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HE Judge Rosalyn Higgins delivers Institute's 2007 Grotius Lecture
24 October 2007On 16 October, Judge Rosalyn Higgins, President of the International Court of Justice, gave the 2007 Grotius Lecture on 'The Rule of Law: Some Sceptical Thoughts'. The event, which was...
Impact of the International Law Commission's Articles on Responsibility of States for Internationally Wrongful Acts
17 October 2007The preliminary draft of the British Institute's research project on the 'Impact of the International Law Commission's Articles on Responsibility of States for Internationally Wrongful Acts' is now available...
Institute Director's farewell address
14 September 2007Dear Members of the Institute and colleagues, In a few days I will step down as Director of the Institute to take up my new position as Dean of the...
Institute comments on Microsoft Judgment
13 September 2007In the immediate aftermath of the Microsoft judgment on 17 September of the Court of First Instance, leading experts and representatives of the parties gathered at a Conference organised...
Iran Project - Media monitoring report available online
23 August 2007The Institute is in the process of implementing a three-year comprehensive project on human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran. This project aims to continue and further promote...
Al-Skeini lecture draws capacity audience
20 July 2007On 18 July 2007, Dr Ralph Wilde of University College London delivered a lecture at the British Institute of International and Comparative Law on 'The Al-Skeini Decision on the...
Senlis Council incorporates Institute's findings in Afghanistan report
19 July 2007The Senlis Council has released a project proposal for the implementation of village-based, integrated counter-narcotics, development, and counter-insurgency projects for Afghanistan. These Poppy for Medicine projects are designed to...
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Institute hosts experts' workshop on International and Islamic Law
4 July 2007The British Institute of International and Comparative Law is implementing a three-year project on human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran. In the framework of this project, the...
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BIICL Research Fellows visit ICJ for Institute Project on Evidence before International Courts and Tribunals
11 June 2007Evidence Project Director, Anna Riddell, and Researcher Brendan Plant, attended the oral proceedings on the Preliminary Objections of Colombia on Jurisdiction in the case concerning Territorial and Maritime Dispute...
Institute holds successful Annual Conference
4 June 2007The British Institute of International and Comparative Law's 2007 Annual Conference, which took place on 18 May, was attended by over 300 delegates and took as its theme, The...
Trans-Atlantic Antitrust Dialogue 2007
22 May 2007The Seventh Annual Trans-Atlantic Antitrust Dialogue, held by the British Institute of International and Comparative Law on 1-2 May 2007, brought together top antitrust officials, practitioners and consultants to...
Evidence Project Researchers meet with ICJ Judge
11 May 2007The Director of the Evidence Project, Anna Riddell and Researcher Brendan Plant, travelled to Oxford to hear Judge Bernardo Sepulveda-Amor of the International Court of Justice give a lecture...
Institute Website Book Sale 2007
4 May 2007Members will receive 40% discount on new discounted prices The Institute is currently offering reductions on the following books when purchased via the website: Current Competition Law Series (volumes 1-5) Price: £200 Competition...
Handbook of Research in Trans-Atlantic Antitrust edited by Philip Marsden published
8 March 2007This comprehensive research Handbook brings together cutting-edge legal and economic analysis into antitrust issues by leading experts from Europe, the USA, Canada, Mexico and South America. The Handbook of...
New OUP publication by Dr Federico Ortino on Regional Trade Agreements and WTO Legal System
8 March 2007The proliferation of regional trade agreements, including both free trade agreements and customs unions, over the past decade, has provoked many new legal issues in WTO law, public international...
UNCTAD Monitor on investor-State dispute settlement based on Investment Treaty Forum report
15 January 2007The Investment Division of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) has published IIA Monitor No 4 (2006) on the "Latest Developments in Investor-State Dispute Settlement". The...
Comparative Implementation of EU Directives (II): Money Laundering
4 January 2007The City of London has published a report on the implementation of the EU Second Money Laundering Directive in the UK, Spain, Italy, Greece, Poland and Lithuania. The report...
Institute hosts lecture by HE Judge Pieter Kooijmans at Goodenough College
12 December 2006HE Judge Pieter Kooijmans, Former Judge of the International Court of Justice, delivered a lecture hosted by the Institute on 11 December at Goodenough College, London. The evening was chaired...
Institute hosts lecture by Dr Hans Blix at Inner Temple
28 November 2006Dr Hans Blix, Chairman of the Weapons of Mass Destruction Commission (WMDC), delivered a lecture hosted by the Institute on 27 November at Inner Temple, London. The evening was chaired...
Institute reports on International Trade Law Aspects of Morphine Exports from Afghanistan
28 November 2006The British Institute has completed the Report commissioned by the Senlis Council, the security and development policy group working towards establishing a sustainable system of legal opium-for-morphine production in...
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