Posted on 10 Aug 2022
The Utrecht Journal of International and European Law is issuing a Call for Papers to be published in its second volume of the General Issue in fall 2022 on ‘General Issues’ within international and European law.
The Board of Editors invites submissions addressing a topic of international and European law. Authors are invited to address questions and issues arising from the specific area of law relating to their topic. All types of manuscripts, from socio-legal to legal technical to comparative, will be considered for publication. However, please note that any analysis solely limited to a national legal system will fall outside the scope of the Journal. An international or European legal dimension is imperative.
The Board of Editors will select articles based on the quality of research and writing, diversity, and relevance of the topic. The novelty of the academic contribution is also an essential requirement. Prospective articles should be submitted online via https://utrechtjournal.org/about/submissions/ and should conform to the journal style guide on our website. The word limit is 10,000 words including footnotes.
For further information or consultation on a potential submission, you can contact Matilda Radoš at utrechtjournal@gmail.com
Deadline for Submissions: 31 May 2022
Posted on 04 Apr 2022
Utrecht Journal of International and European Law is issuing a Call for Papers to be published in its 37th edition in spring 2022 on ‘General Issues’ within international and European law.
The Board of Editors invites submissions addressing any aspect of international and European law; topics may include, but are not limited to, European Union law, International and European Human Rights Law, Comparative Law, Competition Law, Employment Law, Law of the Sea, Environmental Law, Alternative Dispute Resolution, or any other relevant topic.
Authors are invited to address questions and issues arising from the specific area of law relating to their topic. All types of manuscripts, from socio-legal to legal technical to comparative, will be considered for publication. However, please note that any analysis solely limited to a national legal system will fall outside the scope of the Journal. An international or European legal dimension is imperative.
The Board of Editors will select articles based on quality of research and writing, diversity, and relevance of topic. The novelty of the academic contribution is also an essential requirement. Prospective articles should be submitted online and should conform to the journal style guide on our website. Utrecht Journal has a word limit of 15,000 words including footnotes. For further information, or for consultation on a potential submission, you can contact Desiree van Iersel at utrechtjournal@gmail.com
Deadline for Submissions: 31 october 2021
Posted on 29 Apr 2021
Posted on 08 Mar 2021
Utrecht Journal of International and European Law is issuing a Call for Papers to be published in its 36th edition in spring 2021 on ‘General Issues’ within international and European law.
The Board of Editors invites submissions addressing any aspect of international and European law; topics may include, but are not limited to, European Union law, International and European Human Rights Law, Comparative Law, Competition Law, Employment Law, Law of the Sea, Environmental Law, Alternative Dispute Resolution, or any other relevant topic.
Authors are invited to address questions and issues arising from the specific area of law relating to their topic. All types of manuscripts, from socio-legal to legal technical to comparative, will be considered for publication. However, please note that any analysis solely limited to a national legal system will fall outside the scope of the Journal. An international or European legal dimension is imperative.
The Board of Editors will select articles based on quality of research and writing, diversity, and relevance of topic. The novelty of the academic contribution is also an essential requirement. Prospective articles should be submitted online and should conform to the journal style guide on our website. Utrecht Journal has a word limit of 15,000 words including footnotes. For further information, or for consultation on a potential submission, you can contact Desiree van Iersel at utrechtjournal@gmail.com
Deadline for Submissions: 2 December 2020
Posted on 19 Oct 2020
Utrecht Journal of International and European Law is issuing a Call for Papers to be published in its 35th edition in the summer of 2019 on ‘General Issues’ within international and European law.
The Board of Editors invites submissions addressing any aspect of international and European law; topics may include, but are not limited to, European Union law, International and European Human Rights Law, Comparative Law, Competition Law, Employment Law, Law of the Sea, Environmental Law, Alternative Dispute Resolution, or any other relevant topic.
