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19 Jun Symposium on the 1951 Refugee Convention at 75: With a Little Help from its Friends: the 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees at 75
States parties in fulfilling their obligations in applying the 1951 Convention, like every other treaty body issuing its views, such as the Human Rights Committee when it promulgates General Comments. As the Director of UNHCR’s Division of International Protection and Solutions has announced in her contribution to this Symposium on the 75th Anniversary of the 1951 Convention, UNHCR is now engaged in renewing the 1979 Handbook on Procedures and Criteria for Determining Refugee Status (Handbook). After almost fifty years, the Handbook is still UNHCR’s authoritative and comprehensive interpretative guidance of...06 Apr Symposium on the Financing of International Terrorism
In case anyone is interested in the latest efforts to combat the financing of terrorism, I wanted to let you know that I will be moderating a panel tomorrow on this topic. The symposium (sponsored by the New York International Law Review, the International Law and Practice Section of the New York State Bar Association and St. John’s University Law School) will be at St. John’s Manhattan Campus, 101 Murray Street. Two hours of CLE credits are available with a CLE registration fee of $50. For additional info, contact Nancy...
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...
23 Jun Business and Human Rights Symposium: Climate Change Litigation Against Corporations and the Role of Civil Liability
...a preventative climate case against a corporate actor. Given the ubiquity of tort law, the international press, including the Wall Street Journal, the Financial Times, and the New York Times inquired about possible ripple effects of the Shell judgement. A case analogous to the Shell case was filed in France against the oil and gas group Total. This case is of particular interest to this blog symposium since it relies on the first mandatory human rights and environmental due diligence legislation, the French Duty of Vigilance Law, as well as...
24 Nov Symposium: Open-Source Investigations Labs, Educational Approaches and Societal Impact
toward justice and accountability. In a world where truth and accountability are increasingly under threat, and where dis-and misinformation are on the rise, the need to understand the opportunities and challenges around open-source investigations for global justice has never been stronger. This conference brought together interdisciplinary experts from research and practice in order to explore key questions at the forefront of open-source investigations for global justice. Participants examined how open-source methods can drive meaningful accountability and redress for human rights violations and environmental harm, ensuring investigations lead to impact. Participants...04 Jun Targeted Killings Symposium: Craig Martin Comments on “Targeting Co-Belligerents” by Jens David Ohlin
[Craig Martin is Associate Professor of Law at Washburn University School of Law, and author of another of the chapters in Targeted Killings] This post is part of the Targeted Killings Book Symposium. Other posts in this series can be found in the related posts below. Jens Ohlin’s chapter in Targeted Killings, “Targeting Co-Belligerents,” provides an important analysis of one of the key questions in the targeted killing debate, and makes a persuasive argument in favor of one possible response to it. In doing so, however, I wonder if it...12 Apr VJIL Symposium: Gregory Shaffer and Joel Trachtman Comment on Sungjoon Cho’s “Beyond Rationality”
[Gregory Shaffer is the Melvin C. Steen Professor of Law at the University of Minnesota Law School. Joel P. Trachtman is the Professor of International Law at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University.] This post is part of the Virginia Journal of International Law Symposium, Volume 52, Issues 1 and 2. Other posts in this series can be found in the related posts below. We are grateful to Professor Cho for writing this Article (Beyond Rationality: A Sociological Construction of the World Trade Organization) as a...05 Jul LJIL Symposium Vol 25-2: Fairness in International Environmental Law – A comment by Mickelson
[Karin Mickelson is an Associate Professor in Law at the University of British Columbia] This post is part of the Leiden Journal of International Law Vol 25-2 symposium. Other posts in this series can be found in the related posts below. It seems a bit dull to kick off an online commentary with a resounding “I agree”, but that is precisely how I am tempted to respond to Mario Prost and Alejandra Torres Camprubi’s “Against Fairness? International Environmental Law, Disciplinary Bias and Pareto Justice.” When invited to comment, I assumed...