Announcements: CfP Sociological Perspectives on International Economic Law and Human Rights Law; CfA Law, Culture and Human Rights in Asia and the Middle East; CfP Environmental Crimes Law Conference; CfS State Accountability under Private, Public, and International Law Conference

1. Call for Papers – Research Workshop: Sociological Perspectives on International Economic Law and Human Rights Law. International law is rooted in communities, influencing and affected by social groups and their socio-cultural features. This fifth workshop on the sociology of international law focuses on various sociological aspects pertaining to international economic law and human rights law, as well as to interrelationships between these two major legal fields. It will take place at the European University Institute, 8 – 9 May 2020. Contributors will explore diverse interactions between sociological concepts (such as identity, socialization, collective memory, social control or frames) and broad range of legal rules and institutions in these spheres. Scholars and graduate students are invited to submit abstracts by 15 October 2019. For full details about the workshop’s theme and the application processes, please click here. 

2. Call for Abstracts: Law, Culture and Human Rights in Asia and the Middle East. The Asian Yearbook of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law (AYBHRHL), Coventry University and BIICL invite submissions for Abstracts for conference papers to be considered for the conference. The deadline for submissions is 5 September 2019. Selected papers will be published in volume V AYBHRHL (2021) and will be invited to be presented at the conference. The conference will focus on the topic of Culture and Cultural Heritage in Asia and the Middle East, addressing culture and cultural heritage in times of peace and armed conflicts in the region. Further details can be found here.