Public International Law Discussion Group (Part II)

Lectures on international law issues by eminent scholars, practitioners and judges of national and international courts. The lecture series is brought to you by the Public International Law Discussion Group, part of the Law Faculty of the University of Oxford, and is supported by the British Branch of the International Law Association and Oxford University Press. Further details of this series can be found on the Public International Law at Oxford website.

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Episode	Description	People	Date
The Rise of Investor-State Arbitration: Rethinking Key Moments	What explains the rise of investor-state arbitration? To the extent that investor-state arbitration had founding fathers, what were their motivations, what constraints did they have, what was their thinking?	Taylor St John	31 May, 2019
The Internalisation of Investment Treaties and the Rule of Law Promise	Investment treaties are often said to have two principal effects for the states that enter into them. First, it is asserted that investment treaties act to increase levels of foreign investment in host states.	Jansen Calamita	7 May, 2019
Due Diligence: An Obligation under International Law	This talk will examine the legal nature of due diligence, namely whether it is a free-standing obligation under customary international law or a standard by which compliance with specific obligations may be assessed.	Vladyslav Lanovoy	7 May, 2019
Interpretation of Security Council Resolutions and the Status of Explanation of Votes	Even though UN Security Council resolutions may have major consequences for the disputes and states concerned, some of the resolutions are ambiguous in their meaning.	Mark Klamberg	5 March, 2019
Regime Interaction in Ocean Governance	Oceans are increasingly under pressure; be it for the multiplication and diversification of economic activities performed at sea, for the consequences of climate change, or for the deterioration of their environmental health.	Seline Trevisanut	22 February, 2019
Corporations and Human Rights Regulation	This talk will consider the regulation of corporations for the human rights impacts of their activities.	Robert McCorquodale	12 February, 2019
The 2020 UN Human Rights Treaty Body Review: strengthening or strangling the system?	Following a difficult and protracted process, in 2014 the UNGA adopted Resolution 68/268 which set out to strengthen the UN human rights treaty body system.	Malcolm Evans	1 February, 2019
The Legal Metamorphosis of War	War does not escape the transformations global governance has experienced in the past decades.	Delphine Dogot	25 January, 2019
Travaux, Commentaries and Encyclopedias - how we write them and how we use them	The presentation will discuss the approaches to writing such reference works (based on the speaker's experience with the Update of the ICRC Commentaries to the 1949 Conventions, and the Max Planck Encyclopedia of International Procedural Law).	Liesbeth Lijnzaad	5 December, 2018
The Consequences of Brexit	Since the 24 June 2016, the politics of Brexit – in both the UK and the EU – has driven the negotiations and discussion surrounding the UK's departure from the EU.	Andrew Hood	13 November, 2018
The Analogy between States and International Organizations	An analogy between States and international organizations has characterised the development of the law that applies to intergovernmental institutions on the international plane.	Fernando Bordin	6 November, 2018
Unmaking the ocean	This talk will discuss elements of a research project that explores the evolution of the law of the sea over the course of the 20th century	Surabhi Ranganathan	26 October, 2018
Addressing key challenges to the prohibition of torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment	The absolute prohibition of torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment is under considerable pressure.	Natasa Mavronicola	23 October, 2018
Why punish perpetrators of mass atrocities? Reflections on peace, punishment and the ICC	Ever since the trial against the major war criminals of World War II before the International Military Tribunal at Nuremberg the institution of 'punishment' has been an integral part of the international legal system.	Florian Jeßberger	16 October, 2018
The Trump Administration and International Law: Will It Get Better or Worse?	The talk will review the Trump administration’s record in international and national security law over the last 18 months, and will address challenges ahead, including the administration’s counter-terrorism policies and approach to international agreement	John Bellinger III	12 June, 2018
Advancing the Rule of Law as part of the International Landscape	The 21st century has seen significant progress and recent regression in terms of entrenchment of the rule of law. These developments have occurred not only in the domestic context but also within the international sphere.	Kimberly Prost	22 May, 2018
