Announcements: CfP Duty of States to Cooperate; Silent Leges Inter Arma Conference; Nuremberg Forum 2021; International Ph.D. Vacancies; Captured by the Past Workshop; Extraterritoriality Conference

1. Call for Papers: Duty of States to Cooperate. The British Institute of International and Comparative Law (BIICL) and the International Law Section of the Society of Legal Scholars will convene a hybrid workshop to take place on 29 November 2021 on the general duty of States to cooperate, which touches upon related rules such as the legal equality of States, due diligence, good faith and transboundary harm. Abstracts of no more than 300 words must be submitted by 24 September 2021, 1700hrs BST. Abstracts from early career researchers and academic from the Global South are particularly encouraged to promote an exchange of diverse contributions. For more information, see here.

2. 4^th ‘Silent Leges Inter Arma?’ Conference. The Belgian Group of the International Society for Military Law and the Law of War is hosting its 4^th ‘Silent leges inter arma?’ conference. This international conference, organised with the support of the University of Sheffield, will be hosted at the Grand Hotel Casselbergh in the centre of Bruges (Belgium) from 28 September – 1 October 2021. For more information please see here.

3. Nuremberg Forum 2021. The International Nuremberg Principles Academy (Nuremberg Academy) has opened registration for the Nuremberg Forum 2021.The online event will be held on 15 – 16 October 2021. Dedicated to marking the 70th anniversary of the Nuremberg Principles, the conference will examine the Nuremberg Principles today. It will reflect on the legal framework and system(s) established after WWII to tackle impunity and critically analyse whether this framework or system(s), or the fight against impunity in general, are living up to the Nuremberg Principles. The forum will seek to understand what challenges, if any, persist in terms of strengthening the common fight against impunity and towards sustainable peace through justice. It poses two main questions: 1) What is the framework enforcing the fight against impunity; and 2) Has the fight against impunity been living up to the Nuremberg Principles? More information can be found on the website.

4. International Ph.D. Programme in Law, Ethics & Economics for Sustainability Vacancies. The International Ph.D. Programme in Law, Ethics & Economics for Sustainability (LEES) is seeking six students who will carry out a three-year multidisciplinary research project with a focus on sustainable development. Ideal candidates must be devoted to social justice and committed to enhancing the quality of research in one or more of the Ph.D. research fields, as well as being open to and interested in using research methodologies to the different fields (Law, Ethics, and Economics). LEES is a joint program of Milan, Rijeka and Maastricht Universities (talks are ongoing to extend partnerships to other universities as well). More details about the program, research focus areas, available supervisors, the international academic network, as well as eligibility requirements and application guidelines, can be found here and here. Application deadline: 1 September 2021. For any queries, contact: lees {at} unimi(.)it.

5. Captured by the Past: Monuments. Conflicts. Law Workshop. Ghent University, the Human Rights Center, Programme for Studies on Human Rights in Context invites applications for a workshop ‘Captured by the Past: Monuments. Conflicts. Law” to be held on 21 January, 2022. The abstracts should be sent by 25 September 2021. The workshop is a part of MSC-IF research project ‘To Destroy or to Preserve? Monuments, Law and Democracy in Europe’ (MELoDYE).

6. Online Conference on Extraterritoriality. From 15 – 17 September 2021, Austen L. Parrish (Indiana University Maurer School of Law) and Cedric Ryngaert (Utrecht University School of Law) will host a three-day online (Zoom) conference on ‘extraterritoriality’. The conference consists of a series of workshop panels centred on the forthcoming Elgar Research Handbook on Extraterritoriality and International Law, to be published next year. 38 scholars from over a dozen countries will present their findings. The public is invited to watch the discussions through a live webinar and to submit questions. The proceedings are scheduled to accommodate speakers from a wide-range of time zones.