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05 Jul LJIL Symposium Vol 25-2: Fairness in International Environmental Law – Against Pragmatism?
[Eric Posner is Kirkland & Ellis Professor of Law and Aaron Director Research Scholar at the University of Chicago] 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. Mario Prost and Alejandra Torres Camprubi’s article begins promisingly, with its criticism of IEL scholars’ “tacit disciplinary mindsets” which see international environmental law against all evidence as a “heroic and transformative project.” But while one would have expected the authors then to launch a...04 Mar HILJ Symposium: A Response to “International Vote Buying”
[William W. Burke-White is Deputy Dean and Professor of Law at University of Pennsylvania Law School.] 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. Natalie Lockwood’s article, “International Vote Buying,” recently published in the Harvard International Law Journal, makes an important contribution to a set of understudied questions around the legality and appropriateness of international vote-buying. Lockwood quickly admits that international law itself says little about the legality of such vote buying...16 Sep Book Symposium: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on International Law and International Relations, by Jeffrey Dunoff & Mark Pollack
This week, we are hosting a symposium on Interdisciplinary Perspectives on International Law and International Relations: The State of the Art, edited by Jeff Dunoff and Mark Pollack. Jeff and Mark will introduce the book later today, but here is the abstract: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on International Law and International Relations: The State of the Art brings together the most influential contemporary writers in the fields of international law and international relations to take stock of what we know about the making, interpretation, and enforcement of international law. The contributions to...
07 Aug Complementarity, Catalysts, Compliance Symposium: A Reply
[Christian De Vos is a Senior Advocacy Officer with the Open Society Justice Initiative. He engages in advocacy across the Justice Initiative’s areas of work, with a particular focus on international justice and accountability for grave crimes.] It has been a pleasure to read the six reflections shared over the course of this symposium. I am grateful to Opinio Juris for hosting the discussion and to the contributors who have so thoughtfully engaged with the text and whose own scholarship, advocacy, and insights were a source of inspiration for me as...09 Apr VJIL Symposium: Introducing Medical Tourism, Access to Health Care, and Global Justice
[I. Glenn Cohen is an Assistant Professor of Law and the Co-Director of the Petrie-Flom Center for Health Law Policy, Biotechnology, and Bioethics 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. First, I would like to thank Opinio Juris for hosting this discussion on my recent Article in the Virginia Journal of International Law. Medical tourism–the travel of patients from one (the “home”)...
19 Sep Organizing Rebellion Symposium: Crimes Against Humanity Committed by Non-State Actors. How Much ‘Organizing’ Do They Require?
The latest contribution in our Organizing Rebellion symposium together with Armed Groups and International Law is up now at AGIL, entitled “Crimes Against Humanity Committed by Non-State Actors. How Much ‘Organizing’ Do They Require?” by Mathias Holvoet. Have a look here!...
31 Aug Critical Pedagogy Symposium: “Thus Saith the Euro-America Validation Cathedral”– The Task of Challenging and Changing the Narrative of Eurocentric International Law in Africa
...North, other global South scholars and individuals who are involved in pushing critical theories and approaches have established important online portals in recent years. This includes, but are not limited to, AfronomicsLAW, Third World Approaches to International Law Review (TWAILR), Critical Legal Thinking, Teaching and Researching International Law in Asia (TRILA), and African Network of Constitutional Lawyers (ANCL). Some of these blogs are part of organisational and network activities and are, therefore, involved in organising seminars, conferences, workshops, symposium, webinars and other collaborative works. These blogs have widened the space...
01 Sep Critical Pedagogy Symposium: Critical Pedagogical Approaches towards International Law Teaching in Iran–From Classroom to Virtual Space
...journals have emerged to explore international law from a range of angles (see, for example, here, here and here). We also observe soaring interest in international legal studies among students. Overall, it is the centring of Iranian interpretations that stands out, many of which cohere with Third World understandings of international law. Here, we refer to “Dialogue Among Civilizations” as proposed by former Iranian president Mohammad Khatami in 2001, as well as Iran’s active participation in Non-Aligned Movement and Asian-African Legal Consultative Organization (AALCO) meetings. Unfortunately, as this symposium seeks...
01 Nov Symposium on the ECCC: Extraordinary Experiments in Reparation
...symposium reflects on the ECCC’s trials, tribulations, and legacy. In this post, Christoph Sperfeldt and Rachel Hughes consider the ECCC’s reparations mandate. [ Christoph Sperfeldt is a Senior Lecturer at Macquarie University and the author of ‘Practices of Reparations in International Criminal Justice’ (Cambridge University Press, 2022). Rachel Hughes is a Senior Lecturer at the University of Melbourne, who has previously written for Opinion Juris on the dangers of reclassifying victim information at the ECCC.] When the Supreme Court Chamber of the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC)...
20 Sep Organizing Rebellion Symposium: Context or Abstract? A Victim-Centric Approach to Understanding Key Elements of Crimes Against Humanity
The latest contribution in our Organizing Rebellion symposium together with Armed Groups and International Law is up now at AGIL, entitled “Context or Abstract? A Victim-Centric Approach to Understanding Key Elements of Crimes Against Humanity” by Adejoké Babington-Ashaye. Have a look here!...