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22 Oct Events and Announcements: 22 October 2023
traditionally viewed through a prism of universalism, this symposium will focus on the importance of a regional approach, as well as, the complexities that come along with it as a result of the cultural, social, and legal diversity among states within a region. Given its expertise in the enactment and enforcement of human rights by international organizations (United Nations, European Union, and the Council of Europe), and because ASEAN’s (Association for Southeast Asian Nations) approach to international human rights law and its action in this field are little discussed and little...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...14 May NYU JILP Symposium: Response to the Commentary on Property Rights, Labor Rights and Democratization
[Jedidiah J. Kroncke is currently Professor of Law, Fundação Getulio Vargas Law School at São Paulo.] This post is part of the NYU Journal of International Law and Politics Vol. 46, No. 1 symposium. Other posts in this series can be found in the related posts below. I want to again thank the editors at NYU JILP for their work organizing this symposium, and express my gratitude to Cynthia Estlund, John Ohnesorge, and Eva Pils for their efforts to engage my article. The following only incompletely addresses their many insightful...
22 Mar SCSL Symposium: The Important Contributions of the Special Court for Sierra Leone on Amnesties and Immunities–Reinforcing Foundational Principles of International Criminal Law, Part I
[Leila Nadya Sadat is the James Carr Professor of International Criminal Law and the Director of the Whitney R. Harris World Law Institute at the Washington University School of Law. sadat@wustl.edu. This essay was initially prepared at the request of FIU Law Review for its micro-symposium on The Legal Legacy of the Special Court for Sierra Leone by Charles C. Jalloh (Cambridge, 2020). An edited and footnoted version is forthcoming in Volume 15.1 of the law review in spring 2021.] The book that is the centerpiece of this micro-symposium, The...
07 Sep Symposium: The 2nd Revised Draft of a Treaty on Business and Human Rights–Moving (Slowly) in the Right Direction
a detailed list of those crimes, which had a mixed reception during the negotiation session. The current draft aims to overcome obstacles and objections by replacing the whole lists with a succinct formulation: “States Parties shall ensure that their domestic law provides for the criminal or functionally equivalent liability of legal persons for human rights abuses that amount to criminal offences under international human rights law binding on the State Party, customary international law, or their domestic law.” (emphasis added) Although well meaning, the change may not serve the purpose...26 Jan Virginia Journal of International Law, Vol. 49-2: 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 articles recently published by VJIL in Vol. 49:2, available here . On Tuesday, Professor Vlad Perju of the Boston College Law School will discuss his article Reason and Authority in the European Court of Justice . Professor Perju’s article proposes a new vision for the European judiciary by presenting the striking case for politicizing the judicial discourse of the European Court of Justice. Contrary to the prevailing...22 Jul American Journal of International Law Symposium Starts Today
that may have effects beyond their national jurisdictions, even absent specific treaty obligations. Armin von Bogdandy and Dana Schmalz (Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law), Jan Klabbers (University of Helsinki), and Christopher McCrudden (Queen’s University Belfast) will comment on Eyal’s article. As always, readers are welcome and encouraged to participate in the discussion via the comments section for each post. We are very happy to be working with the editors of the American Journal of International Law on this symposium and look forward to the conversation....
18 May Symposium on Systemic Racism and Sexism in Legal Academia: (Not) Only Men on the Walls
[Chris Carpenter is a lawyer and researcher in international law. She holds a J.D. from the University of Pennsylvania Law School and a master’s from the University of Cambridge.] This piece is about imposter syndrome, which I encountered in beginning my master’s at the University of Cambridge. When I submitted an abstract for this symposium, countless memories spanning almost a decade in higher education sprung to mind: sexual harassment from faculty, the blatant sexism of an interviewer when applying to law school, the experience of sitting in constitutional law classes...28 Jun YJIL Symposium: Howse and Langille Respond to Comments on Permitting Pluralism
Robert Howse is the Lloyd C. Nelson Professor of International Law at New York University School of Law. Joanna Langille is a 2011 graduate of New York University Law School.] This post is part of the Yale Journal of International Law Volume 37, Issue 2 symposium. Other posts in this series can be found in the related posts below. We would like to thank Professors Perisin, Lester, and Feichtner for taking the time to comment on our piece. Their remarks are extremely thoughtful, and in some instances help us to...
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...