Conferences & Events

• The University of Leiden will host a conference: International Humanitarian Assistance and International Law, January 24-25, 2013. The aim of the conference is to bring experts in the field of international humanitarian assistance together and to explore various fields of law relating to humanitarian assistance, like international humanitarian law, human rights law, international disaster response law, and other fields. The provisional program is here with a list of speakers here. Registration is not yet possible, but questions can be directed here.
• A few special announcements from the American Society of International Law can be found here, including a call for ASIL leadership and honors nominations.

Call for Papers

• One reminder of an upcoming deadline, the ASIL/IEcLIG has issued a call for papers for its biennial interest group conference, Reconceptualizing International Economic Law: Bridging the Public/Private Divide taking place November 29-December 1, 2012 in Washington, D.C. Abstracts are due July 30, 2012.
• For the above-mentioned conference at Leiden University, International Humanitarian Assistance and International Law, there is also a call for papers for both junior and senior researchers. Abstracts of no more than 300 words should be submitted before October 1, 2012.
• The University of Ghent has issued a call for abstracts up to 1,000 words for a book entitled: 35 Years of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights: Theory and Practice, Present and Future. Abstracts are due to be submitted by November 15, 2012.

Last week’s announcements can be found here. If you are organizing a conference or other event and would like to see the call for papers or the program announced on Opinio Juris, please contact us.

Conferences & events

• The Brookings Institution will host Translating Human Rights into Practice: A Conversation on the United Nations Human Rights Council: Wednesday, July 11, 2012, 2:00 — 3:30 pm in Washington, D.C.
• Washington College of Law Center for Human Rights and Humanitarian Law along with ASIL will host Human Rights Implications of SCOTUS Decisions in the 2012 Term: Wed., July 18, 2012, from 4:00-5:30 p.m. ET. Please register for the event by contacting whayes [at] wcl [dot] american [dot] edu and for the program flyer, click here. 
• There will be a reception to introduce the International Court for the Environment Coalition (ICE) at 6.00 pm on Thursday 19th July at the World Federalist Movement-Institute for Global Policy, 708 Third Avenue, 24th Floor, New York City. More information about how the ICE works and about the ICE model (both .doc format). 
• On Thursday, July 19, from 6-8 p.m. at the House Armed Services Committee, Carl Vinson Room (2118) 2120 Rayburn House Office Building in Washington, D.C.,  “Observations from a Female Shura in Afghanistan: Lasting Security and the Promotion of Women’s Rights“ Sponsored by the Women in National Security Law Initiative of the ABA Standing Committee on Law and National Security and the ABA Office of Governmental Affairs – no charge but RSVP’s are required –holly [dot] mcmahon [at] americanbar [dot] org by July 17, 2012.
• A few ABA Standing Committee on Law and National Security Annual Meeting Programs to announce, all happening in August at the Hyatt Regency, Chicago, IL (more information can be found here and here in .pdf format):
• Cybersecurity: The Legal Puzzle, Friday, August 3rd, 2012 (3:45-5:15 p.m.
• Critical Issues in National Security Law over the Last 50 Years: Past, Present and Future, Saturday, August 4th, 2012 (8:30-10:00 a.m.)
• Nuremberg Revisited: It’s Lesson for Today, Thursday, August 2nd, 2012 (10:30 a.m.-12 p.m.)
• The Renewed Trials by Military Commissions Under the Obama Administration: An Historical Perspective, Saturday, August 4th, 2012 (1:00-3:00 p.m.); Moderator: Maj. Gen. (Ret.) John Altenburg, Panelists: The Honorable Will Gunn, Brigadier General Mark Martins, Colonel (Ret.) Ralph Kohlman, Mr. Bryan Broyles
• The 2012 World Trade Organization Public Forum will occur September 24-26, 2012 with the theme: Is Multilateralism in Crisis? in Geneva at the WTO Headquarters.

Last week’s announcements can be found here. If you are organizing a conference or other event and would like to see the call for papers or the program announced on Opinio Juris, please contact us.

