Law School: Events

The Hague Judgments Convention and Commonwealth Model Law - A Conversation With Dr. Abubakri Yekini
2021-11-11 18:00 - 19:00 (Australia/Sydney)
The Hague Judgments Convention and Commonwealth Model Law – A Conversation With Dr. Abubakri Yekini
This presentation will examine the concept of legal pragmatism in private international law and how it has been used by courts and treaty makers to solve practical legal problems arising from the recognition and enforcement of foreign judgments.
Specifically, it will analyse how pragmatism was applied in the negotiation and conclusion of the 2005 Choice of Court Convention, the 2019 Hague Judgments Convention and the 2017 Commonwealth Model Law on Foreign Judgments.

Speaker
Dr. Abubakri YekiniÂ is a Law Lecturer at the University of Manchester, United Kingdom. He recently earned his PhD from the Centre for Private International Law, University of Aberdeen, under the supervision of Professor Paul Beaumont and late Professor Jonathan Fitchen. His PhD thesis was published as a monograph by Hart Publishers in August 2021. Dr. Yekini was a Visiting Scholar at Max Planck Institute Luxembourg for International, European, and Regulatory Procedural Law in 2019. He was also recently awarded the Schumann Fellowship for Young Scholars by the University of Munster, Germany for 2021/2022. His current research focuses on how and what Africa can learn from the harmonization projects of the Hague Conference on Private International Law and the European Union to drive the newly formed African Continental Free Trade Area. He is one of the founding members of the Nigeria Group on Private International Law (NGPIL). Dr Yekini is an Assistant Editor for the Ethiopian Yearbook of International Law.
Discussant
Associate Professor Stacie StrongÂ is an Associate Professor at Sydney Law SchoolÂ specialising in private international law, international arbitration, international mediation and comparative law. Stacie has taught at law schools around the world and has acted as a dual-qualified (England-US) practitioner with major international law firms in the UK and the US. She has also written over 130 award-winning books, articles and other works (attributed as S.I. Strong) and has acted as an expert consultant to a variety of governmental, non-governmental and intergovernmental organisations.

Book offer
Book offer discount:Â The Hague Judgments Convention and Commonwealth Model Law: A Pragmatic Perspective.

Relevant materials
Hague Judgments Convention 2019
Commonwealth Model Law on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Judgments

Time: 11 November, 6-7pm AEDT
This is a free online event. You will receive a reminder notification with the Zoom link closer to the date.
CPD Points: 1
This event is presented by theÂ Sydney Centre for International Law at the University of Sydney.
Photo by Sebastiano Piazzi on Unsplash.

How Private International Law Can Make the UN Sustainable Development Goals a Reality
2021-11-23 18:00 - 19:30
How Private International Law Can Make the UN Sustainable Development Goals a Reality

The clock is ticking. We have until 2030 to implement the UN’s 17 Sustainable Development Goals if we are to achieve a â€œbetter and more sustainable future for all.â€

Law plays a crucial role in reaching ambitious goals such as â€˜No Poverty’ (SDG #1), â€˜Affordable and Clean Energy’ (#7) and â€˜Climate Action’ (#13). But until now, the role of law in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals has been limited to public international law and relations between nations. Missing from the commentary has been the vital role to be played by private law, particularly private international law, which is essential for the implementation of cross-border contracts and the resolution of cross-border disputes.
An exciting new project brings together a team of legal experts from around the world to demonstrate how private international law can make each Sustainable Development Goal a reality.
Join some of these pioneering legal minds as they discuss the results of their research and the path ahead for our world.

Order of proceedings

1. Introduction to the SDGs and the project
Professor VerÃ³nica Ruiz Abou-Nigm and Mr Hans Van Loon
These presentations will address the sustainable development goals, the interaction of and issues presented by private international law, and the objectives and recommendations of the project.
2. SDG 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure
Professor Vivienne Bath
This presentation will address the impact on, and interaction of private international law with, the construction and operation of sustainable infrastructure and the potential role of regulatory private international law.
3. SDG 15: Life on Land
Dr Drossos Stamboulakis
This presentation considers the global governance role that private international law can, and arguable should, play in achieving SDG 15 through the facilitation and incentivization of private action geared at environmental protection and sustainability. Chapter written by Dr Stamboulakis and Professor Jay Sanderson.
Chair
Associate Professor Stacie Strong

Speakers

Professor VerÃ³nica Ruiz Abou-NigmÂ is Senior Lecturer in International Private Law at Edinburgh Law School. Professionally qualified as a solicitor in Uruguay, with extensive practice in international litigation, her research focuses on the intersections between private international law and various other disciplines, within and beyond law, including maritime law and migration studies. Her scholarship promotes the transnational mobilisation of private international law, developing knowledge in which private international law can foster intercultural integration, contributing to accommodate different legal traditions and cultures in cross-border cases.

Mr Hans Van LoonÂ is an independent international consultant. He is a member and vice-president of the Institut de droit international. He practiced as a lawyer before the Supreme Court of the Netherlands and the European Court of Human Rights, and was as a deputy judge in the Hague District Court. He joined the secretariat of the Hague Conference on Private International Law in 1978, being appointed also as Secretary of the Netherlands Government Committee on Private International Law, and was the HCCH’s Secretary General from 1996-2913. He contributed to the creation of a dozen Hague Conventions on private international law and to the amendment of its Statute to enable Membership of the European Union, and is a member of the European Group for Private International Law.
Professor Vivienne BathÂ is Professor of Chinese and International Business Law in the University of Sydney and Associate Director – International of the Centre for Asian and Pacific Law at the University of Sydney. She is also a Senior Research Fellow of the Asia IP and Technology Law Project at the University of California, Berkeley, School of Law. Her teaching and research interests are in international business and economic law, private international law and Chinese law. She also has extensive professional experience in Sydney, New York and Hong Kong, specialising in international commercial law, with a focus on foreign investment and commercial transactions in China and the Asian region.
Dr Drossos StamboulakisÂ is Lecturer at Monash University, and is admitted to practice as an Australian Lawyer. He is the Deputy Convenor of Monash’s Commercial Disputes Group, and coaches the Monash Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot team. His research spans commercial arbitration, comparative law and private international law, and intersections with biodiversity and sustainability.
Professor Jay Sanderson is an interdisciplinary scholar with degrees in law, science and psychology. He is currently Professor and Head of School of USC’s School of Law and Society. Jay’s main areas of research focus on the social and doctrinal developments of laws related to plants, agriculture and biodiversity. He is currently working on projects that examine biodiversity and BioTrade; and the use of trademarks and certification.

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Chair

Associate Professor Stacie Strong is an Associate Professor at Sydney Law School Â specialising in private international law, international arbitration, international mediation and comparative law. Stacie has taught at law schools around the world and has acted as a dual-qualified (England-US) practitioner with major international law firms in the UK and the US. She has also written over 130 award-winning books, articles and other works and has acted as an expert consultant to a variety of governmental, non-governmental and intergovernmental organisations.
Publication – access here:

The Private Side of Transforming our World – UN Sustainable Development Goals 2030 and the Role of Private International Law

Edited byÂ Ralf Michaels,Â VerÃ³nica Ruiz Abou-NigmÂ andÂ Hans van Loon

Event details
This free online event will be held onÂ 23 November 2021, 6:00 PM – 7:30 PM AEDT
CPD Points:Â 1.5

This webinar is jointly presented by theÂ Centre for Asian and Pacific LawÂ and theÂ Sydney Centre for International LawÂ at theÂ University of Sydney Law School, theÂ Centre for Commercial Law & Regulatory Studies,Â Faculty of Law, Monash University, and theÂ Monash Sustainable Development Institute.

