Events and Announcements: September 20, 2015

Announcements

• The Academy on Human Rights and Humanitarian Law is happy to announce the 2016 Human Rights Essay Award topic: Extractive Industries and Human Rights. Participants have the flexibility to choose any subject related to the substantive law relevant to the field. International human rights law can be understood to include international humanitarian law and international criminal law. This annual competition seeks to stimulate the production of scholarly work in international human rights law. Participants must have obtained their law degree by the February 1st deadline to be eligible. The Academy will grant two Awards, one for the best article in English and one for the best article in Spanish. The lucky winners of this year’s Award will win a full scholarship to attend the Academy’s 2016 Program of Advanced Studies on Human Rights, the first summer Program at American University Washington College of Law’s new Tenley Campus! The Award also covers travel expenses to Washington D.C., housing at the university dorms, a per diem for living expenses and the chance to be published in the American University International Law Review. For detailed guidelines about the award, including a link to our rules and regulations please visit the website here or contact us at: hracademy@wcl.american.edu.

Calls for Papers/Abstracts:

• The Junior International Law Scholars Association (JILSA) is holding its annual meeting on Friday, January 22, 2016, at the University of Pennsylvania School of Law. JILSA is an informal network of junior scholars at mostly American law schools who get together annually for a self-funded workshop.  Junior faculty and fellows interested in presenting at the meeting should email proposals to MJ Durkee and Jen Daskal by Monday, October 26.  If you are interested in presenting a working draft at the meeting, please send us the title, an abstract, and an indication of how far along the paper is at the time of submission.  Because of the nature of the workshop, we can only include working drafts that have not yet been accepted for publication.  If you are interested in presenting on an early stage project, please let us know the working title and a few lines about the idea you are pursuing.  Finally, let us know if you are interested in being a discussant.  We will do our best to get back to everyone in November, and participants are expected to distribute their working drafts by no later than Friday, January 8.

Events

• On Thursday, September 24, at 12pm DC time, as part of its “Getting Started” series, ASIL’s New Professionals Interest Group is pleased to host a special event on how to pursue a career in international environmental law, together with ASIL’s International Environmental Law Interest Group. Panelists at this event will share their perspectives on professional development and career trajectories based on their diverse backgrounds. This special event will be online only involving panelists from organizations such as EarthJustice, government agencies including the U.S. State Department, academia, and private practice. Participants will be invited to participate from their own computers. For more information, please see the website here.

• On Tuesday, October 13, 2015, the Bingham Centre of the British Institute of International and Comparative Law presents: Global Rule of Law Exchange Evening Discussion: “International Economic Agreements and the Rule of Law –The case of the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP).” The United States and the European Union are currently engaged in negotiations on the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP). TTIP primarily aims to align regulation and remove non-tariff barriers between the two blocs. It also includes a chapter on the treatment of foreign investment and establishes a dedicated regime of ad hoc arbitration for the settlement of investor-State disputes. If concluded, TTIP will become a landmark agreement between two of the world’s biggest and richest economic powers. For more information, please click here. To register online, please go here.

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The 11th Annual Conference of the European Society of International Law will take place in Oslo, Norway, from 10 to 12 September 2015. It is hosted by the PluriCourts,  Centre for the Study of the Legitimate Roles of the Judiciary in the Global Order, University of Oslo. The topic this year is the judicialization of international law. It is still possible to register for the conference by visiting this website.

Selected sessions of the conference will be streamed, and you can see the live webcast here.