Authors are invited to address questions and issues arising from the specific area of law relating to their topic. All types of manuscripts, from socio-legal to legal technical to comparative, will be considered for publication. However, please note that any analysis solely limited to a national legal system will fall outside the scope of the Journal. An international or European legal dimension is imperative.
The Board of Editors will select articles based on quality of research and writing, diversity, and relevance of topic. The novelty of the academic contribution is also an essential requirement. Prospective articles should be submitted online and should conform to the journal style guide on our website. Utrecht Journal has a word limit of 15,000 words including footnotes. For further information, or for consultation on a potential submission, you can contact the Editor-in-Chief at utrechtjournal@urios.org.
Deadline for Submissions: 22 February 2019
Posted on 05 Dec 2018
UJIEL is accepting submissions for its General Issue on International and European law to be published in August 2018.
Articles should be submitted online and authors should follow our submission guidelines. Utrecht Journal has a word limit of 15,000 words (incl. footnotes).
Deadline for submissions: 9th April 2018
Posted on 12 Feb 2018
The Utrecht Journal of International and European Law (UJIEL), is issuing a Call for Papers to be published in its forthcoming Special Issue on European Law (February 2018). The Board of Editors invites proposals from research institutes and projects who wish to showcase the work of their researchers in an Open Access Special Issue. Institutes and projects seeking collaboration are invited to email us at utrechtjournal@urios.org.
Deadline for Submissions: 25 August 2017
The Utrecht Journal of International and European Law is an Open Access, peer-reviewed, biannual law journal of Urios, the Utrecht Association for International and European Law. It was founded in 1981 in Utrecht, The Netherlands. Our latest special issue was prepared in co-operation with The Public International Law & Policy Group (PILPG), a global pro bono law firm and Nobel Peace Prize nominee (http://www.utrechtjournal.org/15/volume/33/issue/84/).
Posted on 07 Jun 2017
Utrecht Journal of International and European Law is issuing a Call for Papers to be published in its 85th edition in the summer of 2017 on ‘General Issues’ within international and European law.
The Board of Editors invites submissions addressing any aspect of international and European law; topics may include, but are not limited to, European Union law, International and European Human Rights Law, International and European Criminal Law, Transnational Justice, Family Law, Health and Medical Law, Children’s Rights, Commercial Law, Media Law, Law of Democracy, Taxation, Comparative Law, Competition Law, Employment Law, Law of the Sea, Environmental Law, Indigenous Peoples, Land and Resources Law, Alternative Dispute Resolution, or any other relevant topic.
Authors are invited to address questions and issues arising from the specific area of law relating to their topic. All types of manuscripts, from socio-legal to legal technical to comparative, will be considered for publication. However, please note that any analysis solely limited to a national legal system will fall outside the scope of the Journal. An international or European legal dimension is imperative.
The Board of Editors will select articles based on quality of research and writing, diversity, and relevance of topic. The novelty of the academic contribution is also an essential requirement. Prospective articles should be submitted online and should conform to the journal style guide on our website. Utrecht Journal has a word limit of 15,000 words including footnotes. For further information, or for consultation on a potential submission, you can contact the Editor-in-Chief at utrechtjournal@urios.org.
Utrecht Journal is the student-led, peer-reviewed biannual law journal of Urios, the Utrecht Association for International and European Law. The Journal was founded in 1981 as Merkourios. In the years since, the Journal has expanded its readership and is now distributed all over the world through databases such as HeinOnline and the Directory of Open Access Journals.
Posted on 06 Oct 2016
The Utrecht Journal of International and European Law is issuing a Call for Papers to be published in its 83rd edition in summer 2016 on ‘General Issues’ within International and European law.
The Board of Editors invites submissions addressing any aspect of International and European law; topics may include, but are not limited to, European Union law, International and European Human Rights Law, International and European Criminal Law, Transnational Justice, Family Law, Health and Medical Law, Children’s Rights, Commercial Law, Media Law, Law of Democracy, Taxation, Comparative Law, Competition Law, Employment Law, Law of the Sea, Environmental Law, Indigenous Peoples, Land and Resources Law, Alternative Dispute Resolution, or any other relevant topic.
