Call for papers: 7th Global Administrative Law Seminar
noviembre 10, 2010
El séptimo seminario sobre Derecho Administrativo Global será en Viterbo, Italia, del 10 al 11 de junio de 2011. El tema es “Private and Public-Private Global Regulation: Global Administrative Law Dimensions” y este es el call for papers:
PRIVATE AND PUBLIC-PRIVATE GLOBAL REGULATION:
GLOBAL ADMINISTRATIVE LAW DIMENSIONS
1. Overview
In recent decades, the development of the market economy, the general retrenchment of public funds and resources, and growing doubts about the ability of public administrations to respond to complex and multilayered public needs have contributed to two trends. First, State and local governments have sought alternative ways to provide services by contracting out to private actors, triggering the development of hybrid public-private forms of organizing and carrying out public functions. Second, the State has increasingly opened up rule-making functions to private and public-private entities, both to gain access to expertise not present within traditional public bodies, and in recognition of the significant involvement of private actors in particular sectors.
The traditional dichotomy of public and private bodies is breaking down at the global level as well. In many regimes, the organizational framework for addressing global issues has been enriched by public-private partnerships and mechanisms. There are also cases in which fully private entities play a dominant role in regulating global issues (such as credit- rating agencies in standard-setting).
The greater flexibility of rule-making by private or hybrid entities, and the associated ability to deploy highly specialized expertise, and enable direct participation of affected parties, have contributed to a perception that production of rules and regulations by these entities is more efficient and effective than rule-making by public bodies. However, the direct or indirect delegation of administrative rule-making to private or hybrid entities may be open to criticism on both procedural and substantive grounds. How are these entities legitimate? To whom and in which ways are they accountable for their exercise of power? Are their rule- making procedures sufficient to safeguard participatory rights, and guarantee proper representation of the interests at stake? Might ‘privatization’ of the rule-making function erode fundamental public law values, human rights norms, social values or democratic requirements? Do the final regulatory products correspond to the needs for which they were conceived? If the involvement of hybrid entities blurs the lines between public and private authority, rather than producing a clear bifurcation of responsibilities, how is the exercise of power by different actors regulated? To what extent does competition between different bodies in standard setting and other functions provide alternative incentives and mechanisms for accountability?
The complexity of public-private dynamics is increased by the interplay between various levels of governance. Private bodies can be global and yet produce rules applicable to the national sphere, but can also be national bodies, and produce regulations of global relevance and application. How are issues related to the interaction between public and private complicated by this interplay between national and supranational realms?
From the Global Administrative Law perspective, different questions might be raised: What are the legal framework regulating these private and hybrid entities and mechanisms? How does public and private regulation affect transparency and accountability? What kinds of oversight mechanisms are provided? Which operational issues create most difficulties in the relationships between public and private actors?
The 7th Viterbo GAL Seminar will provide an opportunity to present advanced research projects on private and hybrid regulation through a global administrative law perspective. In particular, applicants are encouraged to submit research projects concerning institutional or procedural aspects of the involvement of private or hybrid bodies in regulatory matters. The institutional dimensions of this phenomenon are particularly prominent in sectors such as the environment, cultural heritage, finance, public health, the Internet, or sports. Other examples include specific global institutions created to assist developing countries, such as the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, the Global Environment Facility, or the International Fund for Agricultural Development. Procedural dimensions may arise in these sectors but also in other fields in which private actors play a significant role in rule-making (for example through participation, consultation or, as in the case of nuclear energy, specific agreements), or in instances where private actors (such as the International Organization for Standardization) adopt standards of global relevance. Applicants may take a case study approach or present a more comprehensive or cross-cutting analysis. An interdisciplinary exchange is welcomed, and papers may also draw on historical, economic and/or international relations scholarship to complement the global administrative law perspective.
Rome, October 25, 2010
2. Provisional program and next seminar
The seminar will be held in Viterbo (Italy), at the Tuscia University, on June 10-11, 2011. The Seminar Steering Committee includes Giulio Vesperini, Stefano Battini, Edoardo Chiti, Mario Savino, and Lorenzo Casini.The Seminar Organizing Team is made of Giulia Bertezzolo, Eleonora Cavalieri, and Elisabetta Morlino.
