states create weak international institutions? Frustrated with proliferating but
disappointing international environmental institutions, scholars increasingly bemoan …

While recent scholarship has turned to the increasing fragmentation of global human rights
discourses, the often competing ideological projects in which different understandings of …

How do violations affect international norms? This article demonstrates that violations
develop norms by analyzing how international institutions determine the meaning of deviant …

This article explores the interface between religion and international humanitarian law (IHL),
and the degree to which they might complement and reinforce each other. It examines some …

A central theme in the study of international relations is that anarchy requires states to set
aside moral concerns to attain security, rendering IR an autonomous sphere devoid of …

In the debate on the (de-) judicialisation of international affairs and the International Criminal
Court (ICC) specifically, the distinctions between legality and politics and between state …

This article takes a critical look at the development of international humanitarian law (IHL),
from its early codification in the Hague and Geneva Conventions to the present day. It …

Recent scholarship analyzes norm dynamics in the US context using the prohibition on
assassination contained in Executive Order 12333 as the relevant norm. These studies …

What is the role of international law in foreign-policy decision-making? In particular, why do
leaders justify policy decisions with appeals to international law and why do these appeals …