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Asia-Pacific Online Legal Education Before and After the COVID-19 Pandemic
2022-02-01 12:00 - 13:30
Webinar: Asia-Pacific Online Legal Education Before and After the COVID-19 Pandemic

This webinar discusses how online (university or other) legal education interacts with each jurisdiction’s legal profession, university system, and ICT infrastructure, as well as how online legal education has developed both before and after the COVID-19 pandemic, across several Asia-Pacific jurisdictions: Australia, Japan, Canada, Brunei/Malaysia/Singapore and Macau. It draws on draft National Reports for anÂ International Academy of Comparative LawÂ conference hosted overÂ 23-28 October 2022 in Asuncion (Paraguay), comparing over 20 jurisdictions worldwide, for a volume to be published by Intersentia co-edited by Professors Luke Nottage and Makoto Ibusuki.
Find out more about the project, including links to several draft reports.
Speakers:

Professor Luke NottageÂ (also co-chair, University of Sydney Law School)
Professor Makoto IbusukiÂ (also co-chair, Seijo University)
Dean Trish MundyÂ (University of Wollongong)
Professor William van CaenagemÂ (Bond University)
Assistant Prof Nobumichi TeramuraÂ (University of Brunei)
Assoc Professor Salim FarrarÂ (University of Sydney Law School)
Professor Rostam NeuwirthÂ (University of Macau)
Professor Adrien HabermacherÂ (University of Moncton)
Associate Prof Alice Lee (University of Hong Kong)
Wilson Lui (University of Hong Kong)
Professor Kenichi Yoneda (Kagoshima University)

Tuesday 1 February, 12-1.30pm AEDT

Registration

Please click here to register online.
**This event, previously advertised as hybrid (in-person and via zoom) will proceed online only. A zoom link will be provided closer to the date**
CPD points =1.5

This event is hosted by the Centre for Asian and Pacific Law at Sydney Law School, Australian Network for Japanese Law (ANJeL) and the Transnational Law and Policy Centre at the University of Wollongong.

Beijing Winter Olympics 2022: Sports, Law, and Policies
2022-02-03 13:00 - 14:15
Beijing Winter Olympics 2022: Sports, Law, and Policies
Beijing will organize the XXIV Olympic Winter Games from 4 to 20 February and the XIII Paralympic Winter Games from 4 to 13 March 2022. Amid the pandemic, concerns, and controversies, these Olympics may have special implications on the future development of sports-related law and policies in the world. Our distinguished speakers will explore critical issues such as:

What can we learn from the history of Olympic boycotts and their impact? What are the obligations of athletes around the issue of political comments? Can Sports diplomacy provide benefits that conventional diplomacy or international trade cannot? Can the Winter Olympics help ease the thaw in frosty bilateral ties?

What are the contents and significance of the proposed amendment to the Chinese Sports Law before the Beijing Winter Olympics? How does China develop sports arbitration?

Are there economic benefits to hosting the Olympics or similar events? What is China’s plan to protect intellectual property in the Winter Olympics 2022?

How will the Winter Olympics manage COVID-19, and will this impact China’s â€˜Zero COVID’ policy?

About the speakers (in the surname alphabetical order):
ProfessorÂ Tim HarcourtÂ is an Industry Professor and Chief Economist, UTS. He is also known asÂ The Airport EconomistÂ and a guru in Sports Diplomacy.
ProfessprÂ Deborah HealeyÂ is a Director of the Herbert Smith Freehills China International Business and Economic Law Centre at the UNSW Law Faculty. She widely published in sports law, is a Life Member of the Australia and New Zealand Sport Law Association, a Co-editor of the Australia and New Zealand Sport Law Journal.
ProfessorÂ Keiji KawaiÂ is a professor of Sport Law at Doshisha University, Kyoto, Japan. He is a board member of the Japan Sports Law Association and served as the General Secretary in 2017-2019. He is also an arbitrator of the Japan Sports Arbitration Agency.
ProfessorÂ Yang PeiÂ is a leading sports law expert in Beijing Normal University and widely participated in Chinese sports law legislation. He is a Member of China Association for Sports Law and a Member of the Hearing Committee of China Anti-Doping Agency. He also served as an expert witness in the Sun Yang arbitration case.
Moderator: Associate ProfessorÂ Jie (Jeanne) Huang is Deputy Director of the China Studies Centre and the Centre for Asian and Pacific Law at Sydney Law School.

When: Thursday 3 February, 1-2.15pm AEDT

This event is jointly organised by theÂ China Studies CentreÂ andÂ the Centre of Asian and Pacific Law (CAPLUS) at the University of Sydney Law School.

Photo credit: Image via https://olympics.com/en/beijing-2022/

Direct Jurisdiction in Asia
2022-02-17 18:00 - 19:00
Direct Jurisdiction in Asia
The book Direct Jurisdiction is the second thematic volume in the series Studies in Private International Law – Asia. It considers the situations in which the courts of 15 key Asian states are prepared to hear a case involving cross-border elements. For instance, will the courts of an Asian state accept jurisdiction in a dispute that has only some, little or no connection with an Asian state, and (if so) on what conditions? As a comprehensive survey across multiple jurisdictions and areas of law, the book suggests that enacting suitable rules of direct jurisdiction requires an Asian state to strike a delicate balance between affording certainty and protecting its nationals. It involves sometimes difficult policy considerations and is not just about drawing up lists of jurisdictional grounds and exceptions to them.
In this webinar, the editors and contributors will summarise the practical and theoretical findings in the book. It will consider the possibility of a multilateral convention or soft law instrument articulating principles of direct jurisdiction for Asia. It will also discuss possible trajectories that Asian states may be taking in respect of direct jurisdiction in light of the COVID-19 pandemic and the political tensions currently besetting the world. The editors and contributors will also talk about the process of putting the book together, especially in the face of lockdowns and other restrictions imposed in various jurisdictions.
There will be ample time for Q&A.

Speakers

Professor Anselmo Reyes, Singapore International Commercial Court; Doshisha University, Editor ofÂ Direct Jurisdiction
Wilson Lui, University of Hong Kong; University of Oxford, Editor ofÂ Direct Jurisdiction
Dr Nobumichi Teramura, University of Brunei Darussalam; University of Sydney, Contributor ofÂ Direct Jurisdiction

Moderator:Â Professor Vivienne Bath, University of Sydney Law School

Book discount offer
Direct Jurisdiction, Asian Perspectives:
Australian orders – receive 35% off here.
UK orders – receive 20% off here.

Time: Thursday 17 February, 6pm AEDT
This is a free online event. You will receive a reminder notification with the Zoom link closer to the date.
CPD Points: 1
This event is presented by theÂ Sydney Centre for International Law at the University of Sydney.
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Sydney Centre for International Law Year in Review Conference
2022-02-25 08:45 - 18:00
Sydney Centre for International Law Year in Review Conference
The Sydney Centre for International Law at Sydney Law School is delighted to present the 2022 International Law Year in Review Conference, to be held online on Friday 25 February 2022.
This annual â€˜year in review’ conference brings together expert speakers from around the world to give participants insight into the latest developments in international law over the preceding year, especially those most salient for Australia.
Highlights of the day include:

A keynote address by Professor Megan Davis, Pro Vice-Chancellor Indigenous at UNSW, on the topic ‘Public International Law and the Uluru Statement from the Heart’
A law literary lunch with Tara June Winch, winner of the 2020 Miles Franklin Award for The Yield
The launch ofÂ Non-Binding Norms in International Humanitarian LawÂ with author,Â Associate Professor Emily Crawford, Sydney Law School.

The conference will traverse recent developments in environmental law, private international law and human rights.
Speakers include leading academics, practitioners and government lawyers.
Participation will enable lawyers and non-lawyers alike to remain abreast of important trends in international affairs.

VIEW THE PROGRAM HERE (last updated 23 February 2022)

FRIDAY 25 FEBRUARY 2022, 8.45am – 5pm AEDT (and book launch from 5-6pm AEDT)
Online conference with complimentary registration.
The Zoom webinar link will be provided once registered.Â

CPD Points:
If this particular educational activity extends your knowledge and skills in areas that are relevant to your practice needs or professional development, then you should claim one (1) “unitâ€ for each hour of attendance, refreshment breaks not included.
Legal practitioners may earn 6.5 CPD points for full day attendance.
The CPD rules require solicitors to keep their own record of their CPD activities.

Sydney Centre for International LawÂ sits on country of the Gadi people of the Eora nation.

This conference is hosted by the Sydney Centre for International Law and sponsored by TDM/OGEMID.

