15 Nov Events and Announcements: November 15, 2015
Sponsored Announcement
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EIUC and its partner universities Birzeit University (Palestine), Saint Joseph University (Lebanon), International University of Rabat (Morocco) and Ca’ Foscari University (Italy) are proud to present to you the second edition of the Master in Democratic Governance – Democracy and Human Rights in the Mena Region (DE.MA), starting in January 2016. DE.MA is a multidisciplinary curriculum offering courses in law, political science, sociology and other fields relevant to the study of democratic governance and Human Rights. Open to professionals and graduates, it will combine a theoretical and practical approach and it will deliver a professional Master’s degree (60 ECTS) from Ca’ Foscari University, Venice. The first semester from January to April 2016 is held at the EIUC premises in Venice and the second one from April to July 2016 takes place in one of the partner universities in the Master’s Consortium.
This is meant to play an active role in the ongoing debate about the principles underpinning the transition of political regimes to democracy. It aims at:
- Creating high-profile experts in the fields of democratic governance and the protection of human rights, allowing them to act as promoters of a process leading to the affirmation of the democratic principles;
- Fostering the creation of an élite group of people committed to the promotion of democratic institutions;
- Building a network of experts to be active in political institutions, in national and international, governmental and non-governmental organizations in the Region.
Interested? Here are the practicalities: Registration deadline: 16 Nov 2015; First semester dates: 4 January 2016 to 15 April 2016; Second semester dates: from 18 April to 15 July 2016 Language: English, (knowledge of French and Arabic recommended); Teaching method: Face-to-face teaching. Tuition Fees: 3.750 euro. Tuition Waivers/Scholarships: EIUC offers financial support in the form of a partial contribution towards living expenses and/or a full or partial tuition waiver. This type of financial support is awarded to a limited number of students on the basis of academic achievement, need and geographical distribution. More information on the DE.MA, the professors and the programme can be found here.
Announcements
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The Department of the Navy, Office of the General Counsel has an open billet for a GS 15-equivalent attorney to join Strategic Systems Program’s International Law team. The details of the billet are attached and are accessible via this link. The job is focused on treaty implementation and compliance (emphasis on arms control treaties), foreign military sales, and U.S. export controls. The ad closes on Monday, November 16th.
Calls for Papers
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The ASIL International Economic Law Interest Group will hold a works-in-progress workshop on Friday, January 29, in Philadelphia, at the Wharton School. If you are interested in presenting a paper at the workshop, please submit an abstract by the end of the day on November 31st, 2015 to submissions@asil.org. Please place “IECLIG Works in Progress submission” in the subject line of your submission. Abstracts can range from a paragraph in length to a page, and should include the author’s name and institutional affiliation. Papers should relate to the study of international economic law, broadly construed, be it related to private ordering, trade, investment, finance, or any of the other subjects that constrain the way that business is done across borders. The workshop is designed to offer a resource for those who cannot attend our December Heidelberg workshop done in conjunction with ESIL, to help scholars prepare for the February publication cycle, and to continue to broaden and deepen the interest group’s intellectual community. Papers selected for presentation will need to be submitted on January 15th; they will be circulated to the attendees of the workshop. Attendees will accordingly be able to comment on all of the papers during the workshop, and may also be given responsibility to lead the discussion of one of them in particular. One need not present a paper or comment on a paper to participate. As is the norm for workshops sponsored by ASIL interest groups, participants will need to cover their own travel expenses. Please do not hesitate to contact us should you have any questions about the workshop or paper submissions.
Events
- On Friday 27 November 2015, the Research Unit in Law at the University of Luxembourg will be holding a conference on ‘Frontex: legal questions and current controversies’. The conference will examine various legal issues concerning the European Agency for the Management of Operational Cooperation at the External Borders of the Member States of the European Union (Frontex) and its activities. Europe is faced with an ongoing influx of migrants, causing political controversy and public concern, and placing a critical focus on Frontex. The event will provide a platform for discussing of a number of issues starting with the legal status of Frontex in the EU legal order. Panels will cover the agency’s operational mandate and international activities and question its position as an actor on the global arena. The conference will also address the functional reality of joint operations
led by the Agency. Matters related to Human Rights and the legal responsibility for agency activities will be discussed. An emphasis with be placed on particular cases of search and rescue operations, return operations and the obligation of non-refoulement under international law. The conference will bring together academics and practitioners from EU and international law backgrounds. Given the current refugee crisis and with Luxembourg currently holding the EU Presidency, the event could hardly be better-timed or placed. Details about the conference and how to register can be found here. - On 2 December 2015, on the occasion of its 50th anniversary (1965 – 2015), the T.M.C. Asser Instituut is launching the T.M.C. Asser Lecture for the benefit of The Hague’s national and international legal community, scholars, practitioners, judges, policy-makers and journalists who will be able to enjoy, on an annual basis, a lecture by an internationally renowned jurist and outstanding public intellectual. The Inaugural T.M.C. Asser Lecture, entitled, “Peace in the Middle East: Has International Law Failed?” will be delivered by Professor Joseph Weiler, President of the European University Institute in Florence, Italy, and University Professor at NYU School of Law. To further commemorate the Institute’s 50th anniversary, the afternoon’s programme includes the presentation of the first copy of the specially published Asser Jubilee Book entitled ‘Fundamental Rights in International and European Law. Public and Private Law Perspectives’, to Mr. Ard van der Steur, Minister of Security and Justice of the Kingdom of The Netherlands. With this annual lecture series, the T.M.C. Asser Instituut aims to contribute to The Hague’s tradition of promoting peace and international law. For further information, please consult the T.M.C. Asser website.
- On the 14th of December 2015, a Seminar on Extraterritoriality in Port State Jurisdiction organized by the UNIJURIS research group will take place at the Faculty of Law of Utrecht University. The seminar will be divided into four thematic panels. The first two sessions will deal with approaches to port state extraterritoriality, the first focused upon the international shipping sector and the second upon the international fishing sector. The third panel addresses the question of advancing adequate labour conditions through port state extraterritoriality, and the final panel reviews whether there is a clash between the existing approaches and increasing port state extraterritoriality. The seminar will take place in Utrecht from 11:00 – 18:00 hours. For more information, please see the flyer: UNIJURIS seminar on PSJ. Participation is free but participants are kindly required to register before the 10th of December at the following email address: Secretariaat.IER@uu.nl.
- On 7-8 January 2016, the Center for International Criminal Justice (CICJ) and the Faculty of Law, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam will host a conference “Pluralist Approaches to International Criminal Justice”. The event is held with the financial support of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences and concludes the research project“Dealing with Divergence? National Adjudication of International Crimes” funded by the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO). The conference provides a platform for an interdisciplinary and critical debate on the methodological, institutional, and cultural diversity in international criminal justice (see further information). Speakers include Elies van Sliedregt, Kai Ambos, Robert Cryer, Megan Fairlie, Kevin Jon Heller, Charles Jalloh, Sarah Nouwen, Nicola Palmer, Darryl Robinson, Carsten Stahn, James Stewart, Sergey Vasiliev, Alex Whiting, Harmen van der Wilt and others (programme). The conference will take place in Het Trippenhuis, Kloveniersburgwal 29, Amsterdam. Attendance is free but places are limited. Please register before 28 December.
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