The selected papers will constitute the basis for a thorough and wide-ranging discussion on the legal questions raised. As has been the case since the first GAL seminar in 2005, the best papers presented will be published in leading legal reviews and journals.
The overall aim of the Seminars is not only to assess the consistency of the analytic categories adopted to date, but also to develop more effective and forward-looking tools and technologies of global governance. To this end, legal counsel and leading practitioners will also participate in the seminar and act as discussants or commentators, together with leading academics in the field.
In accordance with this aim of examining – and improving the effectiveness of –instruments of global governance, the theme of the 8th GAL Seminar (June 2012) will be “Indicators as a Technology of Global Governance”. The call for papers will be published at the beginning of 2011. In the meantime, information about this highly significant and emerging issue is available at http://www.iilj.org/research/IndicatorsProject.asp.
3. Call for papers
Submissions from both junior and senior scholars are invited on the themes outlined above. An abstract of 150-500 words should be sent (in .pdf or .doc format) to ViterboGalSeminar@gmail.com by January 5, 2011. Abstracts must include a statement of the issue area of the paper, as well as an indication of the major arguments to be made, a proposed title, and postal, email and telephone contacts for the author.
A selection panel will consider all abstracts received by the submission deadline, and notify applicants of paper acceptance by January 31, 2011. The submission date for full papers accepted for presentation is May 10, 2011. The final version of the paper must be no longer than 8,000 words (footnotes included) and must be sent (in .pdf or .doc format) to ViterboGalSeminar@gmail.com.
For any further information please contact: ViterboGalSeminar@gmail.com.
Taller: Tratados Internacionales de Protección a la Inversión y Regulación de Servicios Públicos
noviembre 3, 2010
El próximo viernes 19 de noviembre voy a participar, en Buenos Aires, en un taller sobre «Tratados Internacionales de Protección a la Inversión y Regulación de Servicios Públicos». El taller está organizado por la División de Recursos Naturales e Infraestructura de la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL), en cooperación con la Facultad de Derecho de la Universidad de Palermo (Argentina), y cuenta con el auspicio del Centro de Estudios de América Latina (CEAL) de la Universidad Autónoma de Madrid. La participación en el taller es gratuita, pero hay que registrarse. El programa del taller, que se desarrollará desde las 9:00 hasta las 19:30 horas en el Auditorio-SUM, de la sede de Mario Bravo 1050, Buenos Aires, puede consultarse aquí. Si hay algún lector del blog entre los asistentes, por favor, díganmelo, será un placer saludarlos y charlar un rato con ustedes.
El 18 y 19 de noviembre se organizan unas jornadas en la Universidad Complutense sobre justicia universal, dirigidas por la Profesora Araceli Manjón-Cabeza. El viernes participa el Juez Baltazar Garzón. Si estuviese en Madrid iría con mucho gusto y, especialmente, con curiosidad. Aquí está el programa:
LA JUSTICIA UNIVERSAL: TRIBUNALES INTERNACIONALES Y JURISDICCIÓN UNIVERSAL
18-19 de Noviembre de 2010
Lugar de celebración: Salón de Grados de la Facultad de Derecho (UCM)
PROGRAMA
JUEVES 18 DE NOVIEMBRE 2010, 10:30 HORAS
PRESENTACIÓN
Dr. Luis Rodríguez Ramos, Catedrático de Derecho Penal (UNED)
PRIMERA SESIÓN
D. Salvador Viada Bardají, Los Tribunales penales ad hoc
Fiscal del Tribunal Supremo, Profesor Asociado de Derecho Penal (UCM), Ex Fiscal del Tribunal para la ex Yugoslavia
Dr. Francisco Javier Álvarez García, Justicia y Tribunales internacionales
Catedrático de Derecho Penal (Universidad Carlos III Madrid)
MODERADOR: Dr. Luis Rodríguez Ramos
Catedrático de Derecho Penal (UNED)
17:30 HORAS. SEGUNDA SESIÓN
Dra. Ana Peyró Llopis, El principio de subsidiariedad en el Estatuto de Roma y en la práctica estatal