Between Theory and Practice: Introducing TagTime and In Conversation with Neil Kaplan
2022-03-02 17:30 - 18:30
Between Theory and Practice: Introducing TagTime and In Conversation with Neil Kaplan
Join us onÂ 2 March 2022 atÂ 5.30pm AEDTÂ when Dr Michael Hwang SC, Neil Kaplan CBE QC SBS, Professor Luke Nottage and Hafez Virjee will introduce the content of the benefaction by Michael Hwang to the law students of the University of Sydney.
The speakers will discuss the development of international arbitration in the Asia-Pacific region, the place of Australian practitioners in this global market, and the benefits of pursuing international arbitration as an elective, in the context of the large range of materials made available to the law students through the benefaction on the Delos platform.

Speakers

DrÂ Michael HwangÂ SC
Neil Kaplan CBE QC SBS
Dr Luke Nottage is Professor of Comparative and Transnational Business Law at Sydney Law School
Hafez Virjee is the President and a co-Founder of Delos

Click here for speaker bios and to register.

Time: Wednesday 2 March 2022 atÂ 5.30pm AEDTÂ
This is a free online event.
This event is co-presented by Delos Dispute Resolution and the University of Sydney Law School.Â

The Invasion of Ukraine: Causes and Consequences
2022-03-08 12:00 - 13:00
The Invasion of Ukraine: Causes and Consequences
The Russian attack against Ukraine is one of the largest military operations in modern history.â€¯It has the potential to redraw not only borders in Europe, but may be the starting point for a transformation of the global order as we know it.
This webinar will analyse the motives behind Russia’s attack,â€¯investigateâ€¯to what extent NATO expansion is a genuine concern for Russia andâ€¯discussâ€¯the rules of international law that apply to its military operations. The panelâ€¯will then explore what options the global community has in face of President Putin’s apparent willingness to disregard international rules and norms. Finally, panelists will address the geopolitical and economic consequences of this conflict for Ukraine, Russia itself, Europe and the world.
This one-hour conversation features experts on international politics, international law and relations between Russia and Ukraine.
Panellists:

Professor Theo Farrell, UOW
Associate Professor Emily Crawford, The University of Sydney Law School
Sonia Mycak, ANU

Tuesday 8 March 2022, 12-1pm AEDT

This webinar is presented by the University of Wollongong Transnational Law and Policy Centre & the Sydney Centre for International Law at the University of Sydney Law School.

Ukraine and China: Russian Invasion and After
2022-03-10 18:00 - 19:15
Ukraine and China: Russian Invasion and After
On 24 February 2022, Russia started a large-scale military invasion of Ukraine. It is no doubt that the crisis is going to be considerably elongated with equally as elongated consequences for China, its policy, and international environments.
This multidisciplinary roundtable will combine renowned speakers from the disciplines of law, politics, economy, and international relations to discuss the issues.
Speakers (in the surname alphabetical order):
Professor Vivienne Bath: Professor of Chinese and International Business Law at the Sydney Law School. Professor Bath’s teaching and research interests are in international business and economic law, private international law, and Chinese law. She has extensive professional experience in Sydney, New York, and Hong Kong, specialising in international commercial law, with a focus on foreign investment and commercial transactions in China and the Asian region.
Mr. Rowan Callick: Industry fellow at Griffith University’s Asia Institute. He is a double Walkley Award winner and a Graham Perkin Australian Journalist of the Year. He joined The Australian at the start of 2006, as China Correspondent. After three years in Beijing, he became The Australian’s Asia-Pacific Editor and then returned to Beijing as China Correspondent, from March 2016 to April 2018. He remains a columnist for The Australian. He was appointed in 2013 as a fellow of the Australian Institute of International Affairs.
Professor Bing Ling: Professor of Chinese Law at the Sydney Law School. Before coming to Australia, he was a professor and founding member of the Faculty of Law of the Chinese University of Hong Kong. He has also taught at Peking University Law School, University of Michigan Law School, and City University of Hong Kong Law School. He is the author of books and articles on Chinese civil and commercial law and international law.
Mr. Raffaello Pantucci: Senior Associate Fellow at the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) and Senior Fellow at the International Centre for Political Violence and Terrorism Research (ICPVTR) at the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS) in Singapore. Author of Sinostan: China’s Inadvertent Empire, a contemporary history of China’s relations with Central Asia to be published by Oxford University Press April 2022.
Associate Professor Jingdong Yuan: a leading expert in Asia-Pacific security, Chinese defense and foreign policy, and global and regional arms control and non-proliferation issues. He is the co-author of China and India: Cooperation or Conflict? (Boulder and London: Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2003) and is currently working on a book manuscript on post-Cold War Chinese security policy.
Moderator: Associate Professor Jie (Jeanne) Huang, Sydney Law School and China Studies Centre

Thursday 10 March, 6-7.15pm AEDT
This event is being held online.
This event is jointly organised by the China Studies Centre and Centre for Asian and Pacific Law, The University of Sydney.

The Invasion of Ukraine: Legal, Political and Personal Consequences
2022-03-22 12:00 - 13:00
The Invasion of Ukraine: Legal, Political and Personal Consequences
Although Russia appears to be acting with impunity, there are very real consequences to its actions in Ukraine. Some of these consequences are having immediate effect, while others will last for years.
This webinar analyses the ramifications of Russia’s recent aggression against Ukraine in legal, political and personal terms. Panelists will address the international response to Russia’s actions, focusing on such diverse topics as economic sanctions, actions at the International Court of Justice and criminal prosecutions at the International Criminal Court.
While it is unclear how long the current military conflict will continue, what is certain is that the consequences of Russia’s aggression will last for years to come. This one-hour conversation features a diverse array of experts who will shed light on this complex and rapidly evolving situation.
Speakers

ProfessorÂ Chester Brown, The University of Sydney Law School
Associate ProfessorÂ Markus Wagner, University of Wollongong
ProfessorÂ Sarah Williams, UNSW.

Moderator

Professor Lisa Toohey, University of Newcastle

Webinar via Zoom, Tuesday 22 March 2022, 12-1pm AEDT
Once registered, you will be provided with Zoom details closer to the date of the webinar.

This webinar is presented by the Sydney Centre for International Law at the University of Sydney Law School and the University of Wollongong Transnational Law and Policy Centre.

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The Invasion of Ukraine: The Personal Cost - Refugees
2022-04-13 12:00 - 13:00
The Invasion of Ukraine: The Personal Cost – Refugees
The world has been watching the horrific events in Ukraine for over a month, and what is abundantly clear is that Russian aggression has caused significant human suffering.
This one-hour webinar considers the issue from the perspective of the more than 4 million refugees who have left Ukraine in the last month.
Two esteemed experts in refugee law – Professor Mary Crock of the University of Sydney and Dr Niamh Kinchin of the University of Wollongong – will discuss the issues facing refugees both now and in the coming months and perhaps years.
Speakers

Professor Mary Crock, The University of Sydney Law School
Dr Niamh Kinchin, University of Wollongong.

Webinar via Zoom, Wednesday 13 April 2022, 12-1pm AEST
Once registered, you will be provided with Zoom details closer to the date of the webinar.

This webinar is presented by the Sydney Centre for International Law at the University of Sydney Law School and the University of Wollongong Transnational Law and Policy Centre.

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Indo-Pacific Digital Trade and National Security: A China Context
2022-04-28 13:00 - 14:00
Indo-Pacific Digital Trade and National Security: A China Context

Data collection, analysis, disposal, and cross-border flow are essential components of digital trade and investment projects. A tension exists between promoting private commercial businesses under investment and trade treaties concluded between China and countries in the Indo Pacific and protecting the national interest in data security and privacy sought by these countries against the perceived threat of China.
This multidisciplinary roundtable will bring expert opinions on critical and controversial issues such as:

The legal regulations imposed by the Chinese government on its state-owned enterprises and privately-owned companies in digital trade and the political linkage between them
The rise of digital protectionism, the confluence of industrial policy, mutual suspicion and national security
China’s digital trade in Southeast Asia, particularly investments in media companies and how this impacts national security and internet governance
The U.S.-China forced technology transfer dispute and national security implications.

