EJIL: The Podcast!

About EJIL: The Podcast!

EJIL: The Podcast! aims to provide in-depth, expert and accessible discussion of international law issues in contemporary international and national affairs. It features the Editors of the European Journal of International Law and of its blog, EJIL: Talk! The podcast is produced by the European Journal of Law with support from staff at the Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford.

Publisher

European Journal of International Law

Category

education · government · society & culture

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

16 Apr 2020

Latest episode

13 Aug 2026

Latest episodes

8 of 46 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   13 Aug 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Episode 45: The Nuclear Order Under Threat

   Anna Hood interviews Dan Joyner and Annelise Riles about the international legal challenges to the nuclear order and its governing laws.

2. 

   15 Jun 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Episode 44: One Strait, Many Chokepoints: International Law and the New Geopolitics of Energy

   Host Justina Uriburu interviews Jorge Viñuales and Sergio Puig about how international law shapes the global energy economy amidst geopolitical shifts and the new energy geopolitics.

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   23 Apr 2026

   Episode 43: Sudan—Does international law have anything to say?

   The situation in Sudan is often described as the world's worst humanitarian crisis. Going by the numbers, it could well be more than 150,000 people have died. More than 12 million people have been displaced. More than 21 million people are in a situation of acute food insecurity. But this framing of a humanitarian crisis, or worse, a humanitarian tragedy, seems to deplete the situation of agency, as if the situation is unfortunate, collateral damage of something that is inevitable. This framing stands in contrast to that of other situations of intense violence, for instance, Ukraine, Palestine, Myanmar and Iran, which are increasingly discussed not merely in terms of the humanitarian situation, but also in the language of international law, self determination, aggression, genocide. What does international law have to say about the situation in Sudan and how could it be used to halt the violence and promote justice, broadly defined? What role is there for the International Criminal Court, International Court of Justice, African Union, local courts or other institutions? How should we think about tensions between peace and justice, after decades of neither? Sarah Nouwen (https://www.ejiltalk.org/author/snouwen/) is joined by Kholood Khair (https://www.linkedin.com/in/kholood-khair-1733633a/) (Confluence Advisory (https://www.linkedin.com/in/kholood-khair-1733633a/), formerly based in Khartoum), Mohaned Elnour (https://timep.org/author/mohanedelnour/) (Sudanese human rights lawyer in exile) and Ambassador Namira Negm (https://www.linkedin.com/in/amb-namira-negm-dr-500b574/) (Director (https://www.facebook.com/DrNNegm/) of the African Migration Observatory). For links to events, materials and institutional mechanisms touched on in the discussion, visit https://www.ejiltalk.org/ejil-the-podcast-page/ (https://www.ejiltalk.org/ejil-the-podcast-page/).

Inside a recent episode

Episode 45: The Nuclear Order Under Threat

Published 13 Aug 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] The first category I would say is nonproliferation treaties and obligations. These obligations are focused on preventing or slowing the horizontal spread of nuclear weapons. The cornerstone of this area of law, nonproliferation, is of course the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, which came into being in 1970, in addition to which there are safeguards treaties, export control organizations, nuclear weapon-free zones, et cetera, et cetera. But nonproliferation obligations are the first category. Moving on, also with its core, so to speak, in the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty is the category of disarmament. […]

Who has been a guest on EJIL: The Podcast!

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Dan Joyner
• Annelise Riles
• Justina Uriburu
• Jorge Viñuales
• Sergio Puig

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

11 ratings

Spotify

4.9 / 5

52 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 36 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

35

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

92

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