Asesora del Gabinete del Secretario de Estado de Justicia. Profesora Titular de Derecho Internacional Público (Université Cergy-Pontoise)
Dra. Amparo Martínez Guerra: La cooperación de los Estados con la Corte Penal Internacional y los Acuerdos Bilaterales de Inmunidad
Profesora de Derecho Penal y Penal Internacional (ICADE)
MODERADOR: Dr. Javier Chinchón Álvarez
Profesor Ayudante doctor de Derecho Internacional Público (UCM)
VIERNES 19 DE NOVIEMBRE 2010, 10:30 HORAS
Dra. Araceli Manjón-Cabeza Olmeda: La Justicia Universal española: la reforma del art. 23 de la LOPJ
Profesora Titular de Derecho Penal (UCM)
D. Baltasar Garzón Real: Los desafíos de la Justicia Universal
Magistrado, Consultor externo de la Fiscalía de la Corte Penal Internacional
MODERADOR: Dr. José Núñez Fernández
Profesor Asociado de Derecho Penal (UNED)
INFORMACIÓN E INSCRIPCIONES:
penalprocesal@der.uned.es
Nuevo Máster en Gobernanza y Derechos Humanos
noviembre 2, 2010
La Universidad Autónoma de Madrid lanza un nuevo Máster de Gobernanza y Derechos Humanos. En palabras de su Director, el Profesor Antonio Rovira, «el máster en Gobernanza y Derechos Humanos, que organiza la Cátedra de Estudios Iberoamericanos Jesús de Polanco de la UAM, pretende adecuar el estudio multidisciplinar de los derechos fundamentales a las nuevas necesidades del marco social, jurídico, político y económico global que envuelve nuestras sociedades y al que urgentemente nuestros derechos tienen que hacer frente».
Toda la información puede consultarse aquí.
Del 29 al 30 de octubre se realizará una conferencia abierta en el Palacio de la Paz, en La Haya (Países Bajos), sobre Corporate War Crimes: Prosecuting Pillage of Natural Resources. La conferencia convoca a un puñado de excelentes expositores y en ella se presentará y distribuirá un manual que sobre el mismo tema ha preparado el profesor James Stewart, de la Universidad de la Columbia Británica en Canadá. Si Open Society, patrocinador del manual, cuelga el texto en la red (como espero que lo hagan), haré un vínculo con este post u otro posterior. Me alegro por quienes puedan asistir a la conferencia.
Curso de experto en derecho y política internacional desde la perspectiva de España y Estados Unidos
octubre 11, 2010
El profesor Antonio Pastor Palomar, uno de los directores del Curso de experto en derecho y política internacional desde la perspectiva de España y Estados Unidos, me manda información sobre el curso, que puede resultar interesante para los lectores del blog. Estás son algunas de sus palabras:
“La Universidad Rey Juan Carlos de Madrid y Georgetown University (Washington DC) han organizado la segunda edición de un Título Propio titulado Curso de experto en derecho y política internacional desde la perspectiva de España y Estados Unidos. El Título Propio, dirigido por los Profesores Antonio Pastor Palomar (URJC) y Eusebio Mujal (GU), ha sido concebido bajo una perspectiva multidisciplinar (derecho, economía y política) sobre la base del derecho internacional público. Está dirigido a estudiantes de post-grado interesados por los temas principales de la agenda transatlántica, así como a profesionales de empresas multinacionales que quieran profundizar en temas jurídico-económicos.
La organización del Curso combina actividades presenciales, como las cuatro semanas de clase en Madrid y un Seminario internacional en Washington DC, junto a otras actividades online que sirven para la preparación y evaluación de las citadas clases y del Seminario. El Curso ha culminado con el Seminario celebrado la primera semana de octubre en Georgetown University, titulado “International Law, Politics and Economics: perspectives from Spain and the USA”. Los profesores españoles y americanos, junto a los estudiantes, pudieron abordar alguno de los temas fundamentales de la agenda internacional y transatlántica (piratería digital, neutralidad de la red, el papel de las Organizaciones internacionales ante la crisis económica, y la amenaza nuclear). Alguna de las clases madrileñas así como los debates surgidos en el Seminario van a ser objeto de una publicación o monografía”.
