I've made the trek this week to New Delhi to attend the 4th Biennial Meeting of the Asian Society of International Law. I'll be presenting a paper on my favorite subject these days: The China-Philippines (Non) Arbitration. I've tweeted a few not very profounds thoughts on Day One here. AsianSil is quite a different type of meeting than the American...
Events The Leitner Center for International Law at Fordham University is hosting Global Rights and Local Challenges: Disability, Inclusive Education and Rural Environments, a panel discussion that will highlight the backdrops of rural poverty and educational underdevelopment as barriers to inclusion and to education for persons with disabilities. A film screening of In the Shadow of the Sun will follow the event on Friday, November 15th...
The Association of Defence Counsel at the ICTY is organising a Conference on November 29 at the Bel-Air hotel in The Hague on the Legacy of the ICTY from the perspective of the Defence function. More information is here. The ASIL's International Legal Theory Interest Group and Cornell Law School are organizing an event on the Theoretical Boundaries of Armed Conflict and Human...
Events On November 12, the T.M.C. Asser Instituut in The Hague will launch the International Crimes Database (ICD). This platform offers a comprehensive database on international crimes adjudicated by national, international and internationalized courts and will provide access to a range of information not just for lawyers and judges but also for students, academics, families and communities of victims of crimes,...
Calls for Papers The Journal of World Investment and Trade (JWIT) is under new editorial responsibility starting with the first issue of 2014. It operates as a double-blind peer-reviewed journal and focuses on the law relating to foreign investment relations in a broad sense, including the law of investment treaties, investor-State dispute settlement, domestic law relating to foreign investment, and relevant...
Events The Cassese Initiative is pleased to inform you about its coming workshop on the topic "Enforced Disappearance: Challenges to Accountability under International Law", which will be held at the European University Institute in Florence, on Friday 25 October 2013. Register here. From the organization: "Enforced disappearance remains one of the most heinous human rights violations. From the ‘political cleansing’ campaigns of...
Looking back at all the debates over whether the United States could have legal authority to use force in Syria, I was struck by the presence of two very different types of arguments about the Responsibility to Protect (R2P). For some, the R2P questions were interpretative in nature -- what did R2P mean (i.e., does it require Security Council authorization)...
Events The Centre for Asian Legal Studies at the Faculty of Law, National University of Singapore, will be hosting the conference — Trials for International Crimes in Asia — on October 17-18, 2013. This will examine the legal issues arising from the tribunals convened in Asia to deal with crimes of international import - namely, aggression, war crimes, genocide, and crimes...
[I am passing along a message from Professor Ruth Wedgwood about the upcoming International Law Association meeting in New York. Hope to see many of you there!] International Law Weekend 2013 -- the world-famous autumn festival of the migratory flock of international lawyers, brought to you by the American Branch of the International Law Association and the International Law Students Association -- begins on Thursday night, October 24,...
Events On October 2nd, the University of Richmond School of Law will host an ASIL Speed Mentoring Panel event, described as: "a unique forum that will expose law students and new legal professionals to experienced international practitioners. The event will begin with a brief introduction of the panelists and several questions presented by D. Wes Rist, ASIL’s Director of Education and Research,...
The Honourable Justice Dalveer Bhandari – one of India’s most distinguished jurists – will visit York University’s Osgoode Hall Law School from September 22 to 26. RSVP to events can be found here and here. The Vermont Journal of Environmental Law ("VJEL") at Vermont Law School is pleased to invite you to attend the 2013 Symposium entitled "Rising Temps and Emerging Threats: The Intersection of Climate Change...
Calls for Papers A call for papers has been issued for the 2014 Barcelona Workshop on Global Governance, happening January 9-10, 2014. The theme is Networks in Global Governance and the call is here. The Society of International Economic Law has posted a call for papers ahead of its Fourth Biennial Global Conference, to be held in Bern, Switzerland and hosted by the World Trade...
