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Announcements

01 Apr

[Tim Fish Hodgson is a Legal Adviser on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, International Commission of Jurists. Ian Seiderman is the Legal and Policy Director of the International Commission of Jurists.] The first part of this post looked at the general obligations of the right to health in the context of the COVID-19 crisis, including in relation to the private sector. We now turn to the...

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22 Mar

Call for Submissions Cambridge International Law Journal: The Editorial Board of the Cambridge International Law Journal (CILJ) is pleased to invite submissions for Volume 9(2), to be published in December 2020. The Board welcomes long articles that engage with the timely theme of the Ninth Annual Cambridge International Law Conference, ‘International Law and Global Risks: Current Challenges in Theory and Practice’. Further information about the theme is available...

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16 Mar

UN Audiovisual Library New additions to the UN Audiovisual Library of International Law: The Codification Division of the UN Office of Legal Affairs recently added the following lecture in Spanish to the Lecture Series of the United Nations Audiovisual Library of International Law (AVL) website: Mr. Rafael Prieto Sanjuán on “Crímenes de Guerra”.The Codification Division of the UN Office of Legal Affairs recently added the following...

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01 Mar

Announcements Rosalyn Higgins Prize: The Law & Practice of International Courts and Tribunals (LPICT) now invites submissions for the 2020 Rosalyn Higgins Prize. The deadline for the prize is 30 June 2020. The Rosalyn Higgins Prizeis an annual prize which awards EUR 1.000 of Brill book vouchers and a one-year LPICT subscription to the author of the best article on the law and...

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24 Feb

Events Call for Proposals - BIICL Conference on Teaching International Law: The British Institute of International and Comparative Law (BIICL) is delighted to be convening a conference entitled 'Teaching International Law'. The conference will take place at BIICL on 7-8 September 2020. The Organising Committee invites all those engaging with the teaching of international law from around the world to share their...

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17 Feb

UN Audiovisual Library The Codification Division of the UN Office of Legal Affairs recently added the following mini-series to the Mini-Series of the United Nations Audiovisual Library of International Law (AVL) website: Ms. Philippa Webb on “Consular and Diplomatic Relations”.The Audiovisual Library of International Law is also available as a podcast, which can be accessed through the preinstalled applications in Apple or Google devices, through SoundCloud or through the podcast application of...

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08 Feb

Events Event on 'Are fundamental rights losing or gaining ground?': The Centre for Fundamental Rights at the Hertie School is pleased to announce its launch event 'Are fundamental rights losing or gaining ground?' on 20 February 2020 at 6 pm at the Hertie School in Berlin. Global trends suggest that norms and institutions of fundamental rights are losing ground. Many governments and political movements explicitly deny...

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02 Feb

Events The Frankfurt Investment Law Workshop 2020: 'Investment Protection, Human Rights, and International Arbitration', which will be co-hosted by Rainer Hofmann (Frankfurt), Julian Scheu (Cologne), Stephan Schill (Amsterdam), and Christian Tams (Glasgow), will be held on 6 and 7 March 2020 at the Goethe University Frankfurt am Main, Germany Campus Westend. The Workshop will take stock of the interaction between international...

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27 Jan

Jobs The Asia Justice Coalition is pleased to announce two vacancies. The Asia Justice Coalition (AJC) is a network of organizations whose purpose is to promote justice and accountability for gross violations of international human rights law and serious violations of international humanitarian law in Asia, and to contribute to the fulfillment of the rights of victims and their families.  Working together...

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26 Jan

Call for Papers The Postgraduate and Early Professionals/Academics Network of the Society of International Economic Law (PEPA/SIEL) in collaboration with the International Law Forum and other sponsors at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem are pleased to announce a call for papers for the 9th Conference of the Postgraduate and Early Professionals/Academics Network of the Society of International Economic Law (PEPA/SIEL), which...

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13 Jan

Events The Center for International Law in the Middle East (CILME) at George Mason University's Antonin Scalia Law School is pleased to announce its inaugural workshop on the topic of 'Product Labeling, Territorial Disputes, and International Trade After the ECJ’s Psagot Ruling', which will be held from 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. on Friday, 17 January 2020 at 3301 Fairfax Drive, Hazel Hall, Room 332, Arlington,...

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05 Jan

Events The International Criminal Defence Lawyers Germany e.V. (ICDL) is pleased to announce its Annual Meeting 2020 on 25 January 2020, which will feature practitioners from multiple international courts and tribunals and will address current developments and cases. The outline of the event will be as follows: 'Flashback and vision of the future of International Criminal Law and Tribunals', H. E. Judge...

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