Conferences & events

• On Wednesday July 11, the Brookings Institution is organizing Translating Human Rights into Practice: A Conversation on the United Nations Human Rights Council in the Saul/Zilkha Rooms, 1775 Massachusetts Ave, NW, Washington, DC. For more information and registration, please click here.
• On July 18, the Center for Human Rights and Humanitarian Law at American University, Washington College of Law, is organizing a webinar on the human rights implications of key decisions by the US Supreme Court in its 2012 term. To register your interest, please RSVP here.
• The International Court for the Environment Coalition will be introduced at a reception at 6.00 pm on Thursday 19th July at the World Federalist Movement-Institute for Global Policy, 708 Third Avenue, 24th Floor, New York City. The ICE Coalition has grown out of the recognition that the most serious environmental problems extend across international boundaries, and that current international laws and institutions are unable to deal with them effectively. This gap in international environmental governance is a major contributor to the continued worsening of environmental challenges facing the global community. The main speakers at the event will be Stephen Hockman QC, former President of the United Kingdom Bar Council and founder of the Coalition, which is spearheading the international campaign to create an International Court for the Environment, and Murray Carroll, researcher with the Global Environmental Governance Project and graduate student at Harvard University.  You can RSVP here.
• The ABA Standing Committee on Law and National Security is sponsoring a series of programmes during the ABA Annual Meeting in Chicago in early August.
• August 2: “Nuremberg Revisited: Its Lessons for Today”, moderated by Daniel B. Rodriguez.
• August 3: “Cybersecurity: the Legal Puzzle”, moderated by Harvey Rishikof
• August 4: “Critical Issues in National Security Law Over the Past 50 Years: Past, Present and Future”, moderated by James McPherson.
• August 4: “The Renewed Trials by Military Commissions Under the Obama Administration: An Historical Perspective”, moderated by Major General (ret.) John Attenburg.

Calls for Papers

• Undergraduate and postgraduate students have one more week to send in papers of maximum 35 pages for the Ronald St. John MacDonald Award awarded by the Canadian Council on International Law.
• Transnational Dispute Management (TDM) has issued a call for papers for a special issue on “Legal Issues in Tobacco Control“, edited by Professor Andrew Mitchell and Associate Professor Tania Voon (Melbourne Law School). This special issue will examine legal issues surrounding international related disputes arising from tobacco regulation and control. Proposals for papers should be submitted to the editors by September 15, 2012.

Last week’s announcements can be found here. If you are organizing a conference or other event and would like to see the call for papers or the program announced on Opinio Juris, please contact us.

Calls for Papers

• The Institute for Transnational Arbitration is organizing its second Annual Winter Forum in Miami on January 24-25, 2013. It is calling for abstracts of works-in-progress on a broad variety of topics related to international commercial arbitration and international investment law. Abstracts are due by September 1, 2012 and need to be sent to ITAWinterForum2013 [at] gmail [dot] com.  Proposals should be made in a Word document that is no longer than 1,000 words.  The cover email should indicate your affiliated institution, your contact details and whether your paper has been submitted or accepted for publication elsewhere.  Priority will be given to unpublished papers and works-in-progress. There will be the opportunity to publish final papers in the World Arbitration and Mediation Review. Please direct any enquiries to Joseph Matthews or Jarrod Wong.

The Council for American Students in International Negotiations has issued the following calls for papers:

