1. 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. Manuel Monteagudo Valdez on “The Singularity and Limitations of Contemporary International Economic Law” and on “Perspectives on International Economic Law: Searching for an Anthropological Approach” (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”.
Announcements: UN Audiovisual Library of International Law; Professor of International Law and Human Rights, Lund (Sweden); ILaW Discussion on ICC Decision in the Al-Bashir Case; CfP Exploratory Workshop on Constitutions of Value
Announcements: UN Audiovisual Library of International Law; CfS Trade, Law and Development
1. New Addition to the UN Audiovisual Library of International Law. The Codification Division of the United Nations Office of Legal Affairs recently added the following lecture to the Lecture Series of the United Nations Audiovisual Library of International Law (AVL) website: Ms Michelle Reyes Milk on “The Ad Hoc International Criminal Tribunals and their Legacy” (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”.
2. Call for Submissions: Trade, Law and Development. The Board of Editors of Trade, Law and Development invites original, unpublished manuscripts for publication in the Winter ’19 Issue of the Journal (Vol. 11, No. 2) in the form of Articles, Notes, Comments and Book Reviews. Manuscripts received pertaining to any area within the purview of international economic law will be received for publication. Founded in 2009, the philosophy of TL&D has been to generate and sustain a constructive and democratic debate on emergent issues in international economic law and to serve as a forum for the discussion and distribution of ideas. Manuscripts may be submitted via e-mail or ExpressO. For further information about the journal please click here. For submission guidelines, please click here. In case of any queries, please feel free to contact us at editors[at]tradelawdevelopment[dot]com. Last date for submissions is 30 September 2019.
Announcements: Workshop on The Paths of Change in International Law; Prosecution of International Crimes in the UK; CfP The Trials and Prospects of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights; CfP Conference on International Economic Law; CfP EU Trade Agreements and the Duty to Respect Human Rights Abroad
1. Workshop on The Paths of Change in International Law. The Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies is hosting an interdisciplinary workshop on The Paths of Change in International Law in Geneva on 6 – 7 June 2019. The workshop is part of an ERC-funded research project on processes of informal change in the international legal order and asks how international law changes, how this change is registered among participants in legal discourses, and how the pathways of change differ across issue areas and sites of international legal practice. The workshop will bring together leading and rising scholars from different disciplines – law, international relations, and political sociology – to explore these issues in a small and interactive format. More information is available here.
2. The Prosecution of International Crimes in the UK: Present Problems and Future Possibilities. 6.30pm Tuesday 18 June 2019, Hogan Lovells, Holborn, London EC1A 2FG. Various pieces of legislation have been enacted in the UK to allow those suspected of having committed international crimes to be prosecuted domestically; the most notable example of such legislation is the International Criminal Court Act 2001, which gives effect to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court. Despite this, the prosecution of individuals in UK courts for international crimes remains incredibly rare, with other countries, such as Spain, Germany and Sweden taking the lead on this issue. In light of recent reports that individuals suspected of playing key roles in the 1994 Rwandan Genocide may be prosecuted in the UK in the near future, this Human Rights Lawyers Association organised panel event will discuss why prosecutions for international crimes have been wanting thus far and examine whether there is a future for such prosecutions in UK courts. To RSVP for this free event, please contact administrator@hrla.
3. Call for Papers: The Trials and Prospects of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The Berlin Forum on Global Politics (Berlin, Germany), the Institute for Global Dialogue (Pretoria, South Africa) and the RECLAIM! Universal Human Rights Initiative (Germany, United States, and France) are pleased to announce their joint collaboration on an international call for papers on the trials and prospects of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR). The UDHR is the landmark document for the international human rights movement of the 20th century and remains its legal bedrock today. The aim of the multi-author publication is to share ideas that will make this document more effective in the world than it has been as a protector of human dignity and security. The publication will be revised and edited by experienced academics, and published as a free-to-the public .pdf formatted document – licensed as a CC-BY (Attribution only) Creative Commons. This will allow to inform a multiplicity of stakeholders about the UDHR and how its reaffirmation can address and effectively contribute to resolving the challenges of our times. The deadline for submitting papers is 24 June 2019. For further information, please read the call for papers here. Read the rest of this entry…
Announcements: CfA Hamburg Young Scholars’ Workshop; Feminist/Gendered Perspectives on Global Football Governance; CfP – Crisis of Multilateral International Order; Regional ILA Conference, Slovenia; Edinburgh Law School Teaching Fellow Vacancy; SOAS Executive Course in Public International Law; ELGS Summer Intensive; Chatham House Conference, The Legacy of Kofi Annan; CfP ILA Regional Conference
1. Call for Abstracts: 3rd Hamburg Young Scholars’ Workshop in International Law. The deadline to submit an abstract for the 3rd Hamburg Young Scholars’ Workshop in International Law held from 20 – 21 September 2019 at the University of Hamburg is approaching. Abstracts are accepted until 1 June 2019 to workshop-PIL {at} uni-hamburg(.)de. For further information, see here.
