Events and Announcements: January 12, 2014

• Oliver Windridge has started ACtHPR Monitor, a forum for news, comment and debate on the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights. Its first article is an in-depth interview with the court’s Registrar, Dr. Robert Eno. The website also contains an introduction to the court and our Country Tracker, designed to give prospective applicants and other interested parties a quick reference on the court’s jurisdiction. You can also find them on Twitter via @acthpr_monitor.
• The Institute for Migrant Rights and the Centre for Local Law Development Studies Faculty of Law, Universitas Islam Indonesia (UII) are launching the Indonesian Society for International & Comparative Law and the Indonesian Journal of International & Comparative Law (IJICL) of the Institute for Migrant Rights on January 21 at UII in Yogyakarta, Indonesia. The speakers for the event will include: Dr. Hamdan Zoelva, Chairman of the Indonesian Constitutional Court, Professor Ana Vrdoljak, Associate Dean of University of Technology Sydney Faculty of Law, Dean Philip McConaughay, School of Transnational Law Peking University, Shenzen. In addition, Dr. Adam Wallwork of the University of Chicago Law School will be presented the 2014 Ridwan Mukti Prize for his outstanding contribution to IJICL. For more information, please contact Mr. Aditya Rakhman or Ms. Erna Wati.
• The European Database of Asylum Law (EDAL) is holding an international conference on asylum law in Europe on January 17-18, 2014 in Dublin, Ireland. More information, and registration, is available here.
• The Yale Institute of International Arbitration is pleased to announce its next breakfast roundtable on The Future of Investment Arbitration in Latin America. It will be held the morning of April 2, 2014, from 8 a.m. until 9:30 a.m., at the New York offices of Debevoise & Plimpton located at 919 Third Avenue. Panelists are Meg Kinnear, Donald Donovan and Hugo Perezcano Díaz. Andrés Jana will moderate. The proceedings will be simulcast via video teleconferencing to various locations in the Americas and Europe. Registration is required, although there is no fee. CLE credit for the New York Bar is available. To register or obtain more information, simply contact Bradley Hayes.

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