Events and Announcements: August 9, 2015

Events

Announcements

• The International Criminal Court has posted a vacancy announcement for Visiting Legal Professionals. The posts are for three- to six-month periods and are funded. The Legal Professionals Programme is a new initiative aimed at bringing up to ten court representatives and professionals from situation countries (currently: Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Central African Republic, Sudan, Kenya, Libya, Côte d’Ivoire and Mali) and countries under preliminary examination (currently: Afghanistan, Colombia, Nigeria, Georgia, Guinea, Honduras, Iraq, Ukraine and Palestine) who may not have the financial means to otherwise participate in the Visiting Professionals Programme. Participants in this programme will gain first-hand experience from and knowledge of the ICC and its procedures. This will allow participants to develop their legal skills and knowledge of the Rome Statute system, and to subsequently impart lessons learned and best practices to their home organisations. Witnessing the functioning of the only permanent international criminal court will enable participants to contribute to the development of national capacities in their home countries to investigate and prosecute crimes within the jurisdiction of the ICC. The deadline is rather soon–16 August 2015. More information can be found in the vacancy announcement here.
• The Minerva Center for the Rule of Law under Extreme Conditions at the Faculty of Law and Department of Geography and Environmental Studies, University of Haifa invites researchers (graduate students at the MA/PhD levels, post-Doctoral researchers, scholars and practitioners) to submit research proposals on aspects of Cyber Regulation, Policy and Theory. As part of the Fellowship, Fellows will be provided with working space and accommodation in Haifa for periods of between one to twelve months. It is expected that Fellows will take part in the activities of the Center during their stay. The call is open to both domestic and international applicants. A combination of residency in Haifa (for a minimum of one month) and long distance collaboration will also be considered. The application deadline is 10 September. More information can be found here.

Calls for Papers

• On  12-13  November  2015,  the  Research Unit in Law of the University of Luxembourg,  with  the  support  of  the  Fonds  National de la Recherche Luxembourg,  will be holding a conference on the settlement of tax disputes under international law, with the aim of analysing taxation issues through the lens of international law and its dispute settlement procedures, and bringing   together international  lawyers  and  tax  lawyers  to  do so. Confirmed speakers already include Prof. Mads Andenas (University of Oslo), Prof. Ilias Bantekas (Brunel University), Dr N. Jansen Calamita (BIICL), Dr Abba Kolo (CEPMLP Dundee), Dr Sébastien Manciaux (Université de Bourgogne), Dr  Luca  Pantaleo  (TMC  Asser  Instituut),  Prof.  Alexander Rust (Vienna University  of  Economics and Business) and Epaminontas Triantafilou (Quinn Emanuel). Part of the conference will be a roundtable discussion for junior scholars; giving  them  an opportunity to present their research on issues covered by the conference and to receive feedback from the conference speakers. Those selected  will  receive  a  bursary  to fund their travel and accommodation expenses, and may also have the opportunity to contribute to the conference proceedings, which will be published. We are now calling for applications to  present  a  paper  at  the  roundtable, and invite junior scholars (PhD candidates,  post-docs and fellows) with research interests in the field to apply by submitting an abstract (not exceeding 800 words) of their proposed paper, together  with  a  copy  of  their  CV,  to Prof. Matthew Happold (Matthew.Happold@uni.lu). The deadline for submissions is 5 September 2015.

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