Authors are invited to address questions and issues arising from the specific area of law relating to their topic. All types of manuscripts, from socio-legal to legal technical to comparative, will be considered for publication. However, please note that any analysis solely limited to a national legal system will fall outside the scope of the Journal. An international or European legal dimension is imperative.
The Board of Editors will select articles based on quality of research and writing, diversity and relevance of topic. The novelty of the academic contribution is also an essential requirement. Prospective articles should be submitted online and should conform to the journal style guide on our website. Utrecht Journal has a word limit of 15,000 words including footnotes. For further information, or for consultation on a potential submission, you can email the Editor-in-Chief at utrechtjournal@urios.org.
Posted on 03 Dec 2015
Utrecht Journal of International and European Law is issuing a Call for Papers for its upcoming Special Issue (82nd edition) on ‘Intellectual Property in International and European Law’. With technological advancement and innovative practices occurring ever more frequently, individuals and undertakings often turn to intellectual property law to protect their ideas and seek remedies where appropriate (e.g. the recent Apple v Samsung design dispute). Recent developments in intellectual property are now a regular feature in popular media and a much-discussed topic amongst the general public. As such, the Utrecht Journal will be dedicating its 2016 Special Issue to ‘Intellectual Property in International and European Law.
The Board of Editors invites submissions addressing legal issues relating to intellectual property law from an international or European law perspective. Topics may include, but are not limited to: the influence of patenting on the competitive process; the use of IP holding companies to take advantage of favourable tax regimes; patent-trolls; copyright infringements; trademark protection; the ethics of IP (e.g. GMOs), etc. All types of manuscripts, from socio-legal to legal-technical to comparative will be considered. However, please note that any analysis solely limited to a national legal system will fall outside the scope of the Journal. An international or European legal dimension is imperative.
The Board of Editors will select articles based on quality of research and writing, diversity and relevance of topic. The novelty of the academic contribution is also an essential requirement. Prospective articles should be submitted online via the Journal’s website (www.utrechtjournal.org/about/submissions) and should conform to the Journal style guide. Utrecht Journal has a word limit of 15,000 words including footnotes. For further information please consult our website or email the Editor-in-Chief at utrechtjournal@urios.org.
DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSIONS:
15 October 2015
Utrecht Journal is the student-led, peer-reviewed biannual law journal of Urios, the Utrecht Association for International and European Law. The Journal was founded in 1981 as Merkourios. In the years since, the Journal has expanded its readership and is now distributed all over the world through databases such as HeinOnline and the Directory of Open Access Journals.
Posted on 19 Jun 2015
New issue on Privacy under International and European Law is out now. With information gathering and sharing techniques becoming ever more advanced, States are being forced to take a stand on their permissible cost for individual privacy. As the international legal system struggles to keep up with the irreversible process of globalisation, its role in regulating these competing interests is coming under increasing discussion.
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Posted on 02 Mar 2015
Utrecht Journal of International and
European Law (UJIEL) is looking for potential candidates to join its Board of Editors for 2015! UJIEL currently has vacancies on its Board of Editors:
DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS: 27th Feb
A brief summary of these roles can be seen below:
External Affairs Editor:
Research and identify recent cases relevant to the topic of UJIEL's upcoming publication and solicit a suitably qualified expert in the field to write a case note.
Find a suitable expert to write a book review on a recent publication within the topic of UJIEL's upcoming publication.
Carry out and write an interview with a practitioner within the field of publication.
Research upcoming conferences and commission a conference report.
Provide preliminary evaluations of research article submissions based on selection criteria (scope; accuracy of content; structure; academic language; use of references; the author's capability to distinguish facts from opinions and contribution to academia).
