Junior Research Fellow wins International and Comparative Law Quarterly prize
The International & Comparative Law Quarterly (ICLQ) is a world-leading journal covering public and private international law, comparative law, human rights, and European law. The ICLQ and its publisher, Cambridge University Press, awards an annual prize for the best article submitted by an early career scholar.
The ICLQ awarded the 2025 Early Career Prize to Dr Priya Urs for her article 'The Articulation of Obligations Erga Omnes and Erga Omnes Partes by the International Court of Justice: Coherence or Confusion?'. The article examines how the International Court of Justice decides which international obligations of states are owed to the international community as a whole, rather than to other states bilaterally. Characterising obligations in this way has enormous implications for their enforceability before international courts, as is evidenced by ongoing litigation relating to states' obligations in relation to genocide and torture.
The article is available via open access here.
" It is a real honour to be awarded this prize by the Editorial Board of the International and Comparative Law Quarterly, which publishes some of the very best research in international law. It is also a particular pleasure to have my JRF research project at St John's highlighted through this award " Dr Priya Urs on receiving the ICLQ 2025 Early Career Prize.
The prize will be awarded to Dr Urs on the occasion of the ICLQ Annual Lecture on 12 May 2026, when she will also have the opportunity to speak about her broader research in discussion with Professor Alex Mills, General Editor of the ICLQ.
Congratulations, Dr Urs!