• Eyes on the ICC is the first peer-reviewed interdisciplinary journal dedicated exclusively to the work of the International Criminal Court and international criminal law. The journal invites quality submissions for its eighth volume from practitioners, scholars, jurists, and professionals in fields related to international criminal law and policy. Occasionally, exceptional student work will be accepted. Manuscripts are accepted on a rolling basis until August 15, 2012. Manuscripts must be computer-generated and submitted electronically via e-mail to icc [at] americanstudents [dot] us, or via Berkeley Electronic Press’s ExpressO submission service, at http://law.bepress.com/expresso. Each submission should contain an abstract, the author’s CV, appropriate contact information, and a cover letter. Articles and Notes may range in length from 25 to 80 pages, double-spaced. Book reviews range from 1,000 to 2,500 words. Submissions should adhere closely to the Chicago Manual of Style and cite sources in legal format according to the Harvard Blue Book. Authors are encouraged to seek comments on their manuscripts from colleagues within their discipline. The journal invites commentary on the quality of its submissions, whether by private correspondence or published letter. Correspondence not directly related to the submission process should be addressed to the Editor-in-Chief, Ms. Juliet Sorensen, at juliet [at] americanstudents [dot] us
• The Interdisciplinary Journal of Human Rights Law (IJHRL) is an annual, peer-reviewed scholarly journal published by the Council for American Students in International Negotiations. The journal invites quality submissions from scholars, jurists, and professionals in fields related to human rights. Occasionally, exceptional student work will be accepted. IJHRL also welcomes review essays, book reviews, and comments/notes from the field. The deadline for submissions for consideration for the 2012-2013 issue is August 1, 2012. Manuscripts must be computer generated in MS Word and submitted electronically in .doc format via e-mail or Berkeley Electronic Press’s ExpressO submission service. Each submission should contain an abstract of no more than 150 words, a CV, appropriate contact information and a cover letter to the editor assuring that the manuscript has not been submitted or published elsewhere and that the author will not submit the manuscript to any other publication while under consideration with the IJHRL. Manuscripts should range from 3,000 to 10,000 words (approximately 15-25 pages) and be typed, double-spaced. Notes from the field run at approximately 4,000-5,000 words. Book reviews may run from 1,000 to 2,500 words. Please cite sources in standard American legal format according to The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation. Submissions that do not adhere to the aforementioned guidelines may not be considered for publication. Submissions are subject to external, double-blind peer review. Additionally, authors are encouraged to seek comments on their manuscripts from colleagues within their discipline. Notification of acceptance, rejection or need for revision will be given within approximately 6-8 weeks of receipt of manuscript. Submissions and other editorial correspondence should be addressed to ijhrl [at] americanstudents [dot] us.

Volunteer opportunities

The Council of American Students in International Relations (CASIN) is looking for volunteers to take on the role of Board Member, Assistant Editor and Copy Editor of the Interdisciplinary Journal of Human Rights Law.

• CASIN Members interested in the role of Board Member should send a letter of interest and resume to Selecting and Nominating Chair Anna Sandor.
• To apply for one of the editor roles please send a letter of interest, resume/CV, relevant writing sample, contact information for three references and examples of past editing work (if applicable), in .doc or .pdf format to ijhrl [at] americanstudents [dot] us by July 15, 2012. In the letter of interest, please indicate which editor position you are applying for at the Interdisciplinary Journal of Human Rights Law.

More information can be found here.

Conferences

• The Institute for Transnational Arbitration has announced its Second Annual Winter Forum, being held in Miami Florida and will take place January 24-25, 2013.

Calls for Papers

• The Australian Journal of International Law has issued a call for papers on international law with a submission deadline of June 30, 2012.
• In honor of the service of the registrar of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, Adema Dieng, papers are being collected and are also due June 30, 2012.
• The University of Sydney is hosting a post-graduate conference on November 1-2, 2012 entitled Crossing Boundaries (Word document), open to post-grads in the Asia-Pacific region. Deadlines of abstract submission (no more than 250 words) is August 31, 2012 at 5:00 p.m.
• Transnational Dispute Management has issued a call for papers for a forthcoming (January 2013) special issue on Corruption and Arbitration. The deadline for submission is July 31, 2012.
• The Irish Yearbook of International Law has a call for papers for a special symposium issue regarding Climate Justice in International Law (Word document). Submission deadline  is August 31, 2012.
• ASIL’s Lieber Society on the Law of Armed Conflict has announced its call for the Richard R. Baxter Military Writing Prize (Word document). Deadline for submission is December 31, 2012.

Special Announcements

• The International Law Department of the US Naval War College has launched Stockton, a new LOAC/IHL e-Portal. It is designed to serve as a single point from which you may conduct most of your on-line research into LOAC issues. The e-portal contains links to commonly used websites useful for such research, and contains pdfs of frequently used treaties, military manuals and case law.

Last week’s announcements can be found here. If you are organizing a conference or other event and would like to see the call for papers or the program announced on Opinio Juris, please contact us.

