Lauterpacht Centre for International Law

Lecture Summary: A voyage around the International Court of Justice, focusing on practice and procedure, as the institution approaches the centenary of its predecessor in a world now populated by a varied and growing range of international courts and tribunals, judicial and arbitral. Over the course of three lectures...

The Eli Lauterpacht Lecture was established after Sir Eli's death in 2017 to celebrate his life and work. This lecture will take place on the first Friday lecture of the Centre at the start of the Michaelmas Term in any academic year. The Eli Lauterpacht Lecture for 2018 will be delivered by Shaheed Fatima QC . These lectures are kindly supported by Dr and Mrs Ivan Berkowitz who are Friends of the Centre .

A series of three lectures by Sir Christopher Greenwood CMG, QC Judge, International Court of Justice. The Sir Hersch Lauterpacht Memorial Lecture is a series of annual lectures given in Cambridge to commemorate the unique contribution to the development of international law of Sir Hersch Lauterpacht. The lectures are...

A series of three lectures by Professor Sundhya Pahuja, Melbourne Law School, University of Melbourne This event has been rescheduled due to Industrial action by the UCU. The University and University Union has called for strike action over pension overhaul, with the exceptionally strong support of its membership. Out of...

What role do reparations play in international law today? What is the theory behind reparations in different areas/systems of international law? Do reparations play a different role in different areas of international law (human rights, investment law)? How are reparations chosen by judges and arbitrators and how are damages calculated? What is the link between efficiency and reparations? How can reparations be made more efficient? How do judges/arbitrators understand their role in relation to reparations? These questions will be at the centre of an ESIL-sponsored workshop held at the Lauterpacht Centre, University of Cambridge in November 2018 (date to be confirmed) . The workshop will seek to address the recent developments and scholarship in the area of reparations (remedies) in international law. It will bring together scholars writing on theory of reparations, those conducting empirical or comparative research, as well as practitioners, judges and arbitrators. The aim is to provide a platform for discussion of new ideas about efficiency of reparations in international law. At this point, we would like to invite scholars and practitioners working in the area, to submit a max. 400-word abstract to Dr Veronika Fikfak at vf243@cam.ac.uk . The deadline for submission is 30 April 2018 . Abstracts will be selected by early June. Papers for the workshop will have to be submitted by mid-September. The workshop is part of a larger project on Damages for Human Rights Violations funded by the ESRC. It is organised by Dr Veronika Fikfak, Lauterpacht Centre, University of Cambridge and Professor Photini Pazartzis, Athens Public International Law Centre, National & Kapodistrian University of Athens. The aim is to publish suitable contributions as an edited collection or special edition of an international journal. Papers with an empirical or comparative approach are particularly welcome. Call for Papers: Rethinking Reparations in International Law

A series of three lectures by Professor Sundhya Pahuja, Melbourne Law School, University of Melbourne NOTE: This event has been rescheduled due to Industrial action by the UCU. The University and University Union has called for strike action over pension overhaul, with the exceptionally strong support of its membership. Out of respect for this industrial action, both the speaker and host have decided to reschedule the lecture to Friday 9 March, a non-strike day. The lectures will be held from 10am-1pm with a coffee break at 11 am, lunch at 1 pm and followed by Q&A from 1.30 – 2.30pm.

This event will feature a presentation of the new Principles on Shared Responsibility in International Law that have been drafted by Prof. André Nollkaemper, Prof. Jean d’Aspremont, Dr Ilias Plakokefalos and Dr Markos Karavias. These principles substantiate, supplement, and adjust the existing rules on the law of international responsibility, as they are reflected in the Articles on the Responsibility of States for International Wrongful Act, the Articles on the Responsibility of International Organizations as well as in the practice of international and domestic courts and authoritative scholarly opinions. These principles seek to provide guidance to judges, practitioners and researchers when confronted with legal questions of shared responsibility as they may arise between states, international organizations and, in specific situations, other persons. The presentation of the principles will be followed by a debate. Further details and timings on this symposium are to follow shortly.

Manuel Casas (Senior Associate, Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr, London) and Simon Leimbacher (Associate, Lalive, Zurich) will be discussing the mechanics of initiating arbitration and writing skills for young arbitration lawyers. Manuel and Simon will also be discussing and answering queries about breaking into...

The Lauterpacht Centre for International Law is hosting a one-day workshop, sponsored by the Refugee Law Initiative (RLI) , on the topic of 'Complicity and Exclusion from Asylum' which is to be held on Friday 29 June 2018 from 9am. The aim of the workshop is to engage in a thorough discussion of this topic through a number of papers selected on the basis of this call for abstracts. Submission of abstracts Abstracts should not exceed 500 words, including the title, author name and institutional affiliation. They should be accompanied by a biography of no more than 100 words. Abstracts should be sent to James C. Simeon ( jcs206@cam.ac.uk ) no later than Friday 30 March 2018.

Please note this lecture has been cancelled Lecture summary: The paper argues that private international law, as it was developed and applied in the late nineteenth century, resulted in the creation of international standards of equal treatment that were later enshrined in international human rights law. In doing so, it studies the normative, disciplinary and jurisdictional interactions occurring between public and private international law during the Victorian era regarding individual rights. The study also accounts for the important distinction between intra-European relations and the legal devices used by Western imperialist states in their interactions with extra-European entities. Developments in the treatment of non-nationals during the nineteenth century provide valuable insights into the origins of human rights because they inaugurate the debates about the desirability of common standards of treatment for individuals and groups. Dr Léon Castellanos-Jankiewicz is a Max Weber Fellow at the EUI and Lecturer in the Law of International Organizations at Bocconi University.