Events and Announcements: April 27, 2014

Call for Proposals

• Call for Proposals: “Differentiated integration inside and outside the EU: taking stock and charting the future.” Please send the proposals for the ECSA Conference of the Swiss, Austrian and German Branch to be held on 23/24 October 2014 at the University of Lausanne’s IDHEAP within the Facultyo of Law, Criminal Sciences and Administration to conference@ecsaswiss.ch no later than June 15. The decision on the inclusion of the proposal in the Conference programme will be communicated no later than June 30, and the Conference Programme will be circulated at the latest during the month of September. The organizers retain the right of including in the programme invited speakers. The full call can be found here.

Events

• The American Society of International Law’s International Economic Law Interest Group presents: What to Expect from the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) and Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) Agreements Thursday, May 8, 2014 5:30pm to 7:30pm at the American Society of International Law in Washington, DC. Registration information is here and the event is free for ASIL members with a $15.00 Registration fee for non-members. The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) and Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) Agreements currently are the most critical components of the United States’ trade agenda and negotiations. This timely event will survey the main interests at stake in these negotiations, what economic benefits the draft agreements are expected to deliver for the US and its trading partners, and what they mean for multilateral negotiations at the World Trade Organization (WTO). The briefing will also examine the US domestic political implications for entering into these agreements, including the likelihood of Congress passing a “fast track” authority. A reception will follow the discussion at 6.45 pm.
• The Dickson Poon School of Law, King’s College London is proud to host this year’s ILA (British Branch) Spring Conference from 23 to 24 May2014. The organizers aim to shed new light on the following foundational questions: the relationship between international, regional and domestic legal orders; the identification and development of customary international law; and the regulation of armed conflict. The five parallel panel sessions will re-examinethe foundations of international lawin the light of new information and modes of thinking. In this respect, main goal of the organizers is to imagine possible futures in issues of concern to present and future generations, such as combatting climate change, preventing human trafficking, managing financial risk, encouraging businesses to respect human rights and promoting socially responsible investment. The Keynote speech will be delivered by Professor James Crawford at 10 am on 23 May 2014 (‘The identification and development of customary international law’) and after dinner speech by Professor Philip Allott the same day at Inner Temple (‘The Idealist’s Dilemma’ ). For more info on registration for the conference and the dinner, but also the full two-day programme are available here.
• The Salzburg Law School on International Criminal Law, Humanitarian Law and Human Rights Law (SLS) welcomes applications for its Sixteenth Summer Session, “International Criminal Law at the First World War Centenary — From Consolidation Towards Confrontation?”, Sunday 3 to Friday 15 August 2014. The SLS is a two-week summer programme aimed at postgraduate students, young academics and practitioners. This year’s session will scrutinize principles and procedures of international criminal law, their origins and contemporary challenges to their enforcement. In this context, there will be a special thematic focus on the principle of irrelevance of official capacity under international customary law and the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC) as well as on controversies stemming from the Court’s cases against sitting heads of States, proposed changes to the Rome Statute and policy considerations determining the selection of situations and cases. Other topics include the Kampala amendments to the Rome Statute, the rights of the defence in international criminal proceedings, the role of international investigation commissions, as well as recent decisions and judgements of the ICC and the ICTY. Further information on the academic programme and a preliminary list of speakers are available here. The application period ends on Friday 9 May 2014. 
• The 2014 Summer Program of Marco Polo-Zheng He Academy of International Oceans Law and Policy, P.R. China. The South China Sea Institute of Xiamen University, and Center for Polar and Deep Ocean Development of Shanghai Jiao Tong University, announce their annual summer program – Marco Polo- Zheng He Academy of International Oceans Law and Policy, to be held from June 22 – July 18, 2014. These centers are leading interdisciplinary research institutes in China in the area of Oceans Law and Policy. This is the 9th year of this summer academy which has been attended in past by the scholars, practitioners, diplomats, and students from -: Australia, Belgium, China, Colombia, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Iran, DPR Korea, Rep. of Korea, Malaysia, Russia, Singapore, Switzerland, Taiwan, U.S., and others. The four week intensive summer program is divided into two sessions to be held in Chinese cities of Xiamen and Shanghai. The participants have an option to attend either or both the sessions. The program offers a unique chance to learn about the Chinese perspectives on Law of the Sea and its policies. The structure of the program is such that the class lectures are held in morning sessions and in the afternoon sessions trips to Chinese courts, law firms, governmental agencies related to oceanic administration, museums, etc., are planned. Participants also have the option of taking tests and getting credits transferred to their own schools. Limited number of scholarships are offered to outstanding candidates upon application and subsequent review. Please find more information about Xiamen Session here and Shanghai Session here. For queries regarding-: Xiamen Session contact: zhangxia-fly@163.com; Shanghai Session sjtu_colp@163.com; for general queries contact: arpita.goswami7@gmail.com.
• The registration for the Third Annual Conference of the Cambridge Journal of International and Comparative Law (CJICL) is still open, and can be accessed here.
• Registration is now also open for the conference ‘National Security and Public Health: Exceptions to Human Rights’ organised at IALS on 29th May 2014. For more information and to register, click here.
• Universal Jurisdiction on the XXI Century Congress in Madrid. A 4-day International Congress on Universal Jurisdiction will take place in Madrid in May 20-23 2014 organized by Baltasar Garzon International Foundation (FIBGAR). During those 4 days, Madrid will host some of the best experts on Universal Jurisdiction to discuss its nature, extension, current situation and future as an instrument to fight against impunity and to protect Human Rights. Among the 50 lectures there are Baltasar Garzón, Benjamin Ferencz, Diego García-Sayán, Shirin Ebadi, Luis Moreno Ocampo, Fabricio Guariglia, Remo Carlotto, Michael Ratner, Raúl Zaaroni, Hugo Relva. Registration is now open!

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