Public International Law Discussion Group
About the Group
The Public International Law Discussion Group at the University of Oxford hosts a weekly speaker event and light lunch at New College, Oxford. Topics involve contemporary and challenging issues in international law. Speakers include distinguished international law practitioners, academics, and legal advisers from around the world.
The group typically meets each Thursday during Oxford terms in Lecture Room 6 in New College, with lunch commencing at 12:30, the speaker commencing at 12:50 and concluding by 1:30, allowing about 20 minutes for questions and discussion. Attendance and lunch at these events is free and no RSVP is necessary. Practitioners, academics and students from within and outside the University of Oxford are all welcome.
Convenors: Jessica Howley, Thomas Lieflaender
Senior member: Dapo Akande
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Previous Group Events
May 2013
Thursday 16 May 2013
- Investment Arbitration and the Philosophy of Property
- Speaker: Professor Zachary Douglas, Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies
New College Lecture Room 6 at 12:30
Wednesday 15 May
- The United States and International Law: Drones and Other Challenges for the Obama Administration’s Second Term
- Speaker: Mr John Bellinger III, Former Legal Adviser to the U.S. State Department
All Souls College Old Library at 20:30
Thursday 9 May
- International Law in the Long 1990s: Notes Towards an Investigation
- Speaker: Dr Akbar Rasulov, University of Glasgow
New College Lecture Room 6 at 12:30
Thursday 2 May
- Democratic Statehood in International Law
- Speaker: Dr Jure Vidmar, University of Oxford
New College Lecture Room 6 at 12:30
April 2013
Thursday 25 April
- The (In)applicability of the Prohibition on the Use of Force to International Organizations
- Speaker: Dr Sarah Heathcote, Australian National University
New College Lecture Room 6 at 12:30
March 2013
Friday 1 March
- Judging At Home and Abroad
- Speaker: Judge Kenneth Keith, International Court of Justice
Oxford Law Faculty The Cube at 15:00
February 2013
Thursday 28 February
- Neither Common or Civil: Principles of Liability in International Criminal Law
- Speaker: Professor Robert Cryer, University of Birmingham
New College Lecture Room 6 at 12:30
Thursday 21 February
- Reducing Genocide to Law: Definition, Meaning, and the Ultimate Crime
- Speaker: Professor Payam Akhavan, McGill University
New College Lecture Room 6 at 12:30
Thursday 14 February
- International Law as Law at Last
- Speaker: Professor Philip Allott, University of Cambridge
New College Lecture Room 6 at 12:30
Thursday 7 February
- The Investment Treaty System as Judicial Review: Some Remarks on its Nature, Scope and Standards
- Speaker: Dr Federico Ortino, King’s College London
New College Lecture Room 6 at 12:30
January 2013
Thursday 31 January
- Self-Defense Against an Imminent or Actual Armed Attack by Nonstate Actors
- Speaker: Sir Daniel Bethlehem, Former Legal Adviser to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office
New College Lecture Room 6 at 12:30
Thursday 24 January
- Transnational Organized Crime at Sea
- Speaker: Dr Efthymios Papastavridis, Academy of Athens
New College Lecture Room 6 at 12:30
Thursday 17 January
- The Articles on the Responsibility of International Organizations: Magnifying the Fissures in the Law of International Responsibility
- Speaker: Professor Jean d'Aspremont, University of Manchester
New College Lecture Room 6 at 12:30
November 2012
Thursday 29 November 2012
- The relations between jus ad bellum and jus in bello: independence versus conflation
- Speaker: Dr V Koutroulis, Visiting Fellow, Lauterpacht Centre for International Law
New College Lecture Room 6 at 12:45
Thursday 22 November
- Title to be confirmed
- Speaker: Dr A Lang, Reader in Law, LSE
New College Lecture Room 6 at 12:45
Thursday 15 November
- Immunities and Extradition: The Curious Case of Khurts Bat
- Speaker: Dr R O'Keefe, Senior Lecturer in Law, University of Cambridge
New College Lecture Room 6 at 12:45
Thursday 8 November
- The Legality of the STL’s Establishment and Reviewability of SC Resolutions
- Speaker: Mr J Jones, Doughty Street Chambers
New College Lecture Room 6 at 12:45
Thursday 1 November
- Is the Rome Statute Binding on Individuals?
- Speaker: Dr M Milanovic, Lecturer in Law, University of Nottingham
New College Lecture Room 6 at 12:45
October 2012
Thursday 25 October
- The Independence of Scotland
- Speaker: Professor J Crawford, Whewell Professor of International Law, University of Cambridge
New College Lecture Room 6 at 12:45
Thursday 18 October
- Are investments still protected under Intra-EU BITs?
- Speaker: Mr D Reed , Partner, International Arbitration Division, Arnold & Porter
New College Lecture Room 6 at 12:45
Thursday 11 October
- Mr. Salomon and M. Diallo: Personality and Protection in International Law
- Speaker: Professor H Thirlway, Former Principal Legal Secretary, International Court of Justice
New College Lecture Room 6 at 12:45
May 2012
Thursday 24 May
- Domestic Application of Treaties
- Speaker: Professor David Sloss, Santa Clara University
New College Lecture Room 6 at 12:30
Thursday 17 May
- Customary Law in the International Criminal Tribunals
- Speaker: Judge Theodor Meron, International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia
New College Lecture Room 6 at 12:30
Thursday 10 May
- International criminal tribunals: Experiments? Works in progress? Institutions that are here for good? A practitioner's view
- Speaker: Sir Geoffrey Nice QC, Temple Garden Chambers
New College Lecture Room 6 at 12:30
Thursday 3 May
- International Law and the Use of Force: What Happens in Practice?