La información general puede encontrarse aquí.
Coloquio internacional en la Universitat Jaume I de Castellón
octubre 8, 2010
El 25-26 de noviembre se celebra en la Universitat Jaume I de Castellón, España, un interesante Coloquio internacional sobre «Integration of the Human Rights component and International Humanitarian Law in peacekeeping missions led by the European Union». Participan, entre otros, los profesores Michael Bothe, Luigi Condorelli, Jorge Cardona, Pierre Klein, Manuel Pérez González, Fausto Pocar, y Marco Sassoli. El programa está disponible aquí y los interesados en asistir pueden escribir a costas@dpu.uji.es para obtener mayor información.
Call for papers: Asia and International Law: A New Era
septiembre 21, 2010
ASIANSIL
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Asia and International Law: A New Era
Beijing, People’s Republic of China 27-28 August 2011, Saturday and Sunday
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The Third Biennial Conference of the Asian Society of International Law will be held in Beijing, People’s Republic of China, on Saturday and Sunday, 27 and 28 August 2011.
The Conference will provide a forum for a wide ranging and in-depth exploration of the major international law issues confronting the peoples of Asia and the international community more generally. Speakers featured at the conference will consist of individuals who are invited by the Organizers, and also those selected from this call for papers.
Theme of the Conference
Asian peoples, civilizations and societies have interacted with each other for centuries. In doing so, they established complex diplomatic relations and extensive trading arrangements, entered into treaties, formulated rules regarding the treatment of foreigners and devised ways of resolving conflicts. The great religious and philosophical teachings of the continent developed far-reaching principles and ideas on issues central to governance-the relationship between rulers and the ruled, society and economy, the conduct of foreign relations, and war and peace. Many Asian societies in the sixteenth century were amongst the most powerful, prosperous, and technologically advanced in the world. The expanding reach of Western imperialism from that time onwards presented a profound challenge to Asian societies which were confronted by a rapidly changing international environment—one in which their own institutions, traditions, and customs were treated as inferior and inadequate. These societies, furthermore, found themselves having to comply with international rules that they generally played no role in creating and that were formulated by Western powers intent on legitimizing their own expansion and domination.
Since that time, Asian states, together with African and Latin American states with which they had much in common, have continuously attempted to transform international law in order to make it more properly representative of the many civilizations and communities of the world. The Bandung Conference of 1955, which led to the formation of the Non-Aligned Movement, was an especially significant attempt on the part of the peoples of Asia and Africa to make their voices heard in the international arena.
The international community is now entering a new era, one in which a discernible shift has taken place in the distribution of global power. Asia, once more, is emerging as an extremely dynamic, prosperous, and innovative region. At the same time, it must be noted that Asia is an extraordinarily diverse continent; it contains many distinctive civilizations, and it includes states that are among the wealthiest and poorest in the world. Tensions exist between Asian states, and an overwhelming number of people in Asia continue to be vulnerable to oppression, poverty, environmental disasters, and the ravages of conflict.
It is in this context that the Asian Society of International Law meets in Beijing. The general purpose of the Conference is to explore the many issues confronting the peoples of Asia and the international community more generally. The topics that will be addressed include, broadly, human rights, international economic law and private international law, the law of the sea, development and the environment, international law relating to security and conflict, and the history and theory of international law. A panel will be devoted to the crucial issue of the teaching and dissemination of international law in Asia. The conference will explore Asian state practice, regional developments and the Asian traditions of international law, and the ways in which Asian societies are attempting to formulate and adapt international law to meet their needs and their growing economies. At the same time, the conference will examine developments in international law more broadly. Both Asian and international perspectives on the selected topics are welcome, as it is only when international lawyers are fully conscious of the changing international political environment, and truly understand the economic needs and social conditions of both the developed and developing world that they can genuinely facilitate the creation of a system which helps ensure equal opportunities and mutual benefits for all parties and thus contribute towards achieving the great and enduring goals of international law: global justice, peace, and prosperity.
