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05 Apr NYU JILP Symposium: New Thoughts about Barayagwiza: Reactions to Policing International Prosecutors
[James G. Stewart is an Assistant Professor at the University of British Columbia. He is also presently a Global Hauser Fellow at New York University School of Law.] 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. In September 2000, I began work for appellate judges at the International Criminal Tribunals for Rwanda (ICTR) and the former Yugoslavia. Soon after arriving, I quickly came upon a decision the...
22 Aug Symposium on The Sentimental Life of International Law: ‘The Sentimental Life of International Law’ Travels
[Immi Tallgren is docent of international law at the University of Helsinki, researching ICL, the history of international law and feminism. Her latest publication is Portraits of Women in International Law: New Names and Forgotten Faces (OUP 2023). ] I was thrilled to be invited to this symposium on Gerry Simpson’s The Sentimental Life of International Law (2022). My thrill soon turned to Angst. How to engage with a book like this, to live up to its dazzlingly fluid and distinctive style, its ‘mixology-of-several-disciplines-on-ice’ methodology, and its charismatic author, an...04 Apr NYU JILP Symposium: How Much Weight Should Courts give to Defendants’ Rights in Determining Remedies for Prosecutorial Violations?
[Margaret deGuzman is an Associate Professor of Law Temple University Beasley School of Law.] 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. Thanks to Opinio Juris for inviting me to comment on Jenia Turner’s article and to Professor Turner for her excellent and thought-provoking work. Professor Turner’s article tackles an important problem that has plagued the ICC in its early days. When the ICC Trial Chamber ordered...
29 May Futureproofing Human Rights Symposium: Living up to Obligations Through the International Red Cross? A Critique of States’ Attempts to Shift Obligations When Addressing Missing Persons
...‘endorsed by the ICRC’. Therefore, while specifically tasked with reporting their actions in relation to their legal obligations, States often refer to activities that have been undertaken, not by them, but by the International Red Cross movement. In these instances, the states have never formally relegated their obligations to the International Red Cross movement. Even if they had, they would still be under an obligation to monitor and possibly regulate that actor, and make sure to meet their own obligations in the end. In the case of missing persons, one...15 Oct Georgetown Journal of International Law Invites Proposals for Symposium on Global Anti-Corruption
For those of you working on anti-corruption papers, the following symposium might be just the place for you (Deadline November 1, 2009)....
04 May Symposium on the UNWCC: Introduction
Dr Amina Adanan initiated a conference on the 1943-1948 United Nations War Crimes Commission (UNWCC) involving both her own, Maynooth University School of Law and Criminology, and the Centre for International Studies and Diplomacy in SOAS. The online conference included presentations from scholars in a range of disciplines, including law, history, international relations and political science and was organised by Dr Adanan and SOAS’s Prof. Dan Plesch, and funded by the Royal Irish Academy. This blog symposium on the UNWCC is based on the conference papers from this event. The...
20 Sep Organizing Rebellion Symposium: Who Can Commit Genocide? A Discerning Analysis of Non-State Entities as Perpetrators
[Sareta Ashraph is an international criminal law barrister, specializing in international criminal, humanitarian law and human rights law – with a particular focus on the gendered commission and impact of genocide. This is the latest post in the co-hosted symposium with Armed Groups and International Law on Organizing Rebellion .] In the summer of 2014, the armed group, the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), razed a path of destruction through northern Iraq’s Nineveh plains, advancing southwards to within 60 kilometres of Baghdad. Their crimes – which included...
28 May Futureproofing Human Rights Symposium: Human Rights in the Era of Blockchain – A Polycentric Accountability Framework
...responsibility, actors like NGOs, corporations, and international organizations also play crucial roles. Yet key functions such as standard-setting and decision-making still follow a predominantly top-down logic, driven by states and international judicial or quasi-judicial bodies. This creates a system where decentralized participation coexists with hierarchical authority . There are several new developments of blockchain infrastructures that illustrate the relation between human rights accountability and blockchain nature. For instance, projects like the UN World Food Programme’s Building Blocks sought to enhance refugee aid distribution, while digital identity initiatives attempted to provide...28 Jun YJIL Symposium: Non-Instrumental Public Morals Justification of Trade Restrictions: A Comment on Howse and Langille
[Isabel Feichtner is a professor of law and economics at Goethe Universität Frankfurt] 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. Robert Howse’s and Joanna Langille’s article on the Seal Products Dispute is a truly admirable piece of normative doctrinal scholarship. The authors do not hide their preferences with respect to animal welfare and the protection of seals in particular. Their propositions as to the interpretation of WTO law...