- Speaker: Sir Michael Wood KCMG, 20 Essex Street; International Law Commission; Lauterpacht Centre for International Law
New College Lecture Room 6 at 12:30
April 2012
Thursday 26 April
- Tackling Torture through Prevention: the experience of the Optional Protocol to the UN Convention against Torture
- Speaker: Professor Malcolm D Evans, University of Bristol
New College Lecture Room 6 at 12:30
March 2012
Thursday 8 March
- International Energy Law for the 21st Century
- Speaker: Professor Catherine Redgwell, Professor of International Law, UCL
New College Room 6 at 12:30
Thursday 1 March
- State Responsibility for International Terrorosim
- Speaker: Dr Kimberley Trapp, College Lecturer in Law, Newnham College, Cambridge
New College Room 6 at 12:30
February 2012
Thursday 23 February
- The Jurisdictional Immunities case (Germany v Italy) - judicial development of natural law
- Speaker: Dr Alexander Orakhelashvili, University of Birmingham
New College Room 6 at 12:30
Thursday 16 February
- The Restitution of Removed Cultural Properties: a Historical Precedent
- Speaker: Tullio Scovazzi, Professor of International Law, University of Milano-Bicocca, Milan
New College Room 6 at 12:30
Thursday 9 February
- Another look at the interpretation of treaties
- Speaker: Sir Frank Berman, Visiting Professor in International Law, All Souls College, Oxford
New College Room 6 at 12:30
Thursday 2 February
- The Place of National Preferences in International Trade Law
- Speaker: Professor DU Ming Michael, Assistant Professor, Law Faculty, Chinese University of Hong Kong
New College Room 6 at 12:30
January 2012
Thursday 26 January
- Investment Treaty Arbitration: The (New) Law of State Responsibility?
- Speaker: Dr Martins Paparinskis, Junior Research Fellow, Merton College, University of Oxford
New College Room 6 at 12:30
Thursday 19 January
- The Role of the International Court of Justice in the Formulation and Development of Fundamental Norms of International Law
- Speaker: Vera Gowlland Debbas, Emeritus Professor of Public International Law at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies in Geneva and a Visiting Professor at University College London
New College Room 6 at 12:30
December 2011
Thursday 1 December 2011
- The Autonomy of EU Law and International Human Rights Law
- Speaker: Professor Piet Eeckhout, King's College London
New College 6 at 12:30
November 2011
Wednesday 30 November
- International Law and the Middle East: A Conversation with Ambassador Daniel Taub
- Speaker: Ambassador Daniel Taub, Israeli Ambassador to the UK
Oxford
Thursday 24 November
- A Political Theory of International Law and Human Rights
- Speaker: Professor Bill Bowring, University of London
New College 6 at 12:30
Thursday 17 November
- The Presidency of the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea and the 'National State Extension' Concern
- Speaker: Professor Sienho Yee, Fowler Hamilton Visiting Research Fellow, Christ Church, Oxford; Changjiang Xuezhe Professor and Chief Expert, Wuhan University Institute of International Law
New College 6 at 12:30
Thursday 10 November
- Military Necessity and International Humanitarian Law
- Speaker: Dr Anthony Cullen, University of Leeds
New College 6 at 12:30
Thursday 3 November
- Palestine, Statehood and the Challenges of Representation
- Speaker: Professor Goodwin-Gill, All Soul's College, University of Oxford
New College 6 at 12:30
October 2011
Thursday 27 October
- A Reluctant Guardian? The International Court of Justice and the Concept of 'International Community'
- Speaker: Dr Gleider Hernandez, Durham University
New College 6 at 12:30
Thursday 20 October
- The Al-Skeini decision of the EuropeanCourt of Human Rights - a Landmark on the Extraterritorial Application of Human Rights Law?