Topics of Papers
The organizers welcome papers dealing with the following topics for consideration:
The Organizers seek to encourage the participation in the Conference of all persons interested in international law all over the world, whether established or junior scholars, academics or practitioners, government officials and NGO officers, by inviting applications for positions as panelists. Papers may provide an Asian perspective on these topics, and/or international/comparative approaches to the listed topics.
Application Procedure
In order to apply, please fill in the online submission form by Wednesday, 1 December 2010, 2300 hrs, Beijing Time.
You will be required to provide in the submission form:
(1) A 600-word abstract/summary of the proposed paper. Please clearly identify, by means of a heading, the Topic and Topic Number in relation to which you are making your application. E.g. Topic 9: Transnational Litigation and Arbitration in Asia.
(2) Affiliation details and brief bio This would include details of professional status, educational background, institutional affiliation, office address, contact telephone number, and e-mail address. Please also provide, in the section titled `bio’ any information about presentations given, publications, and any other relevant information about your research or experience.
Any questions about the paper selection process may be addressed to: asocbeijing@gmail.com
All enquiries about the Beijing Conference 2011 should be directed to: secretariat@csil.cn
Successful applicants will be informed by 1 February 2011 and are required to submit their completed papers to the Conference Organizers by Wednesday, 1 June 2011. The paper should be between 6000 and 8000 words and the time allocated to the presentation of the paper will be 12-15 minutes.
All papers accepted by the Organizers for the Conference will be featured on the Conference web-site and as part of the AsianSIL Working Paper Series. Paper presenters are encouraged to submit finalized papers to the Society’s new Asian Journal of International Law. Publication is subject to a double-blind peer-review and editorial discretion. Details may be found on the Journal’s Web site www.AsianJIL.org.
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Asia and International Law: A New Era
Beijing, People’s Republic of China 27-28 August 2011, Saturday and Sunday
Call for Papers |
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The Third Biennial Conference of the Asian Society of International Law will be held in Beijing, People’s Republic of China, on Saturday and Sunday, 27 and 28 August 2011.
The Conference will provide a forum for a wide ranging and in-depth exploration of the major international law issues confronting the peoples of Asia and the international community more generally. Speakers featured at the conference will consist of individuals who are invited by the Organizers, and also those selected from this call for papers.
Theme of the Conference
Asian peoples, civilizations and societies have interacted with each other for centuries. In doing so, they established complex diplomatic relations and extensive trading arrangements, entered into treaties, formulated rules regarding the treatment of foreigners and devised ways of resolving conflicts. The great religious and philosophical teachings of the continent developed far-reaching principles and ideas on issues central to governance-the relationship between rulers and the ruled, society and economy, the conduct of foreign relations, and war and peace. Many Asian societies in the sixteenth century were amongst the most powerful, prosperous, and technologically advanced in the world. The expanding reach of Western imperialism from that time onwards presented a profound challenge to Asian societies which were confronted by a rapidly changing international environment—one in which their own institutions, traditions, and customs were treated as inferior and inadequate. These societies, furthermore, found themselves having to comply with international rules that they generally played no role in creating and that were formulated by Western powers intent on legitimizing their own expansion and domination.
Since that time, Asian states, together with African and Latin American states with which they had much in common, have continuously attempted to transform international law in order to make it more properly representative of the many civilizations and communities of the world. The Bandung Conference of 1955, which led to the formation of the Non-Aligned Movement, was an especially significant attempt on the part of the peoples of Asia and Africa to make their voices heard in the international arena.
The international community is now entering a new era, one in which a discernible shift has taken place in the distribution of global power. Asia, once more, is emerging as an extremely dynamic, prosperous, and innovative region. At the same time, it must be noted that Asia is an extraordinarily diverse continent; it contains many distinctive civilizations, and it includes states that are among the wealthiest and poorest in the world. Tensions exist between Asian states, and an overwhelming number of people in Asia continue to be vulnerable to oppression, poverty, environmental disasters, and the ravages of conflict.
