ASIL 2022 Annual Meeting
Date: 6 - 9 April 2022
Time: Not specified
Venue: Washington D.C
American Society of International Law
2022 Annual Meeting
Personalizing International Law
The Annual Meeting of the American Society of International Law will return to Washington, D.C. on April 6-9, 2022 for the first time since 2019. Now in its 116th year, the ASIL Annual Meeting is one of the largest and most distinguished gatherings of international practitioners, scholars, jurists, policy experts, and diplomats in the world.
As we emerge from one of the most isolating years in our memories, we invite reflection on how international law is experienced by individuals, communities, business organizations, and other non-state actors, the ways in which these actors shape international law, and how states might react to these efforts. From those combatting disease, seeking asylum, facing unemployment, resisting eviction, or struggling to access basic nutrition, to others who may just be wondering "what is the relevance of international law for me?" - this year's Annual Meeting focuses on how people, independently or collectively, interact with international law. Specifically, the 2022 Annual Meeting will examine how international law is experienced personally. Questions that will be addressed include:
- How do individuals experience international law in their daily lives?
- How do non-State actors contribute or pose challenges to the creation, evolution, interpretation, and enforcement of international law?
- What and who is prioritized in the public and private application of international law?
This focus is particularly significant today when the daily lives of most of the world's people have been upended and recalibrated by a global pandemic, massive economic losses, climate challenges, and persistent racial injustice. In this time of crisis convergence, the Society's Annual Meeting is a call to examine the ways that international law meets or fails people's expectations and to explore ideas of how international law can better address these and other challenges.
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Highlights of the meeting
- Over 40 substantive sessions
- Dozens of special sessions, side events, and interest group meetings
- 25+ hours of social, networking, mentoring, and career development activities, including dedicated content for both in-person and virtual attendees
- More than 150 speakers from around the world
Keynote sessions and named lectures featuring prominent figures in international law, including:
- Grotius Lecture: Judge Hilary Charlesworth and Karima Bennoune
- Assembly Keynotes: Amal Clooney and Maria Ressa
- Manley O. Hudson Medal Program: Lori Fisler Damrosch with José Alvarez
- Goler T. Butcher Medal Lecture: Judge Chile Eboe-Osuji
- Charles N. Brower Lecture: Judith Gill
- Prominent woman in International Law Award Program: Fatou Bensouda