- Speaker: Dr Ralph Wilde, University College of London
New College 6 at 12:30
Thursday 13 October
- A Mechanism for UN Accountability for Violations of Human Rights: The Kosovo Human Rights Advisory Board
- Speaker: Professor Christine Chinkin, London School of Economics
New College 6 at 12:30
May 2011
Thursday 26 May
- International Criminal Justice vs. the Arms Trade: Two Elements of Globalization Collide
- Speaker: Prof James Stewart, University of British Columbia
New College Lecture Room 6 at 12:30
Thursday 19 May
- Bridging the Gap: The International Criminal Court and the State
- Speaker: Prof Olympia Bekou, University of Nottingham
New College Lecture Room 6 at 12:30
Thursday 12 May
- The Contested Borderland of Foreign Relations Law
- Speaker: Prof Campbell McLachlan QC, Victoria University of Wellington
New College Lecture Room 6 at 12:30
Thursday 5 May
- More about the Place of Public International Law in the WTO and Vice-Versa: the Recent China - USA Anti-Dumping Dispute
- Speaker: Prof Gabrielle Marceau, World Trade Organization
New College Lecture Room 6 at 12:30
March 2011
Thursday 10 March
- Human Rights and Root Causes
- Speaker: Prof Susan Marks, LSE
New College Lecture Room 6 at 12:30
Thursday 3 March
- Diallo in the ICJ: Human Rights Protection and Comparativism
- Speaker: Prof Mads Andenas, University of Oslo
New College Lecture Room 6 at 12:30
February 2011
Thursday 24 February
- Theater of the Rule of Law
- Speaker: Dr Stephen Humphreys, LSE
New College Lecture Room 6 at 12:30
Thursday 17 February
- Iraq: An Initial Assessment of the Evidence Generated by the Chilcot Inquiry
- Cancelled
Speaker: Prof Marc Weller, University of Cambridge
New College Lecture Room 6 at 12:30
Thursday 10 February
- Detention and Counter Terrorism
- Speaker: Prof Sir Nigel Rodley, University of Essex
New College Lecture Room 6 at 12:30
Thursday 3 February
- WTO Law and Human Rights: Sustainable Development - a Lens through which to Integrate Fragmented Fields
- Speaker: Dr Emily Reid, University of Southampton
New College Lecture Room 6 at 12:30
January 2011
Thursday 27 January
- Enforcement action in contested waters: legal and policy issues
- Speaker: Dr Irini Papanicolopulu
New College Lecture Room 6 at 12:30
Thursday 20 January
- The Trials of Samo and Tufft and the Development of International Criminal Law
- Speaker: Dr Emily Haslam , University of Kent
New College Lecture Room 6 at 12:30
December 2010
Thursday 2 December 2010
- 'The Trials of Samo and Tufft and the development of international criminal law'
- Speaker: Dr Emily Haslan, University of Kent
New College Lecture Room 6 at 12:30
November 2010
Thursday 25 November
- Treaty Interpretation in the WTO: Beyond the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties
- Speaker: Dr Fiona Smith, University College London
New College Lecture Room 6 at 12:30
Thursday 18 November
- The Representations of International Arbitration
- Speaker: Professor Emmanuel Gaillard, Shearman&Sterling
New College Lecture Room 6 at 12:30
Thursday 11 November
- The Human Rights Committee of the ICCPR and Problems of Implementation : Challenges and Prospects
- Speaker: Professor Sandy Ghandhi , University of Reading
New College Lecture Room 6 at 12:30
Thursday 4 November
- Not taking International Law seriously: The US Supreme Court in Medellin v Texas
- Speaker: Professor Mark Janis, University of Connecticut
New College Lecture Room 6 at 12:30
October 2010
Thursday 28 October
- Progressive Development of International Law and its "softer" Codification
- Speaker: Professor Mary Footer, University of Nottingham
New College Lecture Room 6 at 12:45
Thursday 21 October
- Rethinking the Law of Internal Armed Conflicts
- Speaker: Mr Sandesh Sivakuraman, University of Nottingham
New College Lecture Room 6 at 12:45
Thursday 14 October
- Some Reflections of Law and Poetry: The Poetry of Judges and the Judges of Poetry
- Speaker: Judge Al-Khasawneh, Judge International Court of Justice
New College Lecture Room 6 at 12:45
May 2010
Thursday 20 May
- Transnational/Asymmetric Wars and Responsibility
- Speaker: Professor Iain Scobbie, SOAS
New College Lecture Room 6 at 1245
Thursday 13 May
- International Immunities and Human Rights: Mapping the Contours of an Uneasy Relationship
- Speaker: Professor Craig Barker, University of Sussex
New College Lecture Room 6 at 1245
Thursday 6 May
- The Idea of Legitimate Authority and the (Democratic) Rule of International Law
- Speaker: Mr Steven Wheatley, University of Leeds
New College Lecture Room 6 at 1245
April 2010
Thursday 29 April
- Enforcing International Security: What Role for Individual States?
