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Institute News
Relighting the Flame: Institute hosts third Rapid Response seminar on Tibet
24 April 2008The status of Tibet has long been in question, but a recent period of rioting in the Tibetan Autonomous Region and the surrounding Chinese provinces coincided with demonstrations by...
Institute's Citizenship Report published as part of Lord Goldsmith's independent review of citizenship
12 March 2008The Institute's study on the Rights and Responsibilities of Citizenship was published by the Ministry of Justice alongside former Attorney General Lord Goldsmith's independent review of citizenship on 11...
Institute hosts successful Conference on the Treaty of Lisbon
3 March 2008On Friday 29 February, BIICL hosted a conference on the new European treaty, the Treaty of Lisbon. Speakers included academics, practitioners, political scientists and politicians, covering every aspect of...
'Rapid Response' seminar on Kosovo: To recognize or Not to Recognize
29 February 2008On 17 January 2008 the government of Kosovo proclaimed its independence. Since that time a number of states have declared that they will or will not recognise Kosovo as...
Institute Research Fellow lectures on international criminal law in Ottawa
29 February 2008In the third week of February 2007, Institute Research Fellow Adineh Abghari visited the Faculty of Law at the University of Ottawa (Canada) and delivered a lecture on 'Victim's Rights...
Dr Philip Marsden appointed to OFT Board as a non-executive director
25 February 2008The British Institute of International and Comparative Law congratulates Dr Philip Marsden on his appointment by the Office of Fair Trading to its Board as non-executive director for a...
Institute hosts high profile human rights conference
15 February 2008As this year marks the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, a reflection on the current state of Human Rights' prevention and protection schemes seems particularly...
Institute publishes media monitoring reports on Iran and hosts an Islamic Conference
14 February 2008Media Monitoring Report - now online The first two media monitoring reports on the international media's coverage of Iranian human rights stories, for the periods January-April 2007 and July-September 2007,...
New Director for BIICL in its 50th Anniversary Year
29 November 2007The British Institute of International and Comparative Law is delighted to announce the appointment of Professor Robert McCorquodale as its new Director. He takes up his position in January...
Institute launches Rapid Response Briefings: first event features Pakistan
28 November 2007As part of its 50th Anniversary programme, on 6 December the Institute launched an important new occasional events series at the Institute: Rapid Response Briefings. The first...
Sir Arthur Watts KCMG QC passes away
27 November 2007The Institute was saddened to learn of the death of Sir Arthur Watts on Friday, 16 November in St Thomas's hospital in London. His partner, Cecilia Gillette, and other...
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 2007A 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' was completed in...
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...
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