Announcements: CfP Yearbook on International Investment Law and Policy; Maastricht Conference on Nationalism, Populism and Human Rights; UN Audiovisual Library of International Law; CfP Economic Constitutionalism 

1. Call for Papers – Yearbook on International Investment Law and Policy. The Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment (CCSI) is pleased to announce a call for papers for the edition of the Yearbook on International Investment Law and Policy covering 2017. Beginning with the 2017 edition, Part One of the Yearbook will include short pieces providing succinct overviews of recent developments and trends in international investment treaties and treaty policy; investor-state dispute settlement; institutional developments; and developments relevant to particular regions or countries. Part Two continues to include detailed analyses or short think pieces on central thematic issues in the contemporary discussions on international investment law and policy. Original contributions to be considered for publication in the Yearbook are accepted on a rolling basis until 1 February 2018. See here for further information. 

2. Maastricht Conference on Nationalism, Populism and Human Rights. This conference will be held on 11 – 12 January 2018 at Maastricht University Faculty of Law, the Netherlands. Keynote speakers: Prof Başak Çalı (Hertie School of Governance), Prof Jean d’Aspremont (Manchester and Science Po), Prof Theo van Boven (Maastricht). The full programme is available here.

3. New Additions to the UN Audiovisual Library of International Law. The Codification Division of the UN Office of Legal Affairs has added new lectures to the UN Audiovisual Library of International Law website, which provides high quality international law training and research materials to users around the world free of charge. The latest lectures were given by Professor Christian J. Tams – “The League of Nations” and Dr. Jean Ho – “La responsabilité d’Etat et la rupture des contrats d’Etat”, “国际法对投资合约的保障”.

4. Call for Papers – Economic Constitutionalism: Mapping its Contours in European and Global Governance. The School of Law at the University of Portsmouth and the European University Institute (EUI) are organising a 2-day international conference to explore the function and nature of economic constitutionalism within broader constitutional processes in the European and global legal orders. The conference will be hosted by the European University Institute in Florence on 14 – 15 June 2018. The deadline for submission of abstracts is 28 February 2018. For more information please visit the conference webpage.