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Institute News
Kosovo and the International Court of Justice
27 July 2010Click here to read a comment on the ICJ's recent Kosovo decision by Prof Robert McCorquodale, Institute Director
Workshop on the Rights of the Child
16 July 2010On 28-29 June, the Institute held a training workshop in London to bring together law professionals (including lawyers, judges, prosecutors and human rights defenders) from the UK and from...
Discussion on ICC Review Conference
7 July 2010On 24 June, the Institute held in conjunction with Chatham House a discussion on the outcome of the ICC Review Conference which took place in Kampala, Uganda, from 31...
The Institute is saddened to report that Professor Kaikobad died on 1 July 2010 after a short illness.
6 July 2010Kaiyan Kaikobad was a Professor of Law at Brunel University after being at the University of Durham for many years, and he contributed to many of the Institute's activities....
Institute congratulates Sir Daniel Bethlehem QC
22 June 2010The Institute congratulates Daniel Bethlehem, the Foreign and Commonwealth Office's Legal Adviser, on the award of a knighthood for his services to international law. Sir Daniel Bethlehem QC was born...
Iraq Inquiry
3 June 2010Those following the work of the Iraq Inquiry will be interested to see the invitation to international lawyers recently placed on the Inquiry's website at www.iraqinquiry.org.uk
IFRC Publishes BIICL study on Cross-Border Disaster Assistance in the EU
22 March 2010Click here to read the report
Article on Lord Bingham and his new book 'The Rule of Law'
18 February 2010'Iraq War was Illegal, says former Lord Chief Justice' by Stephen Moss, published in The Guardian, 8 February 2010 Click here to read full article Also, read book reviews in: The Guardian The Independent The...
Quantifying Antitrust Damages:Towards Non-Binding Guidance for Courts
16 February 2010On 1 February 2010, Dr Gunnar Niels from Oxera visited the Institute to discuss the Oxera report. The report is part of the European Commission's project to provide non-binding...
Development Administrator vacancy
15 February 2010The British Institute of International and Comparative Law is one of the leading independent research centres for international and comparative law in the world, and its research and events...
In Memoriam: Sir Ian Brownlie
12 January 2010The Institute is deeply saddened to report the death of Sir Ian Brownlie. Sir Ian was a longstanding member of the Institute, including having served for many years as...
Presentation by Audley Sheppard
6 January 2010Audley Sheppard gave a presentation on 'Arbitrator Independence in ICSID Arbitration', based on his paper published in 'International Investment Law for the 21st Century: Essays in Honour of Christoph...
New Publication: Medicinal Bioprospecting:Policy Options for Access and Benefit-Sharing
27 August 2009Press Release
Joshua Rozenberg interviews Lord Bingham on the Rule of Law
26 August 2009As part of the British Institute of International and Comparative Law launch of the Bingham Centre for the Rule of Law, Joshua Rozenberg, Member of the Bingham Centre Appeal...
Human Rights Fact Finding Guidelines launched at the British Institute of International and Comparative Law
29 June 2009The International Bar Association's Human Rights Institute in conjunction with the Raoul Wallenberg Institute, launched a set of human rights fact finding guidelines during a conference at the British...
BIICL's Annual Conference on Business and International Law was held on 5 June. Read more ...
23 June 2009The Annual Conference of the British Institute of International and Comparative Law was held on Friday 5 June 2009 at Goodenough College, London. The Conference took as its theme,...
Institute Research Fellow publishes on the global crisis and protectionism
5 May 2009Dr Sergey Ripinsky, Research Fellow in International Law at the British Institute of International Law, has recently authored an article on the global crisis and protectionisn, which was published...
Competition Law Forum: Antitrust Marathon III: Antitrust and the Rule of Law
9 April 2009On Friday 17 April, the British Institute's Competition Law Forum and Loyola's Institute for Consumer Antitrust Studies are co-sponsoring the third in its series of Antitrust Marathons. Antitrust Marathon...
Professor Jo Shaw joins the ICLQ Editorial Board
16 March 2009The Institute welcomes Professor Jo Shaw of the Edinburgh Law School to the Editorial board of the International and Comparative Law Quarterly (ICLQ), following confirmation of her appointment by...
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