Gas: we breathe it, we burn it, we weaponise it, we control it. Whether banned, regulated or free-flowing, gas is our immediate environment, connecting us, keeping us warm, keeping us cool, creeping through the cracks. Explosive or sedative, it facilitates killing and curing alike. Gas leaks, escapes, and traverses boundaries, including legal boundaries. Certain gases are subject to international law, but even the most regulated gases may escape, or be unleashed.
Faulkner Law Review at the Thomas Goode Jones School of Law at Faulkner University invites proposals for its 5th Annual Law Review Symposium, “The Role of the Judge in the Anglo-American Tradition,” September 22 and 23, 2016.
The VI Ordinary Meeting of the Association Internationale du Droit de la Mer will be held at the University of Sannio (Benevento, Italy) on 3rd and 4th November 2016.
The Topic of the Conference will be “International Tribunals and the Interpretation of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea”. On this occasion, the Association invites experts in the field younger than 40 to submit a proposal of contribution on a topic related to the theme of the Conference. Authors are invited to submit an abstract of their proposal of 500 words in French, English or Italian.
The VI Ordinary Meeting of the Association Internationale du Droit de la Mer will be held at the University of Sannio (Benevento, Italy) on 3rd and 4th November 2016.
The Topic of the Conference will be “International Tribunals and the Interpretation of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea”. On this occasion, the Association invites experts in the field younger than 40 to submit a proposal of contribution on a topic related to the theme of the Conference. Authors are invited to submit an abstract of their proposal of 500 words in French, English or Italian.
28-29 November 2016, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Proposal submission deadline: 1 July 2016
The Minerva Center for Human Rights at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and the Delegation of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in Israel and the Occupied Territories are organizing an international conference that seeks to explore cutting-edge issues in the field of international humanitarian law (IHL).
The conference, the eleventh in the series of Minerva-ICRC Annual International Conferences on IHL, is scheduled for 28-29 November 2016 in Jerusalem.
PANELISTS FOR ANNUAL CONFERENCE TO BE SELECTED BY PAPER COMPETITION
The Center for Professional Ethics will sponsor a panel on ”Ethics, Art, and International Law“ as part of the Cox Center's annual conference on Friday, September 16, 2016. Speakers for this panel will be selected via a paper competition, with winning entries given a cash award and travel and lodging expenses to participate in the conference.
Back to Base: Reframing the role of industrial minerals and construction materials in Africa’s resource development strategy
Research symposium
African Union Commission, Addis Ababa, October 16-19, 2016
November 11-12, 2016
University of Washington School of Law
4293 Memorial Way Northeast Seattle, WA 98195
The American Society of International Law calls for submissions of scholarly paper proposals for the ASIL Research Forum to be held at ASIL Academic Partner University of Washington School of Law in Seattle, Washington.
Change is an unavoidable feature of international law and one which has recently surfaced in the area of international investment law. This area has been in constant dynamic change since the inception of Investor-State Dispute Settlement (ISDS), which is commonly associated with arbitration under the auspices of the International Centre for the Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID). Balancing the interests of both investors and host States, in a constantly changing materiae of international legal practice, is one of the discipline’s most fundamental challenges.
Conservation of Marine Living Resources in the Polar Regions: Science, Politics and Law
25-26 March 2017, Wuhan University, China