Speakers:
Ms. Tianqi Gu, PhD researcher at the University of Sydney Law School. She holds a Bachelor of Law degree from Dalian Maritime University, a Master of Law degree in International Commercial Law from the University College London, and a second Master of Law degree (general) from the University of Sydney. Her research topic focuses on the implications of the latest round of Chinese State-owned enterprises (SOEs) reform on the Chinese SOEs’ outbound foreign investment behavioural patterns in developed countries, and how developed host countries should cope with the potential risks that come with the Chinese SOEs’ investment influx.
Dr. Simon Lacey, is currently Senior Lecturer in International Trade at the University of Adelaide’s School of Economics and Public Policy. Prior to that, Simon served as Vice-President Trade Facilitation and Market Access at Huawei Technologies in Shenzhen, where he was responsible for monitoring, managing and mitigating the biggest trade and investment risks facing the company across a dozen of its most important markets internationally. Simon has worked in government advisory and policy advocacy roles in more than 30 countries supporting both sovereigns and corporates. It was in this capacity that Simon spent four years in Jakarta advising the Indonesian government on a broad range of issues in connection with the country’s membership of ASEAN, the WTO, and various preferential trade agreements and bilateral investment treaties. Simon obtained his bachelor’s in laws from the University of Fribourg (Switzerland), and an LLM from the Georgetown University Law Center in Washington DC. He is currently completing a PhD in international economic law at UNSW Law.
Dr. Aim Sinpeng, Senior Lecturer in the Department of Government and International Relations at the University of Sydney. She is a Discovery Early Career Research Fellow (DECRA) for her project on cyber activism in Thailand and is the author of Opposing Democracy in the Digital Age: The Yellow Shirts in Thailand (University of Michigan Press, 2021). Her research expertise is on the interaction between digital media and politics in Southeast Asia, particularly on the topics of disinformation, hate speech and online political participation.
Professor Peter Yu, Regents Professor of Law and Communication and Director of the Center for Law and Intellectual Property at Texas A&M University. Born and raised in Hong Kong, he is Vice-President and Co-Director of Studies of the American Branch of the International Law Association. He has served as the general editor of The WIPO Journal published by the World Intellectual Property Organization. He previously held the Kern Family Chair in Intellectual Property Law at Drake University Law School and was Wenlan Scholar Chair Professor at Zhongnan University of Economics and Law in Wuhan, China.
Moderator:
Associate Professor Jie (Jeanne) Huang, Co-Director of the Centre for Asian and Pacific Law, Sydney Law School. Jeanne is also the co-chair of the American Society of International Law Private International Law Interest Groups. Her research focuses on conflict-of-law issues in digital trade and dispute resolution involving Chinese parties.

Webinar via Zoom, Thursday 28 April, 1-2pm AEST
Once registered, you will be provided with Zoom details closer to the date of the webinar.

This event is jointly organized byÂ Centre for Asian and Pacific Law,Â China Studies CentreÂ at the University of Sydney, and theÂ International Law Association (Australian Branch).
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Distinguished Alumni Series: In conversation with the Hon Andrew Bell, Chief Justice of NSW Supreme Court
2022-05-04 18:00 - 19:00 | Lecture Theatre 101, level 1, New Law Building F10A, Campderdown Campus
Distinguished Alumni Series: In conversation with the Hon Andrew Bell, Chief Justice of NSW Supreme Court

In-person event
Join us for this special â€˜in conversation’ event with University of Sydney Law School alumnus and the newly appointed 18th Chief Justice of NSW, the Hon Andrew Bell, and alumna Nicole Abadee.
The Chief Justice will reflect on his life and times at the Law School, as a judge’s Associate, at the University of Oxford, NSW Bar and on the NSW Court of Appeal. His Honour will also discuss how the legal profession has changed, the enduring value of a law degree and where it might lead you and what makes a good law teacher – and judge.
This Distinguished Alumni Series is an occasional program of talks featuring eminent graduates of the Law School.

Speakers
Chief Justice Bell
Prior to his new position as NSW Supreme Chief Justice, the Hon Andrew Bell was appointed as the President of the NSW Court of Appeal in February 2019. During his time, he has presided over numerous high-profile appeals in both the Court of Appeal and Court of Criminal Appeal. His Honour led a team of nine appeal judges and two acting judges of appeal, with the responsibility for overseeing more than 300 matters which come before the Court of Appeal every year. Prior to his appointment to the Bench, Chief Justice Bell practised as a barrister for 24 years and was appointed Senior Counsel in 2006. Throughout that time, he appeared in 30 appeals in the High Court of Australia and conducted an extensive international arbitration practice. His Honour brings not only breadth and depth of knowledge to the role of Chief Justice, but proven leadership abilities from his three years as President. His academic achievements include two University Medals from Sydney University, and a Rhodes Scholarship to Oxford University, where he graduated in first place (post-graduate) Bachelor of Civil Law and also completed a doctorate.
Nicole Abadee
Nicole Abadee is a University of Sydney alumna. After a 20-year career in the law, practising as a barrister at the New South Wales Bar and then teaching International Law, she moved into the literary world and now writes about books and other things for Good Weekend.

Time: Wednesday 4 May, 6-7pm, followed by a cocktail reception

CPD Points: 1
This event is presented by the Â University of Sydney Law School.

Photo credit, Chief Justice portrait: Gillianne Tedder

Legal Obligation of the Security Council's mandate on the protection of civilians in UN peacekeeping operations
2022-05-17 12:00 - 13:00
Legal Obligation of the Security Council’s mandate on the protection of civilians in UN peacekeeping operations
Speaker: Dr Tamer Morris, Sydney Law School
While the Security Council has been mandating peacekeepers to protect civilians since 1999, there is still confusion on what it means to ‘protect’. Even though the concept of ‘protection’ can seem self-evident, as UN peace missions are made up of multiple players, each person has interpreted the protection of civilians mandate differently. As the concept of ‘protection’ is borrowed language, each body of law will perceive ‘protection’ through a different lens. However, as the mandate creates a legal obligation on UN peace missions, a clear understanding of protection is fundamental to ensure performance and accountability.
Speaker:Â Tamer Morris is a casual academic at the University of Sydney teaching in international law. Tamer’s area of research focuses on protection of civilians, particularly focusing on the legal understanding of the obligation to protect.
After working briefly at the UN, Tamer’s interests in peacekeeping and international law arose. Tamer’s doctoral thesis, from the University of Sydney, was on the legal obligation of the protection of civilians in UN peacekeeping. Focusing on the Security Council’s mandate and legal ramifications of peacekeepers engaging in protection activities.
Moderator: Associate Professor Emily Crawford, Sydney Law School

TUESDAY 17 MAY 2022, 12 – 1pm AEST
Once registered, you will receive the Zoom link closer to the date of the webinar.

CPD Points:Â 1

This event is hosted by theÂ Sydney Centre for International LawÂ at The University of Sydney Law School.
This is the first in a series of webinars highlighting the research of recently graduated doctoral candidates at The University of Sydney Law School. Â

Trust in Knowledge Talks - Launch Event
2022-05-19 17:00 - 18:00 | Law Foyer, Level 2
Trust in Knowledge Talks – Launch Event

In-person event
Please join us at the launch event of the new Trust in Knowledge Talks seminar series – a research initiative supported by the Deputy Vice-Chancellor Research and the Research Portfolio at the University of Sydney.
Reproducibility, replicability, transparency and integrity are key attributes that enable excellence in research and research translation. Trust in Knowledge Talks promote these issues, as well as the sharing of ideas and approaches across disciplines, to enable discussion and collaboration on producing robust and reliable research across our university community.
In this inaugural Trust in Knowledge Talk hosted by Sydney Law School, guest speaker Professor Simine Vazire from the University of Melbourne asks: where are the self-correcting mechanisms in science?

