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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...04 Nov Upcoming Events: November 4, 2012
...entitled: 35 Years of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights: Theory and Practice, Present and Future. Abstracts are due to be submitted by November 15, 2012. The University of Catania, Italy, is organizing the 10th Young International Lawyer Research Forum on January 24-25, 2013 themed “A Lackland Law? Territory, Effectiveness and Jurisdiction in International and European Law.” The deadline for the submission of abstracts is November 24, 2012. The 9th Global Administative Law Seminar will take place in Viterbo, Italy, on June 13-14, 2013, on the theme of Inter-Institutional Relations...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...14 Oct Upcoming Events: October 14, 2012
Upcoming Events On December 7, 2012, the T.M.C. Asser Instituut, in cooperation with the International Humanitarian and Criminal Law Platform, will organize a conference entitled Prosecutor, Watchdog, Diplomat, Manager: The Multiple Roles of the International Prosecutor. Registration can be done here. Calls for Papers The Human Rights Centre in Practice and the Institute of Advanced Study at the University of Warwick have issued a call for papers for a workshop on Strategies for realising social economic rights in practice: Multi-disciplinary experiences from early career researchers. The call for papers is...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...31 Dec Weekday News Wrap: Monday, December 31, 2012
...reportedly dispatched its whaling fleet in the Southern Ocean for what Tokyo calls a scientific expedition. Apple, Inc., has agreed to withdraw patent claims against Samsung for the new Samsung Phone, Galaxy S III Mini. In other Apple news, a Beijing court ordered Apple to pay damages of 1.03 million yuan, or $165,908 USD, to eight Chinese writers and two companies for copyright infringement. And because it’s the last day of 2012, we leave you with Foreign Policy’s The Year in Quotes. Happy New Year to all of our readers!...13 Nov The Trouble with ICC Arrest Warrants
The New York Times article today on Ugandan rebel leader Joseph Kony confirms concerns that the ICC may be prolonging the war in Uganda. The article detailed Kony’s meeting with UN under secretary general for humanitarian affairs Jan Egeland. But the most interesting aspect of the article is that it underscored the difficult tension between securing peace and indicting war criminals. “The stickiest issue, Mr. Egeland said, was the arrest warrants issued by the International Criminal Court against Mr. Kony and four of his commanders. Mr. Kony has said he...