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03 Feb AJIL Symposium this week
This week we’re hosting a symposium on both lead articles in the October 2013 edition of the American Journal of International Law. Today and tomorrow, Kofi Kufuor, Solomon Ebobrah and Horace Adjolohoun discuss “A New International Human Rights Court for West Africa: The ECOWAS Community Court of Justice” by Karen Alter, Larry Helfer and Jacqueline McAllister: The Court of Justice for the Economic Community of West African States has been transformed from an interstate tribunal for resolving disputes over ECOWAS economic rules into a court with far-reaching human rights jurisdiction....24 Apr Kiobel Insta-Symposium: A More Positive Outlook for International Law
its citizens, and corporations to respect human rights and the rule of law, and to promote international agreements with other nations. It’s time to rebuild the legitimacy of international law, and to reclaim international law and its institutions as the primary methods for global governance. Unilateral domestic regulation, even when purporting to apply a “universal norm” undermines those efforts. These ideas are explored in more detail in a piece written for the Maryland Journal of International Law for the University of Maryland Law School’s Annual International and Comparative Law Symposium....
19 Mar SCSL Symposium: Dealing with Gender-Based Crimes in International Criminal Law
[Tamara Cummings-John works for the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment (UN Women) and previously worked for the Offices of the Prosecutor of the ICTR and the SCSL. The views and opinions expressed here- in are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of the United Nations. 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...11 Apr VJIL Symposium: Rachel Brewster Comments on “Interpretation and Institutional Choice at the WTO”
[Rachel Brewster is an Assistant Professor of Law at Harvard Law School.] This post is part of the Virginia Journal of International Law Symposium, Volume 52, Issues 1 and 2. Other posts in this series can be found in the related posts below. I have the pleasure of commenting on Gregory Shaffer and Joel Trachtman’s innovative and important article, “Interpretation and Institutional Choice at the WTO,” recently published in the Virginia Journal of International Law. The authors present an analytical framework for assessing the interpretative choices made by treaty drafters...
13 Apr ICC Prosecutor Symposium: The Appointment of the Next ICC Prosecutor Is Not a Forum for Career Transition
...litigator, investigator, prosecution strategist, manager, and delegator with a commitment to the objectives of international justice, in-depth technical knowledge of international criminal law, international humanitarian law and human rights law and knowledge of the country contexts and crimes over which the Court exercises jurisdiction, while being an adept communicator. The current structure of the Office of the Prosecutor (OTP), with a deputy prosecutor and chiefs of investigation, prosecution and appeals – all of whom should hold the same qualities – make this possible provided there is a recognized diversity of...
06 May New Technologies Symposium: How Can Lawyers Ensure Compliance with Existing Law (During Peacetime and During War) in the New Era of Cyber-Physical Systems?
war, from which many lessons could be learned in both circumstances. This book addresses my third concern, providing an analysis of how laws in peacetime and in war operate, and where their similarities, parallels and gaps are. This is a great start to approaching the law on similar topics, but in completely different contexts, in a way that has great potential to move both areas of law forward. Connecting the law in peacetime and wartime seems obvious to me, but as areas of law that have developed separately and with...
11 May Symposium on ‘Marketing Global Justice’ – A Letter on Kafka, Coca-Cola, and Vergès
the message in Marketing Global Justice: The beginning of the parable is quite famous: Before the law sits a gatekeeper. To this gatekeeper comes a man from the country who asks to gain entry into the law. But the gatekeeper says that he cannot grant him entry at the moment. The man thinks about it and then asks if he will be allowed to come in later. “It is possible,” says the gatekeeper, “but not now.” International Criminal Law is a bit like this, don’t you think? One comes to...