Announcements: CfP Global Crisis and Global Legal Orders; Investor-State Dispute Settlement and Disputed Territories Lecture; CfP Use of Biometrics by Armed Forces; Embodiment, Representation, and Maternality in International Institutional Spaces Lecture; Animals in Armed Conflict Book Launch; Research Associate Vacancy; Spanish International Legal Podcast; CfP Climate Change Justice Project

1. Call for Papers: Conference on Global Crisis and Global Legal Orders – What Should we Now Discuss for the Future of Global Legal Ordering? The Global Constitutionalism Study Group and the Institute of Comparative Law, Waseda University invite all scholars with global perspectives of international law, constitutional law, and international relations throughout the world to apply for participation in this hybrid conference. The proposed agenda includes (1) Peace, Climate Change, Global Inequality, and Global Legal Ordering; (2) Domestic Constitutionalism and International Society: and, (3) Nation-states, Nationalism, and Constitutionalism. This event will be held on 1-2 March 2023 in Tokyo, Japan (with online participation). Deadline for abstract submission is 30 November 2022 (to waseda-conference {at} list.waseda(.)jp). For more information and potential research questions as well as the requirements and procedure for submission, find the Call for Abstracts on the website.

2. Investor-State Dispute Settlement and Disputed Territories Lecture. The Public International Law Lecture, ‘Investor-State Dispute Settlement and Disputed Territories’  by Dr Mamadou Hébié, Associate Professor of Public International Law, Grotius Centre for International Legal Studies (Leiden Law School), University of Leiden will take place on Monday 14 November at 6pm GMT. It will be chaired by Dr Meagan Wong as part of the Public International Law Lecture Series co-convened by Dr Emily Jones and Dr Meagan Wong, Essex Law School, University of Essex. See here for more information and to register.

3. Call for Papers: Workshop on the Law Applicable to the Use of Biometrics by Armed Forces. This workshop is organised by the War Studies Research Centre of the Netherlands Defence Academy and will be held in Amsterdam on 25 May 2023. The deadline for abstracts is 1 December 2022. More information can be found here. 

4. Fionnuala Ní Aoláin: “Embodiment, Representation, and Maternality in International Institutional Spaces”. The SNF-funded project “Diversity on the International Bench: Building Legitimacy for International Courts and Tribunals”, led by Professors Neus Torbisco-Casals and Andrew Clapham (Graduate Institute, Geneva), continues to host its public lecture series on “Women’s Voices in  the International Judiciary”. The series aims to reflect on the lack of diversity in the international judiciary — especially gender diversity —, which raises concerns not just in terms of descriptive representation and symbolic self-identification, but also regarding unconscious bias and systemic privileging of specific ideologies or positions in the process of adjudication. The next lecture will feature Fionnuala Ní Aoláin, Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms while countering terrorism. Everyone is welcome to register here.

5. Online Book Launch: Animals in the International Law of Armed Conflict. International Law at Westminster (ILaW) research group is hosting an online launch of the book Animals in the International Law of Armed Conflict on 16 November, 5.30pm, London time. The editors, Professor Anne Peters, Professor Robert Kolb and Dr Jérôme de Hemptinne, will present the findings of the book with the help of three discussants: Dr Saba Pipia, Dr Anne Dienelt and Mr Waad Abualrob. Register for free here.

6. Research Associate Job Vacancy. The Center for International Affairs of the Faculty of Law at Ruhr-University Bochum is looking for a research associate (m/f/d) as of the next possible date. Deadline for applications is 15 November 2022. Send applications quoting ANR 1153, to zfi-jura {at} rub(.)de. For further information see the full job posting here or contact Prof. Dr. Pierre Thielbörger (Phone: +49234 32 27934, Email: Pierre.Thielboerger {at} rub(.)de)

7. Hablemos de Derecho Internacional (HDI): The International Legal Podcast (Spanish). HDI recently added the following episodes in Spanish: #89: Andrea Cocchini – Noticias Falsas (fake news): Principio de No-Intervención; #90: Prof. Ana Claudia Santano – Derechos del Niño ,Cambio Climático y Litigio Estratégico;  #91: Dr. Pau de Vílchez Moragues – Litigios Climáticos;  #92: Prof. Romina Pezzot – Introducción al Derecho Internacional Humanitario; #93: Prof. Jorge Heine – El No Alineamiento Activo y América Latina; #94: Prof. Juan A. Travieso, Prof. F. Farinella, Prof. O. Vanzillotta – La Tecnología y el Derecho en el Siglo XXI; and, #95: Prof. Luis Valentín Ferrada W. – El Sistema del Tratado Antártico. The podcast is available on the main platforms: Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, or through other podcast applications by searching “Hablemos de Derecho Internacional”. Updated information about the guests and episodes can be found on the website, or on HDI’s social media accounts: LinkedIn, Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, and Youtube.

8. Call for Abstracts: Climate Change Justice Project. The Sub-Himalayan Research Institute (SHRI), headquartered in Purnea (India), is inviting authors to contribute to its Climate Change Justice project, which will lead to an online international conference in late April 2023, followed by the publication of selected contributions as chapters of a collective book. Interested contributors are asked to send a 500-1000 words abstract of their proposed paper, with their names and affiliations, by 25 of November 2022 at the latest. Authors of the selected papers will be contacted individually by 15 of December 2022 and will be expected to send a full draft of their contribution by 31 of March 2023.  The online international conference is scheduled to take place in late April 2023 at a date yet to be determined.  See here to submit abstracts, and for further information, please write to: shriclimatejustice {at} gmail(.)com.