Events and Announcements: 19 October 2025

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Announcement

Book Publication – The Character of International Law – A Festschrift for Rob Cryer: Professor Robert Cryer was a foundational voice in modern international criminal law. This book celebrates his character, his life, his work, and his influence. The book constellates 17 expertly-authored chapters nurtured by four editors through five distinctive sections, each of which reflects on the character of international law. These sections, presented as acts, are: discipline and borders, (re)imagination and continuity, violence and reckoning, acoustics and storytelling, and friendship and kindness.

A wide gamut of touchpoints dovetails into a beautifully eclectic medley. These include criminal law, the law of war, music and harm, gender-based violence, nuclear weapons and artificial intelligence, law after war, the crime of aggression, drones and targets, the domestication of international law, and the role of law in inter-state relations. The book journeys to many places, including Japan, Bosnia and Ukraine, while reflecting on the role of teaching and mentorship in the life of international law.

Events

Conference – The US and International Law in Changing Times: The SLS International Law section and Solon Solomon (BUL) together with Saeed Bagheri (University of Reading), invite you to the 2-day Conference on ‘The U.S. and International Law in changing times’ to be held in London on 5-6 November with panels on a number of issues, spanning from sovereignty, human rights and trade to AI, science, technology and international organizations. With keynote addresses given by Oona Hathaway (Yale), Jose Alvarez (NYU) and Gerry Simpson (LSE) and with a roundtable chaired by Solon Solomon and including, apart from Professors Hathaway and Alvarez, also Professors Moshe Hirsch (The Hebrew University of Jerusalem) and Martins Paparinskis (UCL). The Conference is held at the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies in Russell Square on 5 November, and on 6 November it is held at Brunel University of London at the Beldam, at the University’s Eastern Gateway/Reception building. For the full program and the free registration link, see here and here.

Panel Discussion – Environment-Investment Dilemma in Latin America: Join Baker Botts and Latin American Practitioners | EU (LATAP EU) on Thursday, 23 October 2025 at 18:45 (BST), for a high-level panel discussion addressing the evolving intersection of environmental protection and foreign investment in Latin America. The panel will explore:  

• the growing tensions and complex balance between environmental policies and investment protection;
• disputes arising from environmental measures that adversely affect foreign investments;
• environmental defences advanced by States in such disputes, and
• the potential implications that the recent advisory opinions by the International Court of Justice (Obligations of States in respect of Climate Change) and the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (AO-32/25) might have (or not) in relation to these issues.

The panel will feature government representatives, practitioners, and arbitrators, offering diverse perspectives on how these developments are reshaping the legal landscape of investor-State disputes across Latin America. Please register here.