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06 Aug Call for Papers: Fifth Annual Symposium on Pop Culture and International Law
It’s that time of the year again! The editorial team at Opinio Juris is pleased to announce the call for papers for our Fifth Annual Symposium on Pop Culture and International Law. We can’t believe it’s already been five years! We welcome abstracts of up to 400 words on any topic relating to international law and popular culture (film, tv, books, video games, or more–get creative!). To be considered, please submit your pitch via email to Dr Sarah Zarmsky and Dr Alonso Gurmendi at s.zarmsky@qub.ac.uk by Friday 22 August at 17:00...22 Oct Events and Announcements: 22 October 2023
...including footnotes; Case notes, including substantive analysis, not exceeding 3,000 words including footnotes; and Book reviews on recently published works not exceeding 2,500 words including footnotes. Those interested in submitting a book review are kindly requested to send first a short (250–500 words) book review proposal to editors@cilj.co.uk. Submissions are subject to double-blind peer review. The Journal’s Editorial Board reviews all pieces, and select articles are sent to the Academic Review Board, which consists of distinguished international law scholars and practitioners. For more information, click here. Call for Submissions: Cyber Law...14 Nov Melbourne Journal of International Law, Vol. 13-1: Opinio Juris Online Symposium
The Melbourne Journal of International Law is delighted to continue our partnership with Opinio Juris. This week will feature three articles from Issue 13(1) of the Journal. The full issue is available for download here. Today, our discussion commences with Spencer Zifcak’s article ‘The Responsibility to Protect after Libya and Syria’. Professor Zifcak draws on the disparate responses to the humanitarian disasters of Libya and Syria to examine the current status of the Responsibility to Protect. The respondents to this piece will be Ramesh Thakur and Thomas Weiss. On Thursday,...14 Sep China, Taiwan and International Law: A Symposium in Honor of Professor Hungdah Chiu
...after I entered the legal academy). In any event, I will be participating in this symposium by sharing some of my recent research on China and international courts. But there are much better reasons to attend as well. See below. The program will kick off October 5, 2011 at 5:30pm in the Ceremonial Courtroom at UM Carey Law with a lecture delivered by the senior American expert in East Asian law, Professor Jerome Cohen, followed up on October 6 by a lunchtime lecture by the former Chairman of the National...
02 May Soldier Self-Defense Symposium: Self-Defense vs. Combatant Immunity
[Adil Ahmad Haque is Professor of Law and Judge Jon O. Newman Scholar at Rutgers Law School. This post is part of our week-long symposium on soldier self-defense and international law .] Suppose that a soldier from State A intentionally kills a civilian in State B. Maybe State A is fighting an international armed conflict against State B. Maybe State A is fighting a non-international armed conflict against an organized armed group in State B, without State B’s consent. (Or maybe the second case is just a subset of the...03 Sep Call for Papers: Sixth Annual Symposium on Pop Culture and International Law
Calling all Nerds! The editorial team at Opinio Juris is pleased to announce the call for papers for our Sixth Annual Symposium on Pop Culture and International Law. We welcome abstracts of up to 400 words on any topic relating to international law and popular culture (film, tv, books, video games, or more–get creative!). To be considered, please submit your pitch via email to Alonso Gurmendi at a.gurmendi-dunkelberg@lse.ac.uk by 24 September at 17:00 UK time. Please note that due to the anticipated number of submissions we will not be able...
31 Mar COVID-19 Symposium: “Can They Really Do That?” States’ Obligations Under the International Health Regulations in Light of COVID-19 (Part II)
...and response is to provide more certainty to norms’ addressees, both those who are obliged and those who are entitled to rights. Instead, so many caveats have been elaborated throughout these two posts, they would seem to lead to an increase in uncertainty. Conversely, I believe there is much value in trying to accurately depict the existing legal regime of pandemic response – including, of course, its existing pitfalls. Precisely due to law’s goal of providing certainty and stabilizing normative expectations, taking the many hidden corners into account is a...
24 Aug Symposium on Myanmar and International Indifference: Rethinking Accountability
There are a few anniversaries of note in 2022, which should prompt us to deeper conversations and more concerted action. It is the 10th anniversary of the forced Rohingya exodus from Myanmar, with 25 August marking the 5th Rohingya Genocide Remembrance Day. This year also marks the 20th anniversary of the entry into force of the Rome Statute, which established the International Criminal Court. This year, the intention of this symposium hosted by the Asia Justice Coalition and Opinio Juris is to bring renewed international attention to the growing and...