- Speaker: Professor Christian Tams, University of Glasgow
New College Lecture Room 6 at 1245
March 2010
Thursday 11 March
- Cancelled
- New College Lecture Room 6 at 1230
Thursday 4 March
- Cancelled
- New College Lecture Room 6 at 1230
February 2010
Thursday 25 February
- Principles of International Internet Law
- Speaker: Robert Uerpmann, University of Regensberg
New College Lecture Room 6 at 1230
Thursday 18 February
- The Reception of International Law by the European Court of Justice
- Speaker: Anne Thies, University of Reading
New College Lecture Room 6 at 1230
Thursday 11 February
- The Interpretation of "Direct Participation in Hostilities"
- Speaker: Charles Garraway, British Red Cross
New College Lecture Room 6 at 1230
Thursday 4 February
- Agency Costs in International Law
- Speaker: Sandeep Gopalan, National University of Ireland Maynooth
New College Lecture Room 6 at 1230
January 2010
Thursday 28 January
- Necessity in International Economic Law
- Speaker: Asif Qureshi, University of Manchester
New College Lecture Room 6 at 1230
Thursday 21 January
- The International Humanitarian Law Implications of Peacekeepers Vested with Enforcement Powers
- Speaker: James Sloan, University of Glasgow
New College Lecture Room 6 at 1230
December 2009
Thursday 3 December 2009
- The European Court of Human Rights: The First Half-Century
- Speaker: Dr Ed Bates , University of Southampton
New College Lecture Room 6 at 12:45
November 2009
Thursday 26 November
- Prosecuting Indonesian War Crimes in Portuguese Timor: The International Legal Protection of Journalists in Armed Conflict
- Speaker: Dr Ben Saul , University of Sydney
New College Lecture Room 6 at 12:45
Thursday 19 November
- Jurisdiction Over Foreign Armed Forces: Examining the Calipari/Lozano Case
- Speaker: Dr Aurel Sari , University of Exeter
New College Lecture Room 6 at 12:45
Thursday 12 November
- Hague Academy of International Law Information Session AND The Special Tribunal for Lebanon
- Speaker: Professor Yves Daudet , Secretary-General, Hague Academy of International Law
New College Lecture Room 6 at 12:30
Thursday 5 November
- The Security Council, The Security Imperative, and International Law
- Speaker: Professor Nigel White , University of Nottingham
New College Lecture Room 6 at 12:45
October 2009
Thursday 29 October
- Lauterpacht's Method
- Speaker: Dr Patrick Capps , University of Bristol
New College Lecture Room 6 at 12:45
Thursday 22 October
- The Accountability of International Organisations: The Role of Civil Society
- Speaker: Ms Treasa Dunworth , University of Auckland
New College Lecture Room 6 at 12:45
Thursday 15 October
- Prospects and Challenges in International Criminal Justice
- Speaker: Judge Philippe Kirsch , Judge ad hoc, International Court of Justice
New College Lecture Room 6 at 12:45
May 2009
Thursday 21 May
- International Organisations and Human Rights
- Speaker: Dr Guglielmo Verdirame, University of Cambridge and 20 Essex St
New College Lecture Room 6 at 12:30
Thursday 14 May
- The International Criminal Court's Early Practice: Building Legitimacy?
- Speaker: Professor Robert Cryer, University of Birmingham
New College Lecture Room 6 at 12:30
Thursday 7 May
- The exclusionary rule of evidence: Art 3 ECHR and Art 15 CAT
- Speaker: Mr Raza Husain, Matrix Chambers
New College Lecture Room 6 at 12:30
April 2009
Thursday 30 April
- Maxims of Public International Law in the Jurisprudence of the Yugoslavia Tribunal
- Speaker: Dr Jan Nemitz, International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia
New College Lecture Room 6 at 12:30
March 2009
Monday 16 March
- Recent Developments in International Environmental Law: A Subject Comes of Age?
- Speaker: Prof. Alan Boyle, University of Edinburgh
New College Lecture Room 6 at 15:15
Thursday 5 March
- International Law in the Case-Law of the ECtHR
- Speaker: Judge Ineta Ziemele, European Court of Human Rights
New College Lecture Room 6 at 12:30
February 2009
Thursday 26 February
- Understanding the international territorial administration accountability deficit: Trusteeship and the legitimacy of international organizations
- Speaker: Dr. Ralph Wilde , UCL
New College Lecture Room 6 at 12:30
Thursday 19 February
- Legal Implications of the Kosovo Declaration of Independence
- Speaker: Prof. Kaiyan Homi Kaikobad, Brunel University
New College Lecture Room 6 at 12:30
Thursday 12 February
- Insolvent States
- Speaker: Dr. Michael Waibel , University of Cambridge
New College Lecture Room 6 at 12:30
Thursday 5 February
- Reading and Rereading the Caroline Correspondence, 1838-1842
- Speaker: Mr. Dino Kritsiotis, University of Nottingham
New College Lecture Room 6 at 12:30
January 2009
Thursday 29 January
- Recent Developments in WTO Dispute Settlement (And Anything Else You Ever Wanted to Know About the WTO)
- Speaker: Mr. Bruce Wilson , Legal Affairs Division, World Trade Organization Secretariat
New College Lecture Room 6 at 12:30
Thursday 22 January
- International Climate Change Policy: Precepts for US Foreign Policy
- Speaker: Prof. Daniel Bodansky, University of Georgia
New College Lecture Room 6 at 12:30
December 2008
Thursday 4 December 2008
- Combating Modern Piracy: International and Regional Responses
- Speaker: Dr D Guilfoyle, UCL
New College Lecture Room 6 at 12:30
November 2008
Thursday 27 November
- The Emergence of General Principles of Procedure in International Adjudication
- Speaker: Dr Chester Brown, Foreign and Commonwealth Office
New College Lecture Room 6 at 12:30
Thursday 20 November
- Revisiting the Element of Practice in Customary International Law
- Speaker: Prof F Pazartzis, University of Athens
New College Lecture Room 6 at 12:30
Thursday 13 November
- The Enforcement of Investment Awards in National Courts
- Speaker: Prof A Reinisch, University of Vienna
New College Lecture Room 6 at 12:30
Thursday 6 November
- Geopolitical Context and Some Legal Aspects of the Georgia-Russia War of 2008
- Speaker: Prof R Mullerson, Kings College London
New College Lecture Room 6 at 12:30
October 2008
Thursday 30 October
- Litigation over Marine Resources: Perspectives from Australian Experience
- Speaker: Dr N Klein, Macquarie University
New College Lecture Room 6 at 12:30
Thursday 23 October
- Questions and Answers on
- Cancelled
Speaker: Prof HH Koh, Yale Law School
New College Lecture Room 6 at 12:30
Thursday 16 October
- Towards a Europeanisation of International Law?
