Events during the past year

PIL@Oxford offers a large range of events relating to international law. From discussion groups to research seminars and conferences, there is always something taking place in Oxford for those interested in PIL.

As part of a network of centres across the University, PIL@Oxford engages with the work being conducted at numerous research clusters or institutions, both within the Oxford Law Faculty and in the broader University. You can find out more about them on our Related Centres page.

Below you will find forthcoming events of interest:

Audio recordings of a number of our seminars are available.
A download link is shown in the listing for the item below, and on the media files page.

[As this is a list of events which have already happened, some links may no longer work as expected.]

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May 2013

Thursday 16 May 2013

Public International Law Discussion Group 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

Public International Law Discussion Group 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

Public International Law Discussion Group 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
A podcast of this talk is available.

Thursday 2 May

Public International Law Discussion Group 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

Public International Law Discussion Group 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

Public International Law Discussion Group 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

Public International Law Discussion Group 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
A podcast of this talk is available.

Thursday 21 February

Public International Law Discussion Group Reducing Genocide to Law: Definition, Meaning, and the Ultimate Crime: Speaker: Professor Payam Akhavan, McGill University
New College Lecture Room 6 at 12:30
A podcast of this talk is available.

Thursday 14 February

Public International Law Discussion Group International Law as Law at Last: Speaker: Professor Philip Allott, University of Cambridge
New College Lecture Room 6 at 12:30

Thursday 7 February

Public International Law Discussion Group 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
A podcast of this talk is available.

January 2013

Thursday 31 January

Public International Law Discussion Group 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

Public International Law Discussion Group Transnational Organized Crime at Sea: Speaker: Dr Efthymios Papastavridis, Academy of Athens
New College Lecture Room 6 at 12:30
A podcast of this talk is available.

Thursday 17 January

Public International Law Discussion Group 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

Public International Law Discussion Group 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
A podcast of this talk is available.

Thursday 22 November

Public International Law Discussion Group Title to be confirmed: Speaker: Dr A Lang, Reader in Law, LSE
New College Lecture Room 6 at 12:45

Thursday 15 November

Public International Law Discussion Group 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
A podcast of this talk is available.

Thursday 8 November

Public International Law Discussion Group 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

Public International Law Discussion Group 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
A podcast of this talk is available.

October 2012

Thursday 25 October

Public International Law Discussion Group The Independence of Scotland: Speaker: Professor J Crawford, Whewell Professor of International Law, University of Cambridge
New College Lecture Room 6 at 12:45
A podcast of this talk is available.

Thursday 18 October

Public International Law Discussion Group 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
A podcast of this talk is available.

Thursday 11 October

Public International Law Discussion Group 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
A podcast of this talk is available.

June 2012

Thursday 14 June

Oxford Transitional Justice Research Apology, Utopia and Other Catch‐22s: Why Criticism of the ICC is Fun, Popular… and Inevitable: Speaker: Professor Darryl Robinson, Queen's University, Canada
New College Lecture Room 6 at 12:30

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