Executive Editor:
Establish and maintain contact with academics and professionals on behalf of UJIEL.
Write to and maintain contact with relevant professionals in the field who are happy to act as referees for research articles.
Provide preliminary evaluations of research article submissions based on selection criteria (scope; accuracy of content; structure; academic language; use of references; the author's capability to distinguish facts from opinions and contribution to academia).
UJIEL may also consider candidates for other positions on the Board if further positions become available.
Overall, this requires a commitment of at least 8 hours a week and the availability to attend weekly meetings. Ideal candidates are students at Utrecht University who demonstrate an interest in international and European law and who are proficient at writing and editing in the English language. Candidates are expected to commit for at least a year if possible.
If you are interested in one of these positions, please send your CV and a letter of motivation to utrechtjournal@urios.org. Please note that, as we are currently accepting rolling applications, the sooner you apply the better. If you are chosen as a candidate for the Board, you will be invited for an interview, which will take place as soon as practicable after applications are received.
For more information about the Journal and the current make-up of the Board of Editors, please visit our website at www.utrechtjournal.org. If you have any other questions, please send us an e-mail.
Posted on 17 Feb 2015
The Utrecht Journal of International and European Law is issuing a Call for Papers to be published in its 81st edition on ‘General Issues’ within International and European law. The Board of Editors invites submissions addressing any aspect of International and European law; topics may include, but are not limited to, International and European Human Rights Law, International and European Criminal Law, Transnational Justice, Family Law, Health and Medical Law, Children’s Rights, Commercial Law, Media Law, Law of Democracy, Intellectual Property Law, Taxation, Comparative Law, Competition Law, Employment Law, Law of the Sea, Environmental Law, Indigenous Peoples, Land and Resources Law, Alternative Dispute Resolution or any other relevant topic.
Authors are invited to address questions and issues arising from the specific area of law relating to their topic. All types of manuscripts, from socio-legal to legal technical to comparative, will be considered for publication.
The Board of Editors will select articles based on quality of research and writing, diversity and relevance of topic. The novelty of the academic contribution is also an essential requirement. Prospective articles should be submitted online via our website (www.utrechtjournal.org/about/submissions) and should conform to the journal style guide (See here for full details). Utrecht Journal has a word limit of 15,000 words including footnotes. For further information please consult our website or email us at utrechtjournal@urios.org.
Deadline for Submissions: 30 April 2015
Utrecht Journal is the student-led, peer-reviewed biannual law journal of Urios, the Utrecht Association for International and European Law. The Journal was originally founded in 1981 as Merkourios. Since 1981, Utrecht Journal has expanded its readership and is now distributed all over the world through databases such as HeinOnline and the Directory of Open Access Journals.
Posted on 12 Jan 2015
Utrecht Journal of International and European Law is issuing a call for papers in relation to its forthcoming 80th edition on ‘Privacy under International and European Law’. With information gathering and sharing techniques becoming ever more advanced, States are being forced to take a stand on their permissible cost for individual privacy. As the international legal system struggles to keep up with the irreversible process of globalisation, its role in regulating these competing interests is coming under increasing discussion.
The Board of Editors invites you to submit papers addressing any legal issues relating to privacy and international law from an international or European law perspective.
While this edition is primarily concerned with privacy and international law, relevant issues may have broader implications, including: the responsibility of private actors under international law; privacy as a human right; the conflict between State interests and individual rights; the internet and territorial limits; data protection; diverging national approaches to the protection of privacy and the rise of cybercrime. All types of manuscripts, from socio-legal to legal-technical to comparative will be considered.
The Board of Editors will select articles based on quality of research and writing, diversity and relevance of topic. The novelty of the academic contribution is also an essential requirement. Prospective articles should be submitted online via our website (www.utrechtjournal.org/about/submissions) and should conform to the journal style guide. Utrecht Journal has a word limit of 15,000 words including footnotes. For further information please consult our website or email us at utrechtjournal@urios.org.
