Events and Announcements: 2 June 2024

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Featured Announcement: BIICL Summer Schools

This summer, the British Institute of International and Comparative Law (BIICL) is hosting two summer schools for those seeking to enhance their legal knowledge. The first programme focuses on Law and Technology and provides an extensive overview of the diverse and fast-moving area of technologies applied in the field of law. The second programme delves into Public International Law, offering a thorough introduction to the application of international law in today’s global affairs. BIICL’s training programmes combine expert insights and practical experience and courses are taught by a combination of academics and practitioners making them an excellent learning and networking opportunity for students and recent graduates. Summer schools are hosted at BIICL’s central London office, at the heart of London’s energetic and multicultural legal network. A limited number of scholarships are available, subject to terms and conditions. For more information, please visit the BIICL website.

Calls for Papers

Ninth Biennial Global Conference of the Society of International Economic Law (SIEL): The Ninth Biennial Global Conference of the Society of International Economic Law (SIEL) will take place on 9-11 July 2025 in Taipei (Taiwan), in collaboration with National Taiwan University (NTU). SIEL’s Ninth Biennial Global Conference will be in person and address the pressures of escalating geopolitical tensions, environmental challenges, unbridled economic nationalism, profound digital transformations, and growing inequalities are reshaping not just economies, but societies globally. More information, including how to submit a paper, panel or poster is available here.

Events

Conference on “A Playbook for Reinstating the Rule of Law”: 20–21 June 2024 at the University of Freiburg, Germany. As part of the Excellence Cluster Initiative “Constitution as Practice in Times of Transformation” (ConTrans), the two-day conference sheds light on the transition process back to the rule of law in Poland from a comparative and interdisciplinary perspective. Further information as well as a livestream can be found here.

Nottingham International Criminal Justice Conference: The field of international criminal justice is diverse and constantly evolving. International criminal justice continues to be viewed as an important aspect of any international or domestic response to mass violence and conflict. The gaps in, and limits to, substantive criminal law and criminal justice processes remain key concerns. And yet, despite this, the norms of international justice – and the expectation of, and calls for, accountability – are stronger than ever. Situations of mass violence frequently evoke recourse to at least the language, if not also the institutions, of international criminal justice. For better or worse, mass violence is increasingly understood through the conceptual framework of international crimes. At the same time, scholarship in the field of international criminal justice is increasing, with researchers employing novel and interdisciplinary approaches to answer the questions raised by international criminal law.

Against this backdrop, opportunities to take stock of current issues and recent developments in the field are more important than ever. With this in mind, the University of Nottingham School of Law, in partnership with the International Criminal Justice Unit of the Human Rights Law Centre, will be hosting the Nottingham International Criminal Justice Conference on 8–9 July 2024. This conference will bring together people working across the diverse field of international criminal justice, fostering connections between academics, practitioners and policymakers as we hear about recent developments in research and practice, and explore, discuss and debate current issues in the field. For information about the conference and to register, click here.