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AJIL is a leading peer-reviewed journal, published quarterly since 1907. It features articles, essays, editorial comments, current developments, and book reviews by pre-eminent scholars and practitioners from around the world addressing developments in public and private international law and foreign relations law. The Journal also contains analyses of decisions by national and international courts and tribunals as well as a section on contemporary U.S. practice in international law. AJIL and AJIL Unbound are indispensable for all professionals working in international law, economics, trade, and foreign affairs.

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ISSN: 2398-7723 (Online)
Editors: Ingrid Brunk Vanderbilt Law School, USA, and Monica Hakimi Columbia Law School, USA
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Supervising Editors: Julian Arato, Eyal Benvenisti, Alexandra Huneeus, Katerina Linos, Matiangai Sirleaf; Managing Editors: Danae Azaria, Veronika Fikfak, Ibrahim Khan, Ryan Liss

AJIL Unbound supplements AJIL’s print edition by publishing short, original essays of international legal scholarship on this website. Featuring timely essays written in a readable style accessible to policymakers, practitioners, and students, AJIL Unbound seeks to broaden and diversify the scholarly exchanges begun in the pages of AJIL and to introduce new ones online. All AJIL Unbound content is freely available for all to read immediately on publication.

Symposium on International Criminal Law's Critical Aftermaths. Introduction by Richard Clements, Christine Schwöbel-Patel and Leila Ullrich, with contributions by Yassin M. Brunger, Sophie Rigney, Marina Veličković, Rachel López, Margaret M. deGuzman, Sujith Xavier and Vasuki Nesiah.

Symposium on Transdisciplinary Approaches to Migrant Solidarity in Theory, Law, and Praxis. Introduction by Alexandra Délano Alonso, Violeta Moreno-Lax and Jaya Ramji-Nogales, with contributions by Nermeen Arastu, Linda Bosniak, Barbara Buckinx, Amelia Frank-Vitale, Shannon Gleeson, Obiora Chinedu Okafor, Gabriella Sanchez, Sarah Soto, Çiğdem Çıdam, Luba Cortés, Ayten Gündoğdu, Violeta Moreno-Lax, Seán Binder, Jaya Ramji-Nogales, Isabella Trombetta, Lisa Ariemma, Cecilia Bailliet, Nayelli Torres-Salas, Joyce De Coninck, Alexandra Délano Alonso and Haddy Gassama.

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