Past Events

New empirical research on Intellectual Property litigation and launch of Platform regulation project

26 Feb 2020 LONDON

Convened by the Creative Industries Policy & Evidence Centre (PEC), and hosted by the British Institute of International and Comparative Law (BIICL) this event will bring together leading practitioners,…

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Technology
UK Investment Protection Policy Post-Brexit

25 Feb 2020 LONDON

Following its official exit from the European Union on 31 January 2020, the UK is gearing up to launch an aggressive trade negotiation strategy with State partners around the world. Yet in addition to…

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Investment / Trade
Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction: Where are we and where to next?

18 Feb 2020 LONDON

This seminar examines the progress made to date in negotiating a legal text, and considers whether the text as it stands and the ‘direction of travel’ can lead to an instrument that will provide a…

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Climate Change+1
Law of the Sea
Law, Culture and Human Rights in Asia and the Middle East

14 Feb 2020 LONDON

In conjunction with the British Institute of International and Comparative Law (BIICL), Coventry University and the editors of the Asian Yearbook of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law (AYBHRHL) invite submissions…

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Cultural Heritage+1
Human Rights
A UK failure to prevent mechanism for corporate human rights harms: Is it legally feasible?

11 Feb 2020 LONDON

In March 2017, the UK Joint Committee on Human Rights released a report on business and human rights in which it proposed the introduction of a “failure to prevent” mechanism for corporate human rights…

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Business and Human Rights
Rule of Law Measurement: Uses and Users

05 Feb 2020 LONDON

Hosted by the Bingham Centre for the Rule of Law in collaboration with the Bonavero Institute of Human Rights at the University of Oxford this event is focused on thinking about how better information…

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Rule of Law
Short Course: Business and Human Rights

03 Feb 2020 LONDON

Business and human rights is an area of international human rights law in continuous development at the international and national levels. On successful completion of BIICL’s Business and Human Rights…

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Business and Human Rights
Is the rule of law too vague a notion to be monitored and enforced by the EU against backsliding Member States?

30 Jan 2020 LONDON

The rule of law is considered as a driver of legitimacy in the EU and the Member States. However, its specific meaning and scope continue to be debated by scholars but also increasingly contested by officials…

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Rule of Law
Arbitration & Asia: Opportunities & Challenges

29 Jan 2020 LONDON

As Asia's prominence in international dispute resolution continues to grow, this half-day seminar takes stock of issues arising in Asia-related arbitration, and the evolving international infrastructure…

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Arbitration+1
Hong Kong
Course: Comparative Business Law

23 Jan 2020 LONDON

BIICL is working with ESCP Europe Business School on this 30 hour course on Comparative Business Law. Thought by BIICL and ESCP staff and legal practitioners, the course provides an excellent introduction…

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Arbitration+2
Comparative LawInternational Litigation

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