Lauterpacht Centre for International Law

The lecture will reflect upon the recent book Women, Peace and Security and International Law (2022) in light of events - COVID, Afghanistan, Ukraine - since its publication and the adoption of the last WPS resolution by the UN Security Council in 2019. It will question the contemporary place of the agenda and of the concept of peace within international law. Professor Christine Chinkin, FBA, CMG , previously Professor of International Law, is currently Professorial Research Fellow at the Centre for Women Peace and Security at LSE and Global Law Professor at the University of Michigan. She is co-author of The Boundaries of International Law: a Feminist Analysis (2000), The Making of International Law (2007) and International Law and New Wars (2017) and author of Women, Peace and Security and International Law (2022) , as well as numerous articles on human rights, especially the human rights of women and girls. She was a member of the Human Rights Advisory Panel in Kosovo for six years and Advisor to the drafting Committee of the Council of Europe Convention on Preventing and Combatting Violence against Women and Domestic Violence (Istanbul Convention).

This lecture has been rescheduled from Friday 10 February to Monday 6 February due to strike action. Lecture summary: After 1945, the United Nations – and international organizations (IOs) more generally – were widely embraced as the ideal, democratic means to resolve international conflicts and promote global welfare. Sharing this almost feverish enthusiasm, a Western-controlled International Court of Justice adopted a deferential attitude toward IOs. The law it developed exuded confidence in the impartiality of IOs, premised on an unquestioning assumption that their subjection to legal discipline and judicial review would be unnecessary and even counterproductive. I propose that the time has come to concede that the utopian premises upon which the international law relating to IOs is based are flawed and outline a new course for the international law on IOs, one that addresses the inherent flaws of collective decision-making and can assist IOs to achieve their stated goals. Professor Eyal Benvenisti is Samuel Rubin Visiting Professor of Law, Columbia Law School (2022). He is the Whewell Professor of International Law at the University of Cambridge, CC Ng Fellow in Law at Jesus College, and the Director of the Lauterpacht Centre for International Law. He is also a Visiting Professor at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and a member of the Global Visiting Faculty of New York University School of Law. He is Member of the Institut de droit international and of the Israeli Academy of Sciences and Humanities. The Lauterpacht Centre Friday lecture series is kindly supported by Cambridge University Press A sandwich lunch is available for all attendees from 12.30 pm in the Old Library.

Unfortunately, Jason Pobjoy is unable to make this event due to an abrupt indefinite train cancellation of trains from London this afternoon. We will try to rearrange with Dr Pobjoy at a later date. On Thursday 24th November, the Public International Law PhD Discussion Group will be hosting Jason Pobjoy, Barrister at...

Time:12.30 pm - 6.00 pm, Monday 12 December & 10.00 am - 5.30 pm Tuesday 13 December Programme: Climate Workshop Programme Biographies of Presenters Organised by Prof Margaret Young (Melbourne Law School) and Dr Markus Gehring (Cambridge) This workshop will assess current trajectories of the climate regime in the...

Please note: this lecture will not be recorded. Lecture summary: While there is a broad agreement that certain norms of international law reflect and protect the interests of the international community as a whole, these are rarely framed or assessed as a unitary concept. Instead, communitarian norms are disaggregated into the distinct if related concepts of jus cogens norms, erga omnes obligations, intransgressible principles of humanity, fundamental values and interests of the international community as a whole. I argue that these categories are facets of a single overarching concept, namely, that of communitarian norms of international law understood as multilateral norms of general international law recognised by the international community as reflecting and protecting its common interests. The lack of a priori classification of the community interests under international law and their inherently dynamic character corresponding to that of the international community itself underlie the need for developing a clear methodology for the identification of these norms. In my talk, I will focus on construing a methodology for identifying communitarian norms based first and foremost on State practice, particularly in relation to the formulation of international treaties but also in the context of custom and the general principles of law. I will also explore the key legal characteristics or the communitarian features of the norms by reference to the case law of international courts and tribunals, as well as the work of the International Law Commission. The questions of methodology and characteristics are key for delineating the scope of the concept of communitarian norms, as well as for grounding the normative claim as to which norms can generate communitarian legal effects and on what basis. Dr Rumiana Yotova is an Assistant Professor in International Law, Fellow and Director of Studies in Law at Gonville & Caius College, Cambridge and a Fellow of the Lauterpacht Centre. Chaired by: Prof Sandesh Sivakumaran

CELS is holding a workshop on ' Weaponizing the Economy: Implications of Economic Sanctions' on Friday 21st October from 2.30 - 5pm in the Finley Library of the LCIL. Please find the programme below: Workshop programme There is no charge to attend - if you would like to reserve a place please contact cels@law.cam.ac.uk .

