Announcements: UN Audiovisual Library of International Law; Nelson Mandela World Human Rights Moot Court Competition; CfA The Interface between Cyber Security and Military Applications of Human Enhancement; Key Biographies in the Legal History of European Union Conference; IHL Senior Research Fellow/Team Leader Vacancy

2. 10th Nelson Mandela World Human Rights Moot Court Competition, Geneva, Switzerland 2018. Students from all universities in the world are invited to participate in the Nelson Mandela World Human Rights Moot Court Competition, to be held in the Palais des Nations, United Nations Headquarters, Geneva, Switzerland, 15 – 20 July 2018. The Competition will be held in English and in French, and, depending on interest, will in future years also be presented in the other UN languages. For the invitation in all UN languages, see here. 

 

3. Call for Post-Doctorate Applications: The Interface between Cyber Security and Military Applications of Human Enhancement. The Cyber Security Research Center of the Hebrew University is advertising for a funded post-doc position in the field of IHL/IHRL. The research focus is ‘The Interface between Cyber Security and Military Applications of Human Enhancement’. See here for further information. 

 

4. Key Biographies in the Legal History of European Union 1950-1993 Conference. A conference entitled “Key Biographies in the Legal History of European Union 1950-1993” will be held on 21-22 June 2018 at the Max Planck Institute for European Legal History at Frankfurt/Main, Germany. The event will scrutinize the history of European law with a distinct focus on professional biographies, both of key personalities in the history of European integration and of less prominent actors. We welcome proposals of not more than 150 words by 15 January 2018. Please email your proposal and a short CV to bajon {at} rg.mpg(.)de. For further information, see here.

 

5. Customary IHL: Senior Research Fellow/Team Leader – International Humanitarian Law. In the framework of the co-operation between the ICRC and the British Red Cross to update the practice collection of the ICRC’s study on customary international humanitarian law (IHL), the ICRC and the British Red Cross seek to recruit for the Senior Research Fellow/Team Leader position in the customary IHL research team based in Cambridge/UK. To apply, and for details about the position, please visit the British Red Cross website. For further information, see here and here. Final closing date for applications is Sunday 14 January, 2018 (midnight). Interviews will take place in London, the week commencing Monday, 5 February, 2018.