Conferences

• On June 21, the International Criminal Justice Unit of the University of Nottingham Human Rights Law Centre together with the British Institute for International and Comparative Law are organizing a conference “The 10th Anniversary of the International Criminal Court: Achievements to Date and Prospects for the Future“ in the Grand Locarno Room of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, King Charles Street, London. The event is free, but you need to register at eventsregistration [at] biicl [dot] org.
• The Center for Law and Religion at St. John’s School of Law and the Department of Law at the Libera Università Maria SS. Assunta (LUMSA) are pleased to present an academic conference on State-Sponsored Religious Displays in the U.S. and Europe. Taking place on Friday, June 22, 2012, the conference will bring together American and European law and religion scholars to discuss state-sponsored religious displays from a variety of perspectives. The conference proceedings will be in English and Italian with simultaneous translation. Selected papers will appear in a forthcoming issue of the Journal of Catholic Legal Studies.

Calls for Papers

• The American Society of International Law is looking for panel and paper proposals for its 2013 Annual Meeting, International Law in a Multipolar World. Submissions should be in before June 22, 2012.
• The Refugee Law Initiative (RLI) of the Human Rights Consortium at the School of Advanced Studies of the University of London invites submissions to its Working Paper Series. Submissions are accepted on a rolling basis. For more information, please contact ruvi [dot] ziegler [at] law [dot] ox [dot] ac [dot] uk.
• The Institute for Transnational Arbitration is organizing its second Annual Winter Forum in Miami on January 24-25, 2013. It is calling for abstracts of works-in-progress on a broad variety of topics related to international commercial arbitration and international investment law. Abstracts are due by September 1, 2012 and need to be sent to ITAWinterForum2013 [at] gmail [dot] com.  Proposals should be made in a Word document that is no longer than 1,000 words.  The cover email should indicate your affiliated institution, your contact details and whether your paper has been submitted or accepted for publication elsewhere.  Priority will be given to unpublished papers and works-in-progress. There will be the opportunity to publish final papers in the World Arbitration and Mediation Review. Please direct any enquiries to Joseph Matthews or Jarrod Wong.

Last week’s announcements can be found here. If you are organizing a conference or other event and would like to see the call for papers or the program announced on Opinio Juris, please contact us.

Calls for Papers

• The 2012 Critical Legal Conference takes place in Stockholm between September 14-16, 2012. Paper proposals on International Law, Genocide and Imperialism: The Colonial Origins of Human Rights? are due on 15 June 2012.
• The American Society of International Law has issued a call for papers for its 107th Annual Meeting in April 2013. Proposals need to be submitted online by June 22, 2012.

Upcoming Events

• The Hague Institute for the Internationalisation of Law (HiiL) and the Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study in the Humanities and Social Sciences (NIAS) are organizing a seminar on June 20-22, 2012 in Wassenaar, The Netherlands on Collective Redress in the Cross-Border Context: Arbitration, Litigation, Settlement and Beyond.
• The Center for Law and Religion at St. John’s School of Law and the Department of Law at the Libera Università Maria SS. Assunta (LUMSA) are pleased to present an academic conference on State-Sponsored Religious Displays in the U.S. and Europe. Taking place on Friday, June 22, 2012, the conference will bring together American and European law and religion scholars to discuss state-sponsored religious displays from a variety of perspectives. The conference proceedings will be in English and Italian with simultaneous translation. Selected papers will appear in a forthcoming issue of the Journal of Catholic Legal Studies.
• Early-bird registration for the 20th Annual Conference of the Australian and New Zealand Society of International law, from July 5-7, 2012 in Wellington, New Zealand closes on June 7. More information is here.
• From January 13-19, 2013, The Hague Academy of International Law is organizing an Seminar for Advanced Studies in Private and Public international Law for Professionals on Les immunités en droit international public et privé. All lectures are in French and take place in The Hague. Applications close on 31 August 2012.

Last week’s announcements can be found here. If you are organizing a conference or other event and would like to see the call for papers or the program announced on Opinio Juris, please contact us.

Calls for Papers

• The University of Seville Faculty of Law and COST Action are hosting a conference in Sevilla, Spain, October 26-27, 2012 entitled: Standard of Review in International Courts and Tribunals Rethinking the Fragmentation and Constitutionalization of International Law. The call for papers can be found here. Abstract submissions of 250-500 words are due June 15.
• The AALS section on International Human Rights has issued a call for submissions for Human Rights in Times of Conflict: New Voices in Human Rights (Word document) for the 2013 AALS meeting, taking place January 4-7, 2013 in New Orleans, Louisiana. This opportunity is open to AALS members only, who are newcomers to the academy, AALS or to human rights, offering a chance to present new scholarship and receive commentary. Submissions must be in before September 4, 2012.

