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1 Creative Commons A Weapon Is No Subordinate. Autonomous Weapons and the Scope of Superior Responsibility Dr. Alessandra Spadaro of Utrecht University outlines several challenges to the applicability of the doctrine of superior responsibility in the context of the use of autonomous weapons systems. Alessandra Spadaro 24 Feb 2023
2 Creative Commons One Hundred Years of International Administrative Law: Is the Employment Law at International Organizations Working? Peter Quayle argues employment law of international organizations tends towards incoherence, however, mapping international administrative law onto a larger framework of international organizations law can realize a more workable version of the law. Peter Quayle 24 Feb 2023
3 Geneva Declaration on Human Rights at Sea: Informal Lawmaking in Action? Natalie Klein, Professor at UNSW Sydney, presents on the Geneva Declaration on Human Rights at Sea, adopted in March 2022 as an initiative of UK charity Human Rights at Sea, and on the Declaration's lawmaking potential. Natalie Klein 20 Jan 2023
4 Violent environments? Towards a political ecology of international law Dr Eliana Cusato, postdoctoral fellow at the Amsterdam Center for International Law, presents an overview of the key arguments in her book, 'The Ecology of War and Peace: Marginalising Slow and Structural Violence in International Law'. Eliana Cusato 20 Jan 2023
5 Creative Commons Climate Litigation in International Organs and Courts: The Torres Strait Islanders case Monica Feria-Tinta discusses a landmark 2022 decision of the UN Human Rights Committee which found that Australia failed to protect indigenous Torres Strait Islanders against adverse impacts of climate change, in breach of human rights law. Monica Feria-Tinta 20 Jan 2023
6 Creative Commons Complicity in a War of Aggression Dr Nikola Hajdin outlines an analytical framework for criminal complicity in a war of aggression Nikola Hajdin 20 Jan 2023
7 Law of the Sea in the ‘Plasticene’ Professor Karen Scott of the University of Canterbury, New Zealand, gives a presentation exploring the current regime complex for ocean plastics and considering how the law of the sea is likely to interact with a newly proposed plastics treaty. Karen N. Scott 04 May 2022
8 Creative Commons Revisiting Sovereignty and Recognition of Oppressive Governments; A focus on Myanmar Professor Errol P. Mendes of the University of Ottawa gives a presentation calling for a revisiting of the origins of the concept of sovereignty in Public International Law. Errol P Mendes 08 Apr 2022
9 Creative Commons ‘Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown’: Recent developments regarding the immunities of heads of state and government Philippa Webb, Professor of Public International Law at King’s College London, gives a presentation on recent developments in English law in cases against current and former heads of state. Philippa Webb 01 Mar 2022
10 Creative Commons State Consent between Regionalism and Universalism: Particular Customary International Law before the International Court of Justice Freya Baetens, Professor of Public International Law at Oslo University, gives a presentation on how the International Court of Justice has addressed claims based on ‘regional’ customary international law. Freya Baetens 01 Mar 2022
11 Six Faces of Globalization: Who Wins, Who Loses, and Why It Matters Nicolas Lamp, Queen’s University, Canada gives a presentation to the Public International Law Discussion Group. Nicolas Lamp 24 Jan 2022
12 'The Function of Equity in International Law Professor Catharine Titi, French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS)-CERSA, University Paris II Panthéon-Assas, France, gives a talk for the Public International Law seminar series. (4/11/2021) Catharine Titi 17 Jan 2022
13 Tactical Admissions in International Litigation A presentation by Professor Stefan Talmon on Tactical Admissions in International Litigation, delivered to the Public International Law Discussion Group. Stefan Talmon 17 Jan 2022
14 International Law and the Practice of Legality: stability and change Professor Jutta Brunnée, University of Toronto, gives a talk for the seminar series on 6th May 2021. Jutta Brunnée 29 Jul 2021
15 The Effect of jus cogens and the Individuation of Norms International law ascribes to the conferral of a jus cogens status on a norm a particular legal significance. Ulf Linderfalk  06 Mar 2020
16 International Judicial Speech Acts Domestic and international judges speak separately from their courts' institutional voice in myriad ways. Neha Jain 21 Feb 2020
17 The Duty to Prevent Atrocity Crimes: Operationalising State Obligations From the instant that a State receives an early warning that mass atrocities are likely to occur, what, precisely, is it required to do in response? Shannon Raj Singh 19 Feb 2020
18 The Legal Evolution of the Climate Change Regime: Past, Present, and Future What have been the key themes in the legal evolution of the UN climate regime? Daniel Bodansky 31 Oct 2019
19 Creative Commons The Role of Domestic Law in the International Legal Validity of Treaty Withdrawal If a state withdraws from a treaty in a manner that violates its own domestic law, will this withdrawal take effect in international law? Hannah Woolaver 25 Oct 2019