2. Symposium on Feminist/Gendered Perspectives on Global Football Governance and FIFA. The Jean Monnet Center for International and Regional Economic Law and Justice at NYU School of Law will host a symposium on 24 – 25 February 2020 to explore feminist/gendered perspectives on global football (soccer) governance and the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA). The Symposium will aim to illuminate and nuance the relationship between gender and power within the transnational regulatory system that governs football (with FIFA at its helm); to identify specific gendered implications of existing governance structures, rules and procedures; and to consider innovative ideas for feminist reform or revolution. The deadline for abstracts is 15 July 2019. Further details about the symposium and submission process can be found here.
Announcements: London Conference on International Law; CfP Bernard and Audre Rapoport Center for Human Rights and Justice; CfP International Investments and Ecological Sustainability; Stockton Center for International Law Visiting Research Scholar Program; CfA Erik Castrén Institute of International Law and Human Right; Critical Approaches to International Law Symposium; Law & Practice of International Courts and Tribunals Rosalyn Higgins Prize; Law of Immunities of International Organisations after Jam
Announcements: Utrecht Summer Schools on International Law; Liverpool Workshop on Co-operation with the ECHR; CfP Law of the Blue Economy – International and South Asian Perspectives; CfP International Law Weekend 2019; UN Audiovisual Library of International Law
1. Utrecht University Law School Summer Schools on International Law. This summer, Utrecht University Law School offers three Summer School courses on international law. Everyone is welcome to register for these Summer Schools. The Public International Law course will look at the role of international law in responding to today’s global challenges. In the Law of the Sea course, an introduction is provided to the law that regulates the oceans. And in the Law and Sustainability course, students will learn how issues of sustainability are dealt with in the legal order at the international, national and EU levels. The three courses are coordinated by Otto Spijkers. For more information you can contact him at o.spijkers {at} uu(.)nl.
2. University of Liverpool School of Law and Social Justice Workshop on Co-operation with the ECHR. The International Law and Human Rights Unit of the University of Liverpool School of Law and Social Justice is organising a two-day workshop on loyal co-operation with the system of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR), and the means of reaction by the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) when its judgments trigger discontent. Judges of the ECtHR, officials of the Council of Europe, young as well as established academics will discuss various aspects of interactions between states and the Strasbourg system of human rights protection. The programme is available here. A limited number of visitors can register here.
3. Call for Papers: The Law of the Blue Economy – International and South Asian Perspectives. The South Asia International Economic Law Network (SAIELN) is pleased to announce a call for papers for its biennial conference on “The Law of the Blue Economy: International and South Asian Perspectives”. The network is a freestanding body associated with the Society of International Economic Law (SIEL) and other IEL groups. The conference shall take place on 27 – 28 July 2019 in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India. We welcome proposals of panels, posters and papers on topics related to the conference theme. An abstract of no more than 500 words should be submitted no later than 15 May 2019. The results shall be announced by 20 May 2019. The shortlisted participants are expected to submit the final papers (6000 – 8000 words) by 15 July 2019. For more details and submission procedure, see here and here. Read the rest of this entry…
Announcements: Sanremo New Voices in International Humanitarian Law Essay Competition; Summer School on Health and Human Rights; UN Audiovisual Library of International Law; Annual Human Rights and Mass Atrocity Seminar; CTIL Senior Research Fellows and Research Fellows Vacancy; Conference on Procedural Rules of International Courts and Tribunals
1. Sanremo New Voices in International Humanitarian Law Essay Competition. The ICRC and the Sanremo International Institute for Humanitarian Law have just launched the second ‘Sanremo New Voices in International Humanitarian Law’ essay competition. Young scholars are invited to submit short essays on one of the following topics: ‘IHL and the challenges related to cyber warfare’; ‘Artificial intelligence in warfare’. The winner will be invited to present at the 2019 Sanremo Round Table, which will discuss IHL implications of new technology in warfare. Further details and criteria for submission are available here.
Announcements: CfP Dialogues on International Law Conference; UN Audiovisual Library of International Law; CfS University of Hamburg Faculty of Law; CfP South Asia in the Era of International Courts and Tribunals
1. Call for Papers: Dialogues on International Law Conference. The 3rd Conference “Dialogues on International Law” will take place at Di Tella Law School (Buenos Aires) on 29 October 2019. The general theme of the conference will be “Change in International Law”. Di Tella Law School invites the submission of original papers in Spanish, Portuguese and English. The Conference seeks to bring together scholars in International Law and related disciplines, such as IR, History, Economics, and Philosophy, to examine contemporary issues concerning the international legal system, the international community, and particularly Latin America. The keynote lecture will be by Professor Anne Orford (Melbourne Law School), who will speak on: “Regional Orders and the Future of International Law: The End of Geography or a New Geopolitics?” For the full call for papers see here.
2. New Addition to the UN Audiovisual Library of International Law. The Codification Division of the United Nations Office of Legal Affairs recently added the following lecture to the Lecture Series of the United Nations Audiovisual Library of International Law (AVL) website: Mr. Juan José Ruda Santolaria on “Reflections on international organizations, fora or groups at the international level: the implications of international juridical personality” (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”. The UN Audiovisual Library of International Law provides high quality international law training and research materials to users around the world free of charge.