About the talk
‘Where are the self-correcting mechanisms in science?’
We often hear the self-correcting mechanisms in science invoked as a reason to trust science, but it is not always clear what these mechanisms are. Some quality control mechanisms, such as peer review for journals, or vetting for textbooks or for public dissemination, have recently been found not to provide much of a safeguard against invalid claims.
Instead, I will argue that we should look for visible signs of a scientific community’s commitment to self-correction. These signs include transparency in the research and peer review process, investment in error detection and quality control, and an emphasis on calibration rather than popularisation. We should trust scientific claims more to the extent that they were produced by communities that have these hallmarks of credibility. Fields that are more transparent, rigorous, and calibrated should earn more trust. Meta-science can provide scientists and the public with valuable information in assessing the credibility of scientific fields.
The speaker
Professor Simine Vazire, Melbourne School of Psychological Sciences, University of Melbourne.
Simine is a board member of PLOS and the Berkeley Institute for Transparency in the Social Sciences, was a member of the US National Academy of Science study committee on replicability and reproducibility, and co-founded the Society for the Improvement of Psychological Science (SIPS). She is Editor in Chief of Collabra: Psychology and has served as editor at several other journals. She has two lines of research. One examines people’s self-knowledge of their personality and behaviour, and another examines the individual and institutional practices and norms in science, and the degree to which these norms encourage or impede self-correction and credibility.

Time: Thursday 19 May, 5-6pm (followed by a cocktail reception)
Venue: Sydney Law School, Law Foyer, level 2 (street level entrance), New Law Building F10, University of Sydney.Â

This event is presented by the Â University of Sydney Law School.

Transnational Online Legal Education Before and After the COVID-19 Pandemic
2022-06-21 05:00 - 18:00
Transnational Online Legal Education Before and After the COVID-19 Pandemic

Online event
This webinar discusses how online (university or other) legal education interacts with each jurisdiction’s legal profession, university system, and ICT infrastructure, as well as how online legal education has developed both before and after the COVID-19 pandemic, comparing several jurisdictions beyond the Asia-Pacific region (covered in aÂ previous webinar recorded): Croatia, Cyprus and Seychelles. This webinar also draws on draft National Reports for anÂ International Academy of Comparative LawÂ conference hosted overÂ 23-28 October 2022 in Asuncion (Paraguay), comparing over 20 jurisdictions worldwide, for a volume to be published by Intersentia co-edited by Professors Luke Nottage and Makoto Ibusuki.
Find out more aboutÂ the project,Â including links to several draft reports and general report.
Speakers:

Professor Luke NottageÂ (also co-chair, University of Sydney Law School; Honorary Professor, University of Wollongong)
Professor Mirela ZupanÂ (University of Ozijek, Croatia)
Dr Lida PitsillidouÂ (University of Lancaster, Cyprus)
Ms Nyasha Noreen KatsengaÂ (Office of the Chief Justice, Seychelles)

Time: Tuesday 21 June, 5-6pm AEST (via Zoom)

CPD Points = 1
This event is co-presented by The University of Wollongong and The University of Sydney Law School.

Exhibition launch: Iconic: The Use and Misuse of the Red Cross Emblem
2022-08-04 17:00 - 18:00 | Fisher Library, Fisher Library, Seminar Room, Level 2, Eastern Avenue, The University of Sydney, Camperdown.
Exhibition launch: Iconic: The Use and Misuse of the Red Cross Emblem

Professor Robert McLaughlin (ANU) will formally launch the exhibition, created by Associate Professor Emily Crawford (Sydney Law School.)
The Red Cross is one of the most identifiable icons of all time – since its adoption in the 19th century, the Red Cross emblem has come to symbolise care and protection for people who are sick or injured.
The Red Cross can be seen everywhere – on toys, medical supplies, and costumes. However, the Emblem is not meant to be a logo – it is symbol that has its origins in an international law designed to protect the wounded and sick members of the armed forces during times of armed conflict, as well as to protect the persons who care for the wounded and sick. The Red Cross, and its associated Emblems, the Red Crescent, Red Crystal, and Red Lion and Sun, are meant to be used to denote the care and protection of the most vulnerable populations during times of armed conflict, and in certain strictly regulated situations outside of armed conflicts.
The iconic nature of the Red Cross emblem, and its connotations of care and protection, has seen the Emblem misused and misapplied in manifold ways. What many do not know is that the Emblem is protected under both international and domestic law, and misuse of the Emblem is an offence under Australian law and may be, in specific circumstances, a war crime under international law – this includes both misuse of the Red Cross emblem, as well as displaying a white cross on a red background.
Iconic: The Use and Misuse of the Red Cross Emblem showcases some of the most common ways the Emblem has been misused in every day life. The aim of the exhibition is to educate and inform people that the Red Cross has a special meaning that should not be devalued. The objects on display are shown in conjunction with the selections from the University’s rare book collection, which illustrate how the Red Cross came into being, how it has been protected in law, and how it has been used on practice in the century and a half since its inception.

Thursday 4 August, 5-6pm AEST
(includes exhibition launch and cocktail reception)
Location:Â Fisher Library, Seminar Room, Level 2, Eastern Avenue, The University of Sydney, Camperdown.
This is an in-person event being held at The University of Sydney with limited capacity.

The launch is sponsored by the Sydney Centre for International Law at Sydney Law School.

Symposium: Global Sports Law: Hot Topics in Australia and Japan"
2022-09-02 15:30 - 17:00
Symposium: â€œGlobal Sports Law: Hot Topics in Australia and Japanâ€
This symposium is part ofÂ Japanaroo, a week-long series of events that is part of an initiative to promote exchange and collaboration between Australia and Japan. This informal panel brings together experts and practitioners in sports law and governance from Japan and Australia, two countries at the forefront of development of global sports law, to discuss the big legal issues currently shaping the sports landscape. The panel examines the governance of sporting organisations and the regulation of labour mobility in the context of a globalised sports world.
The panel will feature presentations from:

Professor Deborah Healey (University of New South Wales) on â€œCorporate Governance in Australian Sportâ€;

Professor Healey is the Director of the Herbert Smith Freehills China International Business and Economic Law (CIBEL) Centre and the Editor of the Sports Law Journal. She has more than 30 years of experience serving on the boards of major sports governance organizations.

Mr. Shoichi Sugiyama, (Partner, Field-R Law Offices, Tokyo) on â€œThe Transfer System in Nippon Professional Baseballâ€;

Mr. Sugiyama counsels the Japan Professional Baseball Players Association and the Japan Sports Arbitration Agency (the independent dispute resolution body for sport-related disputes in Japan). He has lectured widely on sports law in Japan.

Dr. Matt NicholÂ (Lecturer, Central Queensland University, (Melbourne)) on â€œGlobal Labour Mobility and Nippon Professional Baseball: Murakami to Nomo, Ichiro and Ohtaniâ€.

Dr. Nichol’s research uses approaches to labour law and regulatory theory to understand the regulation of labour in professional team sports. Dr. Nichol’s specialty is in domestic and global labour regulation and labour mobility in baseball and he is on the board of directors of Baseball Victoria.
Moderator:Â Mr. Micah Burch, Senior Lecturer, Sydney Law School.
Friday 2 September 2022, 3.30-5pm (AEST)
This event is being held an online.
CPD Points:Â 1.5
This event is co-sponsored by Sydney Law School, ANJeL and the Australia-Japan Society of NSW.

Book launch: Gender and International Criminal Law
2022-09-07 12:00 - 13:30 | Common Room, Level 4, Sydney Law School
Book launch: Gender and International Criminal Law
Sydney Centre for International Law is excited to host a panel on the new book â€˜Gender and International Criminal Law‘ (Oxford University Press 2022), edited by Indira Rosenthal, Valerie Oosterveld, and Susana SÃ¡Couto.
In this panel, participants will hear from some of the book’s Australian authors and participate in a live â€˜question and answer’ session.
Chaired by transitional justice expert Rachel Killean (Sydney Law School), the panel will feature presentations from:
â€¢ Indira Rosenthal (University of Tasmania) on â€˜Gender and International Criminal Law’;
â€¢ Professor Valerie Oosterveld (Western Law, Canada) on gender-based persecution;
â€¢ Melanie O’Brien (University of Western Australia) on â€˜Forced marriage’;
â€¢ Jonathan O’Donohue (University of New South Wales) on â€˜Gender inclusive reparations’;
â€¢ Rosemary Grey (Sydney Law School) on â€˜Forced pregnancy and other reproductive crimes’ and
â€¢ Dianne Otto (University of Melbourne) on “Is international criminal law particularly impervious to feminist reconstruction?”.