Successes and Challenges in the Fight against Impunity	Marking the 20th Anniversary of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court. Twenty years after the adoption of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, the ICC is thought to be in crisis.	Olympia Bekou	27 April, 2018
In Search of a Better World: A Human Rights Odyssey	Professor Akhavan will speak about his recent book In Search of a Better World: A Human Rights Odyssey, the 2017 CBC Massey Lectures which became the best-selling non-fiction book in Canada.	Payam Akhavan	9 March, 2018
Draft Principles on Shared Responsibility	A presentation of the new principles of shared responsibility in international law	Ilias Plakokefalos, Jean D'Aspremont	6 March, 2018
Arbitral Authority to Address Corruption - Part B	Arbitrators have many powers – express, implied, and those inherent in the very process of arbitration. Disputes that involve corruption put into question the breadth of those powers.	Andrea Bjorklund	28 February, 2018
Arbitral Authority to Address Corruption - Part A	Arbitrators have many powers – express, implied, and those inherent in the very process of arbitration. Disputes that involve corruption put into question the breadth of those powers.	Andrea Bjorklund	28 February, 2018
Interaction between Hard Law and Soft Law in United Nations Law-Making	From a law-making perspective 'soft-law' is simply a convenient description for a variety of non-binding, normatively worded instruments used in contemporary international relations by states and international organisations.	Alan Boyle	28 February, 2018
The International Law Commission as an Interpreter of International Law	The International Law Commission is a subsidiary organ of the United Nations General Assembly entrusted with the progressive development of international law and its codification.	Danai Azaria	6 February, 2018
Proving International Crimes	International criminal tribunals face an enormous task when they seek to analyse the thousands of pages of evidence that are presented in the course of their trials...	Yvonne McDermott Rees (Swansea University)	23 January, 2018
The Oxford Guidance on the Law Relating to Humanitarian Relief Operations in Armed Conflict	The provision of life-saving assistance to people affected by armed conflict lies at the heart of humanitarian actors’ operations...	Dapo Akande, Emanuela-Chiara Gillard	5 December, 2017
Planetary Defence: Asteroids, Nuclear Weapons and International Law	This paper examines issues related to the question of 'planetary defence', in the sense of responding to an asteroid - or any other type of Near-Earth Object (NEO) - were such a body to be detected as being on a collision-course with the Earth and predict	James Green	28 November, 2017
Corruption: A new Public International Law norm?	Corruption has become a hot topic in Public International Law in recent years.	Samantha Rowe, Ciara Murphy	21 November, 2017
Human Rights at Sea: Establishing the Rule of Law at Sea in a post-Grotian Era	From the early 17th to the mid-20th century (the Grotian Era), the oceans were regarded as a minimally regulated ‘free’ space.	Steven Haines	14 November, 2017
International Law and the Sustainable Development Goals – shaping the rules for our common future	The UN Conference on Sustainable Development - or Rio+20 - took place in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on 20-22 June 2012	Markus Gehring	7 November, 2017
Transnational Conflicts: A New Kind of War?	Dr Ziv Bohrer, assistant professor at Bar-Ilan University Faculty of Law, gives a talk for the Public International Law Discussion Group. Please note, the recording for this podcast ended before the end, we apologise for the inconvenience.	Ziv Boher	31 October, 2017
International Law and Sea Level Rise: the work of the ILA Committee	David Freestone gives a talk for the public international law seminar series. Please note, the recording of this podcast ended before the end. We apologise for the inconvenience.	David Freestone	31 October, 2017
Oxford Annual Global Justice Lecture 2017 - Reflections on Peace and Justice in the 21st Century: A perspective from the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court	The 2017 lecture, delivered by Fatou Bensouda, Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court at 5.00pm on Thursday 12 Oct 2017.	Fatou Bensouda	20 October, 2017
Immunity from Execution of Military and Cultural Goods	Recent years have seen numerous attempts to seize State assets held outside a State's national territory to satisfy debts owed by the State to private persons.	Matthew Happold	7 June, 2017