3. Call for Submissions: University of Hamburg Faculty of Law. The University of Hamburg Faculty of Law has published a call for submissions for young scholars to discuss their research (chapter of a doctoral thesis, post doc paper, other drafts or research ideas). The workshop will be held from 20 – 21 September 2019 in Hamburg. Abstracts can be submitted to workshop-PIL {at} uni-hamburg(.)de. The deadline is 10 June 2019. For more on this, see here.
Announcements: UN Audiovisual Library of International Law; International Society for Military Law and the Law of War Seminar; Ghent University Vacancy; CfP Tel Aviv University Buchmann Faculty of Law; JuWiss CfS The Lisbon Treaty 10 Years On; Workshop on International Economic Law in the Era of Distributed Ledger Technology; Martens Summer School on International Law; Trump Administration and International Law Event
1. New Addition to the UN Audiovisual Library of International Law. The Codification Division of the United Nations Office of Legal Affairs recently added the following lecture to the Lecture Series of the United Nations Audiovisual Library of International Law (AVL) website: Mr. Luis Alfonso García-Corrochano Moyano on “Unilateral Acts of States” (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”. The UN Audiovisual Library of International Law provides high quality international law training and research materials to users around the world free of charge.
2. International Society for Military Law and the Law of War Seminar. The International Society for Military Law and the Law of War (ISMLLW) will organise its XII Seminar for Legal Advisors of the Armed Forces from 18 – 21 June 2019 in Geneva, Switzerland. This edition of the Seminar is co-organized with the Geneva Centre for Security Policy (GCSP), with the support of the Swiss Federal Department of Defence, Civil Protection and Sport (DDPS), the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA) and the Swiss Group of the ISMLLW. The central theme of the Seminar is ‘The Law of Armed Non-State Actors 70 Years after the Geneva Conventions’. To mark this celebratory year of the Geneva Conventions, the Seminar will take place at Maison de la paix in Geneva and visits to the ‘Palais des Nations’ and the Museum of the International Committee of the Red Cross will be part of the programme. The Seminar is intended for military legal advisors holding the ranks of captain to colonel and civilian experts with comparable civilian rank. Registrations are open until 1 May 2019. For further information on programme and practical arrangements, see here.
3. Ghent University Vacancy. Ghent University is hiring a new (junior or senior) professor to strengthen the Ghent Rolin Jaequemyns International Law Institute and the Department of European, Public and International Law as of 1 October 2019. Candidates should hold a PhD degree and have at least two years of postdoctoral experience on 1 October 2019. In addition, candidates must have a proven track record of conducting research on law of the sea. Applications are due by 23 April. Further information on the vacancy is available here. Read the rest of this entry…
Announcements: UN Audiovisual Library of International Law; Summer School on EU Immigration and Asylum Law and Policy; CfS GoJIL; Advanced Summer Programme on Terrorism, Counter-Terrorism and The Rule of Law; U.S.-German Summer Law School in International and Comparative Law
1. New Addition to the UN Audiovisual Library of International Law. The Codification Division of the United Nations Office of Legal Affairs recently added the following lecture to the Lecture Series of the United Nations Audiovisual Library of International Law (AVL) website: Mr. Alejandro Chehtman on “Extraterritorial criminal jurisdiction” (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. The UN Audiovisual Library of International Law provides high quality international law training and research materials to users around the world free of charge.
2. Summer School on EU Immigration and Asylum Law and Policy. Odysseus Academic Network for Legal Studies on Immigration and Asylum in Europe (Institut d’Etudes Européennes- Université libre de Bruxelles) is hosting the 19th edition of the Summer School on EU Immigration and Asylum Law and Policy in Brussels from 1 – 12 July 2019. This programme is designed to provide participants with a comprehensive understanding of EU immigration and asylum policies from a legal perspective. Participants in the Summer School include academics, EU and Member States officials, PhD and graduate students, representatives of NGOs and international organizations, lawyers, judges. The deadline for registration is 15 May 2019. For more information about the Summer School, please visit our Summer School website, in French or in English. The Odysseus Network has also launched a crowdfunding campaign in order to be able to finance the participation of 10 refugees to the 2019 Summer School. A doctoral seminar, with four grants available is also organized during the 2019 Summer School. More information is available here.
3. GoJIL: Call for Submissions for Special Issue on “Protection of the Environment in Relation to Armed Conflict – Beyond the ILC. The International Law Commission included the topic “Protection of the Environment in Relation to Armed Conflict” in 2011 on its future program of work. It is now in the stage of finalizing the project by drafting principles that address the phases of pre-conflict, during conflict, and post-conflict in light of different fields of international law, in particular looking into the laws of armed conflict, human rights law and international environmental law. This GoJIL special issue attempts to consolidate the legal protection of the environment during the three phases of armed conflict by the laws of armed conflict, human rights law and international environmental law. Contributions should address one (or several) of the three conflict phases with regard to environmental protection. Deadline for the submission of abstracts is 1 June 2019. All articles must be submitted no later than 1 August 2019. Selected contributions will then be published in Issue 1 of Vol. 10 in 2020. The full GoJIL call for papers can be found here. Read the rest of this entry…