Wednesday 7 September 2022, 12:00 to 1.30pm (AEST)
This event is being held an online and in-person at Sydney Law School. Please indicate your viewing preference when registering.
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About the book
Gender and International Criminal LawÂ
The last few decades have seen remarkable developments in international criminal justice, especially in relation to the pursuit of individuals responsible for sexual violence and other gender-based crimes.
Historically ignored, justified, or minimised, this category of crimes now has a heightened profile in the international political and judicial arena. Despite this, gender is poorly understood, and blind spots, biases, and stereotypes prevail.
Responding to that challenge, this book brings together leading feminist international criminal and humanitarian law academics and practitioners to examine the place of gender in international criminal law (ICL).
The book

Provides an in-depth examination of how gender is perceived and analysed in international criminal law
Offers recommendations for how gender, including sexual violence and other gender-based crimes, can be more meaningfully addressed by international courts and tribunals
Identifies key gaps in the understanding of gender within international criminal law

Order online with code ALAUTHC4 to save 30%.
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CPD Points:Â 1.5
This event is hosted by the Sydney Centre for International Law at The University of Sydney Law School.Â

Underutilisation of ADR in ISDS: Resolving Treaty Interpretation Issues
2022-09-16 13:00 - 14:00
Underutilisation of ADR in ISDS: Resolving Treaty Interpretation Issues
Online event
Over the years, it has become evident that arbitration is the favoured dispute resolution mechanism over conciliation/mediation in investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS). This is due to the benefits of arbitration (binding process with final, enforceable award) over the shortcomings of conciliation/mediation (non-binding process with non-enforceable settlement agreements). Therefore, incentives, such as the recent adoption of the Singapore Convention on Mediation and proposed amendments by ICSID, are deemed promising developments for the promotion of more alternative dispute resolution (ADR) mechanisms in ISDS.
This study advances a hypothesis that, apart from the non-enforceability of settlement agreements, there may be an additional and, as a matter of fact, the principal cause for the underutilisation of conciliation in ISDS. The common formulation of ISDS clauses, that carry advance consent to conciliation and arbitration in investment treaties, suggests that the choice between these two may have conflicting interpretations. Under one interpretation, disputants have an option to choose conciliation and then proceed with arbitration; the other interpretation suggests that selection of conciliation is to the exclusion of arbitration. This is also supported by anecdotal evidence where claimants have had an impression that the â€˜fork in the road’ principle applied to the choice between conciliation and arbitration, and that, therefore, recourse to conciliation regardless of the outcome would jeopardise their right to subsequent arbitration. Based on these observations this study argues that the adoption of the Singapore Convention on Mediation will most probably not be enough to promote more ADR in ISDS. In particular, recourse to investor-state conciliation (and mediation) will not increase unless mediation/conciliation are made mandatory before arbitration, and the source of conflicting interpretations of the choice between conciliation and arbitration is eliminated.
Ubilava, A. (2022). Underutilization of ADR in ISDS: Resolving Treaty Interpretation Issues. UCLA Journal of International Law and Foreign Affairs, 26(2).
About the speaker:
Dr Ana Ubilava is a lecturer in International Law at the University of Sydney Law School.
Discussant: Associate Professor Stacie Strong, the University of Sydney Law School and Co-Director of the Sydney Centre for International Law.
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Webinar via Zoom: Friday, 16 September, 1-2pm (AEST)

Once registered, you will be provided with Zoom details closer to the date of the webinar.
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This webinar is presented by the Sydney Centre for International Law at the University of Sydney Law School.

Book launch and in conversation with Professor Wojciech Sadurski
2022-09-20 18:00 - 19:30 | Camperdown Campus – venue to be confirmed
Book launch and in conversation with Professor Wojciech Sadurski
In-person event
The University of Sydney Law School is delighted to invite you to the launch of A Pandemic of Populists by Professor Wojciech Sadurski, Challis Chair in Jurisprudence, Sydney Law School.
The book will be launched by Professor Simon Bronitt, Dean of Sydney Law School, followed by in-conversation discussion with the author and Professor David Kinley, Professor of Human Rights Law at the Law School.
About A Pandemic of Populists
Over the last decade, the world has watched in shock as populists swept to power in free elections. From Manila to Warsaw, Brasilia to Budapest, the populist tide has shattered illusions of an inexorable march to liberal democracy. Eschewing simplistic notions of a unified global populism, this book unpacks the diversity and plurality of populisms.
It highlights the variety of constitutional and extraconstitutional strategies that populists have used to undermine the institutional fabric of liberal democracy and investigates how ruling populists responded to the Covid-19 crisis. Outlining the rise of populisms and their governing styles, Wojciech Sadurski focuses on what populists in power do, rather than what they say. Confronting one of the most pressing concerns of international politics, this book offers a vibrant, contemporary account of modern populisms and, significantly, considers what we can do to fight back.
â€˜Wojciech Sadurski is one of the world’s leading constitutional theorists; not for nothing has he been subject to the wrath of right-wing populists in his native Poland. With this masterful volume, he brings together a sophisticated analysis of what populists in power do to institutions with personal stories as well as new ideas how to defeat populists.’ Jan-Werner Mueller, Princeton University
The book will be available for purchase on the evening, or order online here.
Find out more about the book.
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TUESDAY 20 SEPTEMBER 2022
Time:Â 6-7.30pm (including a cocktail reception)
This event is being held in-person at Sydney Law School.
Location: The University of Sydney, Camperdown.
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About the author
Wojciech Sadurski is Challis Professor of Jurisprudence at the University of Sydney and Professor of the Centre for Europe at the University of Warsaw; formerly Professor and Head of Department of Law at the European University Institute in Florence. He is author of several books, most recently Poland’s Constitutional Breakdown (2019) and Constitutionalism and the Enlargement of Europe (2012). He regularly teaches, as visiting professor, in top universities around the world, including at Yale and New York Universities.
CPD Points: 1
This event is presented by the University of Sydney Law School.

Repatriating Cultural Heritage: Conflict of Laws, Archaeology, and Indigenous Studies
2022-09-21 18:00 - 19:15
Repatriating Cultural Heritage: Conflict of Laws, Archaeology, and Indigenous Studies
From the intersection of conflict of laws, archaeology, and indigenous studies, this multidisciplinary webinar will explore legal and practical challenges and solutions in repatriating cultural heritage in Australia, China, the EU, and the USA.
Examples include an Australian repatriation project with the Anindilyakwa Land Council and Traditional Owners on Groote Eylandt, the world-wide Return of Cultural Heritage (RoCH) program established by the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies, legal battles in repatriating the Chinese statue of ZhÄng GÅng ZÇ” ShÄ« (a budda statue with a mummy inside), sovereign immunity issues in recovery of World War II-era stolen art and other heritage, and participation of local communities in protecting and repatriating cultural heritage.
SpeakersÂ (listed in the surname alphabetic order):

Dr. Evelien Campfens, member of the International Law Association Cultural Heritage Law Committee based at Leiden University, the Netherlands, and former director to the Dutch Restitutions Committee for Nazi looted art
Professor Anne (Annie) Clarke, Chair of Archaeology Discipline and Member of Museum and Heritage Studies Program, the University of Sydney, Australia
Professor Zheng Xin Huo,Â China University of Political Science and Law, China
Professor Charles T. Kotuby Jr., University of Pittsburgh School of Law and Honorary Professor of Law, Durham Law School, the USA and UK
Mr. Craig Ritchie, an Aboriginal man of the Dhunghutti and Biripi nations and the Chief Executive Officer at the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (AIATSIS), Australia
Professor Jennifer Barrett, Pro-Vice-Chancellor, Indigenous (Academic) and Office of the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Indigenous Strategy and Services) at the University of Sydney.

