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Presuming State Intention from an Unwillingness to Communicate Seminar; CfP Gang-Induced Migration

Posted: Tue Feb 18, 2025 6:29 am
by pappu6327
1. Global Law at Reading: Gandhi Research Seminar Series 2022/23. Global Law at Reading (GLAR) has announced the speakers for the Gandhi Research Seminar Series 2022/23. All of the seminars will take place in-person, and all are welcome. 26 October Professor Duncan French (University of Lincoln) (12:30-13:30 Envisioning Post-Holocene (Anthropocene) Global Commons, Palmer 108, Whiteknights Campus); 9 November 2022 Professor Yuval Shany (Hebrew University) (14:30-15:30 Digital Rights and the Outer Limits of International Human Rights, Palmer 107, Whiteknights Campus); 7 December 2022 Professor Holger P. Hestermeyer (King’s College London) (13:00-14:00 The Unbearable Flexibility of International Law: The (Ab)use of MoUs, Palmer 108, Whiteknights Campus). Speakers in the Spring Term include Professor Philippa Webb (King’s College London), Professor Dapo Akande (University of Oxford), Professor Aoife Nolan (University of Nottingham), and Professor Kimberley Trapp (University College London). Dates and times will be advertised in due course.

2. Second Annual Conference of the NOVA Centre on Business, Human Rights and the Environment (28 and 29 September). The focus of the second annual conference will be on the Draft Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive: Opportunities and Challenges. The conference will take place in Lisbon, in an hybrid format, on the 28 – 29 September 2022. This year’s edition is organised in partnership with the Portuguese Government, the Portuguese Chamber of Commerce and Industry, PLMJ and the FCT (Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology). It will count with the participation of the Vice-President of the European Parliament, Heidi Hautala, the EU Commissioner for Justice, Didier Reynders, the Secretary-General of the Portuguese Chamber of Commerce, João Pedro Guimarães, as well as members of the UN Working Group of Business and Human Rights, members of the Portuguese government, scholars, civil society organisations and businesses. More information can be found here.


3. Call for Papers: Cambridge International Law Journal. The Editorial investor database Board of the Cambridge International Law Journal invites submissions for Volume 12 (issues to be published in June and December 2023). The Board welcomes articles (6,000–12,000 words, inclusive of footnotes) and case notes that engage with current themes in international law, as well as book reviews on recently published works. Volume 12 Issue 1 will include a special section on ‘Global Security Challenges and International Law’, in collaboration with the European Society of International Law’s Interest Group on International Economic Law. All submissions are subject to double-blind peer review by the Journal’s Editorial Board. In addition, long articles are sent to the Academic Review Board. Submissions can be made at any time. Articles submitted by 30 October 2022 will be considered for Volume 12 Issue 1. For full submission instructions, see here. Submissions may be made for Volume 12(1) here. Alternatively, blog articles, assessed on a rolling basis, may be submitted here. Further information can be obtained from the Editors-in-Chief at editors {at} cilj.co(.)uk.

4. Call for Papers: The Aesthetics of International Law. The CEU Department of Legal Studies and the ESIL Interest Group on Social Sciences and International Law have announced the call for papers for the 2023 Conference on The Aesthetics of International Law. This cross-disciplinary event, taking place on 12 – 13 May 2023, will bring together scholars wishing to explore various ways to visualize international legal processes in different contexts and across different media. The call for papers is available here.