It is in this context that the Asian Society of International Law meets in Beijing. The general purpose of the Conference is to explore the many issues confronting the peoples of Asia and the international community more generally. The topics that will be addressed include, broadly, human rights, international economic law and private international law, the law of the sea, development and the environment, international law relating to security and conflict, and the history and theory of international law. A panel will be devoted to the crucial issue of the teaching and dissemination of international law in Asia. The conference will explore Asian state practice, regional developments and the Asian traditions of international law, and the ways in which Asian societies are attempting to formulate and adapt international law to meet their needs and their growing economies. At the same time, the conference will examine developments in international law more broadly. Both Asian and international perspectives on the selected topics are welcome, as it is only when international lawyers are fully conscious of the changing international political environment, and truly understand the economic needs and social conditions of both the developed and developing world that they can genuinely facilitate the creation of a system which helps ensure equal opportunities and mutual benefits for all parties and thus contribute towards achieving the great and enduring goals of international law: global justice, peace, and prosperity.
Topics of Papers
The organizers welcome papers dealing with the following topics for consideration:
The Organizers seek to encourage the participation in the Conference of all persons interested in international law all over the world, whether established or junior scholars, academics or practitioners, government officials and NGO officers, by inviting applications for positions as panelists. Papers may provide an Asian perspective on these topics, and/or international/comparative approaches to the listed topics.
Application Procedure
In order to apply, please fill in the online submission form by Wednesday, 1 December 2010, 2300 hrs, Beijing Time.
You will be required to provide in the submission form:
(1) A 600-word abstract/summary of the proposed paper. Please clearly identify, by means of a heading, the Topic and Topic Number in relation to which you are making your application. E.g. Topic 9: Transnational Litigation and Arbitration in Asia.
(2) Affiliation details and brief bio This would include details of professional status, educational background, institutional affiliation, office address, contact telephone number, and e-mail address. Please also provide, in the section titled `bio’ any information about presentations given, publications, and any other relevant information about your research or experience.
Any questions about the paper selection process may be addressed to: asocbeijing@gmail.com
All enquiries about the Beijing Conference 2011 should be directed to: secretariat@csil.cn
Successful applicants will be informed by 1 February 2011 and are required to submit their completed papers to the Conference Organizers by Wednesday, 1 June 2011. The paper should be between 6000 and 8000 words and the time allocated to the presentation of the paper will be 12-15 minutes.
All papers accepted by the Organizers for the Conference will be featured on the Conference web-site and as part of the AsianSIL Working Paper Series. Paper presenters are encouraged to submit finalized papers to the Society’s new Asian Journal of International Law. Publication is subject to a double-blind peer-review and editorial discretion. Details may be found on the Journal’s Web site www.AsianJIL.org.
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Call for Papers: International Law and Power Politics: Great Powers, Peripheries and Claims to Spheres of Influence in International Normative Order
septiembre 19, 2010
International Law and Power Politics: Great Powers, Peripheries and Claims to Spheres of Influence in International Normative Order
European Society of International Law Research Forum
27-28 May 2011, Tallinn, Estonia (organized by Tartu University)International law as a field has a complex relationship with the reality of international politics. Usually, it is understood that international law is about legal rules and not about the sociological patterns one might observe in international relations. This view, often associated with legal positivism, juxtaposes the rule-based world of international law with the unpredictable world of international politics.
The nemesis of such an approach is the realist theory of international relations. It takes a darker view of the role of international law in international relations considering it either irrelevant or as a rhetorical fig leaf for great power interests. The tradition of international law and the realist school of international relations seem to represent irreconcilable philosophical traditions about human nature and the nature of international relations.The 4th ESIL Research Forum intends to cross the front line to confront the intellectual arch-enemy of the tradition of international law, realism. While proceeding from the tradition of international law, the main idea of the forum is to take the challenge presented by realism seriously. After all, how do concepts such as great powers, peripheries and spheres of influence relate to the reality of international law? To what extent does international law manage to restrain hegemonic powers? To what extent are great powers able to translate their interests into universal legal rules and principles? Do balance of power considerations play a role in the application of international law? Questions of this kind have often been raised by commentators, such as when crises occurred in Kosovo in 1999/2007, Iraq in 2003 and Georgia in 2008. While realism presents a historically predominant starting point for thinking about power politics, there also exist alternative views about the role of power in international normative order, for example the ones that emphasize economic control over direct use of military force.