- Speaker: Prof J Wouters, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
New College Lecture Room 6 at 12:30
Thursday 9 October
- The Contribution of EU Practice to International Law
- Speaker: Prof F Hoffmeister, European Commission Legal Service; Vrije Universiteit Brussel
New College Lecture Room 6 at 12:30
May 2008
Thursday 15 May
- Sovereignty Disputes and Protection of Natural Resources in Armed Conflict
- Speaker: Dr P Okowa, Queen Mary (University of London)
New College Lecture Room 6 at 12:30
Tuesday 13 May
- Supranational Review of Domestic Courts in NAFTA
- Speaker: Prof J Westbrook, University of Texas at Austin
Institute of European and Comparative Law Seminar Room C at 12:30
Thursday 8 May
- Attribution of Collective Conduct to States and International Organizations in Light of Behrami and Al Jeddah
- Speaker: Prof J Crawford, University of Cambridge
New College Lecture Room 6 at 18:00
Thursday 1 May
- The Role of the International Lawyer in the Diplomatic Service
- Speaker: J Wessblad-Hardh, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Sweden
New College Lecture Room 6 at 12:30
April 2008
Thursday 24 April
- Holding the UN Security Council Accountable for violations through Domestic and Regional Courts: A Case of be Careful what you wish for?
- Speaker: Prof E de Wet, University of Amsterdam
New College Lecture Room 6 at 12:30
March 2008
Thursday 6 March
- Impermissible Reservations Revisited: A View from the International Law Commission
- Speaker: Professor G Gaja, Member of the International Law Commission, Judge ad hoc ICJ, University of Florence
New College Lecture Room 6 at 12:30
February 2008
Thursday 28 February
- Participation of Civil Society in Environmental Justice
- Speaker: Professor M Fitzmaurice, Queen Mary, University of London
New College Lecture Room 6 at 12:30
Thursday 21 February
- International Law, the Bancoult Litigation and the Prospect of Resettling the Chagos Islands
- Speaker: Mr S Allen, Brunel University
New College Lecture Room 6 at 12:30
Thursday 14 February
- International Financial Institutions before National Courts
- Speaker: Mr J Wurm, EMLE, University of Vienna, Associate Editor ILDC
New College Lecture Room 6 at 12:30
Thursday 7 February
- The United Nations
- Speaker: Professor A Aust, Practitioner, Visiting Professor LSE et al
New College Lecture Room 6 at 12:30
January 2008
Thursday 31 January
- International Arbitration: A Practitioner's View
- Speaker: Mr M Davison & Mr S Nesbitt, Lovells LLP
New College Lecture Room 6 at 12:30
Thursday 24 January
- International Law of Foreign Investment: Emerging Chaos or Emerging System?
- Speaker: Dr F Ortino, KCL, University of London
New College Lecture Room 6 at 12:30
Thursday 17 January
- What Future for the 'Right to Seek Asylum' Fifty Years after the Universal Declaration of Human Rights?
- Speaker: Professor G Goodwin-Gill, Senior Research Fellow, All Souls College
New College Lecture Room 6 at 12:30
November 2007
Thursday 22 November 2007
- Withdrawal from international investment instruments: the case of Bolivia
- Speaker: A. Escobar
New College Lecture Room 6 at 12:30
Thursday 15 November
- International Law
- Speaker: AV Lowe, University of Oxford
New College Lecture Room 6 at 12:30
Thursday 8 November
- The Role of the International Lawyer in International Tribunals
- Speaker: M. Zgonec-Rozej
New College Lecture Room 6 at 12:30
Thursday 1 November
- Bugs, bags, and breaches of the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations
- Speaker: Professor E Denza
New College Lecture Room 6 at 12:30
October 2007
Thursday 25 October
- Global Governance and International Law
- Speaker: N. Krisch
New College Lecture Room 6 at 12:30
Thursday 18 October
- Jurisdicion at Sea: Prospecting and Exploitation of Marine Biological Resources
- Speaker: M. Gavouneli
New College Lecture Room 6 at 12:30
Thursday 11 October
- Pacta Sunt Servanda
- Speaker: C. Tomuschat, Humboldt University Berlin
New College Lecture Room 6 at 12:30
May 2007
Thursday 17 May
- The Diplomatic Conference of Geneva of 1949 Revisited: Minimum Protection for Civilians who Have Taken Part in Hostilities in a Combat Zone
- Speaker: Dr. Yutaka Arai-Takahashi
New College 6 at 12:30
Thursday 10 May
- Accountability: When is a State Answerable for Acts of Individuals?
- Speaker: Lady Hazel Fox
New College 6 at 12:30
Thursday 3 May
- The International Court of Justice and the Use of Force
- Speaker: Judge Bernardo Sepulveda-Amor
New College 6 at 12:30
April 2007
Thursday 26 April
- Collective Non-Recognition as a Third-Party Countermeasure
- Speaker: Dr. Stefan Talmon
New College 6 at 12:30
March 2007
Thursday 8 March
- Customary International Humanitarian Law: Why is it Relevant Today?
