Search: Affective Justice: Book Symposium: A Response
08 Nov The Oxford Guide to Treaties: An Opinio Juris Symposium
with examples of how modern treaties are drafted. Thus, the last section of the book includes 350 treaty excerpts on 23 treaty topics ranging from how to deal with multiple language treaty texts to the use of simplified amendment procedures (for those looking for a longer introduction to the project, see here). Since the book is consciously treatise-like in its coverage, this symposium has opted for a slightly different format than the norm. In lieu of comments on the book’s thesis, over the next few days we will use The...
09 Sep Contemporary International Criminal Law After Critique Symposium: Carceral Internationalism in the Situation of Palestine After Critique
international prosecution is sometimes seen as anti-human rights’. At the same time, to participate within the field of ICL today is to operate within a far more self-reflexive and circumspect anti-impunity space where ICL’s failings are readily acknowledged while often still called upon in a reconstructiveposture. In our recent symposium in the Journal of International Criminal Justice, we suggest that the field of ICL has not only moved beyond its inception phase, but is also beginning to emerge from its critical phase towards a ‘post-critical’ phase. By ‘post-critical’, we do...
26 Apr Vedanta v Lungowe Symposium Wrap Up
along with the perceived creation of (yet) another evidentiary burden for complainants to demonstrate they risk to be denied substantial justice in the alternative forum. Claire Bright regards this as a contradictory approach by the Court, also drawing –together with Lucas Roorda – parallels with forum necessitatis requirements. However, practice will tell how much of a hurdle the “forum conveniens” and substantial justice analysis represents for claimants and the general cause of access to justice. In my view, the substantial justice analysis used by the UKSC as determinant for the...
25 Sep Symposium on the ICJ Climate Change Advisory Opinion: A Landmark Moment for International Law
[ María José Alarcón Santillán is an international lawyer and S.J.D. candidate at GW Law, serves as Counsel in the ICJ Advisory Opinion on Climate Change, is a CISDL Fellow, and Regional Co-leader at the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law. She has advised states on cases before the ICJ, ICSID, ITLOS, and the PCA. Erick Guapizaca is an S.J.D. candidate at the University of Michigan Law School and a lecturer at the Universidad Internacional del Ecuador.] On 23 July 2025, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) delivered its long-awaited...
03 Feb Introduction to the Symposium by GQUAL on CEDAW’s GR40: Transforming Decision-Making – The Power of CEDAW’s GR40 in Advancing Women’s Equal Representation
Finally, GR40 provides a unifying framework for collective action on women’s equal participation in decision-making at all levels. As such, it has the potential of becoming a powerful tool to drive stronger political consensus, inspire measures from political leaders at the national and international level, promote institutional changes, and support accountability efforts, including through civil society’s advocacy and litigation. A Global Symposium to Unite Voices A fundamental step in unlocking the full potential of GR40 is to promote its widespread dissemination and discussion. With this goal in mind, this symposium...04 Jun Targeted Killings Symposium: Introduction
...Whack-A-Mole Without a Mallet?” In lieu of a response from Maxwell, who is currently unavailable, John Dehn provides a response to some of the issues raised by Meyer. Finally, the symposium ends with a comment by Andrew Altman on Fernando Tesón’s chapter, “Targeted Killing in War and Peace: A Philosophical Analysis,” followed by a response from Tesón. Thank you to the editors at Opinio Juris for this opportunity. All Opinio Juris readers are welcome to use the comment section to respond to any of the arguments raised in the symposium....16 Jan Asia’s Ambivalence About International Law & Institutions: Introduction to Opinio Juris and EJIL:Talk! Mini-Symposium
...sad coda that the symposium also follows soon after the passing of one of the truly great international lawyers from Asia — Christopher Weeramantry, a Sri Lankan scholar who served as Vice President of the International Court of Justice. The full article is available here in draft form, the final version appearing later this month in EJIL. I am enormously grateful to the convenors of this symposium and the distinguished jurists who have agreed to participate. I look forward to their responses, from which I know I will learn much....