Moderator:

Associate Professor Jie (Jeanne) Huang, the University of Sydney Law School and Co-Director of Center for Asian and Pacific Law

Webinar via Zoom: Wednesday 21 September 6.00-7.15 pm (AEST)

Once registered, you will be provided with Zoom details closer to the date of the webinar.

This webinar is jointly presented by the American Society of International Law Private International Law Interest Group, Centre for Asian and Pacific Law and the Center for International Law at the University of Sydney Law School.

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The Public International Law Webinar Series
2022-10-12 00:00 - 2022-11-16 00:00
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Book launch: China and the International E-commerce and Digital Trade Law
2022-10-12 13:00 - 14:00 | The University of Sydney Law School, Boardroom, Level 4, New Law Building F10
Book launch: China and the International E-commerce and Digital Trade Law
THIS EVENT IS BEING HELD ONLINE AND IN-PERSON AT SYDNEY LAW SCHOOL.
The University of Sydney Law School is delighted to invite you to the launch ofÂ China and the International E-commerce and Digital Trade LawÂ by Associate Professor Jie (Jeanne) Huang, Sydney Law School.
The book launch is an in-conversation discussion with the author and Mr Ian Watt, Vice Chair of the United Nations Centre for Trade Facilitation and Electronic Business (UN/CEFACT), Professor Hans Hendrischke from the University of Sydney Business School, and Associate Professor Delei Peng from the East China University of Science and Technology in China.
AboutÂ China and the International E-commerce and Digital Trade Law
This monograph extensively compares the e-commerce/digital trade chapters in the CPTPP, USMCA with RCEP and other free trade agreements concluded by China and discusses the impact of these rules on relevant Chinese domestic laws and development strategies.
Its main points are:
(1) China should promote the pluralism trend of international digital trade and e-commerce legislation, but this type of pluralism is not the pluralism of one-hundred flowers blooming or decentralized pluralism. On the contrary, China should seek centralized pluralism: trying to become one of a limited number of centers leading international digital trade and e-commerce legislation.
(2) For a long time in the past, China’s legislative model for domestic laws in foreign-related economic relations was to use international pressures (e.g. trade negotiation) to push domestic reforms. That is to apply the â€˜internalization of international law’ model. However, in the field of digital trade and e-commerce, China has increasingly departed from the old model and instead, adopts the “externalization of domestic law” model. For example, China’s legislation on the protection of personal information has included provisions to achieve extraterritorial application, and Chinese courts have actively exercised long-arm jurisdiction in intellectual property disputes. The application of Chinese domestic law outside China will likely become the norm in the coming years.
(3) The “externalization of domestic law” model will likely help China become one of a limited number of centers shaping international digital trade and e-commerce legislation.
It has seven chapters covering major themes of the e-commerce/digital trade: cross-border data flow, intermediaries (such as Internet platforms), trade facilitation and China’s innovation in trade in goods by e-commerce, China’s private-international-law response to digital trade and e-commerce development, personal information protection and international investment arbitration.
“As one of the earliest research monographs in this field, this book has a thorough and precise analysis of CPTPP digital trade rules and is an indispensable reference book for scholars and practitioners studying CPTPP and free trade agreements.” Professor Qingjiang Kong, China University of Political Science and Law
Moderator: Mr. David Markus, law and data compliance expert and EMBA student at the University of Sydney Business School.
Find out more about the book.
The book is in Chinese: Jie (Jeanne) Huang, China and the International E-commerce and Digital Trade Law: the case of the Comprehensive and Progressive Trans-Pacific Partnership (University of International Business and Trade Press, August 2022, Beijing China, ISBN: 9787566323989, 262,000 words).
About the author
Dr. Jie (Jeanne) HuangÂ is an Associate Professor at the University of Sydney Law School, specializing in conflict of laws and digital trade. She is the Co-chair of the American Society of International Law Private International Law Interest Group and Co-Director of the Centre for Asian and Pacific Law at the Sydney Law School. She has published three monographs with leading publishers in English and Chinese.
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Wednesday 12 October 2022, 1-2pm (AEDT)
This event is being held an online and in-person at Sydney Law School. Please indicate your viewing preference when registering.
CPD Points: 1
This event is presented by the Centre for Asian and Pacific Law at Sydney Law School and the China Studies Centre.
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Climate litigation against companies in a comparative perspective
2022-11-30 12:00 - 13:00 | The University of Sydney Law School, Boardroom, Level 4, New Law Building F10
Climate litigation against companies in a comparative perspective
In-person event
In this seminar, Prof M Marc-Philippe Weller (Heidelberg University) takes the spectacular 2021Â Milieudefensie v ShellÂ ruling from a first instance court in The Hague as an opportunity to identify cross-jurisdictional problems of civil climate change litigation from a comparative perspective.
The Shell case was the first climate action between private parties that was successful in the first instance and led to Shell’s obligation to drastically reduce its greenhouse gas emissions, including its Scope 3 emissions. From the perspective of legal realism, the Dutch ruling provides a momentum for climate litigation worldwide. However, from the perspective of potential lawsuits for the reduction of CO2 emissions against companies in Germany, one must assert that the Shell ruling cannot simply be transposed into the German legal order.
Discussant: Dr Katherine Owens,Â Director of the Australian Centre for Climate and Environmental Law.

About the speaker
Prof. Dr. Marc-Philippe Weller, Vice-Rector for International Affairs of Heidelberg University
Prof. Marc-Philippe Weller has been Vice-Rector for International Affairs of Heidelberg University since 2019. He was appointed Professor for Private Law, Company Law, Private International Law, and Comparative Law at Heidelberg University in 2014. As Vice-Rector, Prof. Weller is responsible for the international partnerships of Heidelberg University, in particular the 4EU+ European University Alliance (Sorbonne, Copenhagen, Geneva, Heidelberg, Milan, Prague and Warsaw), as well as the Heidelberg University’s centres abroad in Santiago de Chile, New York, Delhi, and Kyoto. He is also in charge of legal compliance.
Prof. Weller studied Law at the universities of Heidelberg and Montpellier, and earned his doctorate at Heidelberg University in 2004, while he was also employed as an associate advocate. He completed his habilitation at the University of Cologne in 2008. Before accepting the appointment to Heidelberg University, Prof. Weller held a Chair at the University of Mannheim from 2008 to 2011, and at the University of Freiburg from 2011 to 2014. He has been a visiting professor at universities in Austria (Vienna), France (Paris), Sweden (Goteborg), Taiwan and the USA (Georgetown). Prof. Weller has also directed two summer courses at the Hague Academy for International Law.
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Wednesday 30 November
Time: 12-1pm
This event is being held in-person at Sydney Law School.
Location: The University of Sydney, Boardroom, Level 4, New Law Building (F10)
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CPD Points: 1
This event is proudly presented by the Sydney Centre for International Law and the Australian Centre for Climate and Environmental Law.

Works-in-Progress Conference
2023-02-16 13:00 - 16:30 | Camperdown Campus – venue to be confirmed
Works-in-Progress Conference
Hybrid Event
Works-in-Progress Event
On Thursday, 16 February, the Sydney Centre for International Law hosts its first-ever works-in-progress conference in association with its annual International Year in Review conference.Â This hybrid afternoon event features authors from around the world workshopping papers dealing with the situation in Ukraine and interstate dispute settlement (ISDS), two topics that are discussed at the International Year in Review conference.
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Thursday 16 February 2023, 1-4.30pm AEDT
Click here to the program.Â (Last updated 8/02/2023)
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Attendees should contact Prof. Stacie Strong (stacie.strong@sydney.edu.au) to obtain copies of the papers under discussion.
This event is hosted by theÂ Sydney Centre for International LawÂ at The University of Sydney Law School.

