Announcements: GoJIL CfP The Law Behind Rule of Law Transfers; CfA Environmental Protection, Resource Rights and Evolving Geopolitics in Antarctica; CfP Italian Society of International and EU Law; Criminal Justice and Accountability in Africa Conference

1. The Law Behind Rule of Law Transfers – GoJIL Call for Papers. In 2018, with Till Patrik Holterhus as special issue editor, the Goettingen Journal of International Law (GoJIL) will publish a special issue on “The law behind rule of law transfers”. This GoJIL special issue will feature several case studies that identify and explore the legal sources, norms and procedures that drive and govern the various transfer processes, with a particular focus on transfers occurring in complex, interdependent supranational and international contexts. The submissions deadline for papers is 31 December 2017. The full GoJIL call for papers can be found here.

2. Call for Abstracts: Environmental Protection, Resource Rights and Evolving Geopolitics in Antarctica. This call for abstracts is for the session about “Environmental Protection, Resource Rights and Evolving Geopolitics in Antarctica” of the POLAR2018 Open Science Conference. The conference is a joint event from the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR) and the International Arctic Science Committee (IASC), and will take place in Davos, Switzerland from 15 – 26 June 2018. This is the session SH-1 of Social Sciences and Humanities category of the meeting’s program. The deadline for submissions is 1 November 2017. More information and a description of the session can be found here. Details on abstract submission can be found here. More information about the POLAR2018 meeting can be found here.

3. Call for Papers for the ​XXIII Annual Conference of the Italian Society of International and EU Law (SIDI-ISIL). On 7-8 June 2018, the University of Ferrara will host the XXIII Annual Conference of the Italian Society of International and EU Law (SIDI-ISIL). The Conference’s theme is Codification in International and EU Law. One session of the Conference will deal with Coordination between different codification instruments (8 June 2018, 9am – 1pm). Speakers will be selected through a call for papers. Scholars of any affiliation and at any stage of their career are invited to submit proposals, either in English or in Italian. The deadline for submitting proposals is 10 January 2018. The call for papers and further information are available here. Proposals and any communications relating to this call should be sent via email to: callsidi2018 {at} unife(.)it​.​

4. Criminal Justice and Accountability in Africa Conference. This conference, to be held on 26 and 27 October 2017, is organised by Queen Mary University of London’s Criminal Justice Centre in collaboration with the Centre of African Studies at SOAS, University of London. It seeks to bring together insights from across disciplines to engage with emerging trends in regional justice mechanisms in the quest to strengthen justice and accountability for international crimes. The aim is to provide a forum that shifts the discourse away from the devaluing of African initiatives and approaches, while also taking into account gaps and challenges that affect the development of regional criminal justice and accountability systems. The conference will look into the strengths and weaknesses of international criminal law as it has been applied and the potential of regional mechanisms and responses. Although the ICC is not the focus of the conference, consideration will be given to relevant issues that will shape and enhance discussions on regional and national accountability mechanisms. The discussion will focus on regional initiatives and efforts to address criminal liability and end impunity, including reflecting on the trials, courts and mechanisms – both proposed and established at the national, sub-regional and regional levels. Tickets cost £20 per day (£35 per 2 days), or £5 students per day and £10 SOAS/QMUL alumni per day. For more information please see here.