Announcements: CfP International Law Weekend 2018; CfS Melbourne Journal of International Law; UN Audiovisual Library of International Law

1. Call for Proposals: International Law Weekend 2018. Under the unifying theme “Why International Law Matters”, the American Branch of the International Law Association (ABILA) and the International Law Students Organization (ILSA) are inviting proposals for International Law Weekend 2018, which will be held from 18 – 20 October 2018 in New York. More information and the call for proposals can be found here.

2. Call for Submissions: Melbourne Journal of International Law. The Editors of the Melbourne Journal of International Law (‘MJIL’) are now inviting submissions for volume 19(2). The deadline for submissions is 1 July 2018. MJIL is a peer-reviewed academic journal based at the University of Melbourne which publishes innovative scholarly research and critical examination of issues in international law. Submissions and inquiries should be directed to law-mjil {at} unimelb.edu(.)au. For more information please see here. 

3. New Additions to the UN Audiovisual Library of International Law. On the occasion of International Labour Day, the Codification Division of the UN Office of Legal Affairs has added the following lectures to the UN Audiovisual Library of International Law website: Mr. Dražen Petrović, Registrar of the Administrative Tribunal of the International Labour Organization, on “The Administrative Tribunal of the International Labour Organization” and Ms. Tomi Kohiyama, Deputy Legal Adviser of the International Labour Organization, on “La dynamique de l’action normative de l’Organisation internationale du Travail : sa politique normative”. The UN Audiovisual Library of International Law provides high quality international law training and research materials to users around the world free of charge.