Upcoming Events

• The TMC Asser Institute will host Dr. Dieter Fleck for a lecture entitled: “New Perspectives on the Law of Non-International Armed Conflict” in its occasional Hague Initiative on the Law of Armed Conflict (HILAC) Lecture Series on May 30, 2012 in The Hague.
• The Grotius Centre for International Legal Studies at Leiden University is hosting a conference at the Peace Palace in The Hague entitled Jus-Post-Bellum: Mapping The Normative Foundations May 31-June 1, 2012. The conference program is found here.
• The Center for Law and Religion at St. John’s University and the Libera Università Maria SS Asunta (LUMSA) are hosting the 2012 Rome Conference on State Sponsored Religious Displays in the US and Europe in Rome, Italy, on June 22, 2012.
• The Faculty of Law of the University of Ljubljana is hosting the First Contemporary Challenges of International Environmental Law June 28-29, 2012 in Ljubljana, Slovenia. More information can be found here.
• Lexxion, the publisher of the European Food and Feed Law Review and the European Journal of Risk Regulation present the 4th Summer Academy on Global Food Law and Policy July 23-27, 2012 at Lake Como, Italy. The program can be found here and the registration form is here.

Last week’s announcements can be found here. If you are organizing a conference or other event and would like to see the call for papers or the program announced on Opinio Juris, please contact us.

Calls for Papers

• If you want to participate in panels on R2P and on intervention in Africa at next April’s International Studies Association’s conference, a call for papers is closing tomorrow.
• The Minerva Center for Human Rights at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem is organizing The 2nd Annual Minerva Jerusalem Conference on Transitional Justice entitled “Transitions In/To Democracy: Contemporary Chances and Challenges” on October 29-31, 2012 in Jerusalem. Submissions are due on 31 May 2012.
• The Armed Forces Law Association of New Zealand and The New Zealand & Australian Armed Forces Law Review are organizing a colloquium on Military Discipline in the 21st Century: the challenges of a new era on August 31 and September 1, 2012, in Auckland, New Zealand. Abstracts are due on 15 June 2012.
• The Whitney R. Harris World Law Institute at Washington University School of Law is holding The Inaugural Benjamin B. Ferencz Essay Competition. The essay, of maximum 6000 words, should address the following question: “Under what conditions may acts that constitute illegal use of armed force and that result in the widespread or systematic attack upon a civilian population be prosecuted as crimes against humanity by the International Criminal Court, pursuant to the Rome Statute?” Entries are due by 31 August 2012.
• The Journal of National Security Law & Policy (JNSLP) has informed us about its new co-sponsor, Georgetown Law Center, which joins the Institute for National Security and Counterterrorism (INSCT) at Syracuse University. Their winter submission deadline is 30 September 2012.

Upcoming Events

• The TMC Asser Institute is offering three different programs this summer: The Advanced Program in Countering Terrorism (Aug. 27-31), the Program on WMD Disarmament and Non-Proliferation (Sept. 3-7), and the Advanced WTO Training Program (Sept. 17-21).
• The Center for Law and Religion at St. John’s School of Law and the Department of Law at the Libera Università Maria SS. Assunta (LUMSA) are pleased to present an academic conference on State-Sponsored Religious Displays in the U.S. and Europe. Taking place on Friday, June 22, 2012, the conference will bring together American and European law and religion scholars to discuss state-sponsored religious displays from a variety of perspectives. The conference proceedings will be in English and Italian with simultaneous translation. Selected papers will appear in a forthcoming issue of the Journal of Catholic Legal Studies.

Last week’s announcements can be found here. If you are organizing a conference or other event and would like to see the call for papers or the program announced on Opinio Juris, please contact us.

Last week’s announcements can be found here. If you are organizing a conference or other event and would like to see the call for papers or the program announced on Opinio Juris, please contact us.

