25th Annual SLS-BIICL Conference on Theory and International Law Beyond our comfort zone? Situating the authority of international lawyers, institutions, & other international actors
Date: 25th April 2016
Time: 14:00 - 19:00
Event Details
Time: 11:30-19:00
Venue: British Institute of International and Comparative Law, Charles Clore House, 17 Russell Square, London WC1B 5JP
25th Annual SLS-BIICL Conference on Theory and International Law
a special collaboration with the European Society of International Law's Interest Group on International Legal Theory
The SLS/BIICL Conference on Theory and International Law is celebrating its Silver Jubilee in 2016. To that end, this year, the SLS International Law Section is holding a special 25th anniversary conference, organised in collaboration with the Interest Group on International Legal Theory of the European Society of International Law (ESIL IGILT), on 25 April 2016. We are delighted that The Honourable Justice Michael Kirby AC, CMG, will deliver the keynote address.
Keynote speaker:
- The Honourable Justice Michael Kirby AC, CMG
Chair (keynote speech):
- Professor Robert McCorquodale, Director of BIICL
Speakers:
Panel 1: Theory
- Chair: Dr Gleider Hernández, University of Durham, Deputy Director of the Durham Global Policy Institute, Member, ESIL-IGILT Coordinating Committee
- Dr Fuad Zarbiyev, Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva, Authority to say what the international law is: competing claims and emerging patterns
- Professor Sandy Sivakumaran, Nottingham University, State-empowered entities and the authority to make and shape international law
- Dr Richard Collins, University College Dublin, Between False Dichotomies? Explaining Legitimate Authority in International Law
- Dr Matthew Nicholson, Southampton Law School, Dress Code: Formal or Hegemony and International Legal Strategy
Panel 2: Intervention by Experts/Working with Experts
- Chair: Professor Chris Henderson, Sussex University, Co-convenor of the SLS International Law Section, Society of Legal Scholars
- Dr Michael Reynolds and Professor Jahankhani, GSM London, Evidence in the Clouds
- Dr Hannah Woolaver, University of Cape Town, South Africa, The influence of Amicus Curiae interventions in international criminal proceedings
- Dr Yannick Radi, Leiden Law School, The Netherlands, Rethinking the authority of investor State Dispute Settlement on Conceptual Fallacies and Professional Inabilities
- Dr Yvonne McDermott Rees, Bangor University, Borrowed Truths: Expert Evidence and Authority in International Criminal Trials
Panel 3: The International Lawyer as Expert
- Chair: Dr Philippa Webb, King's College London, Co-convenor of the SLS International Law Section, Society of Legal Scholars
- Ms Maja Groff, Hague Conference on Private International Law, Responsibilities of international legal officials: a dedication to "All that remains unfinished?"
- Dr Fernando Lusa Bordin, Sidney Sussex College, University of Cambridge, The Authority of "Codification by Analogy" in international law
- Professor Robbie Sabel, Hebrew University Jerusalem, Do legal advisors create international law?
- Dr Yasuo Kita, Teikyo University (Tokyo), Japan, The authority of legal advisers to the UK Foreign Office to develop the International Law of territorial waters 1923-58
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About our keynote speaker, The Honourable Justice Michael Kirby AC, CMG
Michael Donald Kirby AC, CMG is a renowned Australian jurist and academic who is a former Justice of the High Court of Australia, serving from 1996 to 2009. He has held various positions as an expert. In May 2013 he was appointed by the United Nations Human Rights Council to lead an inquiry into human rights abuses in North Korea, which issued its report in February 2014. He has recently been appointed by the UN Secretary-General as a member of the High-Level Panel on Access to Essential Medicines. He is the recipient of numerous awards and honours, including the Gruber Justice Prize and the Leo Nevas Award for human rights.
Co-organised by
The convenors are grateful for the material and financial assistance of the SLS, BIICL, and the Durham Global Policy Institute.
CPD Accreditation
This event is accredited with 5.5 CPD hours.
Pricing and Registration
BIICL Members:
- Individual - £60
- Full-time Academic - £45
- Full-time Student - £15
Non-members:
- Individual - £110
- Full-time Academic - £85
- Full-time Student - £35
N.B. The Academic rate also applies to staff of government and non-profit organisations.
Free NGO Places
A limited number of places for this event are available for staff of NGOs to attend free of charge as part of an initiative by the Bingham Centre for the Rule of Law to provide NGOs with access to legal education and training events.
Please email the Events team with your contact details, your position and the NGO that you work for. We will organise your attendance, subject to availability.
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