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05 Nov

To have your event or announcement featured in next week’s post, please send a link and a brief description to ojeventsandannouncements@gmail.com! Calls for Papers Genocide and the Ocean: Conceptualising their Relationship: From the seemingly ceaseless drowning of refugees to mass deprivation caused by naval blockades to the devastation of coastal areas through climate change and its contribution to patterns of forced migration,...

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03 Nov

[Michelle Burgis-Kasthala is a Senior Lecturer in Public International Law at the University of Edinburgh. Her work explores practices of statehood, territoriality and criminal accountability across the Middle East.] Turning and turning in the widening gyreThe falcon cannot hear the falconer;Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold;Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world,The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere   The ceremony of...

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03 Nov

[Dominique Dalla-Pozza is a Senior Lecturer at ANU College of Law who also teaches into the ANU National Security College. Tamsin Phillipa Paige is a Senior Lecturer with Deakin Law School and periodically consults for the UN Office on Drugs and Crime in relation to Maritime Crime.] In 2019 the television show Battlestar Galactica (BSG), as re-envisaged by Ronald D Moore and David...

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03 Nov

[Matheus Gobbato Leichtweis is a PhD Candidate in International Law at Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre, Brazil.  He holds a Master’s Degree in Legal Studies at UFRGS and an LLM in Environmental Law at University of Dundee, UK.] Introduction The first ‘Third World superstar, Bob Marley rose to become one of the most important voices of resistance...

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03 Nov

[Devina Srivastava is an international development practitioner and researcher, intrigued by the multifaceted interactions between humans, culture, society, and technology.] Picture a pristine, ethereal landscape, where the serenity of the snow-capped mountains meets the hustle and bustle of bustling local markets, a place synonymous with an untouched, heavenly beauty - this was the Kashmir etched in the hearts and minds of audiences through...

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02 Nov

[Alonso Gurmendi is a Lecturer in International Relations at King’s College London’s Department of War Studies and a Contributing Editor of Opinio Juris] It is easy to approach The Lord of the Rings as a simple black and white, “good guys vs. bad guys” story. In fact, in a now (in)famous 1956 review, Edmund Wilson complained that the series was “a...

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02 Nov

[Aysenur Zeynep Ozmen is a PhD student and teaching assistant at the University of Aberdeen School of Law. Her research interests are aviation and space law, autonomous vehicles and the legal aspects of artificial intelligence - all the cool stuff of law.] “This is space. It does not cooperate.”Mark Watney, The Martian (2015) Introduction David Bowie's Space Oddity was released in 1969, coinciding...

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01 Nov

[Chiara Gabriele works as a Legal Advisor at TRIAL International, a Geneva-based NGO fighting impunity for international crimes and as a consultant for multiple organizations. She works with national lawyers to bring mass crimes cases to trial before different jurisdictions. Her favourite The Mandalorian quote is: “I like those odds”.  Ana Srovin Coralli works as a Teaching Assistant in the International...

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01 Nov

[Sarah Zarmsky is an Assistant Lecturer and PhD Candidate at the University of Essex Human Rights Centre with a focus on the intersections between new and emerging technologies, human rights, and international criminal law. She was also a Visiting Scholar at the Human Rights Center at the University of California, Berkeley School of Law.] [Franka Pues is a PhD Candidate at...

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01 Nov

[Lia Harizanova is an attorney qualified in New York State, England & Wales, and Bulgaria. After earning her law degree from Sofia University, Bulgaria and LL.M. in International Business and Economic Law from Georgetown University Law Center, USA, she currently specializes in transactions and disputes in the Energy and Construction sectors.] [Ameyavikrama Thanvi is an Advocate-on-Record at the Supreme Court of...

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01 Nov

[Jonathan Hafetz is Professor of Law at Seton Hall Law School. He is also the creator and host of the podcast, LawOnFilm.] Portraying criminal trials for mass atrocities on screen is an inherently challenging task. Filmmakers must tackle the competing demands of historical accuracy and dramatic effect. And for the film to endure, it must somehow speak both to its specific...

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