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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...
09 Sep Contemporary International Criminal Law After Critique Symposium: Accountability for the Unaccountable? Article 15 Communications Beyond the ICC
...on stories that concern powerful individuals, are novel or surprising, or contain an element of controversy or conflict. By alleging that western political figures are complicit in genocide and warrant investigation at the ICC, the complicity communications invoke these dimensions of newsworthiness to attract the public’s attention. However, the strategic use of Article 15 communications is not without its controversies. For example, when individuals and organisations make a communication and invoke international criminal law in response to mass violence, this might problematically inflate victims’ expectations that a legal response from...14 Apr Virginia Journal of International Law, Vol. 50-3: Online Symposium
The Virginia Journal of International Law is delighted to continue its partnership with Opinio Juris this week in this online symposium featuring three Articles recently published by VJIL in Vol. 50:3, available here . Today, Christopher M. Bruner, Associate Professor, Washington and Lee University School of Law, will discuss his Article Power and Purpose in the “Anglo-American” Corporation . In his Article, Professor Bruner addresses the striking divergence between U.S. and U.K. corporate governance systems. Contrary to prevailing perceptions, Professor Bruner explains, shareholders in the United Kingdom are, in fact,...26 Jan Virginia Journal of International Law, Vol. 49-2: Online Symposium
The Virginia Journal of International Law is delighted to continue its partnership with Opinio Juris this week in this online symposium featuring three articles recently published by VJIL in Vol. 49:2, available here . On Tuesday, Professor Vlad Perju of the Boston College Law School will discuss his article Reason and Authority in the European Court of Justice . Professor Perju’s article proposes a new vision for the European judiciary by presenting the striking case for politicizing the judicial discourse of the European Court of Justice. Contrary to the prevailing...
26 May Call for Submissions: Fifth Emerging Voices Symposium on Opinio Juris
This summer we will host our fifth Emerging Voices symposium, where we invite doctoral students, early-career academics and practicing lawyers to tell Opinio Juris readers about a research project or other international law topic of interest. If you are a doctoral student or in the early stages of your career (e.g., post-docs, junior academics or early-career practitioners within the first five years of finishing your final degree) and would like to participate in the symposium, please send a draft blog post somewhere between 1000-1500 words and your CV to opiniojurisblog...
10 Sep Contemporary International Criminal Law After Critique Symposium: Visuality and Visibility in the Quest for New Critical Registers – Probing the Ecocide Aesthetic
...Anne Orford’s re-reading of Foucault’s genealogical methodology, “making visible those things that are already visible”. This concept of visibility in ICL – and the praxis of making its central struggles visible – is a guiding theme to our contribution to a recent symposium in the Journal of International Criminal Justice (JICJ). What is called for in this post-critical moment, we argue, are methodological and conceptual experiments that centre the discursive and material embodiments of ICL common sense, as well as its contestation in various contexts. Abandoning the search for deep...
16 Apr Symposium on Confronting Colonial Objects: Introduction
It covers a number of areas, such as the material turn in legal history, the diverse ontology of objects, bio-colonialism and cultural extractivism, the construction of social identities through discourses on restitution, the relevance of transitional justice concepts to return of cultural objects or human remains (e.g., access to justice, truth-finding memorialization), and perspectives of affected communities on restitution processes. It brings together voices by established academics and emerging scholars, accommodates diverse perspectives and brings experiences from different regions (Africa, Latin America, Asia). The symposium consists of a number of...
25 Sep Symposium Exploring the Crime of Ecocide: Accountability for Environmental Destruction–Ecocide in National and International Law (Part I)
[Tarini Mehta is Assistant Professor of Environmental Law, Assistant Dean of Student Affairs and Director of the Environmental Law and Science Advocacy Forum at Jindal School of Environment & Sustainability, O.P. Jindal Global University, India.] [This symposium was convened by Shirleen Chin, founder of Green Transparency. Shirleen was inspired by attending an Expert Working Group on international criminal law and the protection of the environment at the Promise Institute for Human Rights at UCLA School of Law in Spring 2020. See here for the original Opinio Juris symposium which emerged...16 Jan Symposium on Asia and International Law
The forthcoming issue of the European Journal of International Law will feature an article by Professor Simon Chesterman, the Dean of the National University of Singapore’s Faculty of Law, entitled Asia’s Ambivalence About International Law and Institutions: Past, Present and Futures. This week, Opinio Juris and EJILTalk will hold a joint symposium on the two blogs on Professor Chesterman’s article. The article’s abstract explains: Asian states are the least likely of any regional grouping to be party to most international obligations or to have representation reflecting their number and size...
24 Sep Symposium Exploring the Crime of Ecocide: Can Deforestation Amount to Ecocide?
[Shirleen Chin is the Head of Advocacy & Strategic Partnerships for the Stop Ecocide Foundation , based in The Hague, that runs the “Stop Ecocide: Change the Law ” Campaign.] [This symposium was convened by Shirleen, who was inspired by attending an Expert Working Group on international criminal law and the protection of the environment at the Promise Institute for Human Rights at UCLA School of Law in Spring 2020. See here for the original Opinio Juris symposium which emerged from that meeting.] In July 2019, President Jair Bolsonaro of Brazil said, “Brazil...