20 Climate Change and the Rule of Law Despite three decades of legal development, existing systems of law fail to provide effective foundations for limiting climate change. Cinnamon Carlarne 18 Oct 2019
21 Creative Commons Richard Reid Richard Reid, historian of Africa, in conversation with Stanley Ulijaszek. Richard Reid, Stanley Ulijaszek 16 Oct 2019
22 Creative Commons The Rise of Investor-State Arbitration: Rethinking Key Moments What explains the rise of investor-state arbitration? To the extent that investor-state arbitration had founding fathers, what were their motivations, what constraints did they have, what was their thinking? Taylor St John 31 May 2019
23 The Internalisation of Investment Treaties and the Rule of Law Promise Investment treaties are often said to have two principal effects for the states that enter into them. First, it is asserted that investment treaties act to increase levels of foreign investment in host states. Jansen Calamita 07 May 2019
24 Due Diligence: An Obligation under International Law This talk will examine the legal nature of due diligence, namely whether it is a free-standing obligation under customary international law or a standard by which compliance with specific obligations may be assessed. Vladyslav Lanovoy 07 May 2019
25 Interpretation of Security Council Resolutions and the Status of Explanation of Votes Even though UN Security Council resolutions may have major consequences for the disputes and states concerned, some of the resolutions are ambiguous in their meaning. Mark Klamberg 05 Mar 2019
26 Regime Interaction in Ocean Governance Oceans are increasingly under pressure; be it for the multiplication and diversification of economic activities performed at sea, for the consequences of climate change, or for the deterioration of their environmental health. Seline Trevisanut 22 Feb 2019
27 Corporations and Human Rights Regulation This talk will consider the regulation of corporations for the human rights impacts of their activities. Robert McCorquodale 12 Feb 2019
28 The 2020 UN Human Rights Treaty Body Review: strengthening or strangling the system? Following a difficult and protracted process, in 2014 the UNGA adopted Resolution 68/268 which set out to strengthen the UN human rights treaty body system. Malcolm Evans 01 Feb 2019
29 The Legal Metamorphosis of War War does not escape the transformations global governance has experienced in the past decades. Delphine Dogot 25 Jan 2019
30 Travaux, Commentaries and Encyclopedias - how we write them and how we use them The presentation will discuss the approaches to writing such reference works (based on the speaker's experience with the Update of the ICRC Commentaries to the 1949 Conventions, and the Max Planck Encyclopedia of International Procedural Law). Liesbeth Lijnzaad 05 Dec 2018
31 The Consequences of Brexit Since the 24 June 2016, the politics of Brexit – in both the UK and the EU – has driven the negotiations and discussion surrounding the UK's departure from the EU. Andrew Hood 13 Nov 2018
32 The Analogy between States and International Organizations An analogy between States and international organizations has characterised the development of the law that applies to intergovernmental institutions on the international plane. Fernando Bordin 06 Nov 2018
33 Unmaking the ocean This talk will discuss elements of a research project that explores the evolution of the law of the sea over the course of the 20th century Surabhi Ranganathan 26 Oct 2018
34 Addressing key challenges to the prohibition of torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment The absolute prohibition of torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment is under considerable pressure. Natasa Mavronicola 23 Oct 2018
35 The Trump Administration and International Law: Will It Get Better or Worse? The talk will review the Trump administration’s record in international and national security law over the last 18 months, and will address challenges ahead, including the administration’s counter-terrorism policies and approach to international agreement John Bellinger III 12 Jun 2018
36 Creative Commons In Search of a Better World: A Human Rights Odyssey Professor Akhavan will speak about his recent book In Search of a Better World: A Human Rights Odyssey, the 2017 CBC Massey Lectures which became the best-selling non-fiction book in Canada. Payam Akhavan 09 Mar 2018
37 Interaction between Hard Law and Soft Law in United Nations Law-Making From a law-making perspective 'soft-law' is simply a convenient description for a variety of non-binding, normatively worded instruments used in contemporary international relations by states and international organisations. Alan Boyle 28 Feb 2018
38 Proving International Crimes International criminal tribunals face an enormous task when they seek to analyse the thousands of pages of evidence that are presented in the course of their trials... Yvonne McDermott Rees (Swansea University) 23 Jan 2018
39 The Oxford Guidance on the Law Relating to Humanitarian Relief Operations in Armed Conflict The provision of life-saving assistance to people affected by armed conflict lies at the heart of humanitarian actors’ operations... Dapo Akande, Emanuela-Chiara Gillard 05 Dec 2017
