Events and Announcements: 26 January 2025

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Calls for Papers

Questions arising in Connection with Advisory Opinions: The Austrian Review of International and European Law has issued a Call for Papers and invites all interested persons to submit contributions for volume 29 (2024) of the ARIEL. The ARIEL is an annual publication on issues of public international law and European law and welcomes both longer analytical articles (8,000-12,500 words) and shorter notes on current developments (6,000-8,000 words).

This issue will focus on (legal) questions arising in connection with advisory opinions issued by international and regional courts. Alongside commentary on the recent and pending advisory requests, a series of procedural and substantive questions might be considered. We encourage contributions that critically analyze these topics, incorporating theoretical, comparative, and interdisciplinary approaches to shed new light on the legal and practical dimensions of advisory opinions. Submissions should include a confirmation of exclusive submission and be sent to the corresponding editor philipp.janig@univie.ac.at by 31 March 2025.

70 Years Beyond Bandung – Addressing Bandung’s’ Unfulfilled Promises: The Research Society of International Law (RSIL) is inviting contributions for an online symposium to trace the legacies of the Bandung Conference from 1955 til 2025 and assess its relevance in today’s international order. To what extent is the Bandung Spirit alive today? Interested scholars can submit a blog post or short reflection (up to 3000 words) at the following link by 1 March 2025. Preference will be given to scholars from the Global South or based at institutions in the Global South. 

Events

(Non-)Defining ‘Gender’ in the Crimes Against Humanity Draft – Possibilities, Alliances, and Strategies: On 3 February 2025, the Lauterpacht Centre for International Law (LCIL), with the support of the University of Cambridge Centre for Gender Studies (UCCGS), is organising the panel “(Non-)Defining ‘Gender’ in the Crimes Against Humanity (CAH) Draft: Possibilities, Alliances, and Strategies”. The event will bring together scholars and activists working on the definition of gender in international criminal law, in an effort to learn from their specific positionalities, perceptions, and experiences about the challenges, strategies, and possibilities for (non-) defining the term for the CAH draft. 

The event will be hybrid, and registration is required. Register here if you are attending in person. Register here if you are attending online. 

How to Build a Career in International Criminal Law: The Association of Young International Criminal Lawyers is organizing an online Speaker Series for students, early-career researchers and practitioners on “How to Build a Career in International Criminal Law”. The objective of the Speaker Series is to foster a supportive and interactive platform for participants to network with experienced professionals and peers in the field. The first event will take place online on 12 February 2025 at 16.00 CET in conversation with Ms Haydée Dijkstal (Non-Resident Senior Fellow at the Strategic Litigation Project at the Atlantic Council; barrister at 33 Bedford Row Chambers in London practicing international criminal law and international human rights law). Please register here. 

ELI Webinar on Judicial Governance and Judicial Appointments and Promotion: On 27 November 2024, the European Law Institute (ELI), adopted its ELI-Mount Scopus European Standards of Judicial Independence, available here, to strengthen and uphold the impartiality of European judiciaries. The second webinar in the Judicial Independence Series will take place on 29 January 2025 from 12.30-14.00 CET. More information and registration here.