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16 Dec Events and Announcements: December 16, 2012
...Society on the Law of Armed Conflict is calling for submissions for the Francis Lieber Prize. Both monographs and articles (including chapters in books of essays) are eligible for consideration, as the prize is awarded to the best submission in each of these two categories. Criteria: Any work in the English language published during 2012 or whose publication is imminent at the time of submission may be nominated for this prize. The re-submission of works which have already been considered for this prize is not allowed. Entries may address such...30 Mar Inaugural Cambridge Journal of International and Comparative Law Conference: May 19-20, 2012
Our friends at the Cambridge Journal of International and Comparative Law are pleased to announce that at their upcoming conference – “Agents of Change: The Individual as a Participant in the Legal Process” – on 19 and 20 May 2012 there will now be two keynote addresses by: JUDGE ANTONIO AUGUSTO CANÇADO TRINDADE and PROFESSOR JAMES CRAWFORD SC Other highlights include a welcoming address by SIR ELIHU LAUTERPACHT CBE QC and a special talk by PROFESSOR SANDS QC. In addition, the Journal will be launching its first two issues at...17 Jul Weekday News Wrap: Tuesday, July 17, 2012
The ICJ is set to deliver its judgment in Belgium v. Senegal, this Friday, July 20, 2012. The press release from the Court is found here. The UN Security Council has condemned the rebel attacks in eastern Congo and demanded an end to outside support for the conflict on the Rwanda-Congo border. The African Union has urged the group Mali Ansar Dine to break its ties with al-Qaeda in order to be part of negotiations reuniting the divided country. An activist in the UAE working for the rights of stateless...21 Oct Upcoming Events: October 21, 2012
On November 1, 2012 at 4pm, the Columbia Law School Center for Constitutional Governance and the American Society of International Law are organizing a Panel Discussion on International Law and the South China Sea. Speakers are Henry S. Bensurto, Sir Daniel Bethlehem, KCMG QC, Harold Hongju Koh and Coalter G. Lathrop. Professor Bernard Oxman will moderate. On December 4-5, 2012, Human Rights First will organize its inaugural Human Rights Conference: American Ideals. Universal Values, to mark the 64th anniversary of the Universal Declaration on Human Rights. The conference will take...29 Mar Follow-up to NYU JILP Symposium on LGBT Asylum and Refugee Law
...School of Law; & Mathew Schutzer, NYU School of Law, J.D. candidate 2012 ~ I. Connie Oxford is Assistant Professor of Gender and Women’s Studies at the State University of New York, Plattsburgh. Her publications include Queer Asylum: U.S. Policies and Responses to Sexual Orientation and Transgendered Persecution in Shifting Control: Gender and Migration Policy, 1917-2010. Marlou Schrover and Deidre Moloney (eds.) Amsterdam, Netherlands: Amsterdam University Press. Professor Ryan Goodman argues that James C. Hathaway and Jason Pobjoy “place great faith in international human rights and anti-discrimination law...08 Aug Transatlantic Academy Seeks Fellows for 2012-13
The Transatlantic Academy is seeking young legal scholars to submit proposals for its 2012-2013 fellowship program. This looks like a great opportunity to partner with scholars in political science and economics in areas affecting the transatlantic relationship. Note next year’s theme is a broad view of the “Western Liberal Order”: The Transatlantic Academy is seeking candidates to serve as resident Fellows for nine months for the fellowship year beginning September 2012. A joint project of the German Marshall Fund of the United States, ZEIT-Stiftung Ebelin und Gerd Bucerius, the Robert...21 Jun Deadline Extended for Submissions for ASIL 2012 Annual Meeting
If you had been thinking about submitting a paper or a panel proposal for the 2012 Annual Meeting of the American Society of International Law but had missed the deadline, despair not! The deadline has been extended to this Friday, June 24th. The webpage for submissions is here. And, in case you hadn’t seen it already, this is the theme statement for next year’s Annual Meeting, which is being chaired by Harlan Cohen, Chiara Giorgetti, and Cymie Payne (and I’m on the Program Committee): Confronting Complexity Contemporary reality is confoundingly...28 Aug Weekday News Wrap: Tuesday, August 28, 2012
Basil Katz at Reuters has an article about Section 502 of the Iran Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights Act of 2012. This section lifts the Central Bank of Iran’s immunity under the Foreign Sovereign Immunity Act of 1976 and effectively neuters the Bank’s defences in a case pending before the US District Court for the Southern District of New York in which plaintiffs are seeking to seize $1.75bn or Iranian assets to enforce an earlier judgment against Iran awarding $2.65bn in damages for its involvement, via Hezbollah, in the...