Announcements: Caster Semenya International Human Rights Event; CfP 70 Years of EU Law; Research Centre for International Justice Launch; Gaetano Arangio-Ruiz & the Future of International Law; International Law Colloquium Programme; Re-Imagining the International Legal Order

1. On Athletes, Bodies and Rules: Understanding the Caster Semenya International Human Rights Litigation –  Hyrid Event, Bocconi University, Winkler (HEC Paris). This event will take place on 5 October 2023, 4:30-6:00PM (CEST). The talk will cast light on the judicial saga involving the South African athlete Caster Semenya, whose human rights claims have recently been examined by the European Court of Human Rights. From gender lines to sports law, from arbitration to public policy, the case raises questions about international human rights law as applied to sports and about the status of LGBTI+ people in international law. The event will take place both in person and online. For further details, including venue and Zoom link (available by downloading the programme), see here.  

2. Call for Papers: 70 Years of EU Law – Continuity and Discontinuity. The Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law (MPIL) in Heidelberg is currently accepting abstract submissions for its conference, “70 Years of EU Law: Continuity and Discontinuity”, to be held on 1 -3 February 2024 in the premises of the MPIL. The conference will discuss the evolution of EU law in a diachronic perspective, taking as a starting point the book recently published by the European Commission’s Legal Service, “70 Years of EU Law: A Union for Its Citizens”, available open-access here. Abstracts should be submitted, along with a CV and a list of publications, via e-mail to mazzotti {at} mpil(.)de (deadline: 8 October 2023). The conference committee plans to publish the papers presented at the conference in an edited volume or in a special issue of an international journal. For further information, refer to the extended version of the Call for Papers (available here).

3. Research Centre for International Justice Launch in Maynooth University. On Friday 6 October the Research Centre for International Justice will be launched in Maynooth University. Keynote speeches will be delivered by Caoilfhionn Gallagher (human rights lawyer, and Ireland’s Special Rapporteur on Child Protection) and Kristian Lasslett (Professor of Criminology at Ulster University and Executive Board Member of the International State Crime Initiative). For further details on the event and to register, see here. 

4. Gaetano Arangio-Ruiz and the Future of International Law Roundtable. Westminster Law School are hosting a roundtable on Gaetano Arangio-Ruiz and the Future of International Law, 29 September, 3 pm, Westminster Law School, in person and online. Speakers include Dr Fernando Lusa Bordin (Cambridge), Dr Devika Hovell (LSE), Dr Yusra Suedi (Manchester), and Prof Martins Paparinskis (UCL and International Law Commission). The event will be chaired by Dr Marco Longobardo.

5. International Law Colloquium at the Geneva Graduate Institute: Autumn 2023 Programme. The Department of International Law at the Geneva Graduate Institute has  announced the Autumn 2023 edition of the International Law Colloquium. A range of speakers will be presenting and discussing in-depth their works covering different aspects of international law and from different disciplinary perspectives. Presenters include (in chronological order): Jessica Lai (Victoria University of Wellington), Matias Margulis (University of British Columbia), Mira Burri (University of Luzern), Joost Pauwelyn (Geneva Graduate Institute), Stephen Humphreys (LSE), Babatunde Fagbayibo (University of Pretoria), and Paolo Gaeta (Geneva Graduate Institute). The detailed program can be accessed here.

6. Re-Imagining the International Legal Order London Discussion. This discussion, prompted by the launch of the book, “Re-Imagining the International Legal Order”, will be chaired by Professor Gerry Simpson with panellists including Lady Arden of Heswall, Lord (Peter) Goldsmith KC, PC, Rt. Hon’ble Sir Mathew Thorpe KC, Professor Dr Attila Tanzi and Professor Dan Sarooshi KC. Wed, 27 Sep 2023 16:30 – 19:00 BST at National Liberal Club 1 Whitehall Place London SW1A 2HE. Further details for tickets can be found here.