The Invasion of Ukraine: Legal, Political and Personal ConsequencesAlthough 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 […]
The Invasion of Ukraine: The Personal Cost – RefugeesThe 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 […]
Legal Obligation of the Security Council’s mandate on the protection of civilians in UN peacekeeping operationsSpeaker: 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 […]
Underutilisation of ADR in ISDS: Resolving Treaty Interpretation IssuesOnline 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 […]
Repatriating Cultural Heritage: Conflict of Laws, Archaeology, and Indigenous StudiesFrom 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 […]
Climate change – adaptation – resilience – Sydney Law School has a Plan!In-person event An event to mark World Disaster Day 2022 Book launch and art exhibition: Professor Mary Crock Her Excellency the Honourable Margaret Beazley AC KC, Governor of NSW, will launch Professor Mary Crock’s (Sydney Law School) first illustrated children’s book and the […]
Climate litigation against companies in a comparative perspectiveIn-person event In this seminar, Prof M Marc-Philippe Weller (Heidelberg University) takes the spectacular 2021 Milieudefensie v Shell 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 […]
Works-in-Progress ConferenceHybrid 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. 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 […]
Black Internationalism and International Criminal JusticeIn-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 […]
Business and Human rights: Recent Developments and Comparative LessonsIn-person event Given that human rights abuses-linked to businesses are on the rise rather than in decline, it is no surprise that ‘business and human rights’ remains a rapidly evolving research field. There are various national initiatives (e.g. the French loi de vigilance, one of the pioneer […]
Responding to Repression and Strengthening Human Rights Systems | In conversation with Human Rights Watch’s Tirana HassanIn-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. The drivers of these human […]
Informers Up Close: Stories From Communist PragueIn-person event Informers are generally reviled. After all, ‘snitches get stitches’. Informers who report to repressive regimes are particularly disdained. While informers may themselves be victims enlisted by the state, their actions cause other individuals to suffer significant harm. Informers, then, are central to the proliferation of endemic human […]