40 Planetary Defence: Asteroids, Nuclear Weapons and International Law This paper examines issues related to the question of 'planetary defence', in the sense of responding to an asteroid - or any other type of Near-Earth Object (NEO) - were such a body to be detected as being on a collision-course with the Earth and predict James Green 28 Nov 2017
41 Creative Commons Corruption: A new Public International Law norm? Corruption has become a hot topic in Public International Law in recent years. Samantha Rowe, Ciara Murphy 21 Nov 2017
42 International Law and the Sustainable Development Goals – shaping the rules for our common future The UN Conference on Sustainable Development - or Rio+20 - took place in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on 20-22 June 2012 Markus Gehring 07 Nov 2017
43 Transnational Conflicts: A New Kind of War? Dr Ziv Bohrer, assistant professor at Bar-Ilan University Faculty of Law, gives a talk for the Public International Law Discussion Group. Please note, the recording for this podcast ended before the end, we apologise for the inconvenience. Ziv Boher 31 Oct 2017
44 Immunity from Execution of Military and Cultural Goods Recent years have seen numerous attempts to seize State assets held outside a State's national territory to satisfy debts owed by the State to private persons. Matthew Happold 07 Jun 2017
45 Behavioral Economics and Global Public Goods and Global Commons Professor van Aaken's main research areas are international law with a special focus on international economic law and its interaction with other areas of international law, (international) legal theory, (behavioural) law and economics. Anne van Aaken 04 May 2017
46 Courting Failure: When are International Criminal Courts likely to be believed by Local Audiences? Can we reliably predict whether the populations affected by mass atrocities will believe in the accounts of the facts and criminal responsibility that are produced by international criminal tribunals? Drawing on research in social psychology and on a seri Marko Milanovic 23 Nov 2016
47 The International Regulation of Offshore Energy Installations In this talk, we will attempt to discuss points of interest, taking also into consideration the role offshore installations may or may not play in the determination of judicial proceedings before international courts and tribunals. Maria Gavouneli 15 Nov 2016
48 Creative Commons Reading the Rome Statute - As an Organic Instrument (This was a joint session with OTJR) Judge Chile Eboe-Osuji, Judge of the International Criminal Court and President of the Trial Division Judge Chile Eboe-Osuji 09 Nov 2016
49 Creative Commons The Systemic Qualities of the International Legal Order Dr Gleider Hernandez, Reader in Public International Law, University of Durham, October 2016 Gleider Hernandez 31 Oct 2016
50 Challenges in the Law of Non-International Armed Conflict Rob McLaughlin, Australian National University - October 2015 Rob McLaughlin 25 Oct 2016
51 Creative Commons Toward Inclusive Global Governance: What Role for International Law? Professor Eyal Benvenisti, Whewell Professor of International Law, University of Cambridge Eyal Benvenisti 25 Oct 2016
52 Creative Commons People on the Move in an Era of Climate Change: Obstacles and Opportunities Professor Jane McAdam, Kaldor Centre for International Refugee, University of New South Wales & Asad Rehman, Friends of the Earth Climate Campaign - June 2016 Jane McAdam, Asad Rehman 21 Oct 2016
53 Creative Commons The Syrian Refugee Crisis and International Law Professor Guy Goodwin-Gill, University of Oxford & Blackstone Chambers - May 2016 Guy Goodwin-Gill 21 Oct 2016
54 The Diffusion of International Law into the Global Market Dr Markos Karavias, University of Amsterdam - May 2016 Markos Karavias 21 Oct 2016
55 Creative Commons Justification and Excuse in the Law of State Responsibility: A Distinction of Pure Academic Interest? Dr Federica Padeu, University of Cambridge - April 2016 Federica Paddeu 21 Oct 2016
56 Assistance in Disasters: The Overlap between IHL and Disaster Law Professor Sarah Williams, University of New South Wales - March 2016 Sarah Williams 21 Oct 2016
57 Interpretation of Customary International Law: The Rules of the Game Dr Panos Merkouris, University of Groningen - January 2016 Panos Merkouris 21 Oct 2016
58 Creative Commons Iran's Nuclear Program and International Law, November 2015 Dan Joyner, University of Alabama School of Law - November 2015 Dan Joyner 21 Oct 2016
59 Creative Commons Why have we Criminalised Agressive War? Tom Dannenbaum, University College London, November 2015 Tom Dannenbaum 21 Oct 2016
60 Creative Commons The Law Applied by International Administrative Tribunals: From Autonomy to Hierarchy? Yaraslau Kryvoi, University of West London - 5 February 2015 Yaraslau Kryvoi 21 Oct 2016
61 Creative Commons International Law and Foreign Relations Law: Complements or Substitutes Paul Stephen, University of Virginia - October 2015 Paul Stephen 21 Oct 2016
62 The UN at 70: Contributions of the United Nations and other International Organizations at Geneva - October 2015 Miguel de Serpa Soares, Under-Secretary for Legal Affairs and United Nations Legal Counsel Miguel de Serpa Soares 21 Oct 2016
63 How public international law has been made, found and proven from the 17th to the 21st century 2011 Youard Lecture in Legal History. Stefan Talmon 01 Jun 2011