Deadline for Submissions: 14th November 2014
Utrecht Journal is the student-led, peer-reviewed biannual law journal of Urios, the Utrecht Association for International and European Law. The Journal was founded in 1981 as Merkourios. In the years since 1981, Utrecht Journal has expanded its readership and is now distributed all over the world through databases such as HeinOnline and the Directory of Open Access Journals.
Posted on 01 Oct 2014
Utrecht Journal of International and European Law is issuing a call for papers in relation to its forthcoming 80th edition on ‘Privacy under International and European Law’. With information gathering and sharing techniques becoming ever more advanced, States are being forced to take a stand on their permissible cost for individual privacy. As the international legal system struggles to keep up with the irreversible process of globalisation, its role in regulating these competing interests is coming under increasing discussion.
The Board of Editors invites you to submit papers addressing any legal issues relating to privacy and international law from an international or European law perspective.
While this edition is primarily concerned with privacy and international law, relevant issues may have broader implications, including: the responsibility of private actors under international law; privacy as a human right; the conflict between State interests and individual rights; the internet and territorial limits; data protection; diverging national approaches to the protection of privacy and the rise of cybercrime. All types of manuscripts, from socio-legal to legal-technical to comparative will be considered.
The Board of Editors will select articles based on quality of research and writing, diversity and relevance of topic. The novelty of the academic contribution is also an essential requirement. Prospective articles should be submitted online via our website (www.utrechtjournal.org/about/submissions) and should conform to the journal style guide. Utrecht Journal has a word limit of 15,000 words including footnotes. For further information please consult our website or email us at utrechtjournal@urios.org.
Deadline for Submissions: 30 September 2014
Utrecht Journal is the student-led, peer-reviewed biannual law journal of Urios, the Utrecht Association for International and European Law. The Journal was founded in 1981 as Merkourios. In the years since 1981, Utrecht Journal has expanded its readership and is now distributed all over the world through databases such as HeinOnline and the Directory of Open Access Journals.
Posted on 16 Jul 2014
Utrecht Journal of International and European Law is issuing a Call for Papers to be published in its forthcoming general edition on International and European Law. The Board of Editors of Utrecht Journal invites submissions addressing any aspect of International and European law; topics may include, but are not limited to, International and European Human Rights Law, International and European Criminal Law, Family Law, Health and Medical Law, Children's Rights and the Law, Commercial Law, Media Law, Law of Democracy, Intellectual Property Law, Taxation, Comparative Law, Competition Law, Employment Law, Law of the Sea, Environmental Law, Indigenous Peoples, Land and Resources Law, Alternative Dispute Resolution or any other relevant topic.
Authors are invited to address questions and issues arising from the specific area of law relating to their topic. All types of manuscripts, from socio-legal to comparative law papers, will be considered for publication. Authors may be graduate students, PhD-students, post-graduates, professors or university lecturers. Utrecht Journal will select articles based on quality of research and writing, diversity, and relevance of topic.
Prospective articles should be submitted online via our website (www.utrechtjournal.org/about/
submissions) and should conform to the journal style guide (see here for full details). Utrecht Journal has a word limit of 15,000 words including footnotes. For further information please consult our website or email us at utrechtjournal@urios.org.
Deadline for Submissions: 30 March 2014.
Author guidelines and more information can be found here.
Only submissions made through our website will be taken into consideration.
Utrecht Journal is the student-led, peer-reviewed biannual law journal of Urios, the Utrecht Association for International and European Law. The Journal was founded in 1981 as Merkourios. In 2013, the Board of Editors changed it to its current name. In the years since 1981, Utrecht Journal has expanded its readership and is now distributed all over the world through databases such as HeinOnline and the Directory of Open Access Journals.