ESIL’s Research Forum in Tallinn – a European Capital of Culture in 2011 – will address these issues both from historical-theoretical and contemporary-empirical perspectives. The keynote speakers include Mr Toomas Hendrik Ilves, President of Estonia, and Mr Anatoly Kovler, a judge from the Russian Federation elected to the European Court of Human Rights.
Abstracts are invited for participation in panel discussions on the following, fairly broad, topics:
1) International Law and the Concepts of Balance of Power and Spheres of Influence (Chair: Benedict Kingsbury)
2) International Law and Center-Periphery Dynamics (Chair: Thomas Skouteris)
3) International Law in Foreign Policy and Military Doctrines of the UN Security Council’s Permanent Members: A Critical Comparison (Chair: Bardo Fassbender)
4) The Fragmentation of International Law, Regionalism and ’Greater Spaces’ – a Challenge to Universality? (Chair: Martti Koskenniemi)
5) The Definition of Aggression and the Prohibition of the Use of Force: Who Determines the Aggressor, and How? (Chair: Mariano Aznar Gomez)
6) Russia’s Contemporary Understanding of International Law: Identical to Western Approaches? (Chair: Mark Entin)
7) The Role of International Lawyers in International Politics: the Life and Legacy of Friedrich (Fedor Fedorovich) Martens (1845-1909) (Chair: Bruno Simma)8 ) International Law of Minority Rights: Regional, Universal or Double Standards? (Chair: Boldizsar Nagy)
9) International Institutions, Decision-making Processes and the Logic of the Distribution of Power (Chair: Laurence Boisson de Chazournes)
10) Kosovo and South Ossetia: Similar or Different? Consequences for International Law (Chair: Liliana Tymchenko)
11) Oil, Gas and Questions concerning the Legal Regime of the Arctic Ocean and the Baltic, Black and Caspian Seas (Chair: Alan Boyle) (tbc)
12) The Role of the European Court of Human Rights in Transition from Totalitarianism: the European mission civilisatrice of our Time? (Chair: Ineta Ziemele)
13) Piracy as an Old/New Challenge to International Legal Order (Chair: Tullio Treves)
14) Cyber-Attacks and the Threshold to Use of Force in International Law: Rethinking Use of Force in International Relations (Chair: Michael Schmitt)
15) NATO, CSTO and the United Nations: The Uneasy Overlap of Regional and Universal Collective Security Organizations (Chair: Erika de Wet)The abstracts, which may be written in English or French, should consist of no more than 150 words, be clear, concise and to the point, and be accompanied by a brief curriculum vitae and a list of publications. Please indicate for which panel the abstract is intended. Each panel will ultimately have 3-4 panelists. Abstracts should be submitted via the Research Forum website – http://www.esil2011.ut.ee – which will be online as of 1 September 2010. The deadline for the submission of abstracts is 15 December 2010.
Panelists will be selected in January 2011. Successful applicants are kindly asked to become a member of ESIL if they are not yet members. Individuals whose papers are selected will be exempted from paying the participation fee but will have to cover their own travel and accommodation costs. A limited number of scholarships will be available for speakers to help cover such costs; please indicate in your application whether you wish to request such a scholarship.A selection of papers will be published in the 2012 issue of the Baltic Yearbook of International Law (Brill/Martinus Nijhoff).
Conferencia: Medios diplomáticos y judiciales de solución de controversias: ¿en qué medida pueden coexistir?
septiembre 19, 2010
Si el 23 de octubre tienen planeado estar en Ginebra, no se pierdan está conferencia sobre medios diplomáticos y judiciales de solución de controversias. La conferencia está organizada, entre otras organizaciones, por la European Society of International Law. Hay tiempo para inscribirse hasta el 16 de octubre y aquí pueden encontrar la información.
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