2026 began where 2025 ended, with ever-widening global inequalities, with swipes against democratic expression, and with shows of force outside the bounds of law. All this demands renewed attention to peace, in its myriad forms: as laws of peace (too often treated as a flipside to laws of war); as a policymaking concern (or casualty); and as a practice (perhaps most effectively, a practice by persons not privileged to make policy or law).

This online discussion will consider these manifestations of peace, even as it commemorates this month dedicated to women’s history--a “long month” which begins with International Women's Day, established nearly a century ago by campaigners against war, inequality, and injustice, and concludes with the 120th anniversary of the Nobel Peace Lecture of Bertha von Suttner, first woman awardee. (Above at the Peace Palace at The Hague, Suttner’s sculpture and signature cry, "Nie Waffen Nieder! / Lay Down Your Arms!")

Panelists:

• Diane Marie Amann (co-moderator), Visiting Professor, London School of Economics
• Jaya Ramji-Nogales (co-moderator), Sheller Family Professor in Public Interest Law, Temple University Beasley School of Law
• Anna Spain Bradley, MacArthur Foundation Chair in International Justice & Human Rights and Faculty Director, Promise Institute Human Rights, UCLA School of Law
• Megan Donaldson, Associate Professor, University College London Faculty of Laws
• Annelise Riles, Professor of Law, Northwestern Pritzker School of Law

This event is organized by the ASIL's Women in International Law Interest Group.