Posted on 16 Dec 2013
Utrecht Journal of International and European Law, formerly Merkourios, is issuing a call for papers in relation to its forthcoming 78th edition on ‘Legal Aspects of Corporate Social Responsibility’. It is a well-attested fact that there is a lack of legal accountability for multinational corporations both at an international and national level. Vent means have been utilised vovoked increasing levels of discussion with varying perspectives as to the correct path with which to move forward.
The Board of Editors invites you to submit papers addressing any legal issues relating to corporate social responsibility from an international or European law perspective.
This edition is primarily concerned with corporate social responsibility but relevant issues may also have broader implications, including: the growing ovent spheres of international law; the right to deveen universalism and particularism; the relationship between developing and developed countries; long-standing principles of international law such as non-interve of international law as a whole and the rejection of human rights law norms for multinationals in favour of voluntary initiatives. All types of manuscripts, from socio-legal to legal-technical to comparative will be considered.
The Board of Editors will select articles based on quality of research and writing, diversity and rel-evance of topic. Utrecht Journal holds a word limit of 15000 words, including footnotes. Authors may be graduate students, post-graduates, legal academics or practitioners.
Deadline for Submissions: 14 November 2013
Please submit your article using the journal online submission system, where is will undergo editorial consideration.
Utrecht Journal is the student-led, peer-reviewed biannual law journal of Urios, the Utrecht Association for International and European Law. Journal was founded in 1981 as Merkourios. This year, the Board of Editors decided to change it to its current name. In the years since 1981, Utrecht Journal has expanded its readership and is now distributed all over the world through databases such as HeinOnline and the Directory of Open Access Journals.
Posted on 18 Sep 2013
The publisher:
As Ubiquity Press will become the publisher of the journal, changes will be made to the web-presence and the Open Journal Systems (OJS) platform. Ubiquity Press will provide the journal with a fresh website that will enhance the sharing of information about the journal, its functioning, and its publications. The OJS will be updated, so please expect some slight readjustments, although most features should remain familiar to you. Please note that we will export existing information in our current OJS to the new version.
Although all user information will be transferred, in some cases some users might be required to reset their passwords. If this affects you, please contact the support address (support@ubiquitypress.com) or the journal address (utrechtjournal@urios.org) and we will help you as soon as possible!
Ubiquity Press aims to support smaller journals with the same features larger publishers offer, but in an affordable manner. Part of the transfer to Ubiquity Press will see the following services provided:
1. DOIs for all articles. DOIs are essential to enable that articles can be cited properly, and those citations can be tracked to assess ‘impact’. This is important for authors, and something that US tenure panels and UK REF panels take note of.
2. COPE membership for editors. To assist in a thorough editorial and peer-review process, membership/access to the Committee on Publication Ethics will be provided to the editors. This is an extremely valuable resource, providing a wealth of experience and advice when dealing with difficult editorial decisions (see http://publicationethics.org for more information).
3. A professional online presence. The publisher will provide and maintain a professionally designed journal platform, incorporating features such as article metrics. The press will also provide anti-plagiarism checking, archiving, and indexing, as well as DOI registration. The platform will automatically provide online-readable versions, as well as PDF publications, which are preferred by many readers and better indexed by search engines such as Google.
4. Article-level metrics. Full article-level metrics will be available for all publications. These will provide standard stats such as article views, downloads and citations, as well as ‘altmetrics’ that indicate the wider impact of the article, such as tweets, Facebook likes, and Wikipedia references. As with DOIs, these metrics are very important for authors and their assessors.
6. Permanent archiving. Ubiquity Press will ensure that publications are permanently archived with the CLOCKSS service, which also guarantees their long-term availability as open-access (see http://www.clockss.org/clockss/Home for more information).
7. Impact Factor registration. All Ubiquity Press Journals are set up to meet the criteria for Impact Factor qualification. Please note that this can take two years to receive however.
10. Fully open. Ubiquity Press use only CC-By licenses, so that all authors retain copyright. All publications are completely available for text-mining and can be deposited in any additional repository the author wishes.
