Events

The Geneva Conventions and the Protection of Vulnerable Groups

60th Anniversary of the Geneva

This seminar is the fourth in a series of lectures and seminars to celebrate the sixtieth anniversary of the adoption of the four Geneva Conventions of 1949. Future Series Dates: 25 November 2009-…

33rd Annual FA Mann Lecture

The Unity and Diversity of International Law

This event is kindly sponsored by: This is a public lecture with free admission. No registration is needed for this event. Please contact Jane Latchford at Jane.Latchford@herbertsmith.com with any…

Seeking Truth and Pursuing Justice: An Open Wound from Mexico’s Dirty War?

We have invited Tita Radilla to talk about her experience as a human rights defender and as an advocate for truth and justice for the "dissapearances" committed during Mexico's dirty war in the 1970s.…

Private Diplomacy, Public Peace: Practical Challenges in Contemporary Peace Negotiations

This event is open to all. For further details please email elac@politics.ox.ac.uk or visit www.elac.ox.ac.uk.

Too Big to Fail

Andrew Ross Sorkin will take the audience behind the financial crisis and inside various secret meetings and never-before revealed conversations between regulators in Washington DC and London as well as…

Chalfen Memorial Lecture

Law-making in Brussels

What is this event about? The EU produces legislation on a wide range of issues, including criminal and civil law. Under the Treaty of Lisbon, more of these issues come under the co-decision procedure…

EU regulates Cross Border Successions: First Reaction to the Commission Proposal

What is this event about? The Commission has adopted on 14 October 2009 the long awaited proposal on succession and wills. This EU initiative tends to simplify successions with cross border elements and…

Islamic Law Before Courts: An Analysis of Reach and Application.

Event Cancellation Policy Cancellation by us The British Institute of International and Comparative Law reserves the right to modify or cancel any event if unforeseen circumstances arise. If we cancel…

Islamic Law Before Courts: An Analysis of Reach and Application

The public lecture will be of great interest both to academics engaged in the research of Islamic Law and to practitioner wanting to learn more about the practical implementation of Islamic law. Judge…

Michaelmas Term Lecture Programme 2009

Lectures take place in the Finley Library at the Lauterpacht Centre, 5 Cranmer Road, Cambridge and include a sandwich lunch sponsored by Cambridge University Press from 12.30 pm. The lecture programme…

The Role of Ethics in International Law

The American Society of International Law's International Legal Theory Interest Group invites you to attend The Role of Ethics in International Law Each year, the International Legal Theory Interest…

INTERNATIONAL FAMILIES AND MARRIAGE:

A conference organised by the / conférence organisée par Swiss Institute of Comparative Law (SICL) Institut suisse de droit comparé (ISDC) in conjunction with the / en collaboration avec la STEP…

A Model Civil Code for Europe?

2.5 CPD hours may be claimed by both solicitors and barristers through attendance at this event. Event Cancellation Policy Cancellation by us The British Institute of International and Comparative Law…

Arbitration and the law of nations

This is an invitation only event. Further details are to be confirmed. If you have any questions regarding this event, please contact Jennifer Merrick at jennifer.merrick@freshfields.com.

Full and Equal Citizens: How to deliver equality for Israel’s Arab Minorities?

The Foreign Policy Centre is delighted to invite you to a Westminster Seminar to launch of its Full and Equal Citizens: How to deliver equality for Israel's Arab Minorities? project, supported by the Pears…

How Markets Fail: The Problem of Rational Irrationality

What caused the recent global financial crisis? Some analysts blame greed, others stupidity, yet others myopia. The real problem is more fundamental, and it relates to the inner logic of a financially…

Resolving Competing Claims – the recent Abyei Arbitration in Sudan

What is this event about? This event will discuss the recent Permanent Court of Arbitration award concerning the territorial dispute between the Government of Sudan and the Sudan People's Liberation Movement/Army…

Resolving Competing Claims – the recent Abyei Arbitration in Sudan

What is this event about? This event will discuss the recent arbitration award which determines the boundaries of the Abyei region in Sudan, addressing the dispute between the Government of Sudan and…

Resolving Competing Claims - the recent Abyei Arbitration in Sudan

What is this event about? This event will discuss the recent Permanent Court of Arbitration award concerning the territorial dispute between the Government of Sudan and the Sudan People's Liberation Movement/Army…

The Future of the Geneva Conventions

60th Anniversary of the Geneva Conventions

What is this event about? This seminar is the last in a series of lectures and seminars to celebrate the sixtieth anniversary of the adoption of the four Geneva Conventions of 1949. Adam Roberts will…

First as Tragedy, Then as Farce: The Double Death of Neoliberalism and the Idea of Communism

Slavoj Zizek argues that the neoliberalism died twice: first as a political doctrine in the tragedy of the attacks of 9/11; then its farcical collapse as an economic theory when the meltdown at the end…

8th Annual Merger Conference

Topics: Merger policy in a recession and recovery -spotlight on the UK How healthy is our understanding of 'closeness of competition'? - Whole Foods/Wild Oats versus Nuts, Seeds and Fruits (Holland…

Prospects for the 2010 Review Conference of the NPT: Challenges for the legal regime for nuclear non

What is this event about? This seminar will discuss issues surrounding non-proliferation generally, in particular the challenges of DPRK and Iran, as well as outlining the legal issues that will be relevant…