All issues are available to be read free of charge in open access standard on the website of GoJIL.

Contributions by professors, early-career academics, and advanced students are considered for publication through a peer review process.

Founded by students in 2007, the journal is oriented towards the model of American law reviews.

The Scientific Advisory Board, composed of advanced PhD candidates and postdoctoral candidates, ensures the highest degree of scholarly standards.

The Advisory Board, which includes professors and practitioners (Thomas Buergenthal (ICJ), Angelika Nussberger (ECtHR) Bruno Simma (ICJ), Georg Nolte, Peter-Tobias Stoll, Kai Ambos, Christian Calliess, Andreas Paulus (BVerfG), Dietrich Rauschning, Walter Reese-Schäfer, Frank Schorkopf, Anja Seibert-Fohr), supports the student-editors.