Calls for Papers

• Tel Aviv University is hosting a conference entitled: Migration and Well-Being: Research Frontiers, to take place January 8-10, 2013. Up to 500-word abstract submissions must be in no later than May 15, 2012.
• Papers for panels on Intervention in Africa and R2P are being sought for next year’s International Studies Association Conference in San Francisco. Interested parties should e-mail the coordinator no later than May 21, 2012.
• The Minerva Centre and the ICRC are hosting a conference in Jerusalem December 3-4, 2012 entitled Conduct of Hostilities and Law Enforcement: A Contradiction in Terms? Abstracts of no more than two pages must be submitted before June 1, 2012.
• The International Economic Law Interest Group of the American Society for International Law has announced its 2012 biennial conference, Reconceptualizing International Economic Law: Bridging the Public/Private Divide, to take place November 29-December 1, 2012. Paper proposals of no more than 300 words should be submitted before July 30, 2012.
• The Goettingen Journal of International Law is hosting its annual Student Essay Competition; this year’s topic is the Interplay between International and National Law. Students can submit an essay up to 3,000 words no later than August 15, 2012.

Upcoming Events

• Middlesex University is offering a Minority Rights Summer Course taking place June 22-24, 2012. The registration form can be found here.
• Save the Date: The Journal of Private International Law’s 5th Annual Conference will take place in Madrid, Spain, September 12-13, 2013.

Fellowships

• The University of Queensland has a number of three-year Postdoctoral Research Fellowships beginning in 2013. Applications must be received by May 28, 2012.
• The University of Amsterdam’s Centre for International Law has a visiting fellowship open within their SHARES Project for a 3- to 6-month appointment. Applications are accepted on a rolling basis.

Last week’s announcements can be found here. If you are organizing a conference or other event and would like to see the call for papers or the program announced on Opinio Juris, please contact us.

Calls for Papers

• Applications for the Helsinki Summer Seminar on International Law (August 21-30, 2012 ) on International Law and Capitalism: Exploring the Legal Architecture of the Global Political Economy close on May 11, 2012.
• The ABA’s International Law Section has issued two calls for papers for International Law News. The Fall issue is on Information Privacy and Security (including Wiki law), and submissions are due on June 27, 2012. Submissions for the Winter Issue on  International Anti-Bribery Compliance and Investigation are due on October 22, 2012.

Upcoming Events

• On May 10, 2012, Professor Trevor Hartley, Professor of Law Emeritus at the London School of Economics will deliver the Second Annual ICLQ lecture on the Assignment of Contractual Claims under the Rome I Regulation: Choice of Law for Third-Party Rights at the British Institute of International and Comparative Law.
• On May 14-15, 2012, the European University Institute is organizing a conference on Global Europe? / The New Generation of EU Preferential Trade Agreements
• On May 31, 2012, the DC Bar is organizing a seminar on the new US Model Bilateral Investment Treaty.

Internship

The International Bar Association is looking for one intern at its Human Rights Institute in London, between 2 July and 28 September 2012. Applications are accepted on a rolling basis. Other internships are also available later in the year.

This is the fourth installment of our new feature; last week’s announcements can be found here. If you are organizing a conference or other event and would like to see the call for papers or the program announced on Opinio Juris, please contact us.

Calls for Papers:

• Transnational Dispute Management has issued a call for papers on “Aligning Human Rights and Investment Protection.” Topics of interest and more information can be found here. Submissions due June 1, 2012.
• The Indian Yearbook of International Law has issued a call for papers for its third volume. Submissions are due by July 15, 2012.
• The International Journal for Transitional Justice has issued a call for submissions for its special issue on The Role of International Criminal Justice in Transitional Justice, with a deadline for submission of March 1, 2013.

Upcoming Events:

• Stanford Law School will host a conference entitled ICC Turns Ten: Reviewing the Past, Assessing the Future of the International Criminal Court on May 11, 2012. There is no cost but you must register (you can do that here).
• The Salzburg Law School is hosting a summer session, Enforcing International Criminal Law Through the Complementarity Regime of the Rome Statute! Demand and Reality, August 5-17, 2012. Applications are due no later than May 15, and the application can be found here.
• To all ILA members, the 75th Biennial ILA Conference will take place in Sofia, Bulgaria, August 26-30, 2012, and the early-bird deadline has been extended until May 18th. The program can be found here and registration information here.