Events and Announcements: 7 April 2024

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Calls for Papers

Workshop on the Contribution of the United Nations War Crimes Commission to International Criminal Law: Last year, marked 80 years since the establishment of the United Nations War Crimes Commission (UNWCC) in London. To mark this occasion, the Research Centre in International Justice in Maynooth University is seeking abstracts to participate in a workshop on the contribution of the United Nations War Crimes Commission (UNWCC) to International Criminal Law. This event will take place on 12 July 2024 online and in person. The event brings UNWCC experts and new scholars together to explore the contribution of the work of the UNWCC to contemporary international criminal law. The deadline for submission of abstracts is 3 May. For more information, click here.

Calls for Applications

Vacancies at The Centre for International Law at the National University of Singapore: The Centre for International Law offers exciting job opportunities in the field of research in international law and policy. Join our diverse team of professionals in building and supporting a regional intellectual hub for research on and teaching of international law. CIL is currently seeking motivated and committed candidates to fill its research positions in ASEAN Law and Policy, Climate Change and Policy, Energy Law and Policy, Global Health Law and Governance, International Economic Law, Ocean Law and Policy, and Public International Law. The deadline for applications is 19 April 2024. Details of these vacancies can be found here. For more information about CIL, click here.

Minerva Center for the Study of the Rule of Law Under Extreme Conditions, University of Haifa: The Minerva Center for the Study of the Rule of Law under Extreme Conditions at the University of Haifa (Faculty of Law and the School of Environmental Science), invites proposals for: Doctoral student scholarships, Post-doctoral fellowships/visiting researchers, seed money for research proposals, support for on-going research, workshops, colloquia and conferences, development of empirical databases and publications of relevant research products. For more details, see our webpage.

Events

Gravity at the International Criminal Court: Admissibility and Prosecutorial Discretion: St John’s College, University of Oxford is organising an event on Friday, 3 May 2024 (5-6.30 pm UK time) to mark the publication by Priya Urs of Gravity at the International Criminal Court: Admissibility and Prosecutorial Discretion (Oxford University Press 2024). Roger O’Keefe (Bocconi University) will chair a discussion with Philippa Webb (King’s College London and Twenty Essex), Matthew Cross (Office of the Prosecutor, International Criminal Court) and Priya Urs (St John’s College, Oxford). The event will take place in the Mark Bedingham Seminar Room at St John’s College, St Giles’, Oxford OX1 3JP. No in-person registration is required. Register to attend online here. 

Tübingen Lecture Series on the Laws of War: On April 11, 2024, from 6-7 pm CET, Gleider Hernández (Catholic University of Leuven) will give the next lecture of the TuLaw – Tübingen Lecture Series on the Laws of War. He will speak on: “Adjudicating War? A new front at the ICJ”. The lecture will discuss current proceedings in respect to the law of armed conflict, especially involving the invocation of obligations erga omnes. It will reflect both on doctrinal and technical questions as well as the wider systemic considerations raised by current proceedings. Please send an email to Jessica.oheim@student.uni-tuebingen.de to register. The Zoom link and login data will be sent to those registered ahead of the event.