A series of three lectures by Benedict Kingsbury , New York University. Vice Dean and Murry and Ida Becker Professor of Law Director, Institute for International Law and Justice Faculty Director, Guarini Institute for Global Legal Studies. 6 pm, Tuesday 29 November 2022 Lecture 1: Futurities: International Law as Planning 6 pm, Wednesday 30 November 2022 Lecture 2: Infrastructure, Data & AI RESCHEDULED DUE TO INDUSTRIAL ACTION 6 pm, Thursday 1 December 2022 Lecture 2: Infrastructure, Data & AI 11.30 am - 12.30 pm, Friday 2 December 2022 Lecture 3: Replenishing the International Law Endowment in the Planetary Epoch 12.30 pm - 1 pm, Friday 2 December 2022 Sandwich lunch in the Old Library 1 pm, Friday 2 December 2022 Q&A There is limited capacity in the Berkowitz/Finley Lecture Hall. Please arrive early to secure your place and to avoid disappointment. The Hersch Lauterpacht Memorial Lecture is an annual three-part lecture series given in Cambridge to commemorate the unique contribution to the development of international law of Sir Hersch Lauterpacht . These lectures are given annually by a person of eminence in the field of international law.

A series of three lectures by Benedict Kingsbury , New York University. Vice Dean and Murry and Ida Becker Professor of Law Director, Institute for International Law and Justice Faculty Director, Guarini Institute for Global Legal Studies. 6 pm, Tuesday 29 November 2022 Lecture 1: Futurities: International Law as Planning 6 pm, Wednesday 30 November 2022 Lecture 2: Infrastructure, Data & AI RESCHEDULED DUE TO INDUSTRIAL ACTION 6 pm, Thursday 1 December 2022 Lecture 2: Infrastructure, Data & AI 11.30 am - 12.30 pm, Friday 2 December 2022 Lecture 3: Replenishing the International Law Endowment in the Planetary Epoch 12.30 pm - 1 pm, Friday 2 December 2022 Sandwich lunch in the Old Library 1 pm, Friday 2 December 2022 Q&A There is limited capacity in the Berkowitz/Finley Lecture Hall. Please arrive early to secure your place and to avoid disappointment. The Hersch Lauterpacht Memorial Lecture is an annual three-part lecture series given in Cambridge to commemorate the unique contribution to the development of international law of Sir Hersch Lauterpacht . These lectures are given annually by a person of eminence in the field of international law.

A series of three lectures by Benedict Kingsbury , New York University. Vice Dean and Murry and Ida Becker Professor of Law Director, Institute for International Law and Justice Faculty Director, Guarini Institute for Global Legal Studies. 6 pm, Tuesday 29 November 2022 Lecture 1: Futurities: International Law as Planning 6 pm, Wednesday 30 November 2022 Lecture 2: Infrastructure, Data & AI RESCHEDULED DUE TO INDUSTRIAL ACTION 6 pm, Thursday 1 December 2022 Lecture 2: Infrastructure, Data & AI 11.30 am - 12.30 pm, Friday 2 December 2022 Lecture 3: Replenishing the International Law Endowment in the Planetary Epoch 12.30 pm - 1 pm, Friday 2 December 2022 Sandwich lunch in the Old Library 1 pm, Friday 2 December 2022 Q&A There is limited capacity in the Berkowitz/Finley Lecture Hall. Please arrive early to secure your place and to avoid disappointment. The Hersch Lauterpacht Memorial Lecture is an annual three-part lecture series given in Cambridge to commemorate the unique contribution to the development of international law of Sir Hersch Lauterpacht . These lectures are given annually by a person of eminence in the field of international law.

A series of three lectures by Benedict Kingsbury , New York University. Vice Dean and Murry and Ida Becker Professor of Law Director, Institute for International Law and Justice Faculty Director, Guarini Institute for Global Legal Studies. 6 pm, Tuesday 29 November 2022 Lecture 1: Futurities: International Law as Planning 6 pm, Wednesday 30 November 2022 Lecture 2: Infrastructure, Data & AI RESCHEDULED DUE TO INDUSTRIAL ACTION 6 pm, Thursday 1 December 2022 Lecture 2: Infrastructure, Data & AI 11.30 am - 12.30 pm, Friday 2 December 2022 Lecture 3: Replenishing the International Law Endowment in the Planetary Epoch 12.30 pm - 1 pm, Friday 2 December 2022 Sandwich lunch in the Old Library 1 pm, Friday 2 December 2022 Q&A The Hersch Lauterpacht Memorial Lecture is an annual three-part lecture series given in Cambridge to commemorate the unique contribution to the development of international law of Sir Hersch Lauterpacht . These lectures are given annually by a person of eminence in the field of international law.