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04 May Symposium on the UNWCC: Introduction
Dr Amina Adanan initiated a conference on the 1943-1948 United Nations War Crimes Commission (UNWCC) involving both her own, Maynooth University School of Law and Criminology, and the Centre for International Studies and Diplomacy in SOAS. The online conference included presentations from scholars in a range of disciplines, including law, history, international relations and political science and was organised by Dr Adanan and SOAS’s Prof. Dan Plesch, and funded by the Royal Irish Academy. This blog symposium on the UNWCC is based on the conference papers from this event. The...
26 May Futureproofing Human Rights Symposium: When the Center Cannot Hold – Grey Zones in “The Age” of Accountability
[Jorge Peniche is an international lawyer specializing in transitional justice and accountability, with a focus on emerging settings. He is the Associate in Mexico at G37 Centre and an Associate Professor at Universidad Iberoamericana (Mexico), where he teaches on transitional justice, organized crime and security. He holds a Master of Laws from New York University.] Preludium: “I Want Consequences…” “I want consequences,” she told me. “Against whom?” I asked. “Against those most responsible… the system that allowed this to happen,” she concluded. It was a conversation I had with the...
09 May New Technologies Symposium: How Law and Autonomy (Should) Interact in War and Peace
book sets out an ambitious agenda – covering the role of new technologies not only in times of armed conflict, but also in civilian contexts. The underlying idea is explained in the book’s preface, namely to provide an inquiry into whether lessons can be learned in either realm for the other by examining modern technologies in these two quite different contexts. The editor realizes that a “blueprint that is capable of general application in all contexts” is too ambitious, but strives to nevertheless provide readers with “the relevant facts, rules and...04 Apr HILJ Online Symposium: Suzanne Katzenstein Responds to Karen J. Alter
to prosecute both states and state officials, all of which were non-starters. In the 1930s, they retooled these failed proposals to help create a criminal court that would allow states to prosecute alleged terrorists. (For more on this, see Mark Lewis’ recently published book, The Birth of the New Justice: The Internationalization of Crime and Punishment 1919-1950.) That case illustrates that failed proposals can serve as unexpected bridges not only between the global and regional levels, but also between different legal agendas—for instance, ensuring state accountability and bolstering state security....04 Apr HILJ Online Symposium: Hague Peace Conference Courts v. The Universe of International Courts
[Karen J. Alter is a Professor of Political Science and Law at Northwestern University. Alter’s most recent book is The New Terrain of International Law: Courts, Politics, Rights (Princeton University Press, 2014).] This post is part of the HILJ Online Symposium: Volumes 54(2) & 55(1). Other posts in this series can be found in the related posts below. Suzanne Katzenstein’s article is a very welcome systematic investigation of the Hague era and post-Cold War proposals to generate international courts (“ICs”). Katzenstein puts her finger on a serious problem in the...28 Jun YJIL Symposium: Non-Instrumental Public Morals Justification of Trade Restrictions: A Comment on Howse and Langille
[Isabel Feichtner is a professor of law and economics at Goethe Universität Frankfurt] This post is part of the Yale Journal of International Law Volume 37, Issue 2 symposium. Other posts in this series can be found in the related posts below. Robert Howse’s and Joanna Langille’s article on the Seal Products Dispute is a truly admirable piece of normative doctrinal scholarship. The authors do not hide their preferences with respect to animal welfare and the protection of seals in particular. Their propositions as to the interpretation of WTO law...
28 May Futureproofing Human Rights Symposium: Human Rights in the Era of Blockchain – A Polycentric Accountability Framework
...overlapping actors—mirrors the challenges found in human rights implementation. In that sense, how can we draw lessons from blockchain governance to strengthen accountability in similarly decentralized human rights frameworks? A promising analogy comes from what scholars and regulators have termed the “Global Financial Architecture.” This framework emerged in response to the 2007–2009 global financial crisis, spurred on by the G-20, which recognized that financial stability (here, here) in an interconnected world required coordination and standard-setting beyond any single country or organization. Within this architecture, the Financial Stability Board (FSB) stands...09 Apr Yale Journal of International Law, Vol. 34-1: Online Symposium
The Yale Journal of International Law (YJIL) is pleased to continue its partnership with Opinio Juris in this third online symposium. Today, Friday, and Monday we will feature three Articles published by YJIL in Vol. 34-1, which is available for download here. Thank you very much to Peggy McGuinness and the other Opinio Juris bloggers for hosting and joining in this discussion. Today, Pierre-Hugues Verdier (Boston University School of Law) will discuss his Article, Transnational Regulatory Networks and Their Limits. Verdier’s Article serves as a counterpoint to scholars who are...08 Feb AJIL Symposium: Reply to Comments on “The Travaux of the Travaux”
[Julian Davis Mortenson is Assistant Professor of Law at Michigan Law.] I am most grateful for the thoughtful comments offered by Bart, Richard, and Ulf. Their observations are well-informed, generous, and extremely useful in advancing the conversation about treaty interpretation. So first and foremost, sincerest thanks to each of them. In my response, I hope (1) to clarify the question that seems principally at issue in the discussion so far, and (2) to suggest how the historical evidence helps answer that question. As Ulf rightly points out, the article’s aim...15 Oct Georgetown Journal of International Law Invites Proposals for Symposium on Global Anti-Corruption
For those of you working on anti-corruption papers, the following symposium might be just the place for you (Deadline November 1, 2009)....