Events and Announcements: 15 June 2025

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Call for Contributions & Feedback

International Human Rights & Humanitarian Law Textbook Revision: Francisco Forrest Martin (former Sallows Professor of Human Rights at the University of Saskatchewan College of Law) welcomes readers to submit their publications and/or memorials/briefs for possible inclusion in an updated and revised version of his textbook, International Human Rights & Humanitarian Law (Cambridge Univ. Press 2006). For your convenience, a link to the textbook’s present table of contents is International Human Rights and Humanitarian Law – Google Books. Mr. Martin also invites you to suggest how the textbook could be revised in terms of organization and subject matter. You can reach Mr. Martin at ffmartin60@gmail.com.

Call for Papers

Special Issue of Boğaziçi Law Review – Palestine and International Law: This special issue invites critical and creative contributions that interrogate international law’s role in the oppression and potential liberation of Palestine. Building on discussions from the 2024 conference Rethinking International Law After Gaza, the issue seeks to explore legal complicity in settler-colonial violence and examine the possibilities of a decolonial legal praxis. Submissions may address topics such as international law as a settler-colonial grammar, racial sovereignty, legal neutrality, scholasticide, and the role of solidarity as legal method.

We welcome scholarly articles (6,000–8,000 words), critical essays (2,000–5,000 words), and collaborative or activist-academic pieces. Submissions in English or Turkish are accepted. Abstracts (300–500 words) and bios are due by 30 June 2025 via email to BLR2025@bogazici.edu.tr. Full papers are due 31 August 2025, with publication scheduled for 1 December 2025.

Events

International Conference – Nuremberg Forum 2025: From 10 to 12 October 2025, the International Nuremberg Principles Academy cordially invites you to attend the Nuremberg Forum 2025 at Courtroom 600 of the Nuremberg Palace of Justice, the historic venue of the Nuremberg trials.  The Nuremberg Forum 2025 titled “Strengthening International Criminal Law: 80 Years since Nuremberg” brings together leading scholars, practitioners, policy makers and members of civil society to discuss the key challenges faced by international criminal law today. Eight decades after aggressive war was outlawed at Nuremberg, the panellists will re-assess the possibilities and limitations of the law in relation to advancing accountability for international crimes.

The Nuremberg Forum 2025 is open to all public free of charge and will be conducted in a hybrid format. To attend the conference, please register here.

NILSC Hybrid Workshop – Apartheid, Genocide and Ethnic Cleansing: On Thursday 19 June, the Nottingham International Law and Security Centre (NILSC) is organising a hybrid afternoon workshop on the relationship between core international crimes — genocide, apartheid, and forced displacement — in the light of multiple, overlapping cases, before international and domestic courts. The event will take place in E07, Monica Partridge, University Park Campus from 1-6pm. The speakers include:  Leila Sadat (Washington University), Michelle Staggs-Kelsall (SOAS), Mona Rishmawi (Geneva), Nina Jorgensen (Soton), Jinan Bastaki (NYU-Abu Dhabi), Noelle Quinevet (UWE), Karin Loevy (NYU-NYC), Iva Vukušić (Utrecht), Andrea Pelliconi (Soton), Pilisano Masake (University of Namibia), Alain Pellet (Paris), William Schabas (Middlesex), Sari Arraf (KCL), Ysam Soualhi (Angers), and Nicolas Boeglin (University of Costa Rica).  There will be three panels organised over the course of the afternoon chaired by Professor Olympia Bekou, Dr Hemi Mistry, and Dr Natalie Hodgson. The event is being organised by Dr. Victor Kattan and Professor Gerhard Kemp from UWE, Bristol.  To register for the event in person or to join online please click here.

Job

Postdoctoral Positions at the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Crime, Security and Law – Public Law Department: The Department of Public Law at the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Crime, Security and Law in Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany, is seeking to recruit several Postdocs with the option to pursue a habilitation. We welcome applications from scholars with excellent doctorates in law, the humanities, or social sciences whose research interests align with the department’s focus on public security law, legal theory, or fundamental public law. Proficiency in German is beneficial but not required.

Successful candidates will have the opportunity to develop independent research in a fully funded position, with access to world-class resources and no teaching obligations. Appointments are for two to three years, with the possibility of extension. Applications (incl. cover letter, CV, research proposal, writing samples, and references) are due by 7 September 2025 via the application portal. For details, see here.