82nd Biennial International Law Conference

Vienna, Austria

17 - 21 August 2026

The Conference website is now open for registrations.

Please CLICK HERE to visit the site. Applications for the Scholarship closed on 20th February 2026

Encouraging Participation from the Global South

The International Law Association is acutely aware of the gap in participation access for many ILA members in the Global South, particularly in accessing the Biennial Conference. The Biennial Conference offers important opportunities for members to come together from all corners of the world, representing all peoples and identities, so as to help develop an international legal order that is not just about us, but from us, and for us.

In alignment with the ILA’s Diversity, Equality and Inclusion Policy, and in partnership with the Vienna Biennial Conference organizers, we are pleased to announce a pilot program aimed at facilitating participation from the Global South. The program will provide registration fee waivers (and ideally bursaries) to Global South participants to facilitate participation costs. These bursaries will not cover the totality of costs for many participants, but hope that they are enough to cover a gap that will facilitate your participation.

Because we are in the process of fundraising for this opportunity, we are not clear about how many bursaries we will have, nor their amount. You will have seen on the registration page that participants have an option to contribute towards this fund. We hope that many participants will contribute generously.

In order to be considered for the bursary, you must prepare a personal statement of no more than 500 words covering the following:

1. The length of your membership in the ILA;

2. What coming to the conference would mean for you professionally;

3. How you think your participation would enhance your involvement in the work of the ILA in the medium to long term;

4. To the extent you are comfortable divulging, any intersectional diversity grounds you believe we should take into account.

Please identify your personal statement appropriately, indicating your full name and job title, where you are located, of which branch(es) you are a member, and on what, if any, Committee(s) and / or Study Group(s) you sit. This information is in addition to the 500-word limit.

Note that you do not need to have registered yet to the conference in order to be considered for the bursary. But the registration fee (at the appropriate rate) will be deducted from the bursary.

Further note that a condition for your receipt of the bursary is your commitment to producing a post (text with photographs, or video) about the Conference and your participation for the ILA to use on its social media channels.

Please submit your statement, alongside a CV and confirmation of ILA Branch Membership, to Chantal Ononaiwu (ILA Diversity and Inclusion Officer) and Lucas Lixinski (ILA Director of Studies) at l.lixinski@unsw.edu.au.

The deadline for submissions is 20 February 2026.

ILA British Branch – Spring Conference 2026

This, the first conference the UK Branch has hosted in 3 years, will be an excellent opportunity to both investigate the most current and important themes in International Law, covering International Economic Law in the Age of Tariffs, Third Parties in International Litigation and Reinforcement of the prohibition of the use of force and to reconnect with all the ILA British Branch Members. We look forward to seeing you there. To see the programme and to register please click the link below:

ILA British Branch Conference 5th June 2026 Programme & Registration