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18 Jun Contingency in International Law Symposium: How Could International Law Have Been Otherwise? A Rejoinder
...fit all too well with the increasing dominance of neo-liberalism. Other contributions tell a similar story. Thinking about contingency simultaneously appeals to opposing critical sensibilities. It refuses to resign to reality and wants to show alternative possibilities of the past. At the same time, it wants to reveal the determining forces that have compelled the law down one path rather than another. The current blog symposium recognizes this duality and pulls us further into both directions. Thinking about contingency serves, as Doreen Lustig writes in her post, as a ‘mindset...
02 May Beyond Territoriality: Symposium on Jurisdictional “Hooks” for (Extraterritorial) Human Rights Obligations – Reflecting on the Regulation of Global Value Chains and the Duties of States and Private Actors
...to the different tiers of production/supply will depend on the particular mHRDD law in question. For instance, the German law imposes due diligence obligations only on covered companies and their direct suppliers in the first instance. In order for such due diligence to extend to indirect suppliers there must be ‘substantiated knowledge’ of violations. Ultimately, like the relational approach discussed more fully in Sara Seck’s contribution to this symposium, rather than drawing a hard line between territorial and extraterritorial obligations, due diligence terminology instead draws attention to the relationships that...
16 Jun Symposium on the 1951 Refugee Convention at 75: Introduction
...relevance of the 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees (and/or its 1967 Protocol). While we should say, as it is practice, that the contributions may not necessarily always reflect UNHCR’s views, they provide a much-needed kaleidoscope of opinions to support the work of promotion and protection of the 1951 Convention. We are therefore extremely grateful for the precious contributions of all the authors of this Symposium. In the following contributions to this Symposium, the Director of UNHCR’s Division of International Protection and Solutions, Elizabeth Tan will outline how...
27 Jan International Law’s Invisible Frames Symposium: Teaching Against the Textbook – A Comment on ‘Going by the Book: What International Law Textbooks Teach Us Not to Know’ by Ana Luísa Bernardino
[Sofia Stolk is a researcher at the Asser Institute (The Hague) and the University of Amsterdam.] Note: In the spirit of the edited volume, we decided to make the main comments of symposium coordinator, Alexandra Hofer, and the responses of the author partly visible in the text in order to uncover, at least partly, the invisible frame of the editing process. Important in light of discussing textbooks: an author never writes alone. I want to thank Alexandra for this fun exercise and great comments. Teaching an introductory level course in...
17 Apr ICC Prosecutor Symposium: Placing the Prosecutor within the International Criminal Justice Project
pointing to the 2016 Office of the Prosecutor Policy on Children, on which I had the privilege of working.) Many, many of the symposium’s posts focused not on the position so much as the person. What qualities of character does an ideal Prosecutor possess? What skill set ought the Prosecutor bring to the job? And even, what nationality is most desirable for an ICC Prosecutor? This singular attention to the person and position of Prosecutor is entirely appropriate. The impetus for the symposium, after all, is last August’s vacancy notice,...04 Apr NYU JILP Symposium: Policing International Prosecutors Introduction
This post is part of the NYU Journal of International Law and Politics Vol. 45, No. 1 symposium. Other posts in this series can be found in the related posts below. We are excited to collaborate again this week with Opinio Juris for an online symposium. The symposium will be a discussion of Jenia Iontcheva Turner’s article Policing International Prosecutors published in our Volume 45, No. 1 issue. Professor Turner’s piece analyzes the complex issue about how to “how to ensure that prosecutors are held accountable for their errors and...
17 Apr Symposium on Vedanta Resources Plc vs Lungowe
...ruling as a crucial step in holding multinational business enterprises such as Vedanta accountable for their alleged role in massive pollution and harm to health and livelihood of many people. The ICJ and the CORE Coalition had also submitted an amicus curiae in this case. The ICJ has invited a group of experts and practitioners to participate in this symposium to discuss about the significance and likely impact of the judgment in law and policy making; the prospects for success in other similar cases; and consequences for companies’ practices, policies...
10 May New Technologies Symposium: The Intertwining of Commercial and Military Interests During Conflict and Peacetime in Outer Space
[Dr. Cassandra Steer is a space security and space law consultant, with 14 years academic experience in international law. This post is part of our New Technologies and the Law in War and Peace Symposium .] Whereas some readers might find Boothby’s volume “New Technologies and the Law in War and Peace” a little light on answering specific legal questions in the application of new military technologies, what is most valuable about the collection of essays is that they bring to the forefront issues which many still see as fantastical...