Behavioral Economics and Global Public Goods and Global Commons	Professor van Aaken's main research areas are international law with a special focus on international economic law and its interaction with other areas of international law, (international) legal theory, (behavioural) law and economics.	Anne van Aaken	4 May, 2017
Advocacy before the International Court of Justice	Advocacy is the art of persuasion on behalf of a person or cause.	Benjamin Samson, Kate Parlett	14 March, 2017
The Updated Commentary on the First Geneva Convention: Relevance and Evolution of the Convention in the Light of 60 Years of Practice	In 2011, the ICRC embarked on a multi-year project aimed at updating its commentaries on the Geneva Conventions (the “Pictet Commentaries”) and their Additional Protocols I and II.	Jean-Marie Henckaerts	28 February, 2017
Historic Titles and Historic Rights in the Law of the Sea in the Light of the South China Sea Arbitration	Historic titles and historic rights have been a complicated issue in the law of the sea both conceptually and practically.	Sophia Kopela, University of Lancaster	7 February, 2017
Under the Radar: Fair and Equitable Benefit-sharing and the Human Rights of Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities Related to Natural Resources	This article critically assesses the increasing cross-fertilization between international environmental law and international human rights law...	Elisa Morgera	6 February, 2017
Courting Failure: When are International Criminal Courts likely to be believed by Local Audiences?	Can we reliably predict whether the populations affected by mass atrocities will believe in the accounts of the facts and criminal responsibility that are produced by international criminal tribunals? Drawing on research in social psychology and on a seri	Marko Milanovic	23 November, 2016
The International Regulation of Offshore Energy Installations	In this talk, we will attempt to discuss points of interest, taking also into consideration the role offshore installations may or may not play in the determination of judicial proceedings before international courts and tribunals.	Maria Gavouneli	15 November, 2016
Reading the Rome Statute - As an Organic Instrument (This was a joint session with OTJR)	Judge Chile Eboe-Osuji, Judge of the International Criminal Court and President of the Trial Division	Judge Chile Eboe-Osuji	9 November, 2016
The Systemic Qualities of the International Legal Order	Dr Gleider Hernandez, Reader in Public International Law, University of Durham, October 2016	Gleider Hernandez	31 October, 2016
Challenges in the Law of Non-International Armed Conflict	Rob McLaughlin, Australian National University - October 2015	Rob McLaughlin	25 October, 2016
Toward Inclusive Global Governance: What Role for International Law?	Professor Eyal Benvenisti, Whewell Professor of International Law, University of Cambridge	Eyal Benvenisti	25 October, 2016
People on the Move in an Era of Climate Change: Obstacles and Opportunities	Professor Jane McAdam, Kaldor Centre for International Refugee, University of New South Wales & Asad Rehman, Friends of the Earth Climate Campaign - June 2016	Jane McAdam, Asad Rehman	21 October, 2016
The Syrian Refugee Crisis and International Law	Professor Guy Goodwin-Gill, University of Oxford & Blackstone Chambers - May 2016	Guy Goodwin-Gill	21 October, 2016
The Diffusion of International Law into the Global Market	Dr Markos Karavias, University of Amsterdam - May 2016	Markos Karavias	21 October, 2016
Justification and Excuse in the Law of State Responsibility: A Distinction of Pure Academic Interest?	Dr Federica Padeu, University of Cambridge - April 2016	Federica Paddeu	21 October, 2016
Assistance in Disasters: The Overlap between IHL and Disaster Law	Professor Sarah Williams, University of New South Wales - March 2016	Sarah Williams	21 October, 2016
Interpretation of Customary International Law: The Rules of the Game	Dr Panos Merkouris, University of Groningen - January 2016	Panos Merkouris	21 October, 2016
Iran's Nuclear Program and International Law, November 2015	Dan Joyner, University of Alabama School of Law - November 2015	Dan Joyner	21 October, 2016
Why have we Criminalised Agressive War?	Tom Dannenbaum, University College London, November 2015	Tom Dannenbaum	21 October, 2016
The Law Applied by International Administrative Tribunals: From Autonomy to Hierarchy?	Yaraslau Kryvoi, University of West London - 5 February 2015	Yaraslau Kryvoi	21 October, 2016
International Law and Foreign Relations Law: Complements or Substitutes	Paul Stephen, University of Virginia - October 2015	Paul Stephen	21 October, 2016
The UN at 70: Contributions of the United Nations and other International Organizations at Geneva - October 2015	Miguel de Serpa Soares, Under-Secretary for Legal Affairs and United Nations Legal Counsel	Miguel de Serpa Soares	21 October, 2016

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