Law School: Events

Black Internationalism and International Criminal Justice
2023-05-16 13:00 - 14:00 (Australia/Sydney) | Camperdown Campus – venue to be confirmed
Black Internationalism and International Criminal Justice
In-person event

What are the possibilities of international criminal justice being informed by epistemologies that emerged from Black and African intellectuals’ historical engagement with the concept of ‘justice’? This paper responds with an intervention rooted in Black internationalism focusing on Pan-Africanist thinkers. The goals are threefold.
First, it tentatively presents ways to take Black intellectuals seriously as progenitors of ‘justice’ that should inform, agitate, and expand the concept within international law. Second, the paper analysed how the architecture of international criminal justice and its primary actors (mis)align with those imaginaries of justice and its myriad approaches and visions. Finally, the paper concludes by offering a remapping and reimagining of justice and its emancipatory impulse through these expansive intellectual historiographies.
About the speaker
Dr Yassin Brunger (Queen’s University Belfast)
Yassin Brunger is Lecturer in Human Rights Law at Queen’s University, Belfast and a Fellow of Senator George J Mitchell Institute for Global Peace, Security, and Justice. She is currently a Visiting Fellow at the IILAH (University of Melbourne) completing a book project entitledÂ Narratives of Justice: The Relationship between the International Criminal Court and the UN Security CouncilÂ (contracted with Cambridge University Press).
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Tuesday 16 May 2023
Time:Â 1-2pm AEST
Venue:Â TBA
CPD Points: 1
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This event is hosted by theÂ Sydney Centre for International LawÂ at The University of Sydney Law School.

Comparative History of International Arbitration: Australia, Japan and Beyond
2023-09-21 16:00 - 17:30 | Common Room, Level 4, Sydney Law School
Comparative History of International Arbitration: Australia, Japan and Beyond
Hybrid event
This hybrid-format webinar compares the historical trajectory of international arbitration law and practice in Australia and Japan in regional and global contexts. An aim is to explore the evolving images and contours of arbitration and scope for cross-border collaboration in promoting this popular but sometimes contested form of dispute resolution.
Speakers

Prof the Hon Marilyn Warren AC KCÂ (Monash University, former Chief Justice of Victoria) The History of Arbitration in Australia
(based on chapter in recent textbook with Justice Clyde Croft and Dr Drossos Stamboulakis reviewed in ALJ and here: https://japaneselaw.sydney.edu.au/2022/01/international-and-australian-commercial-arbitration-book-review/)

Prof Giorgio ColomboÂ (Nagoya University) The Maria Luz Arbitration in Meiji Japan
(based on his 2022 book:Â https://www.routledge.com/Justice-and-International-Law-in-Meiji-Japan-The-Maria-Luz-Incident-and/Colombo/p/book/9781032249025)

Asst Prof Nobumichi TeramuraÂ (Universiti Brunei Darussalam) The History and Potential of International Arbitration in Japan
(based on his 2023 chapter with Luke Nottage for Lars Markert et al, eds, International Arbitration in Japan, Wolters Kluwer, forthcoming)

Commentator

Prof Luke NottageÂ (University of Sydney)(Drawing on the concluding chapter in his 2021 book: https://japaneselaw.sydney.edu.au/2020/08/book-in-press-with-elgar/Â and his Encyclopedia entry on ACICA (with Prof Richard Garnett) atÂ https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4431276Â )

Chair

Assoc Prof Jeanne HuangÂ (University of Sydney)

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Thursday 21 September
Time:Â 4-5.30pm
Location:Â The University of Sydney, Common Room, Level 4, New Law Building (F10), Eastern Avenue, Camperdown
Cost:Â Free, but registration is essential. Please select your attendance type during registration.
CPD points:Â 1.5 points
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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This event is proudly co-presented by the Centre for Asian and Pacific Law, the Resolution Institute and the Australian Network for Japanese Law at the University of Sydney Law School.

Just Cause launch: Celebrating social justice at Sydney Law School
2023-11-01 17:30 - 19:00 | Common Room, Level 4, Sydney Law School
Just Cause launch: Celebrating social justice at Sydney Law School
In-person event
Join us to celebrate the launch of â€˜Just Cause,’ a podcast created by staff and students affiliated with the Sydney Law School Social Justice Advisory Group. Learn more about this exciting new project, and get a glimpse into the variety of informative episodes that feature in season one. If you are student seeking to becoming involved in social justice initiatives at USyd, an academic seeking to platform your social justice research, or just someone who enjoys podcasts, then come join us!
Speakers:

Professor Simon Rice
Dr Rachel Killean
Ms Juliette Marchant

Wednesday 1 November 2023, 5.30-7pmÂ AEST
Refreshments to follow panel.
Venue:Â New Law Building (F10), Level 4, Common Room, Eastern Avenue, Camperdown campus

