Announcements: EJIL:Live!; CfP International Law Weekend (NYC); CfA Scholarship Oxford Masters in Int’l Human Rights Law; BIICL Grotius Lecture (London); CfP on Protection of Cultural Heritage

1.  In case you missed it, a new episode of EJIL: Live!, the Journal’s official podcast, is now available online. In this episode EJIL’s Editor-in-Chief, Prof. Joseph Weiler interviews Oisin Suttle of the University of Sheffield. They engage in an in-depth discussion of Suttle’s article, “Equality in Global Commerce: Towards a Political Theory of International Economic Law”, which appears in Vol. 25, Issue 4. The interview was recorded at the European University Institute in Florence, Italy.

2.  Call for Proposals, International Law Weekend 2015 (ILW 2015) – the premier international law event of the fall season  – is scheduled for November 5-7, 2015, in New York City.  The event is sponsored by the American Branch of the International Law Association (ABILA) and the International Law Students Association (ILSA). The theme for 2015 is Global Problems, Legal Solutions: Challenges for Contemporary International Lawyers. ILW 2015 will explore the many roles that international law plays in addressing global challenges. The aim is to provide an opportunity for discussion and debate about the ways in which international law provides fundamental tools and mechanisms to address emerging global issues. ILW 2015 will offer engaging panels on current problems and innovative solutions in both public and private international law.  Panel proposals may concern any aspect of contemporary international law and practice including, but not limited to, international arbitration, international environmental law, national security, cyber law, use of force, human rights and humanitarian law, international organizations, international criminal law, international intellectual property, the law of the sea and outer space, transnational commercial and trade law. We expect the audience to include practitioners, academics, UN diplomats, business leaders, federal and state government officials, NGO leaders, writers, journalists, and interested citizens. We plan to have a broad array of both public international law and private international law topics. The ILW Organizing Committee invites proposals to be submitted online on or before Friday, March 20, 2015 via the ILW Panel Proposal Submission Form located here. ILW 2015 is scheduled to be held at 42 West 44th Street on Thursday evening, November 5, and at Fordham Law School at Lincoln Center on November 6 – 7, 2015. For questions regarding ILW 2015, please contact conferences {at} ilsa(.)org.  The 2015 ILW Program Committee Members are Chiara Giorgetti (University of Richmond Law School), Jeremy Sharpe (Office of the Legal Adviser, U.S. Department of State), David Stewart (President ABILA, Georgetown University Law Center), Santiago Villalpando (Office of Legal Affairs, United Nations), and Tessa Walker (ILSA).

3.  Following an application to the Commonwealth Scholarship Commission, Oxford University is pleased to report that funding has been secured for ten scholarships for candidates from selected developing African and South Asian Commonwealth countries to study for the part-time Master’s in International Human Rights Law starting September 2015.  Admissions are now open and will close at noon on 17 April 2015.  For full details, including eligibility criteria and how to apply, please visit here.

4.  The British Institute of International and Comparative Law announces the Annual Grotius Lecture, Squaring the Circle? Fighting Terrorism whilst Respecting Fundamental Rights, 26 March 2015, 17:30-18:30. This year’s Lecture will be presented by Eleanor Sharpston QC, Advocate General at the Court of Justice of the European Union. For more details and to register, visit here.

5.  Call for Papers ‘Terrorism, Non-International Armed Conflicts & the Protection of Cultural Heritage’. Santander Art and Culture Law Review is pleased to invite contributions to its second issue of 2015 which will deal with the role of international law in the protection of cultural heritage in the event of non-international conflicts and terrorism. Emerging as well as young scholars and practitioners are encouraged to contribute. The deadline for submission of manuscripts is June 30, 2015. Decision letters will be provided to author(s) by August 15, 2015. More information here.