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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...
04 Nov Symposium on the ECCC: “It’s Time for the Record To be Set Straight”? History, Memory, and the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia
symposium reflects on the ECCC’s trials, tribulations, and legacy. Bringing the symposium to a close, in this post Pete Manning reflects on the ECCC’s contribution to memory and history about the Khmer Rouge period. [Pete Manning is a Senior Lecturer in Sociology in the Department of Social and Policy Sciences, whose authored works include ‘Transitional Justice and Memory in Cambodia’ (Routledge, 2017).] The final judgement of the ECCC offers an important opportunity to reflect on the social and cultural politics of memory and history that have been implicated and generated...18 Mar AJIL Unbound Symposium on Third World Approaches to International Law
AJIL Unbound has just published a fantastic symposium entitled “TWAIL Perspectives on ICL, IHL, and Intervention.” The symposium includes an introduction by James Gathii (Loyola-Chicago) and essays by Asad Kiyani (Western), Parvathi Menon (Max Planck), Ntina Tzouvala (Durham), and Corri Zoli (Syracuse). All of the essays are excellent and worth a read, but I want to call special attention to Ntina’s essay, which is entitled “TWAIL and the ‘Unwilling or Unable’ Doctrine: Continuities and Ruptures.” Here is a snippet that reflects her central thesis: The similarities between this practice and...13 Feb The Death of Treaty Supremacy: An Invisible Constitutional Change–Introduction to Opinio Juris Book Symposium
[David Sloss is a Professor of Law at Santa Clara University.] I want to thank Opinio Juris for hosting a symposium on my new book, published last fall by Oxford University Press. I also want to thank the group of distinguished scholars who have agreed to offer their perspectives on The Death of Treaty Supremacy as part of this symposium. I very much look forward to their contributions. The book’s central claim is that an invisible constitutional revolution occurred in the United States in the early 1950s. From the Founding...26 Jun YJIL Symposium: Introducing Adaptation Apartheid
like to thank the Yale Journal of International Law and Opinio Juris for making possible this online symposium on our recent article, Avoiding Adaptation Apartheid: Climate Change Adaptation and Human Rights Law. We’re looking forward to the forthcoming discussion. Our article aims to explain how the international law of human rights can inform the understanding of, and guide policy decisions regarding, climate change adaptation. We argue that, thus far, analyses linking human rights and climate change have focused primarily on mitigation (reducing greenhouse gas emissions to lessen the extent of...
24 Sep Symposium Exploring the Crime of Ecocide: Can Deforestation Amount to Ecocide?
[Shirleen Chin is the Head of Advocacy & Strategic Partnerships for the Stop Ecocide Foundation , based in The Hague, that runs the “Stop Ecocide: Change the Law ” Campaign.] [This symposium was convened by Shirleen, who was inspired by attending an Expert Working Group on international criminal law and the protection of the environment at the Promise Institute for Human Rights at UCLA School of Law in Spring 2020. See here for the original Opinio Juris symposium which emerged from that meeting.] In July 2019, President Jair Bolsonaro of Brazil said, “Brazil...
07 Jun Symposium on Reproductive Violence in International Law: Reproductive Violence Against the Rohingya – A Perspective on Myanmar
[ Wai Wai Nu , originally from Myanmar, is the Founder and Executive Director of the Women’s Peace Network. Grant Shubin is a Senior Legal Advisor with the Global Justice Center.] This post forms part of the Opinio Juris Symposium on Reproductive Violence in International Law, in which diverse authors reflect on how the International Criminal Court and other jurisdictions have responded to violations of reproductive health and reproductive autonomy. The symposium complements a one-day conference to be held on 11 June 2024, in which legal practitioners, scholars, activists, and...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...