- Speaker: Professor Louise Doswald-Beck
New College at 12:30
Thursday 1 March
- The Social Foundations of Global Governance: International Law through the Lens of Socio-legal Studies
- Speaker: Professor Brownen Morgan
New College at 12:30
February 2007
Thursday 22 February
- The Role of the Legal Adviser of an International Organisation
- Speaker: Dr Edward Kwakwa
New College at 12:30
Thursday 15 February
- Accountability of the International Economic Organizations
- Speaker: Dr Andres Rigo Sureda
New College at 12:30
Thursday 8 February
- Practising Public International Law as a Barrister
- Speaker: Mr Wordsworth
New College at 12:30
Thursday 1 February
- International Dispute Settlement: Developments and Challenges
- Speaker: Professor Maurice Mendelson
New College at 12:30
January 2007
Thursday 25 January
- State immunities in the case-law of the European Court of Human Rights
- Speaker: Judge Christos Rozakis
New College at 12:30
Thursday 18 January
- The United Nations & WMD Non-proliferation Law: Resolution 1540 and the Limits of Chapter VII
- Speaker: Professor Daniel Joyner
New College at 12:30
November 2006
Thursday 30 November 2006
- 'International Law: Is it Fit for Purpose?'
- Speaker: Professor Gillian Triggs, The Director of the British Institute of International and Comparative Law
New College Lecture Room 6 at 12:30
Thursday 23 November
- "International Law and the Forging of a Multilayered System of Global Governance"
- Speaker: Dr. Charlotte Ku, Acting Director of the Lauterpacht Centre for International Law, University of Cambridge
New College Lecture Room 6 at 12:30
Thursday 16 November
- "The Dynamics of the International Convention for Elimination of Racial Discrimination: Recent Developments"
- Speaker: Professor Linos-Alexandre Sicilianos, The University of Athens
New College Lecture Room 6 at 12:30
Thursday 9 November
- The Seductive Idea of “Transformational Military Occupation”
- Speaker: Professor Sir Adam Roberts, Balliol College
New College Lecture Room 6 at 12:30
Thursday 2 November
- Justice, Reconciliation and Due Process: An Introduction to the History and Case Law of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda
- Speaker: Dr. Suzanne Chenault, International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda
New College Lecture Room 6 at 12:30
October 2006
Thursday 26 October
- The American Tradition of International Law'
- Speaker: Professor Mark Janis, The University of Iowa College of Law
New College Lecture Room 6 at 12:30
Thursday 19 October
- "International Criminal Courts"
- Speaker: Judge Inés Mónica Weinberg de Roca, The Presiding Judge of Trial Chamber III of the International CriminalTribunal for Rwanda
New College Lecture Room 6 at 12:30
Thursday 12 October
- The Encounter of Japan with the "Community of Civilized Nations"
- Speaker: Judge Hisashi Owada, The International Court of Justice
New College Lecture Room 6 at 12:30
May 2006
Thursday 25 May
- "The Publication Process at Oxford University Press"
- Speaker: Mr John Louth, Oxford University Press
New College Lecture Room 6 at 12:30
Thursday 18 May
- Careers in International Law: The Role of the International Lawyer in an International Organization
- Cancelled
Speaker: Dr Edward Kwakwa, World Intellectual Property Organization
New College Lecture Room 6 at 12:30
Thursday 11 May
- "Sovereignty, Corruption and Failed Agreements: International Law and Tropical Forests"
- Speaker: Catherine MacKenzie
New College Lecture Room 6 at 12:30
- Topic TBA
- Cancelled
Speaker: Dr Gerry Simpson, London School of Economics
New College Lecture Room 6 at 12:30
Thursday 4 May
- State-Centrism, International Law and the Anxieties of Influence
- Speaker: Dr Susan Marks, University of Cambridge
New College Lecture Room 6 at 12:30
April 2006
Thursday 27 April
- Some Reflections on the International Law-making Process
- Speaker: Professor Alan Boyle, University of Edinburgh
New College Lecture Room 6 at 12:30
March 2006
Thursday 9 March
- 'The Congo v Rwanda: judgement of the ICJ from the eyes of an ad hoc judge
- Speaker: Professor John Dugard, International Law Commission and Leiden University
New College Lecture room 6 at 12:30
Thursday 2 March
- International Law in the European Court of Justice
- Speaker: Judge Allan Rosas, European Court of Justice
New College Lecture room 6 at 12:30
February 2006
Thursday 23 February
- The Recent US-China Currency Dispute in International Law: Trade and Monetary Relations
- Speaker: Mr. Charles Proctor, Partner with Bird&Bird, London
New College Lecture room 6 at 12:30
Thursday 16 February
- International Litigation concerning the Conflict in the African Great Lakes Region: The Congo-Uganda Case in Context
- Speaker: Dr Alexander Orakhelashvili, Jesus College, Oxford
New College Lecture Room 6 at 12:30
Thursday 9 February
- What can Iraq, 7/7, Northern Ireland and the Terrorism Bill Teach Us: Building national security and human rights as a counter-terrorism strategy
- Speaker: Dr. Rhiannon Talbot, University of Newcastle upon Tyne
New College Lecture Room 6 at 12:30
Thursday 2 February
- From Self-Determination of Peoples to Self-Determination of Regimes
- Speaker: Professor Achilles Skordas, University of Bristol
New College Lecture room 6 at 12:30
January 2006
Thursday 26 January
- The Role of Domestic Courts in the Implementation of International Responsibility
- Speaker: Professor Andre Nollkaemper, Universiteit van Amsterdam
New College Lecture room 6 at 12:30
Thursday 19 January
- First Cases at the International Criminal Court
- Speaker: Professor William Schabas, Irish Centre for Human Rights
New College Lecture room 6 at 12:30
December 2005
Thursday 1 December 2005
- Careers in International Law: The Role of the International Lawyer in an International Organization
