To recognize the work of Canadian scholars of international law, CCIL conducts a biannual competition for scholarly books that make a substantial contribution to the international law literature. Any member of CCIL may submit a book published during the two calendar years prior to the year of the award. Thus, books eligible for the 2020 award will be published in 2018 or 2019. More Details...

Deadline extended to Monday, March 23, 2020

The 49th annual conference of the Canadian Council on International Law will take place in Ottawa on October 29-30, 2020. 

The theme of this year's conference is "International Law in 2020: Fit for Purpose?"

Academics and practitioners from the public, private and non-profit sectors are invited to submit proposals for sessions (e.g. panel discussions), for conference papers or presentat...

Deadline to submit:  March 1, 2020

A reminder that we are now seeking nominations for the CCIL Award for Public Sector Lawyer. This non-monetary award recognizes significant contribution or service in the field of international law by a public sector lawyer. The recipient will have significantly enhanced the understanding of and respect for international law in the public sector

Eligibility Criteria

Current or former public...

The CCIL aims to recognize the work of Canadian scholars of international law by conducting biennial competitions for scholarly papers and for scholarly books that make a substantial contribution to the international law literature.

In 2019, two papers were selected for the inaugural Scholarly Paper Award:

Gregory Fox, Kristen Boon and Isaac Jenkins for “The Contributions of United Nations Security Council Resolutions to th...