Announcements: Essex Public International Law Lecture; Gender Perspective at the ICC Lecture; International Nuremberg Principles Academy Vacancy; Lund University Sweden Vacancies; Inter-State Courts and Tribunals Practices Event; Addressing Racism Today Conversation

1. Essex Public International Law Lecture Series Lecture: About the Universality of Public International Law in the Year 2021 and in the Years to Come. The Convenors of the Essex Public International Law Lecture Series (Dr Meagan Wong and Dr Emily Jones) are hosting the  opening lecture for the 2021-22 academic year on Monday 25 October by Professor Pierre-Marie Dupuy, Emeritus Professor at the University of Paris (Panthéon-Assas) and Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, entitled ‘About the Universality of Public International Law in the Year 2021 and in the Years to Come’, chaired by Dr Meagan Wong, School of Law, University of Essex. Join on Zoom at 6pm BST. Registration and more information here.

2. Silvia Fernández de Gurmendi — “Gender Perspective at the ICC: Legal Principles and Institutional Impact”: The SNF-funded project “Diversity on the International Bench: Building Legitimacy for International Courts and Tribunals”, led by Professors Neus Torbisco-Casals and Andrew Clapham (Graduate Institute, Geneva), continues to host its monthly public lecture series on “Women’s Voices in the International Judiciary”. The series aims to reflect on the lack of diversity in the international judiciary — especially gender diversity —, which raises concerns not just in terms of descriptive representation and symbolic self-identification, but also regarding unconscious bias and systemic privileging of specific ideologies or positions in the process of adjudication. The sixth lecture will feature Silvia Fernández de Gurmendi, President of the Assembly of States Parties to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC), and former President (2015 – 2018) and Judge (2010 – 2018) of the ICC. Register here.

3. International Nuremberg Principles Academy Vacancy. The International Nuremberg Principles Academy is looking for a full-time Senior Officer for International Criminal Law starting on or after 1 January 2022 for an indefinite period. The successful candidate will have a strong track-record in the International Criminal Law (ICL) community – in an international court or tribunal, a governmental organization, a research institution, a public or private foundation, academia, an international organization or civil society. For more information, visit the website Detail: International Nuremberg Principles Academy.

4. Lund University Sweden Vacancies. The Faculty of Law, Lund University, Sweden, has announced two available positions. Associate senior lecturer in public law with focus in social law (PA2021/3245) and Senior lecturer in international economic law and sustainability (PA2021/3248). Last application date for both vacancies is 23 November.

5. Reforming the Procedural Rules and Working Practices of Inter-State Courts and Tribunals. This virtual event will take place on 26 October 2021, 1 – 3pm EDT. The speakers were officers of the International Law Association Committee on the Procedure of International Courts and Tribunals whose final report and resolution were adopted by the 79th Biennial ILA Conference (Kyoto) in December 2020. To join, see here. 

6. Addressing Racism Today: A Conversation with the UN Special Rapporteur on Contemporary Forms of Racism Professor E. Tendayi Achiume. In this conversation with academics from CEU and the University of Sheffield, Professor Tendayi Achiume, the UN Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of racism, will reflect on global racial injustice and inequality today and what needs to be done about it.  The discussion will address such issues as:  contemporary racism against the backdrop of today’s formidable and complex challenges including COVID-19 pandemic, the climate emergency, socio-economic inequality, migration flows and ‘racial borders’, and surveillance capitalism; the impact of the global awakening to racism in the aftermath murder of George Floyd in May 2020 – upon governments, companies (especially in the technology sector), multilateral institutions (including UN bodies), and civil society organizations; the role of UN experts in addressing human rights abuses around the world in the face of criticism and pressure. Wednesday 20 October at 6pm CEST. Join here.