- Cancelled
Speaker: Dr Edward Kwakwa, Legal Counsel at WIPO, formerly at the UNHCR and WTO
New College Lecture Room 6 at 12:30
- The Application of International Law by English Courts: Doctrines of Restraint and Non-Justiciability
- Speaker: Dr Dapo Akande, (Oxford University, St Peter's College)
New College Lecture Room 6 at 12:30
November 2005
Thursday 24 November
- 'The New Tribunalism': Liberal Sensibilities in the Age of Adjudication
- Speaker: Thomas Skouteris , University of Leiden
New College Lecture Room 6 at 12:30
Thursday 17 November
- Careers in International Law: Role of International Lawyer in Private Practice
- Speaker: Karyl Nairn and Ana Stanic , Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher and Flom
New College Lecture Room 6 at 12:30
Thursday 10 November
- Exploiting the ambiguities of Article 65 of the Law of the Sea Convention: current practice of the International Whaling Convention
- Speaker: Prof Patricia Birnie
New College Lecture Room 6 at 12:30
Thursday 3 November
- Diplomatic conference on the revision of the Suppression of Unlawful Acts Against the Safety of Maritime Navigation Treaties
- Speaker: Dr Rosalie Balkin , IMO
New College Lecture Room 6 at 12:30
October 2005
Thursday 27 October
- The Limits of Institutionalism and Pragmatism in International Law - Any Other Way Forward?
- Speaker: Prof Anthony Carty, University of Westminster
New College Lecture Room 6 at 12:30
Thursday 20 October
- Between legitimacy and efficacy: challenges in international criminal justice
- Speaker: Dr Morten Bergsmo , ICC
New College Lecture Room 6 at 12:30
Thursday 13 October
- Public International Law in Oxford
- Speaker: Members of the PIL Faculty , Oxford University
New College Lecture Room 6 at 12:30
May 2005
Thursday 19 May until 0 2003
- Presentation of Works in Progress
- Cancelled
Speaker: Oxford Research Students
New College Lecture Room 6 at 12:30
Thursday 12 May until 0 2003
- Title to be confirmed
- Cancelled
Speaker: Dr Morten Bergsmo, Senior Legal Adviser and Chief of the Legal Advisory Section in the Office of the Prosecutor at the International Criminal Court
New College Lecture Room 6 at 12:30
Thursday 5 May until 0 2003
- Violations of Fundamental Norms of International Law and the Exercise of Universal Jurisdiction in Criminal Matters
- Speaker: Professor Andreas Zimmerman, Professor of Law and Director of the Walter-Schücking Institute for International Law, University of Kiel
New College Lecture Room 6 at 12:30
April 2005
Thursday 28 April until 0 2003
- Careers in PIL: The Role of The International Lawyer in Diplomatic Service
- Speaker: Sir Frank Berman QC, Former Legal Adviser to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office
New College Lecture Room 6 at 12:30
March 2005
Thursday 10 March
- Title to be confirmed
- Speaker: Professor Christine Chinkin, London School of Economics
New College Lecture Room 6 at 12:30
Thursday 3 March
- Careers in PIL: Some Personal Reflections
- Speaker: Dr Christopher Staker, Barrister, 39 Essex Street Chambers, Formerly Counsel Assisting the Solicitor-General of Australia, Principal Legal Secretary at the ICJ and Senior Appeals Counsel, ICTY
New College Lecture Room 6 at 12:30
February 2005
Thursday 24 February
- The international community and international law-making: towards an inclusive international legal system
- Speaker: Professor Robert McCorquodale, Head of School, Nottingham University
New College Lecture Room 6 at 12:30
Thursday 17 February
- Careers in PIL: The role of the international lawyer in private practice and in NGOs
- Speaker: Lorna McGregor; Robert Volterra, Lawyer at REDRESS, a London based NGO which seeks reparation for victims of torture; Partner and head of Public International Law Group at Herbert Smith
New College Lecture Room 6 at 12:30
Thursday 10 February until 0 2003
- Human rights without borders: applying human rights treaties beyond state territory
- Speaker: Dr Ralph Wilde , University College London
New College Lecture Room 6 at 12:30
Thursday 3 February until 0 2003
- International Law and International Relations: The State of the Art and the State of the World
- Speaker: Dr Andrew Hurrell , Director of the Centre for International Studies and Fellow of Nuffield College, Oxford
New College Lecture Room 6 at 12:30
January 2005
Thursday 27 January until 0 2003
- Corporate Voluntarism and Human Rights: The Adequacy and Effectiveness of Voluntary Self-Regulation Regimes
- Speaker: Dr Penelope Simons, Oxford Brookes University
New College Lecture Room 6 at 12:30
Thursday 20 January
- This Lawless World: The US, Britain and The Remaking of Global Rules
- Speaker: Professor Philippe Sands QC, Matrix Chambers and University College London
New College Lecture Room 6 at 12:30
December 2004
Thursday 2 December 2004 until 0 2003
- The Security Council and the Use of Force (though not Iraq 2003)
- Speaker: Sir Michael Wood KCMG, Legal Adviser, Foreign and Commonwealth Office
New College Lecture Room 6 at 12:30
Wednesday 1 December until 0 2003
- The Role of the Official Sector in Sovereign Debt Workouts: the Case of Iraq
- Speaker: Lee Buchheit, Leading practitioner in sovereign finance and Partner of Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen and Hamilton in New York which has just been selected to advise Iraq on restructuring its external debt
New College Lecture Room 6 at 17:00
November 2004
Thursday 25 November
- The Holocaust Restitution Movement
- Speaker: Professor Roger Alford, Pepperdine University School of Law, author of a forthcoming book on the Holocaust Restitution Movement and formerly Senior Legal Advisor with the Claims Resolution Tribunal for Dormant Accounts in Switzerland.
