Announcements: CfP Washburn Law Journal; German-South African Dialogue on Democracy; Athens PIL Discussion Group; UN Audiovisual Library of International Law; CfA EULab Summer School

1. Call for Papers: December 2022 Issue of the Washburn Law Journal. The Washburn Law Journal is soliciting articles for Issue I, Volume 62 of the Journal. The lead Essay for the issue is written by Professor Daniel Bodansky and discusses the UN climate change regime, the Paris Agreement, and COP 26. Each year, Washburn University School of Law invites a distinguished scholar to present the Foulston Siefkin Lecture. This year, Professor Bodansky presented “The UN Climate Change Regime Thirty Years On — A Retrospective and Assessment.” (His presentation can be found here.)  Articles chosen for publication will be published in December 2022. Articles must discuss climate change, environmental law, or natural resource law to be accepted for publication. Authors may email articles to journalarticles {at} washburn(.)edu with the subject line “WLJ Call for Papers.” Authors must include a full draft of their article, cover letter, and a curriculum vitae with their submissions. Articles must be a minimum of 10,000 words and no more than 30,000 words. Submissions will be accepted until 1 August 2022. The Journal will extend offers for publication to selected authors no later than 22 August 2022. Any questions should be sent to the Editor-in-Chief, Marisa No at marisa.no {at} washburn(.)edu or the Senior Articles Editor, Elisabeth Wilder at elisabeth.wilder {at} washburn(.)edu.

2. 6th Biannual German-South African Dialogue on Democracy. The 6th Biannual German-South African Dialogue on Democracy will be held together with Stellenbosch University, the University of the Western Cape, the University of Mannheim and the Technical University of Dresden at Leuphana University Lüneburg on 7 – 8 July 2022 on the topic Transformative Constitutionalism: Common Pathway for a Sustainable Future? for more information, see here.  Registrations for the Conference can be submitted via sarno {at} leuphana(.)de. 

3. Athens PIL Discussion Group Online Meeting (via Zoom). This discussion group will take place on 22 June 2022 at 19.00-20.30 (Athens time zone, EET), and will be a discussion with Professor Catherine Redgwell on “What role for general principles in the international legal order?” In this talk Professor Catherine Redgwell will explore ‘the general principles of law recognized by civilized nations’. Once seemingly relegated, general principles have recently become the subject of renewed interest and hot debate amongst international legal scholars, State officials, practitioners, and adjudicators. Renewed enthusiasm — and concern — have both been expressed over their potential place in international legal affairs. Professor Redgwell will explore the persistent challenges facing the identification and application of general principles and will consider whether they ought to play a role in the international legal order — and, if so, what that role should be. How we answer these questions has potentially far-reaching consequences for the maturation of international law and its capacities to respond to the world’s most pressing challenges.  Register and book your ticket here. Or, you can livestream the event on the Athens PIL Youtube page or via Facebook.

4. New additions to the UN Audiovisual Library of International Law. The Codification Division of the UN Office of Legal Affairs recently added the following materials to the UN Audiovisual Library of International Law: A Mini-Series on International Environmental Law in English by Professor Edith Brown Weiss, and a lecture by ILC member and Special Rapporteur, Ambassador Juan Manuel Gómez Robledo on “Guide to Provisional Application of Treaties”, available in English, French and Spanish. The Audiovisual Library of International Law is also available as a podcast on SoundCloud and can also be accessed through the relevant preinstalled applications on Apple or Google devices, or through the podcast application of your preference by searching “Audiovisual Library of International Law”. 

5. Call for Applications: Online participation 2022 Edition of the EULab Summer School. EULab is the Summer School on Labour Migration in the European Union organised by the Department of Law of the University of Napoli Federico II. It is open up to 30 postgraduate students in the fields of Law, International Relations and Social Science who intend to develop a solid knowledge on labour migration to Europe from the specific lens of international and EU law. EULab promotes an interdisciplinary approach to labour migration issues, thanks also to the close cooperation with the Institute for Research on Innovation and Services for Development of the National Research Council of Italy (CNR-IRISS). Tuition in the context of the Summer School will combine strictly legal perspectives with the insights of practitioners from non-legal areas, and the interactive settings of workshops will nurture debates among students from different fields. The main venue of the 2022 Edition of EULab will be the Department of Law of University of Napoli Federico II. EULab 2022 will take place from the 27 June – 7 July 2022. Remote participation will take place through MS Teams. See here for more information. To apply send your CV and a motivation letter to eulab2020 {at} gmail(.)com. Application deadline is 20 June 2022.