Announcements: CfS Cyber Law Toolkit; UN Audiovisual Library of International Law; Socially Responsible Foreign Investment Conference

1. Call for Submissions: Cyber Law Toolkit. Cyber Law Toolkit, the leading interactive web-based resource on the international law of cyber operations, is inviting submissions for its next general update in 2020. Successful authors will be awarded an honorarium. The Toolkit consists of a number of hypothetical scenarios, each of which contains a description of cyber incidents inspired by real-world examples and accompanied by detailed legal analysis. To keep pace with the recent developments in the cyber security domain and remain relevant source of help for practitioners and scholars alike, the Toolkit is regularly updated. The project team welcomes proposals for new scenarios to be included in the 2020 Toolkit update. This call for submissions is open until 1 November 2019. For more information, see the full text of the call. 

2. New Additions to the UN Audiovisual Library of International Law. The Codification Division of the Office of Legal Affairs recently added the following lectures to the Lecture Series of the United Nations Audiovisual Library of International Law (AVL) website: Mr. José Antonio Burneo Labrín on “International Criminal Law: its development and genealogy“ (in Spanish), and Mr. Roberto Fernando Claros Abarca on “The International Legal Subjectivity of the Investor: Reflections on Counterclaims in Investor-State Arbitration“ (in Spanish). The Audiovisual Library is also available as a podcast, which can be accessed through the preinstalled applications in Apple or Google devices, through Soundcloud or through the podcast application of your preference by searching “Audiovisual Library of International Law”.

3. Socially Responsible Foreign Investment Conference. On October 24 and 25, Católica Global School of Law and the European Society of International Law are organizing an international conference on Socially Responsible Foreign Investment, which will take place in Lisbon, at the campus of Universidade Católica Portuguesa | Católica Global School of Law. The conference is directed to scholars and practitioners interested in such topics as investment law or human rights and business, and specially for those interested in testing new legal tools for a changing world. Attendance is free, but subject to registration here.