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08 Sep Protection of Civilians Symposium: Protecting Civilians from Explosive Ordnances-An Example of Operational and Legal Challenges
[Kjetil Mujezinović Larsen is Professor of Law, Director of Research, and Deputy Director, at the Norwegian Centre for Human Rights at the University of Oslo. He is the author of «The Human Rights Treaty Obligations of Peacekeepers» (Cambridge, 2012). This post is a part of the Protection of Civilians Symposium.] By way of introduction, let me state that I agree with Marten’s analysis of the legal obligations of peacekeepers. Therefore, rather than rehearsing the arguments raised by the other contributors to this Symposium, I want to address a concrete issue...
11 Sep BHR Symposium: The 2020 Draft UN Business and Human Rights Treaty–Steady Progress Towards Historic Failure
...where the injustices embodied in existing laws, social and economic arrangements and distributive outcomes can be challenged with reference to the equal dignity and rights of all human beings. Fulfilling this function is essential to the legitimacy, relevance and power not just of the UN but of the fragile ideals of multilateralism and human rights themselves. It is not only appropriate, but essential, then, to seek to establish within the framework of the UN human rights system a universal normative platform to facilitate the evaluation and critique of the collective...22 Mar The Most Dangerous Branch? Yale Law’s Symposium on Executive Power
Time for more self promotion… I will be speaking at a symposium being held this Friday, March 24 at my alma mater the Yale Law School on “The Most Dangerous Branch? Mayors, Governors, Presidents and the Rule of Law”. The symposium is about more than foreign affairs, but the foreign affairs component alone is pretty impressive (I’m not just saying this because of the well-known figures who will be participating, but because I’ve also seen the papers already). For a short preview of some of the foreign affairs issues we...
01 Nov Re-issuing our Call for Submissions: Confronting Systemic Racism and Sexism in Legal Academia
no record of those who submitted abstracts, save for the ones I committed to memory. For this mishap, I apologise. Blunders happen, of course, but it’s vexing when we appear cavalier with this topic, especially since we had received several invaluable abstracts. We are thus re-issuing our call for submissions for the symposium on racism and sexism in legal academia with revised dates (and a different submission email!). The team at Opinio Juris remains committed to running a stimulating symposium that helps us collectively reflect upon and tackle the oppressions...
07 Jun Symposium on Reproductive Violence in International Law: Beyond Sexual – Reproductive and Obstetric Violence in Russia’s Aggression against Ukraine
[Kateryna Busol is a Ukrainian lawyer and an Associate Professor at the National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy] This post forms part of the Opinio Juris Symposium on Reproductive Violence in International Law, in which diverse authors reflect on how the International Criminal Court and other jurisdictions have responded to violations of reproductive health and reproductive autonomy. The symposium complements a one-day conference to be held on 11 June 2024, in which legal practitioners, scholars, activists, and survivors will meet in The Hague and online to share knowledge and strategies for addressing...09 Aug Call for Papers: Third Annual Symposium on Pop Culture & International Law
It’s back! The editorial team at Opinio Juris is pleased to announce the call for papers for our Third Annual Symposium on Pop Culture and International Law. We welcome pitches of up to 300 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 and Sarah Zarmsky at s.zarmsky@essex.ac.uk by Friday 25 August 2023 at 17:00 UK time. Decisions will be communicated by 1 September 2023. If selected, the...