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

The 2023 Kim Santow law and social justice panel: Is there a looming crisis in social justice recruitment?
2023-11-30 18:00 - 19:30 | Law Lounge, Level 1
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Research launch | Let's talk about confidentiality: NDA use in sexual harassment settlements
2024-03-06 17:30 - 19:30 | Law Foyer, Level 2
Research launch | Let’s talk about confidentiality: NDA use in sexual harassment settlements
In-person event
Join us for the launch of research by our first Social Justice Pratitioners in Residence (SJPIR) (jointly held by Sharmilla Bargon of Redfern Legal Centre and Regina Featherstone of the Human Rights Law Centre).
After joining the law school in August 2023, Regina and Sharmilla set out to investigate the impacts of the Respect@Work Report around non-disclosure agreement (NDA) use in workplace sexual harassment disputes. They have produced a research report on the prevalence of NDA use and heard from lawyers and barristers on their experiences with NDAs of all shapes and sizes in settlement negotiations. This report also examines the rise of defamation responses to sexual harassment complaints and considers contractual enforceability of NDA terms. While legislative reform is one model to approach regulating NDA use, their report considers lawyers’ professional obligations as a largely unexplored avenue for reform.

Wednesday 6 March, 5.30-7.30pm AEDT
Venue:Â New Law Building (F10), Level 2, Law Foyer, Eastern Avenue, Camperdown campus

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

Responding to repression and strengthening human rights systems | In conversation with Human Rights Watch's Tirana Hassan
2024-04-12 12:30 - 14:00 | Common Room, Level 4, Sydney Law School
Responding to Repression and Strengthening Human Rights Systems | In conversation with Human Rights Watch’s Tirana Hassan
In-person event
The last few years have seen extensive human rights suppression and wartime atrocities. Selective government outrage and transactional diplomacy has carried profound costs for the rights of those not in on the deal.Â The drivers of these human rights crises and their consequences often transcend borders and cannot be solved by governments acting alone. Understanding and responding to these threats needs to be rooted in universal principles of international human rights and the rule of law. These ideas built on shared human histories agreed upon by nations across all regions 75 years ago in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the basis for all contemporary human rights conventions and treaties.
This foundation is needed now more than ever. But this very system we rely on to protect the human rights of people everywhere is under threat. Every time a government overlooks or rejects these universal and globally accepted principles, someone pays a price – in freedoms and liberties, in their health or livelihood, and at times their lives. Australia grapples with the far-reaching arm of transnational repression while at the same time it chooses to sacrifice human rights in the name of military alliances, enabling autocrats, particularly across the Southeast Asia region, to erode the independence of key institutions vital for protecting human rights.
These topics will be traversed in a conversation between Human Rights Watch’s Executive Director Tirana Hassan, and the University of Sydney’s Ben Saul.
About the speakers:
Tirana Hassan is Executive Director at Human Rights Watch, one of the world’s leading international human rights organizations, which operates in more than 90 countries and has over 500 staff members.
Tirana specializes in human rights protection in conflicts and crises. Prior to becoming Human Rights Watch’s Executive Director, Tirana served as director of Amnesty International’s Crisis Response Program and served on the organization’s interim executive team. Between 2010-2015, Tirana worked as a senior researcher in Human Rights Watch’s Emergencies Division. She has worked with various non-governmental organizations including MÃ©decins Sans FrontiÃ¨res (MSF), the United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) and Save the Children. Tirana was a founding member of a refugee legal serviceÂ in Australia in the early 2000s.
She has carried out and lead teams of investigations in the Middle East, South and Southeast Asia, as well as East and West Africa. She has authored reports and op-eds for major publications worldwide.
Tirana graduated with honors degrees in both social work and law in Australia and holds a master’s in international human rights law from Oxford University.
Moderator
Professor Ben Saul is Challis Chair of International Law at The University of Sydney and the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms while Countering Terrorism.
Friday 12 April, 12.30-2pm AEDT
Venue: Level 4, Common Room, New Law Building (F10), Eastern Avenue, Camperdown campus
CPD Points:Â 1.5
This event is proudly presented by the Sydney Centre for International LawÂ at The University of Sydney Law School and Human Rights Watch.

Just Cause Season 2 launch: Celebrating social justice at Sydney Law School
2024-08-06 17:30 - 19:00 | Common Room, Level 4, Sydney Law School
Just Cause Season 2 launch: Celebrating social justice at Sydney Law School
In-person event
Join us to celebrate the launch of season 2 of â€˜Just Cause,’ a podcast created by staff and students affiliated with the Sydney Law School Social Justice Advisory Board. Learn more about the exciting new season and get a glimpse into the various dimensions of social justice work being done at Sydney Law School. Are you interested in the social justice dimensions of cross examination? Want to know more about what is to come after the Voice Referendum? Whether you are student interested in social justice initiatives and work being done at USyd, an academic seeking to platform your social justice research, or just someone who enjoys podcasts – come join us!
Speakers

Rachel Killean
Juliette Marchant
Charles Hao

Tuesday 6 August, 5.30-7pm AEST
Venue:Â New Law Building (F10), Level 4, Common Room, Eastern Avenue, Camperdown campus

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