The Public International Law Webinar Series: Keynote addresses by Professor Shotaro Hamamoto and Professor Simon Chesterman

The Public International Law Webinar Series: Keynote addresses by Professor Shotaro Hamamoto and Professor Simon ChestermanThe organisers are pleased to invite you to attend a public international law webinar series that will bring together leading public international law practitioners, academics and arbitrators to discuss topical issues of global importance. The webinar series will be launched […]

The Public International Law Webinar Series: New horizons for investor-state disputes

The Public International Law Webinar Series: New horizons for investor-state disputesThe organisers are pleased to invite you to attend a public international law webinar series that will bring together leading public international law practitioners, academics and arbitrators to discuss topical issues of global importance. The webinar series will be launched by keynote addresses by Professor […]

The Public International Law Webinar Series: Climate change and international disputes

The Public International Law Webinar Series: Climate change and international disputesThe organisers are pleased to invite you to attend a public international law webinar series that will bring together leading public international law practitioners, academics and arbitrators to discuss topical issues of global importance. The webinar series will be launched by keynote addresses by Professor […]

The Public International Law Webinar Series: How states negotiate their treaties

The Public International Law Webinar Series: How states negotiate their treatiesThe organisers are pleased to invite you to attend a public international law webinar series that will bring together leading public international law practitioners, academics and arbitrators to discuss topical issues of global importance. The webinar series will be launched by keynote addresses by Professor […]

The Hague Judgments Convention and Commonwealth Model Law – A Conversation With Dr. Abubakri Yekini

The Hague Judgments Convention and Commonwealth Model Law – A Conversation With Dr. Abubakri YekiniThis 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 […]

Sydney Centre for International Law Year in Review Conference

Sydney Centre for International Law Year in Review ConferenceThe 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 ‘year in review’ conference brings together expert speakers from around the world to give […]

The Invasion of Ukraine: Causes and Consequences

The Invasion of Ukraine: Causes and ConsequencesThe Russian attack against Ukraine is one of the largest military operations in modern history. 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 […]

The Invasion of Ukraine: Legal, Political and Personal Consequences

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 – Refugees

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 operations

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 Issues

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 […]