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Lectures on international law issues by eminent scholars, practitioners and judges of national and international courts. The lecture series is brought to you by the Public International Law Discussion Group, part of the Law Faculty of the University of Oxford, and is supported by the British Branch of the International Law Association and Oxford University Press. Further details of this series can be found on the Public International Law at Oxford website.
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| 55 | 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 |
| 54 | 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 | |
| 53 | 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 | |
| 52 | 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 | |
| 51 | 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 | |
| 50 | 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 | |
| 49 | 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 | |
| 48 | The Legal Metamorphosis of War | War does not escape the transformations global governance has experienced in the past decades. | Delphine Dogot | 25 Jan 2019 | |
| 47 | 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 | |
| 46 | 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 | |
| 45 | 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 | |
| 44 | 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 | |
| 43 | 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 | |
| 42 | Why punish perpetrators of mass atrocities? Reflections on peace, punishment and the ICC | Ever since the trial against the major war criminals of World War II before the International Military Tribunal at Nuremberg the institution of 'punishment' has been an integral part of the international legal system. | Florian Jeßberger | 16 Oct 2018 | |
| 41 | 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 | |
| 40 | Advancing the Rule of Law as part of the International Landscape | The 21st century has seen significant progress and recent regression in terms of entrenchment of the rule of law. These developments have occurred not only in the domestic context but also within the international sphere. | Kimberly Prost | 22 May 2018 | |
| 39 | Successes and Challenges in the Fight against Impunity | Marking the 20th Anniversary of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court. Twenty years after the adoption of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, the ICC is thought to be in crisis. | Olympia Bekou | 27 Apr 2018 | |
| 38 | 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 | Draft Principles on Shared Responsibility | A presentation of the new principles of shared responsibility in international law | Ilias Plakokefalos, Jean D'Aspremont | 06 Mar 2018 | |
| 36 | Creative Commons | Arbitral Authority to Address Corruption - Part B | Arbitrators have many powers – express, implied, and those inherent in the very process of arbitration. Disputes that involve corruption put into question the breadth of those powers. | Andrea Bjorklund | 28 Feb 2018 |
| 35 | Creative Commons | Arbitral Authority to Address Corruption - Part A | Arbitrators have many powers – express, implied, and those inherent in the very process of arbitration. Disputes that involve corruption put into question the breadth of those powers. | Andrea Bjorklund | 28 Feb 2018 |
| 34 | 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 | |
| 33 | The International Law Commission as an Interpreter of International Law | The International Law Commission is a subsidiary organ of the United Nations General Assembly entrusted with the progressive development of international law and its codification. | Danai Azaria | 06 Feb 2018 | |
| 32 | 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 | |
| 31 | 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 | |
| 30 | 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 | |
| 29 | 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 |
| 28 | Human Rights at Sea: Establishing the Rule of Law at Sea in a post-Grotian Era | From the early 17th to the mid-20th century (the Grotian Era), the oceans were regarded as a minimally regulated ‘free’ space. | Steven Haines | 14 Nov 2017 | |
| 27 | 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 | |
| 26 | 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 | |
| 25 | International Law and Sea Level Rise: the work of the ILA Committee | David Freestone gives a talk for the public international law seminar series. Please note, the recording of this podcast ended before the end. We apologise for the inconvenience. | David Freestone | 31 Oct 2017 | |
| 24 | Oxford Annual Global Justice Lecture 2017 - Reflections on Peace and Justice in the 21st Century: A perspective from the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court | The 2017 lecture, delivered by Fatou Bensouda, Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court at 5.00pm on Thursday 12 Oct 2017. | Fatou Bensouda | 20 Oct 2017 | |
| 23 | 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 | |
| 22 | 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 | |
| 21 | Advocacy before the International Court of Justice | Advocacy is the art of persuasion on behalf of a person or cause. | Benjamin Samson, Kate Parlett | 14 Mar 2017 | |
| 20 | The Updated Commentary on the First Geneva Convention: Relevance and Evolution of the Convention in the Light of 60 Years of Practice | In 2011, the ICRC embarked on a multi-year project aimed at updating its commentaries on the Geneva Conventions (the “Pictet Commentaries”) and their Additional Protocols I and II. | Jean-Marie Henckaerts | 28 Feb 2017 | |
| 19 | Historic Titles and Historic Rights in the Law of the Sea in the Light of the South China Sea Arbitration | Historic titles and historic rights have been a complicated issue in the law of the sea both conceptually and practically. | Sophia Kopela, University of Lancaster | 07 Feb 2017 | |
| 18 | Under the Radar: Fair and Equitable Benefit-sharing and the Human Rights of Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities Related to Natural Resources | This article critically assesses the increasing cross-fertilization between international environmental law and international human rights law... | Elisa Morgera | 06 Feb 2017 | |
| 17 | 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 | |
| 16 | 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 | |
| 15 | 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 |
| 14 | 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 |
| 13 | Challenges in the Law of Non-International Armed Conflict | Rob McLaughlin, Australian National University - October 2015 | Rob McLaughlin | 25 Oct 2016 | |
| 12 | 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 |
| 11 | 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 |
| 10 | 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 |
| 9 | The Diffusion of International Law into the Global Market | Dr Markos Karavias, University of Amsterdam - May 2016 | Markos Karavias | 21 Oct 2016 | |
| 8 | 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 |
| 7 | 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 | |
| 6 | Interpretation of Customary International Law: The Rules of the Game | Dr Panos Merkouris, University of Groningen - January 2016 | Panos Merkouris | 21 Oct 2016 | |
| 5 | 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 |
| 4 | Creative Commons | Why have we Criminalised Agressive War? | Tom Dannenbaum, University College London, November 2015 | Tom Dannenbaum | 21 Oct 2016 |
| 3 | 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 |
| 2 | Creative Commons | International Law and Foreign Relations Law: Complements or Substitutes | Paul Stephen, University of Virginia - October 2015 | Paul Stephen | 21 Oct 2016 |
| 1 | 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 |