The journal:
Over the last two years several Boards of Editors have attempted – and succeeded – in professionalising the functioning of the journal. This has, inter alia, led to an increased presence of the journal on social media – including Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn. It has also acquired the structural collaboration of several highly-regarded legal academics and practitioners in assessing submissions in accordance with the double-blind peer-review publication process to which all submissions are subjected.
A major part of this professionalization process was dropping the name ‘Merkourios’ from the journal title and continuing under the name ‘Utrecht Journal of International and European Law’. The Editorial Board of 2011-2012 started this initiative and we are now happy to announce that we have managed to realise this long-desired goal. The name change has also been accompanied by the creation of a new website on which more information can be found above.
The Editorial Board continues to put all its effort in the development of Utrecht Journal, which will remain an open-access source of academic literature and reviews to the legal community as a whole.Posted on 04 Sep 2013
Posted on 19 Aug 2013
Posted on 19 Aug 2013
The Board of Editors of Merkourios, Utrecht Journal of International and European Law, is proud to present its 76th issue. This publication marks the Journal's first edition without a specialised topic. Thus, the reader will find that each article addresses a substantially different subject in international and European law.
Opening in the arena of war, Isabel Düsterhöft presents an analysis of the protection of journalists in armed conflict. In this article, proposals for increasing protections are evaluated and practical conclusions about the best approach are offered. Pulling our attention to human rights, Donna Cline's article analyses 'deprivation of liberty' as a violation of Article 5 ECHR. The discussion focuses around Austin & Others v UK to determine whether the European Court of Human Rights has created a public safety exception to Article 5. Gonzalo Aguilar Cavallo also addresses human rights, but the reader quickly finds that the context is markedly different from the article prior. Focusing around the human right to water, this piece explores the concept of corporate social responsibility for human rights at the international level. Moving from theories of responsibility to mechanisms for holding parties liable, the next article by Daniel G Hare considers climate change litigation in America and the EU. The piece begins with a breakdown of American-style climate change litigation and develops this concept into a model which could be adopted by the EU and individual EU Member States. Also on the topic of legal mechanisms, Sachet Singh and Sooraj Sharma's article deliberates over investor-State dispute settlement. This article discusses the development of the current system, including its less successful elements, and provides suggestions to resolve some of the issues that have plagued the mechanism to date.
Despite the broad range of topics, the editorial by Otto Spjikers succeeds in bringing these five articles together in a simple yet powerful way. Spijkers highlights the role of the ordinary individual by pointing out the impact of people on international and European law as pronounced in each article, and suggests that the roles of stakeholders, citizens and ordinary individuals in creating change is a topic of great potential.
The general nature of this issue has permitted the Board of Editors to seek contributions on highly relevant subjects for the case note, book review and interview: Radmila Nakarada provides insight into the divided historical narratives of Croatia and Serbia following the Prosecutor v Gotovina et al Appeals Judgment; Arno R Lodder presents a thought-provoking book review of Georg Kerschischnig's Cyberthreats and International Law; and Simon Adams, Executive Director of the Global Centre for the Responsibility to Protect, gives an insightful interview about the Right to Protect principle in light of recent human rights atrocities.
Bringing these excellent pieces together for General Issue 2013 has been the result of many months hard work on the part of the Board of Editors. Of course, these efforts would have been entirely lacking if it were not for the support and contributions of our revered Referees, our spot-on Specialist Editors, our omniscient Advisory Board and our experienced Alumni Board. We would also like to express our sincere gratitude to our publisher Igitur Publishing, the 32nd Urios Board and Utrecht University. Finally, I would like to personally thank the members of the Board of Editors for their dedication to making this a great issue.
I hope our readers find each piece to be as inspiring and enjoyable as I do.
Mindy Cooper
Editor-in-Chief
Merkourios, Utrecht Journal of International and European Law
Posted on 19 Aug 2013