Whataboutism, Reciprocity, Double Standards: Towards a Theory of Fairness in International Organizations

Call for Papers | ESIL Annual Conference 2023 | Aix-en-Provence The ESIL Interest Group on International Organizations welcomes submissions for the interest group workshop taking place as part of the ESIL Annual Conference on Thursday 31 August 2023, 09.30-12.30, in Aix-en-Provence. A recurring word of the last year, ‘whataboutism’ is a tu quoque logical fallacy...

Book launch | “The World Bank’s Lawyers: The Life of International Law as Institutional Practice” (OUP, 2022) by Dr. Dimitri van den Meerssche

On Wednesday 16 November, 18:15 (CET), the ESIL Interest Groups on History of Intentional Law and International Organisations and Völkerrechtsblog, are hosting a book launch for The World Bank's Lawyers by Dr. Dimitri van den Meerssche (Queen Mary University London). Registration for the book launch is now open. In addition to hearing from the author,...

Programme | International organizations, elites, and masses: perspectives on in/exclusion

International organizations, elites, and masses: perspectives on in/exclusion Programme | ESIL Annual Conference 2022 | Utrecht  Thursday 1 September 2022 09.30-11.45 (CEST) Hybrid: In person Janskerkhof 3, Room 109 and on Zoom 09:30 - 09:40Welcome 09:40 - 09:55Wanshu Cong (University of Hong Kong) and André Dao (University of Melbourne): From anti-colonialism to neoliberalism: the communication gap and...

Bibliography | International Organizations, Elites, and Masses: Perspectives on In/Exclusion

We recently published a call for papers International Organizations, Elites, and Masses: Perspectives on In/Exclusion and we welcome debate on the topic both in Utrecht at ESIL's annual conference and online. If you are interested in perspectives on in/exclusion in international organizations and want to read more, we've created a short accompanying bibliography. -   Bearce,...

International Organizations, Elites, and Masses: Perspectives on In/Exclusion

Call for Papers | ESIL Annual Conference 2022 | Utrecht The ESIL Interest Group on International Organizations welcomes submissions for the interest group workshop taking place as part of the ESIL Annual Conference on Thursday 1 September 2022, 09.00-12.00, in Janskerkhof 3, Utrecht, The Netherlands. THEME:             International organizations, elites, and masses: perspectives on...