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29 Jul Unbroken Bond: Tracing the Ties Between African and Palestinian Anti-Colonial Struggles – Symposium Introduction
weapon of war, massacres of women, men, and children, and mass displacements are characteristic of neocolonial armed conflicts in regions such as Amhara, Cabo Delgado, central Somalia, Khartoum, North Kivu, and Tigray. Our aim with this symposium is to foster a diverse dialogue that illuminates the connections between African and Palestinian liberation struggles, advancing our collective understanding and pursuit of justice and human dignity globally. The symposium is divided into two parts. Part I, which begins on 29 July 2024, opens with David Arita, who highlights the relevance of the...13 May New York University Journal of International Law and Politics, Vol. 46:1 Online Symposium
This post is part of the NYU Journal of International Law and Politics Vol. 46, No. 1 symposium. Other posts in this series can be found in the related posts below. The NYU Journal of International Law and Politics is proud to be partnering with Opinio Juris once again for an online symposium. This symposium is a discussion of Professor Jedidiah J. Kroncke’s article Property Rights, Labor Rights and Democratization: Lessons From China and Experimental Authoritarians, which was published in the NYU Journal of International Law and Politics, Volume 46,...
24 Jul Introducing a Symposium on Ljubljana – The Hague Convention on Mutual Legal Assistance: Critical Reflections
the treaty. This joint Asia Justice Coalition – Opinio Juris symposium is to introduce you to some key aspects of the negotiations and to provide you with a flavour of the fortnight of intense discussions in Ljubljana, that have resulted in the ‘Ljubljana – The Hague Convention’. A list of contributions is listed below, with links: Priya Pillai, Introducing a Symposium on Ljubljana – The Hague Convention on Mutual Legal Assistance: Critical Reflections Vaios Koutroulis, A New Tool in the Fight Against Impunity for Core International Crimes Raquel Saavedra and...
28 Oct Fourth Annual Symposium on Pop Culture and International Law: Introduction
[Alonso Gurmendi is a Fellow in Human Rights and Politics at the London School of Economics & Political Science. He is also a contributing editor at Opinio Juris.] [Sarah Zarmsky is a Lecturer at Queen’s University Belfast School of Law. She is also Deputy Managing Editor of Opinio Juris.] It’s the last week of October and that means that the Pop Culture and International Law Symposium is BACK! We are extremely pleased to continue this time-honoured tradition of bringing together international law and movies, comic books, music, poetry, tv shows,...
14 Jul The Business of Security: New Frontiers and Old Challenges in Private Military and Security Companies Regulation – Introduction to the Symposium
...and explore concrete avenues to strengthen accountability and guarantee access to justice and reparation for victims of crimes under international law. The Way Ahead – Stronger Frameworks for Accountability and Effective Protection of Victims’ Rights In reviewing the current draft instrument on PMSCs, we recommend a series of substantive improvements to better address accountability, justice, and victims’ rights. Preliminarily, the instrument should clearly delineate three forms of responsibility — individuals (natural persons), corporate (legal persons), and States — while including criminal, civil, and administrative liability provisions across both legal and...
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09 Sep Protection of Civilians Symposium: A Multiplicity of Legal Frameworks and Practical Challenges
[Ralph Mamiya is team leader for the Protection of Civilians Team in the UN Department of Peacekeeping Operations but writes here in a purely personal capacity, and the views expressed do not represent official positions of his Department or the United Nations. This post is the concluding post of the Protection of Civilians Symposium . ] This week’s symposium on the protection of civilians highlighted the range of legal and practical issues facing UN peacekeepers. Featuring posts from two contributors to the new volume, Protection of Civilians from Oxford University...
04 Mar Unilateral and Extraterritorial Sanctions Symposium: A Rejoinder – Part I
The project was launched in 2018 to analyse the changes and implications of the contemporary practice of unilateral and extraterritorial sanctions, in a context where there was no general overview and analysis of this practice in international law. The Research Handbook on Unilateral and Extraterritorial Sanctions therefore aims not only to meet this need for a reference book in the field, but also to provide a basis on which to continue the academic debate about unilateral and extraterritorial sanctions, which is far from exhausted. When the Research Handbook was published...
07 Dec COVID-19 and Africa Symposium: The Impact of COVID-19 on Human Rights in Africa
[Tim Fish Hodgson is a Legal Adviser for the International Commission of Jurists and Tanveer Jeewa is a Communications Consultant for the International Commission of Jurists.] This week Opinio Juris is hosting an online symposium on the impact of COVID-19 on human rights in Africa. Coordinated by the International Commission of Jurists’ Africa Team, the symposium hones in some key issues arising out of the global pandemic and State responses to it in Africa. Its key focus throughout is highlighting the need for States’ COVID-19 responses to be consistent with...18 Jun Berman Book Discussion: Berman Agonistes
[Jeffrey Dunoff holds the Laura H. Carnell Chair at Temple University Law School] This post is part of our symposium on Dean Schiff Berman’s book Global Legal Pluralism. Other posts can be found in Related Posts below. Paul Berman has produced a terrific, and terrifically ambitious, work of scholarship. The book presents a compelling case that the current legal order is marked by multiple and overlapping international, transnational, national, sub-national and non-state normative orders. Paul argues that relations among these various orders should be managed through a “cosmopolitan pluralist” approach...
23 May Punishing Atrocities Symposium: Exploring Joint Criminal Enterprise
[Alexander Greenawalt is a Professor of Law at Pace University School of Law. This post is part of our Punishing Atrocities Symposium.] I am honored to provide this commentary on this terrific new book by Jonathan Hafetz. Let me begin by highlighting some of the things that make this publication a valuable contribution to the literature about International Criminal Law (“ICL”). First of all, the book is an extraordinary reference on international criminal tribunals. Someone who knows nothing about the field, will come up to speed very quickly while reading...