Gender persecution: New frontiers in international criminal law
2023-03-01 13:00 - 14:00 | Law Lounge, Level 1
Gender persecution: New frontiers in international criminal law
In-person event

The Sydney Centre for International Law warmly invites Sydney Law School staff, students and external guests to this conversation on the crime against humanity of â€˜gender persecution’, which is currently being prosecuted for the first time in the International Criminal Court.
This event is free of charge, but registration is required.
Speakers:
Lisa Davis, Special Advisor on Gender Persecution to the International Criminal Court Prosecutor and Associate Professor at The City University of New York (CUNY) Law School
in conversation with
Rosemary Grey, Senior Lecturer, Sydney Law School and Co-Director of the Sydney Centre for International Law

Wednesday 1 March 2023
Time: 1-2pm AEDT
Venue: University of Sydney, Level 1, Law Lounge, New Law Building Annex (F10A), Eastern Avenue, Camperdown
CPD Points: 1

This event is proudly hosted by theÂ Sydney Centre for International LawÂ at The University of Sydney Law School.Â

Conflict-of-norms in the information society: national security and cross-border data flow
2023-03-03 11:00 - 12:00
Conflict-of-norms in the information society: national security and cross-border data flow
Online event
National security has increasingly become a concern for cross-border data flow. In this panel discussion, we will survey the conflicts and potential collaboration between protecting national security and enhancing digital trade. Our distinguished panel will cover relevant laws and practices in big (the US and China), medium (the UK), and small (Vietnam and Taiwan) jurisdictions.
Speakers

Professor Anupam ChanderÂ (Professor, Georgetown University)

Trump v. TikTok:Â How a Chinese big tech platform defeated the President of the United States, and why that’s important for free expression
When then-President Donald Trump sought to ban TikTok, ostensibly because of its Chinese roots, US courts came to TikTok’s rescue. Rather than deferring to the president’s claims of a national security emergency justifying the ban, courts held that the president lacked statutory authority to ban TikTok. This talk will explain why, and what was at stake in this struggle.

Ms. Nguyen Ha (Visiting Scholar Harvard University, Research & Teaching Associate Monash University)

Conflicting cybersecurity norms in Vietnam: the borrowing of local actors
As scholars grapple with the complexity of international cybersecurity, the Socialist Republic of Vietnam offers a surprisingly rich snapshot of cybersecurity norms in the global arena. This talk discusses the Vietnamese cybersecurity regime that has been shaped by local actors, who borrowed conflicting cybersecurity norms from international laws and trade agreements.

Dr. Phoebe LiÂ (Reader, Sussex University)

How national security is shaping digital sovereignty: the cases of middle power countries
Economic security has been a main driver for countries to develop digital and data sovereignty in order to protection national security. This talk will discuss the comparative efforts of the UK government in developing an AI strategy after leaving the EU and how the Taiwanese National Security Law has been strengthened by the recent law reform in trade secrets protection.

Moderators/commentators
â€¢Â Dr.Â Han-Wei LiuÂ (Senior Lecturer, Monash University)
â€¢Â Dr. Jie (Jeanne) HuangÂ (Associate Professor Sydney University, Visiting Scholar Harvard University)

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Friday 3 March, 11am-12pm AEDT (Thursday 2 March, 7-8pm EST)
This event is being heldÂ online.Â
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This event is presented by the Sydney Centre for Asian and Pacific Law at the University of Sydney and Private International Law, Monash University, and Law & Technology interest groups of the American Society of International Law.

Book launch: Constitutional Public Reason by Professor Wojciech Sadurski
2023-05-15 17:30 - 19:00 | Common Room, Level 4, Sydney Law School
Book launch: Constitutional Public Reason by Professor Wojciech Sadurski
In-person event
The University of Sydney Law School is delighted to invite you to the launch of Constitutional Public Reason by Professor Wojciech Sadurski, Challis Chair in Jurisprudence, Sydney Law School.
The book will be launched by The Hon. Michael Kirby AC CMG.
About Constitutional Public Reason
Public reason, which urges that only laws based on principles reasonably agreeable to all those bound by them are legitimate, has rarely been applied to constitutional law, and never in a comparative way. This book aspires to fill that gap, by studying the use of public reason in different constitutional systems. In doing so, it studies public reason both as a normative idea – as a principle postulated for democratic constitutionalism, and as a descriptive account – as helping to understand many important doctrines in constitutional adjudication of some leading constitutional courts around the world, and also in the supranational sphere.
Constitutional Public Reason questions the performance of leading ‘exemplars of public reasons’, including the top courts of the United States, India, Canada, Australia, Germany, and South Africa, as well as the European Court of Human Rights. It also attempts to show how this performance can be improved in fields such as freedom of expression, non-establishment of religion, and anti-discrimination law. Ultimately, it finds that the best resonance between the ideal of public reason and constitutional interpretation is found in doctrines that locate the illegitimacy of laws in the wrongful motives (or purposes) pursued by legislators. Scrutinising motives is often as important as scrutinising consequences.
Find out more about the book and order it online here.
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Monday 15 May 2023
Time: 5.30-7pm (including a cocktail reception)
Venue: Level 4, Common Room, New Law Building (F10)
This event is being held in-person at Sydney Law School.
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About the author
Wojciech Sadurski is Challis Professor of Jurisprudence at the University of Sydney and Professor of the Centre for Europe at the University of Warsaw; formerly Professor and Head of Department of Law at the European University Institute in Florence. He is author of several books, most recently Poland’s Constitutional Breakdown (2019) and Constitutionalism and the Enlargement of Europe (2012). He regularly teaches, as visiting professor, in top universities around the world, including at Yale and New York Universities.
CPD Points: 1
This event is presented by the University of Sydney Law School.

Private International Law and Voices of Children
2023-06-01 18:00 - 19:30
Private International Law and Voices of Children
Online event
When making decisions, adults should think about how their decisions will affect children. Recent years have witnessed, in private international law cases and legislation, the protection of children is increasingly mingled with gender, indigenous issues, refugees, violence, war, surrogacy technology, etc. This is evidenced by the US Supreme Court 2022 judgmentÂ Golan v. Saada, the Australian caseÂ Secretary, Department of Communities & Justice v Bamfield, the 2023Â German Constitutional Court decision, theÂ Chinese Civil Code, the Australia Family Law (Child Abduction Convention) Amendment (Family Violence) Regulations 2022, and developments at the Hague Conference on Private International Law (HCCH Children Conventions) and the United Nations (Convention on the Rights of the ChildÂ and its additionalÂ Protocols).
On this International Children’s Day, let us join thisÂ CAPLUSÂ webinar in cooperation with conflictoflaws.net and American Society of International Law Private International Law Interest Group to hear voices of children in private international law.
Speakers

Ms. Anna Mary Coburn

After 22-years of public service as a U.S. Department of State Attorney-Advisor for Children’s Issues as well as a USAID Regional Legal Advisor/Senior Advisor for Children/Youth in Conflict, Anna has transitioned to practicing international family law with a focus on child rights cases and issues.

Mr. Philippe Lortie

Philippe is co-head of the International Family and Child Protection Law Division at the Hague Conference on Private International Law Permanent Bureau and has more than 30 years’ experience in the field of child protection.

Ms. Miranda Kaye

Ms Miranda Kaye is an academic at the Faculty of Law in the University of Technology Sydney in Australia and a member of Hague Mothers, a project aiming to end the injustices created by the Hague Child Abduction Convention. She also has experience in the public service (Law Commission of England and Wales) and as a practicing solicitor (family law in the UK).

Professor Lukas Rademacher

Lukas is a Professor of Private Law, Private International Law, and Comparative Law in Kiel, Germany. He studied law at the Universities of DÃ¼sseldorf and Oxford, and received his PhD at the University of MÃ¼nster. He wrote his postdoctoral thesis at the University of Cologne.

Ms. Haitao Ye

Haitao is a lawyer at the Shanghai Office of the Beijing Dacheng Law LLP specializing in marriage and family dispute resolution, family wealth inheritance and management. She is a former experienced judge in civil and commercial trials at the Shanghai Pudong New District People’s Court in China.
Moderators/commentators
â€¢Â Dr. Jie (Jeanne) HuangÂ (Associate Professor at Sydney Law School, University of Sydney)

Thursday 1 June, 6-7.30pm AEST
(4-5.30am Washington D.C./9-10:30am London/10-11.30am the Hague/4-5.30pm Beijing)

This event is proudly co-presented by theÂ Centre for Asian and Pacific Law at the University of Sydney, conflictoflaws.net and the American Society of International Law Private International Law Interest Group.
