Events and Announcements: October 18, 2015

Calls for Papers/Abstracts:

• Call for Papers: Society of International Economic Law and University of Luxembourg, Fifth PEPA/SIEL Conference. SIEL’s Postgraduate and Early Professionals/Academics Network (PEPA/SIEL) and the Research Unit in Law of the University of Luxembourg are pleased to announce that the fifth PEPA/SIEL Conference will take place on 14-15 April 2016 in Luxembourg. We invite graduate students (enrolled in Master or PhD programmes) and early professionals/academics (generally within five years of graduating) to submit papers on any IEL topic. One or more senior practitioners and academics will comment on each paper after its presentation, followed by a general discussion. More information, including the process for submissions by 16 November 2015, can be found here.

Events

• On October 21 (from 10am-12pm) the Open Society Justice Initiative is co-sponsoring a side-event at the UNGA where the Special Rapporteur on Torture, Juan Mendez, will present his new report on the extraterritorial application of the prohibition of torture. The presentation will be followed by a panel discussion. It’s a strong report that deals with a broad range of very timely topics – including extraterritorial safeguards against torture, accountability for extraterritorial acts of torture, non-refoulement, and rules pertaining to the prohibition in times of armed conflict. A flyer is attached with additional information about the report and the side-event. The flyer is also available here.
• On the occasion of the publication of the second edition of Helen Duffy’s book ”The War on Terror’ and the Framework of International Law’ the T.M.C. Asser Instituut, in cooperation with the International Centre for Counter-Terrorism – The Hague and the International Humanitarian and Criminal Law Platform, proudly present a high-level panel discussion on Thursday 22 October, entitled: ‘Accountability in the war on terror?’ Speakers are: Norman Farrell, Prosecutor of the Special Tribunal for Lebanon, Larissa van den Herik, Professor of International Law at the Grotius Centre for International Legal Studies of Leiden University and Helen Duffy, Director of ‘Human Rights in Practice’ and Professor Gieskes Chair of International Human Rights and Humanitarian Law at the Grotius Centre for International Legal Studies of Leiden University. The panel discussion will be moderated by Christophe Paulussen, Senior Researcher at the T.M.C. Asser Instituut, Research Fellow at the International Centre for Counter-Terrorism – The Hague and Coordinator of the International Humanitarian and Criminal Law Platform. The event will be followed by a reception, kindly offered by the International Centre for Counter-Terrorism – The Hague. For catering purposes, we would like to ask you to register for this event by sending an e-mail with subject “SCL panel discussion” and your name and affiliation to conferencemanager@asser.nl.
• Developing International Law at the Bar – A Growing Competition Among International Courts and Tribunals: On 5 November 2015 at 3:00 PM, The Law and Practice of International Courts and Tribunals (Brill/Nijhoff) will offer its second Seminar in a series devoted to contemporary developments in international judicial practice. The Seminar aims at discussing some salient aspects of a growing competition among ICTs in the development of international law. The program is organized by Pierre Bodeau-Livinec (University Paris 8) and Chiara Giorgetti (Richmond Law School) and is co-sponsored by European Affairs committee of the NYCBA. Panelists include Chester Brown (University of Sidney), Mathias Forteau (University of Paris Ouest-Nanterre), Makane Mbengue (University of Geneva), Eduardo Valencia-Ospina (Editor-in-Chief of The Law and Practice of International Courts and Tribunals), August Reinisch (University of Vienna), Attila Tanzi (University of Bologna) and Catherine Tinker (Seton Hall University, Chair of the European Affairs Committee of the NYC Bar Association). More information and to enroll here.
• University of Luxembourg conference on the Settlement of Tax Disputes under International Law. On 12-13 November 2015, the Research Unit in Law at the University of Luxembourg, with the support of the Fonds National de la Recherche Luxembourg, is holding a conference on the settlement of tax disputes under international law. The conference will examine 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, bringing together academics and practitioners from tax and international law backgrounds in order to do so. Details about the conference and how to register can be found here.

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