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12 Sep Libya and International Justice Symposium: The EU is Also Responsible for the Death of Migrants and Refugees in Libya
The European Union’s migration containment policy is trapping people in detention centres that are being targeted in the Libyan conflict. [Marwa Mohamed is Head of Advocacy and Outreach at Lawyers for Justice in Libya. LFJL’s #RoutestoJustice programme works to promote the rights of migrants and refugees in Libya and to provide them with access to justice using domestic courts, regional human rights courts and mechanisms and international human rights mechanisms and tribunals. This is the latest post in our symposium with Justice in Conflict on Libya and International Justice. Salah...25 Jul AJIL Symposium: Sovereignty and Humanity
[José Alvarez is the Herbert and Rose Rubin Professor of International Law at New York University School of Law and is the Co-Editor-in-Chief (along with Benedict Kingsbury) of the American Journal of International Law] As the new co-editor in chief of the AJIL, I, along with my co-EIC, Benedict Kingsbury, are very grateful to Chris Borgen and Opinio Juris for hosting this on-line symposium on the Journal’s April 2013 issue. We also thank the two authors, Eyal Benvenisti and Leila Sadat, for exposing themselves to this trial by fire. It...09 Aug Call for Papers: Third Annual Symposium on Pop Culture & International Law
It’s back! The editorial team at Opinio Juris is pleased to announce the call for papers for our Third Annual Symposium on Pop Culture and International Law. We welcome pitches of up to 300 words on any topic relating to international law and popular culture (film, tv, books, video games, or more–get creative!). To be considered, please submit your pitch via email to Alonso Gurmendi and Sarah Zarmsky at s.zarmsky@essex.ac.uk by Friday 25 August 2023 at 17:00 UK time. Decisions will be communicated by 1 September 2023. If selected, the...02 Apr HILJ Online Symposium: Greg Shill Responds to Christopher Whytock
[Greg Shill is a Visiting Assistant Professor at the University of Denver Sturm College of Law.] This post is part of the HILJ Online Symposium: Volumes 54(2) & 55(1). Other posts in this series can be found in the related posts below. I thank Professor Christopher Whytock for engaging with the ideas in my article, Ending Judgment Arbitrage: Jurisdictional Competition and the Enforcement of Foreign Money Judgments in the United States, 54 Harv. Int’l L.J. 459 (2013), and the Harvard International Law Journal and Opinio Juris for hosting this symposium....
31 Mar COVID-19 Symposium: “Can They Really Do That?” States’ Obligations Under the International Health Regulations in Light of COVID-19 (Part II)
[Pedro A. Villarreal is a Senior Research Fellow at the Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law.] The WHO’s Oversight of the IHR’s Obligations – Still No Health Police As explained in the previous post, the WHO cannot invoke legal responsibility when states breach the IHR. Reports of non-compliance have been presented at the World Health Assembly – without further action. No explicit mandate is granted by the IHR to the WHO to hold states responsible when the IHR is breached. An example highlighting this gap is...
16 Sep Symposium on Tilman Rodenhäuser’s Organizing Rebellion
these groups are bound by international law and thereby accountable for their acts. Breaking new ground in addressing international human rights law, international criminal law, and international humanitarian law in one swoop, Rodenhäusers text will be essential to academics and practitioners alike. As this is a co-hosted symposium, half of the contributions will be found here at Opinio Juris and the other half at Armed Groups and International Law. We will try to cross-link, but keep an eye on both websites to follow along. We look forward to the conversation!...
18 Oct International Organizations Accountability Symposium: Compensation Practices from the Field– What Can the Practices of National Militaries teach IOs?
as loss of earnings. In addition, harms arising out of ‘operational necessity’ are excluded—a concept developed specifically in connection with UN peacekeeping operations. As Carla Ferstman noted in her contribution to this symposium, the UN has taken the position that these policies on compensation are lex specialis, and not guided by general principles applicable in other areas of law. This is where the practices of national militaries come in. Some such systems are highly formalised, like the US army’s approach to claims under the Federal Claims Act while others are...
24 Oct 2nd Annual International Law & Pop Culture Symposium: Introduction
and international law that help them become familiar with fundamental concepts; and create a space for conversation: how is international law imagined across popular culture compared to how professors teach it and how lawyers practice it? How is international law presented around the world in various places in different mediums: as a force for evil, good, order, or chaos? We were honestly blown away by the extremely positive reception and knew we had to do it again. This 2nd Annual Symposium on International Law and Pop Culture opens with Catherine...
13 Sep Libya and International Justice Symposium: Impunity Begets Impunity
her family. Four of her family members were killed. She escaped but remains under threat. Civil society actors in Libya are also confronted with a myriad of laws and orders that restrict the exercise of basic civil rights. Authorities have relied on the constitutional vacuum and repressive Ghathafi era laws, such as the Publications Law of 1972 and the Law of Associations of 2001, to issue regulations and decisions that severely curtail freedom of expression, assembly and association. Regulations of the Ministry of Culture and Civil Society have been used...12 Nov NYU JILP Symposium: Lopez’ Responses to Comments
[ Rachel Lopez is an Assistant Professor of Law and the Director of the Community Lawyering Clinic at Drexel University’s Thomas R. Kline School of Law.] This post is part of the NYU Journal of International Law and Politics , Vol. 47, No. 4, symposium. Other posts in this series can be found in the related posts below. First, I would like to thank Professors Drumbl, Roht-Arriaza, Teitel, and van der Vyver, who so generously offered their time and expertise to comment on my article. I have really enjoyed the...