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14 Nov Melbourne Journal of International Law, Vol. 13-1: Opinio Juris Online Symposium
this, Professor Foster’s contribution analyses recent Australian Government amendments to such legislative protections and addresses whether these amendments are consistent with the Refugee Convention. Mary Crock and Susan Kneebone will respond. We hope that you enjoy participating in the upcoming discussion. We once again thank Kevin Jon Heller and the team at Opinio Juris for the opportunity to host this symposium. For further information about the Journal, the editors may be contacted at law-mjil [at] unimelb.edu.au Martin Clark, Nuwan Dias and Eamonn Kelly 2012 Editors Sanishya Fernando 2012 Commentaries Editor...
31 Oct Symposium on the ECCC: The Case 002/02 Appeal Judgment’s Implications for Genocide Recognition in Cambodia
symposium reflects on the ECCC’s trials, tribulations, and legacy. In this post, Rachel Killean examines the ECCC’s findings on the crime of genocide (for more on the ECCC’s adjudication of genocide, see Sarah Williams’s post in this symposium). [ Dr Rachel Killean is a Senior Lecturer at Sydney Law School and a member of the Sydney Institute of Criminology, the Sydney Southeast Asia Centre, and the Sydney Environment Institute.] Prosecuting Genocide at the ECCC On the 22nd September 2022 the Supreme Court Chamber of the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts...03 Nov Virginia Journal of International Law, Vol. 50-1: Online Symposium
The Virginia Journal of International Law is delighted to continue its partnership with Opinio Juris this week in this online symposium featuring three pieces recently published by VJIL in Vol. 50:1, available here. On Wednesday, Professor Alexander K.A. Greenawalt, Associate Professor of Law, Pace University School of Law, will discuss Complementarity in Crisis: Uganda, Alternative Justice, and the International Criminal Court. Professor Greenawalt examines the difficult institutional problems faced by the International Criminal Court (ICC or Court) in the context of the Ugandan peace process. In recent years, the government...05 Jul LJIL Symposium Vol 25-2: Fairness in International Environmental Law – Against Fairness? A Response to Mickelson and Posner
[Mario Prost is a Senior Lecturer at Keele Law School (UK) & Alejandra Torres Camprubí is a Research Fellow at the Faculty of Law of the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid] This post is part of the Leiden Journal of International Law Vol 25-2 symposium. Other posts in this series can be found in the related posts below. We would like to thank the symposium organizers and contributors for providing an opportunity to discuss some of the arguments we make in our recent article ‘Against Fairness? International Environmental Law, Disciplinary Bias,...
09 Sep Contemporary International Criminal Law After Critique Symposium: Accountability for the Unaccountable? Article 15 Communications Beyond the ICC
law more broadly, there is increasing recognition of the ways in which the language of international criminal law can be used in public debate. Through international criminal law, civil society actors are able to formulate and present arguments about the illegality of particular conduct to domestic and international audiences. In doing so, the authors of communications take their argument out of the courtroom and appeal directly to members of the public. By invoking international criminal law, civil society actors seek to convince their audiences that particular conduct is unlawful. The...13 Apr Call for Papers: Hidden Histories of War Crimes Trials
UNTOLD STORIES: HIDDEN HISTORIES OF WAR CRIMES TRIALS A two-day international symposium to uncover and explore some of the less well-known war crimes trials, both international and domestic. Melbourne Law School 15th and 16th October 2010 Presented by The Asia Pacific Centre for Military Law, Melbourne Law School, and supported by an Australian Research Council Discovery Project Grant Organizers: Gerry Simpson, Tim McCormack, Kevin Heller, Jennifer Balint CALL FOR PAPERS Deadline for Abstracts: 30th May 2010 As international criminal law matures, there has been a return to history. Intriguing research...
10 Oct Rethinking International Law After Gaza Symposium: Containing Liberation – The Transitional Justice Industrial Complex in Palestine
...bathwater, I previously called for a radicalisation of the sub-discipline lest it be relegated to liberal interventionist irrelevance. Although shirking a description on what amounts to a ‘radicalised’ TJ, I argued that those wedded to the sub-discipline’s potential must consider a TJ language and praxis that fundamentally departs from the decades long peacebuilding approaches that were only ever interested in approaches of containment and management of the Palestinian people. As I pen this essay Gaza continues to be subjected to the first live-streamed genocide in history. Ethnic cleansing and extreme...30 May VJIL Symposium: Introducing “Carving Out Policy Autonomy for Developing Countries at the World Trade Organization”
[Alvaro Santos is currently an Associate Professor of Law at the Georgetown University Law Center.] This post is part of the Virginia Journal of International Law/Opinio Juris Symposium, Volume 52, Issue 3. Other posts in this series can be found in the related posts below. I would like to thank the Virginia Journal of International Law for the invitation to participate in this online symposium and to Opinio Juris for featuring my article and hosting this discussion. In “Carving Out Policy Autonomy for Developing Countries in the World Trade Organization:...06 Mar HILJ Symposium: Natalie Lockwood Responds to William Burke-White
Natalie Lockwood holds a J.D. from Harvard Law School, 2011; and an A.B. from Princeton University, 2006. This post is part of the Harvard International Law Journal Volume 54(1) symposium. Other posts from this series can be found in the related posts below. First of all, let me begin by thanking Professor Burke-White for his careful reading and thoughtful response. I’m honored that someone whose own work I admire so much has taken the time and effort to engage with my article. I am also grateful to Opinio Juris and...
17 Apr Symposium on International Conflict and Security Law: A Research Handbook – Introduction
[Dr. Sergey Sayapin is Professor at KIMEP University´s School of Law (Almaty, Kazakhstan).] On behalf of the editors, let me thank Opinio Juris for kindly hosting this book review symposium on International Conflict and Security Law: A Research Handbook. Our sincere thanks are due to Professor Kevin Jon Heller, Ms Ameera Ismail, Ms Aphiwan Natasha King, and the entire Editorial team at Opinio Juris for their excellent support. We were lucky to assemble an outstanding team of 64 contributors representing all major legal systems of the world and literally all...