New College Lecture Room 6 at 12:30
Thursday 18 November until 0 2003
- Global Administrative Law: Accountability, Participation and Judicial Review in Global Governance
- Speaker: Dr Nico Krisch, Junior Research Fellow at Merton College
New College Lecture Room 6 at 12:30
Thursday 11 November until 0 2003
- Reconciling Economic, Social and Environmental Law for Sustainable Development: The Case of Free Trade Agreements
- Speaker: Marie-Claire Cordonier Segger, Oxford D Phil Student and Director of the Centre for International Sustainable Development Law at McGill University
New College Lecture Room 6 at 12:30
Thursday 4 November
- Prosecuting Saddam Hussein: The Iraqi Special Tribunal for War Crimes
- Speaker: Salem Chalabi, Former Director General of the Tribunal
New College Lecture Room 6 at 12:30
October 2004
Thursday 28 October until 0 2003
- Recent Approaches to Torture in English Law
- Speaker: Professor Malcolm Evans OBE, Head of Law School, University of Bristol and author of numerous books, chapters and articles on the law relating to torture
New College Lecture Room 6 at 12:30
Thursday 21 October until 0 2003
- The Implementation of International Human Rights Standards
- Speaker: Chris Sidoti, Director, International Service for Human Rights, Geneva and formerly Australian Human Rights and Equal Opportunities Commissioner
New College Lecture Room 6 at 12:30
Thursday 14 October until 0 2003
- The Advisory Opinion of the International Court of Justice on the Legal Consequences of the Construction of a Wall in the Occupied Palestinian Territory
- Speaker: Professor Vaughan Lowe and Dr Guy Goodwin-Gill, Professor Lowe is Chichele Professor of Public International Law and was Counsel for Palestine in the proceedings before the International Court of Justice. Dr Goodwin-Gill is Senior Research Fellow at All Souls and was Counsel for Jordan in the proceedings before the International Court of Justice.
New College Lecture Room 6 at 12:30
May 2004
Thursday 20 May
- Interdicting Weapons of Mass Destruction at Sea
- Speaker: Dr Stefan Talmon, University Lecturer in Public International Law , St Anne’s College, Oxford
New College Lecture Room 6 at 12:15
Thursday 13 May
- The International Criminal Court: Some Reservations concerning Amnesties
- Speaker: Mr Dwight Newman, DPhil Candidate, St John’s College, Oxford
New College Lecture Room 6 at 12:15
Thursday 6 May until 0 2003
- Preparing for the Qualifying Test
- Cancelled
Speaker: Postgraduate students and staff
New College Lecture Room 6 at 12:15
April 2004
Thursday 29 April
- Publishing a Research Thesis with OUP
- Speaker: Mr John Louth, Senior Editor, Academic & Scholarly Law Publishing
New College Lecture Room 6 at 12:15
March 2004
Thursday 11 March
- The Emerging International Regime on People Trafficking
- Speaker: Ryszard Piotrowitz, University of Wales
New College Lecture Room 6
Thursday 4 March
- Topic to be advised
- Speaker: Manuel Beccerra, National University of Mexico
New College Lecture Room 6
February 2004
Thursday 26 February
- Iraq: the Reckoning
- Speaker: Anthony Aust, British Institute of International and Comparative Law
New College Lecture Room 6
Thursday 19 February until 0 2004
- Torture in Israel (to be confirmed)
- Speaker: Eyal Benvenisti, Tel Aviv University
New College Lecture Room 6
Thursday 12 February until 0 2003
- Genocide in International Law (to be confirmed)
- Speaker: William Schabas, University of Ireland
New College Lecture Room 6
Thursday 5 February
- Proceedings for Revision of Judgments in the ICJ
- Speaker: Maurice Mendelson, Blackstone Chambers / University College London
New College Lecture Room 6
January 2004
Thursday 29 January until 0 2004
- The Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf: Technical Science, Star Chamber, or Quasi-Judicial Tribunal?
- Speaker: Robert Volterra, Herbert Smith, London
New College Lecture Room 6
Thursday 22 January
- Applying to do a Research Degree in PIL
- Speaker: Various
New College Lecture Room 6
November 2003
Thursday 13 November 2003
- The Practice of International Arbitration
- Speaker: Jan Paulsson, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Paris
New College Lecture Room 6
October 2003
Thursday 30 October
- Environmental Necessity in International Law
- Speaker: Massimiliano Montini, University of Siena
New College Lecture Room 6
Monday 20 October
- Transnational Legal Process After September 11
- Speaker: Harold Koh, Yale University
New College to be announced
