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Featured Announcement

20 Feb

The British Institute of International and Comparative Law (BIICL) has announced its programme of short courses for spring 2026. Led by BIICL experts and external partners, BIICL's training integrates world-leading research with insights from practice around the world.  This year’s programme includes its highly acclaimed courses in public international law, transitional justice, cyber operations and international law, trade law, migration and...

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11 May

To have your event or announcement featured in next week’s post, please send a link and a brief description (1-2 paragraphs) to ojeventsandannouncements@gmail.com. Featured Announcement: BIICL Summer Schools 2025 This summer, the British Institute of International and Comparative Law (BIICL) is hosting two summer schools designed for individuals looking to deepen their legal expertise. The first programme, Law and Technology, provides a comprehensive overview of the...

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19 Mar

Featured Announcement The British Institute of International and Comparative Law (BIICL) has announced its 2025 short course programme. Led by BIICL experts and external partners, BIICL's training integrates world-leading research with insights from practice around the world.  This year’s programme includes its highly acclaimed courses: in public international law, climate change law, artificial intelligence, cultural heritage, business and human rights and law...

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07 Jul

To have your event or announcement featured in next week’s post, please send a link and a brief description to ojeventsandannouncements@gmail.com. Featured Announcement: BIICL Short Courses - Autumn 2024 The British Institute of International and Comparative Law (BIICL) is delighted to launch its programme of training courses for Autumn 2024. During this period we will be offering a number a range of...

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02 Jun

To have your event or announcement featured in next week’s post, please send a link and a brief description to ojeventsandannouncements@gmail.com. Featured Announcement: BIICL Summer Schools This summer, the British Institute of International and Comparative Law (BIICL) is hosting two summer schools for those seeking to enhance their legal knowledge. The first programme focuses on Law and Technology and provides an extensive overview of the diverse...

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11 Feb

To have your event or announcement featured in next week’s post, please send a link and a brief description to ojeventsandannouncements@gmail.com.  Featured Announcement BIICL Short Courses Spring 2024: Now Open for Booking! The British Institute of International and Comparative Law (BIICL) has launched its programme of short courses for spring 2024. The programme will cover public international law, climate change law, international trade...

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26 Oct

The UN Team of Experts on the Rule of Law and Sexual Violence in Conflict is looking to hire four interns: In the context of an ongoing project, the UN Team of Experts is currently seeking assistance to prepare and publish seven research papers on international criminal law and sexual violence in conflict. The research topics include: Understanding CRSV casebuilding: examining prosecution...

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06 Aug

To have your event or announcement featured in next week’s post, please send a link and a brief description to ojeventsandannouncements@gmail.com! Featured Announcement BIICL Short Courses - Autumn 2023: The British Institute of International and Comparative Law (BIICL) is delighted to launch its programme of training courses for 2023. In autumn 2023, we will be offering a number a range of courses...

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13 Jul

We regret to inform our readers that we have had to remove a post entitled “Legality of Extraterritorial Coercive Economic Measures Taken Against Russia from the Lens of International Trade Law” and published on our site in September 2022. It has recently come to our attention (and has been conceded by the author submitting that piece) that the post was...

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21 May

Featured Announcement: Geneva Human Rights Platform’s Training Courses at the Geneva Academy The Geneva Human Rights Platform (GHRP) Training Hub, a project of the Geneva Academy, organizes training courses – in Geneva and online – on the work of United Nations (UN) human rights mechanisms and on specific human rights issues like the protection of human rights and the environment or...

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05 Apr

Dr Mohsen al Attar and (Dr) Omar Kamel Academics are professional thinkers. We might be charitable and describe ourselves as specialised communicators as well. We engage in a variety of roles, ranging from the advancement of knowledge to the teaching and mentoring of students, from guiding policymakers to supporting social movements. Some of these tasks are mundane—setting assessment questions—just as others...

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15 Jul

International lawyers do debate class, but not necessarily in their own professional milieu. There is significant literature on ‘bourgeois’ international law, while the discussion as to what a ‘proletarian’ international law might look like is still alive and well (see for example here, here, and here). Despite these long-standing ties between international legal scholarship and the question of class, there...

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