Journal du Droit Transnational (JDT)

The Journal du Droit Transnational (JDT) is pleased to launch a call for submissions for its
upcoming volume.
The Board welcomes contributions that engage with current themes in transnational law, broadly defined, including public and private international law, and EU law.
In addition, the Volume will host a Symposium on “Cyber in International Law: Evolving Frontiers,
Normative Challenges, and Institutional Responses” (see description below).
Submissions should be sent in Word at editors@journaldudroittransnational.it by 31 May 2026.
The Journal accepts the following types of contributions:

• Articles between 5,000 and 15,000 words including footnotes;
• Short essays on recent developments and case notes not exceeding 3,000 words including
  footnotes.

Submissions must be accompanied by an abstract (max. 250 words) and a short biography (max.
150 words).
The Journal prefers to publish contributions in French, but also accepts contributions in English and Spanish.
Articles are subject to blind peer review while short essays and case notes are reviewed by a
member of the scientific board.
For style instructions and more precise guidance and to obtain further information please refer to
the Journal website.

Symposium
Cyber in International Law:
Evolving Frontiers, Normative Challenges, and Institutional Responses

The Journal du Droit Transnational is inviting proposals for a symposium exploring the growing
intersection of cyber activities and international law in its broadest sense. As digital technology,
data infrastructure, and algorithmic systems become increasingly central to global governance, new legal questions arise across all spheres of international law. This symposium aims to foster a cross disciplinary discussion on the impact of cyber-related phenomena on legal norms across public international law, private international law and EU law.

Contributions may address, among others, the following themes:

• International security and cyber operations: attribution, due diligence, state responsibility,
  sovereignty in cyberspace, applicability of international humanitarian law, countermeasures, and cyber peacekeeping.
• International human rights law: privacy and surveillance, biometric governance, freedom of expression in the cyberspace, accessibility, discrimination, and human rights in AI systems.
• International environmental law: environmental effects of digital infrastructure and
  cryptocurrency mining, governance of e-waste, cyber tools for environmental monitoring,
  vulnerability of climate data systems to cyber threats.
• International economic and trade law: digital trade, cross-border data flows, platform
  governance, algorithmic transparency obligations, and cybersecurity norms in trade agreements.
• International criminal law: cybercrime, transnational investigative cooperation, digital
  evidence, and the role of international institutions.
• Global humanitarian, refugee, migration laws and issues: digital identity systems, biometric data in humanitarian contexts, cyber threats to displaced populations, and the regulation of the digital border.
• International space law: vulnerabilities of satellite infrastructure, cybersecurity of space-based assets, cyber-enabled space governance.
• Law of the sea and maritime law: cyber risks for autonomous ships, digital infrastructures at sea, the regulation of underwater communication cables.
• International institutional law: the role of international organizations in international cyber norms, soft law; multistakeholder governance, the fragmentation or convergence of global cyber regimes.
• The normative adequacy of existing international legal regimes in addressing cyber-related challenges.
• Cyber issues and global public goods, including environmental protection.
• Conceptual and methodological challenges, including the ways in which cyber phenomena resist or reconfigure traditional concepts of territory, jurisdiction, responsibility, and sovereignty.