Events and Announcements: April 24, 2016

Sponsored Announcements

• Admissions to the third edition of the Master in Democratic Governance – Democracy and Human Rights in the MENA Region (DE.MA) are open: first round deadline – 30 May 2016; second round deadline – 30 June 2016. DE.MA was created thanks to the support of the European Union and of the Danish Institute for Human Rights. It is based on a partnership between EIUC and the following universities: International University of Rabat (Rabat, Morocco), Birzeit University (Birzeit, Palestine), St Joseph University (Beirut, Lebanon), Ca’ Foscari University (Venice, Italy) and a growing network of partner Universities in the Region. 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 main language will be English, knowledge of French and Arabic is recommended. The first semester from mid/late September 2016 until January 2017 is held at the EIUC premises in Venice and the second one from February to May 2017 takes place in one of the partner universities in the Master’s Consortium. Thesis defence and graduation ceremony are in July 2017. DE.MA 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 organisations in the Region.

  Tuition fees amount to 4.000,00 euro. 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.

Call for Papers

• The Dennis J. Block Center for the Study of International Business Law will sponsor a Scholars’ Roundtable on October 14, 2016 at Brooklyn Law School. Scholars writing in a diverse range of fields related to international business, economic, and financial law are invited to submit proposals to present works in progress for an intense day of discussion with other scholars in the field. Participants will be expected to read all papers in advance of the Roundtable and offer commentary on each of the presentations. More information can be found here.

Event

• Uppsala University is hosting a Symposium June 3rd titled “International Investment Law as a Field for Scholarly Research,” features several young scholars and will explore several aspects of international investment law research. It is hosted by Uppsala University, together with the Nordic Network on Investment Law and the Swedish Institute of International Law. More information can be found here.

Announcements

• In commemoration of the 70^th Anniversary of the International Court of Justice, the Codification Division of the UN Office of Legal Affairs has recently added the following interview recordings in French to the UN Audiovisual Library of International Law website: President Abraham – “La Cour internationale de Justice à l’aube de son soixante-dixième anniversaire” and the Registrar, Mr. Couvreur, – “Le déroulement du procès devant la Cour internationale de Justice”.
• Maastricht University has announced an essay competition on the question of sovereignty over the Falklands (Malvinas). 16 December 2015 marked the 50th anniversary of the adoption of UNGA Resolution 2065, which was the first General Assembly’s resolution to address specifically the question of the Falklands (Malvinas). By Resolution 2065 the Assembly noted the existence of a sovereignty dispute over those territories between the UK and Argentina and recommended both States to negotiate the settlement of the dispute. The resolution is still awaiting implementation, as the dispute remains unsettled and there are no negotiations going on. The essay topic is: How can the sovereignty dispute over the Falklands (Malvinas) be settled? The essay requirements are found in the link below. The deadline is 30th of June, 2016. The competition is open to bachelor’s and master’s students from universities based in the European Union. More information can be found here.

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